Oh how the year has gone by...

As I sit at my desk with little to do this morning, it has given me time to reflect on this past year. Normally I don't do this in the middle of the year, but seeing as how so much has happend since January 1 I can't help but think about the amazing things that God has done in mine and Kirk's life, in our friends lives and our family's lives. Since January we have been witnesses to 4 weddings, been apart of two engagements, seen a child born, seen the creation of 2 new babies in the making, seen a friend nearly die and recover, seen friends and family move to different parts of te world, go on mission trips, and so on... and it's only July 24th.
July 24th! Holy cow, it's almost August! We are 80 days away from our due date... possibly 66 since I hear that half of pregnancies happen two weeks before their expected due date... wowwy! Where has this year gone? I find myself reflecting a lot these days. Knowing that mine and Kirk's life will be changing dramatically very soon and beginning to grasp on to the fact that we will no longer have time to ourselves. That we have another human being that we are fully responsible for, who's spritual life will be determined by how we live in front of him, who's view of what a husband should look like will be determined by how I respond to my own husbands leadership and how well my husband leads me. No pressure...hehe. Each morning is different for me, hormones they are a raging. Some mornings I wake up with an overwhleming amount of joy, others I wake up sad for some reason and on those rare mornings I wake up not wanting to see or talk to anyone because I want to slap someone. This morning was more of a downer, I woke up, got ready, even had the opportunity to have a morning drink with my husband while we were waiting for breakfast to be done, and I said nothing. When he left I felt like I could cry because didn't kiss him goodbye. I was more focused on my stupid bagel. What a lame-o. Why was this morning any different than those while he is still in bed? I often long for those mornings of getting ready together, having long talks about nothing in the morning and then kissing him goodbye as he walks out the door. I hate it when I miss opportunities like this one.
Anyway... reflection... this year...
My mom and Mike moved up north this year, which is still a pretty large adjustment. It's wierd, even though Kirk and I moved away almost two years ago, I have always had the luxury of driving two hours to go and see them and now, we have to actually plan a time to get together so that one of us can purchase a plan ticket. I don't like that. It was especially hard these past couple of months when I was in the desert almost every weekend for two months for wedding stuff and I didn't get to see my mom once. What most people don't realize is that my mom and I have become really great friends since I became an official adult and even more so since I got married. Don't get me wrong, she still has the mother role down in my life and I have the utmost respect for her, but we have reached a different level of relationship that I know I will never have with anyone else in my life, because she is the only mother that I have. :) All that to say, I really miss my mom and wish we could live close again, but I guess that this is something that we all need to experience on some level in some point of our lives.
Our relationships here in San Diego have grown closer. I am so grateful for our friends. They are truly unique people. Not because they are all corky in their own special way, but because they hold an overwhelming sense of love and compassion for Kirk and I. There is a couple specifically who have welcomed us into their family and treated us like they've known us for years that help make this ongoing transition even easier. I am so grateful for them. We have a weekly gathering with another couple who we love dearly and I am super grateful for that time as well. As usual, we have loved having Summer, Assad and the boys here. They are a staple for us. A little taste of home. And now Chris and Melissa have moved out here, life is good. I would love for a couple of other friends to move out here, but that may take a little longer than I would think or like for that matter.
I think that's all the time I have for reflecting at the moment, I've got some stuff I need to get to. That was fun though. Also, the picture above was taken by Gina, she's pretty amazing.