Day 21

21) Clean House (21

My precious and amazing husband welcomed us home yesterday with a spotless home! The breeze blew through the open windows, a light lavender candle burned and the kitchen sink shone brighter then it has since buying it! The floors were freshly mopped & swept, the dishes clean, closets organized & the linens freshly washed. I know, you're all agreeing with me now, so I'll say it again--I have a precious & amazing husband. He knows how to speak love to this girl's heart! Ivory ran around the house like crazy, excited by *everything*. When were about a mile away I reminded her that we were going home and we would see dada. About a block away she started babbling, "dadada, dadada." When we pulled into the driveway and dada poked his head out the door her excitement grew as she continued with, "dadada!" She was so excited to see her dada! She gave him hugs & kisses and lots of attention the rest of the day. We spread a blanket in the yard for a while and just watched her as she ran from flower to blanket to flower to cat to flower to dirt...etc. She was so excited to be home--and out of the car. But, thanks to Grandma lending us her DVD player the ride home was actually quite bearable (maybe even slightly pleasant for Ivory, bearable for mommy considering I listened to Elmo much longer then I ever desire to listen in any one sitting). Between Elmo, a nap, and Baby's Happy Songs CD (thank you Sherri!) we had a pretty good trip.

Ivory laid down for a her nap like a champ and we actually had to wake her up 2 hours later to eat dinner! At bedtime she actually begged daddy to put her in bed and waved good-bye so she could go to sleep that night. So, Grandpa apparently you didn't spoil her too bad by laying down with her for every nap! ;-) We celebrated the reunion with snuggle time & a movie and thoroughly enjoyed being home together--in a super clean house! And here's just how sweet my honey is, "The house was clean before you came home, but you've made it beautiful." Pitter-patter goes my heart! And that's not all--he currently is with Ivory somewhere at the church so I could take an early morning nap & have some alone time this morning. How did I ever get so lucky?!

While at Grandma's house Ivory learned a new trick I hope to catch on video soon. We ask her how old she is and she says "un" holding up one finger (old trick) then we count, "two, three, four..." and she shouts, "ive!" and sometimes holds up 5 fingers. Then, she claps quite proudly. She also has mastered roaring like a bear and says "pizza", though it sounds more like "phphphphisa" (imagine a tongue out and spitting involved in the pronunciation and you've just about got it). She understands so much now--we're already having to start the spelling! She is becoming such a big girl! She cleans up her toys so well (most of the time) and has been extra obedient this past week. I've really enjoyed her being healthy & happy!

Now to finish unpacking & enjoy some more honey time!