Monday, November 16, 2009

Home Sweet Home

We've had a busy morning, but the girls are still in their pajamas! Andy got back this morning from a quick trip to Houston. The girls were so excited to pick him up at the airport. He's hopefully getting a much needed nap upstairs right now and the girls are having fun in his suitcases. Rachel has turned them into hotels. At first she wanted Audrey to be with her and then she wanted to go to sleep in her hotel, so we got Audrey her own hotel. Silly, but adorable girls... Andy brought us back all kinds of treasures from the U.S. My U.S. friends will probably laugh at my list, but my Holland friends will understand. We got instant oatmeal, crystal light, cheerios, easy mac, cake mix for Audrey's birthday, and a few more random items. My kitchen is running out of room and I can't wait to get back to my pantry in 6 months!

While in Houston Andy was able to do a walk through of our house and all looks well. We've been very fortunate with renters - both times them being empty-nesters. Andy even came back with ideas of how we could arrange furniture and decorate... :) I guess he liked how our current renters have things set up. Andy said our neighborhood and town still look the same, just a few more strip malls and a new hospital. He got to go to church and see some familiar faces yesterday. I think we're getting really excited about heading home for good...

The girls and I survived quite well the past week, but we are definitely glad to have daddy and husband back home. Anytime I opened up our blog this past week and was holding Audrey she'd go crazy pointing at Andy and repeating "dada" a million times. So precious! And Rachel has been asking since Tuesday (he left Tuesday morning) when daddy was coming home. We're glad to all be back together again! :)

7 comments:

Claire said...

Glad you have Andy back. Moving back home must be such an exciting prospect!! Can't believe Audrey is nearly a year.

Amy and David said...

It was so good to see Andy and we are so excited to have all of you back!

The Smith Family said...

It's amazing to me how more alike the girls look as they get older! They are so cute! Hey, and guess what?! Adam is applying to several fellowships in Houston...MD Anderson, Baylor...so who knows, maybe we'll be neighbors!!:) He should start to hear back over the next month...eeek!:) I'm getting excited that we'll be on to a different chapter in life!!

Allie said...

I looked over and saw Andy there and got all excited like maybe you were all visiting. We are way excited for you to come back soon. Miss you.

LuCi said...

It was fun to see Andy Sunday. It surprised me to look back and see him. We can't wait to have you all back!!!!

Karla said...

How did everyone see Andy and I missed him? Huh.

Only 6 more months!

Susannah said...

Can't wait for ya'll to come back. We're no longer in Sugar Land II, so didn't get to see Andy. We are hoping to move back sometime in 2010. We are looking for something in ya'll's neighborhood.
See ya soon!