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April 21, 2010 By Erika Zane

21 Apr

>So I totally slacked on updating this blog while we were away the past two weeks. I have to say, I really don’t have too much to add on the fitness front, but I can talk about our trip!

Andy, Dylan, and I traveled back east with our dog Rue so that I could be a bridesmaid in a close friend’s wedding which was in the Philadelphia vicinity. We decided to come two weeks early so we could spend Easter with our families and show off Dylan to as many family and friends as possible. That was both the best idea and worst idea ever! Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE both of our families, but two weeks is a long time to be away from home (baby or no baby).

There’s really not much to say as far as it being a bad idea besides that it was just a long time not to have our own space. As far as it being a great idea: It was so great to see everyone and really fun to introduce our little bundle! It was also really nice to be able to leave Dylan with family when we had wedding events to attend!

It also made me really homesick, which is crazy considering I insisted I would never even consider leaving this state for the past two years. But something has changed now that Dylan has entered our lives… it’s no longer just Andy and my story, we’re sharing it with our son now and when I think about him growing up so far away from his grandmas, grandpas, and uncles (and maybe his Aunt Heidi who is planning on moving back), it makes me really sad! I grew up 30 minutes from one set of grandparents and and about 2 hours from two sets of aunts which meant random weekends and every holiday I was spoiled with gifts and attention from them!

Well anyway, so we’re back home and it’s a little bittersweet… but now I’m excited to start establishing a daily schedule and building our life as a family!

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Comments

  1. sassyshell says

    April 22, 2010 at 8:59 pm

    >You're back! Yay! Totally with you on the homesickness, we'll just have to wait and see how things work out . . . 🙂 See you soon!

  2. Diana says

    April 24, 2010 at 4:45 pm

    >I know, we can talk about how much we both miss our parents soon. I'm glad you had a good time, and that everyone got to see Dylan. I'm also a tad worried that you might move away after this post. I need to let you know that I will hunt you down if you do. 🙂

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Hello and welcome.  It’s been a while.  For Lent this year I decided to fast from the thing that took too much of my attention from what is truly important: Social Media.  Though there are countless amazing benefits to Social Media, after about a month offline so far, there are seemingly just as many negatives.  I never realized how much of my brain had been hijacked by it.  I’ve had so many revelations about how much easier it is to move forward when I’m not constantly reminded of the past.  But I still want to record my family as they grow at this ridiculous speed and, I’m realizing, so many of our family’s memories are here.  Those along with so many of the struggles and stages we’ve worked through.  Maybe in the midst of COVID19 isolation and my kids around me so often, I’m brought back to a time when they were too young for school and with me so often.  Writing here during that time helped make up for the limited adult conversation in my days and the overwhelm provided by my… little treasures 😉 My husband, fur babies, three fiesty kids, and I hereby extend an invitation to visit this little sneak peak into our life. We’re super flawed and broken and there aren’t too many dull moments around here.  And I promise it’s not always as magical as some of my golden hour, sun-soaked images would suggest.  There’s usually too much coffee in my system and we welcome all the prayers.  Come on over if you want to process with me.

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