{"id":121,"date":"2010-12-14T04:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T04:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/2010\/12\/im-still-here\/"},"modified":"2018-04-21T17:22:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T17:22:28","slug":"im-still-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/2010\/12\/im-still-here\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Still Here."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just wanted you to know.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Charlie and I returned from our weekend in Comfort, Texas (a teeny town in the Hill Country, by San Antonio) visiting my older brother&#8217;s family. My sweet niece and nephew&#8230;I mean, how lucky am I that I get to see them now more than once a year??!! We ate a lot of peppermint ice cream, shopped the darling streets of Fredericksburg (so happy I got some killer things for Forever 21 prices!) and the best part? Watching Charlie and her cousins LIVE.IT.UP. I didn&#8217;t have cousins my age growing up&#8230;so I get all excited thinking of the three of them (and Baby E, of course) becoming best friends.<\/p>\n<p>God has shown up in some amazing ways lately&#8230;this bootcamp I&#8217;ve been taking at Charlie&#8217;s school (pretty convenient that they have childcare for E and it&#8217;s right after I drop both girls off at their respective rooms) has also resulted in some new friends&#8230;who led me to a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group that happens to meet at a church around the corner from our house. I went a couple weeks ago, and guess who was there? My new small group leader&#8217;s wife. Oh! And a few gals who live in the hood, one being a Pepsico employee. I mean&#8230;really, God?<\/p>\n<p>Also, I braved my second mom&#8217;s night out in the hood (this time a Christmas party at someone&#8217;s house) and it was so much fun. It is SO scary putting yourself out there&#8230;but I really feel like it&#8217;s coming back on me tenfold. And I haven&#8217;t even mentioned my new sweet friend Michelle and her lovely husband Michael&#8230;we went to dinner with them a couple weekends ago and I think we&#8217;ve found kindred spirits. How fun!<\/p>\n<p>Vann stayed home with E this past weekend and met up with Rhonda, our new occupational therapist (OT). He took a ton of notes&#8230;I haven&#8217;t had the energy to get the full scoop yet, but I know she&#8217;s given us exercises to work on until we start meeting with her weekly on Wednesdays next year. I am feeling a bit more calm today&#8230;maybe the time away was what I needed to recharge my batteries.<\/p>\n<p>We are finally starting to put some things up on the walls. I&#8217;m hanging lanterns in the girl&#8217;s bathroom. The two 16 x 20 prints of the girls we had framed are ready for pick-up. I&#8217;m ready to bring some warmth up in here!!<\/p>\n<p>Ciao for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just wanted you to know. Yesterday, Charlie and I returned from our weekend in Comfort, Texas (a teeny town in the Hill Country, by San Antonio) visiting my older brother&#8217;s family. My sweet niece and nephew&#8230;I mean, how lucky am I that I get to see them now more than once a year??!! 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