The past couple of weeks have been all-consumed by my mom's wedding. Thank goodness it is finally over and we got home from NC late last night. We went down last week, and ALL of us got some kind of horribly croupy cold/cough combination that we STILL haven't gotten rid of. I had to sing in the wedding, and though I ended up doing it after a 2 day stretch of laryngitis, I was NOT at the top of my game. But I think Mama was happy that I tried to croak it out. Sadie and Josie looked gorgeous that day - and Sadie stole the show as the flower girl because she started clapping and dancing along to all the songs, waving at her daddy and her grandpa, and plopping down in the floor in the front of the church. It was a fun wedding, and they both danced with Grammy and played with their cousins and had a good time. I had fun, too, but I think I was high on relief more than anything else :) One of the cutest parts was when Sadie and Cameron were getting their pictures made before the wedding started and Sadie held his arm, all smiles, and said, "Oh boy! This is going to be GREAT!"
Since we were all sick and SUPER GRUMPY, we left quickly on Tuesday without really saying goodbye to anyone, which we've never done before. I didn't like it, but we had to get out of there and get home!
There is definitely some adjusting to be done since Mama will no longer be living here. Sadie is taking it the hardest... I felt so sorry for her the other night... she had been really mean and crabby and I was trying to put her to bed and she was just hateful. I asked her why she was being that way: "Are you mad?" "NO!" "Are you sad?" And her little face just crumpled and she started crying and saying, "I don't want Grammy to go live with Don! I want her to stay at our house! I miss her!" It broke my heart, and I didn't know what to say, really, so I just held her and cried, too. It was pitiful.
Some quotes from the past few days:
"Mother! I need you to help me fix my owl and attach it back together! Because it is ripped! And it was an accident! I need the tape! I need to cut something and then I need to tape it! I'm having a problem here and I can't make up my mind!" (Sadie)
"Mommy, my mommy, will you come into my room and play with me? Want to do a puzzle with me? Okay, here you go! Let's do it, Mommy!" (Josie)
"Lydia, I'm sorry I didn't call you for the past few days. I've been in North Carolina." (Sadie)
"Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, LISTEN TO ME! I LOVE YOU!" (Josie)
