Carrying your love with me

Well, it's official. I am going part-time at work starting next week. I'm so incredibly thankful I am able to do this. I've been struggling really hard with not being home. I feel like I am missing extremely important moments with Greyson but I am also struggling with pushing everything on Adam's shoulders. Greyson is currently in speech therapy once a week along with physical therapy once a week. We've also added some more specialties that we are working on getting into. Plus just the day-to-day of taking care of our son. It's a lot. I'm really thankful I'll be able to help out more and take some of that stress off Adam so we can both shoulder the weight and help each other. Working 40 hours is hard enough, let alone having the feeling I'm missing Greyson's life is unbearable. I hate leaving and I'm honestly just waiting for the day to be done so I can finally go home. Lately I've been working 8:30-5:30. I get home and it's almost bedtime. I don't get enough time with Grey. This will be a nice change for all 3 of us.

This past weekend we went home to Marquette, MI. Adam and I reached out to our wedding photographer (and friend) Kelsey Potes to see if she could do some family photos for us. She does amazing work through her photography company- Marie Kelsey Photography - and she's just the sweetest. We had planned on going to the Island to get some pictures done (Presque Isle - it's a beautiful peninsula surrounded by Lake Superior) but it was a little chilly. Kelsey suggested just doing the photos at my parents house so we did a few there and had some at the park across the street. We had Greyson's tiny superhero cape with us too! I can't wait to see how they turn out. Adam's sister Courtney was there too and she got a sneak peek. We spent the weekend surrounded by family and our hometown. It was really nice to just have some time together. My mom even watched Greyson on Saturday while he napped so Adam, Courtney, and I could head to the Mother's Day craft show. I even bought myself a pillow with the UP on it. We hit up a coffee place and picked up some craft supplies so we can make some canvases of Greyson's hands and feet. We spent time with Adam's Grandparents, Uncle Rob, and his Dad and his fiancé. There is something about being "home" that just kind or resets your soul. It's only a 3 hour drive from Green Bay so it's not too far. Grey does such a good job in the car too. He LOVES watching out the window and thinks the sun hitting his face is so funny. It's the best to hear those giggles when the sun pops out from behind the clouds.

Here are some pictures from the weekend <3

Our calendar is so full the next few weeks but it's nice to have so many things to look forward to. We are surrounded with so much love. I don't know when we will be able to get back home but hopefully it will be not so long between visits.

Do you believe in signs? I do. I always have. I think that things happen during our day that we often miss but if you stop and pay attention to what is going on around you- you might notice more than you think. As I sat here writing, my mind wondered to my Grandparents. My Mom's parents. Grandma and Grandpa Kent. They are who we named Greyson's middle name after. Grandpa passed when I was 5 and my Grandma just passed in 2020. I was writing and George Straight's "Carrying Your Love With Me" came on my Spotify. Just a random Spotify playlist that was already made. It was a song I remember listening to in my Grandpa's blue truck when I was little. When he would "drive without his hands" and I thought it was just the coolest thing.

Carryin' your love with me

It's my strength for holdin' on

Every minute that I have to be gone

I'll have everything I'll ever need

I'm carryin' your love with me

Pretty meaningful with everything going on lately.

xoxo,

Kim