Hey everyone,

I don’t have a ton to share today, but I wanted to give you a glimpse into how we are spending time at home during this pandemic. This morning has been super nice and relaxing (I know, can’t always expect that once we have a baby). I usually wake up before Andrew on the weekends—he is a night owl and I am more of a morning person. Goldy woke up with me this morning and we came downstairs to relax and de-stress from the week of work. I had been reading a good book by Harlan Coben and only had about 60 pages left. Goldy and I sat in the library and enjoyed the quiet of the morning. He dozed and I read. After finishing the book, I started a new one (1st Case by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts). A few minutes later, Andrew woke up and came downstairs. Goldy was thrilled- his humans together giving him attention!

Our stroller arrived a couple of weeks ago. I’m going to post more on that later, but for now all you need to know is we hadn’t put it into storage yet. We tested the stroller’s frame in my car’s trunk to see how much space I’ll have with baby and their stroller in the car. Not as much as I’d like but enough I could go to the store. The stroller finally made it into storage in our basement while we wait for a match. We also cleaned up some of Goldy’s toys. If there is any indication that our future baby will be spoiled rotten, it is Goldy’s overflowing toy crate combined with how many things we have already purchased for baby—the future nursery’s closet is full of furniture!

After tidying up a bit, we went to our back deck to read and relax. Andrew read the Lake County Journal and surfed on his iPad. I continued reading the book I started this morning. Goldy explored the yard, laying down in the sunny grass. We turned on our fire pit and enjoyed being in our happy place. I imagined our future child running around the back yard with Goldy. We listened for the birds, who seem to have been scared away by all the squirrels. It was just so peaceful and calm. Something that everyone needs once in a while. Now, Andrew is making french toast for breakfast as Goldy lays on the top of the couch behind me keeping an eye on both of us. Happy Saturday everyone!

~Natalie