Tripp is One Month Old!

"No matter what the world, you'll always be my baby."  - Dave Matthews

Tripp is ONE whole MONTH old! 

No doubt, this has been the greatest month of our lives.  Life is so much sweeter with you in it!

Your "big sis" LuLu kisses you when you cry.  

You spent three whole nights in the NICU the first week of your life.  It was traumatizing for Mommy and Daddy, but you made friends with all the nurses.  You're already a charmer.  You get that from your daddy.

You can roll over on your side.

You looooooove to sleep, which makes me very happy because I get to sleep, too.  You must get that from me. 

You prefer to sleep in your nap nanny.

You have already been to Kentucky and spent the night with your Aunt Ellen, Uncle Chuck, and cousins, Hannah and Hayden.  

You also met your great grandmother, Uncle David, Aunt Marsha, and cousins, Emily, Justin, Molly, Kelly, and Hunter.  You are loved!

You are the greatest, sweetest, most perfect thing in the world.  And you're growing up entirely too fast.

You're Really Not That Busy

So, I recently saw this on Pinterest, and it really got me thinking.  Why is "I'm so busy" grounds for bragging rights?  

My daddy has also been on my mind a lot lately.

Naturally, these two trains of thought collided.  I was reminded of how I would call Daddy, and he'd say "Well, it's about time you called me back," or he would leave me a voice message, reminding me of how I was supposed to call him when I got home.  I would explain away how incredibly busy I was with Davis, lesson plans, the dogs, or whatever else was going on in my life.  But the truth of the matter is I wasn't too busy.  

We all have time for what we make time for.  I'm not saying I didn't have a lot going on because I'm sure I did.  I'm also not saying I was blatantly lying to Daddy.  I'm sure I thought I was too busy to call him.  But now that I can't get him on the phone, I see things with great clarity.  Now that I realize just what I would give to talk to him, I know that I wasn't busy at all.

Call your daddy.  And call your momma and your brother and sister and best friend and tell everyone you love how much you love them.  You're not too busy.  Sadly, one day you may not get the opportunity and no matter how long your to do list is, all you'll think about is how much you'd like to call them.  Stop the glorification of busy.