Tomorrow is the big day!!

It's finally here!! We go tomorrow to get Logan's cast off!! I really and truly do not think I have ever looked forward to a particular day (except for maybe my wedding day!) so much in my entire life!! I truly cannot wait for tomorrow!! It's not that this whole 'cast experience' has been so horrible...I think we are all just so ready to get on with our 'normal' life. This may sound like the weirdest analogy ever, but I told Trey the other day that these past five weeks have reminded me of waiting for a service repairman to show up at your house. (I know that is odd...let me explain! :) Have you ever called your phone company, cable company, etc. and they need to send out a service repairman and tell you that they will be there anywhere from 12pm to 5pm!?!?!? That is always the oddest thing to me...they give you a five hour window? Even though the 'visit' may only take 20 minutes, for whatever reason, it seems to always take up your entire day. You can't go anywhere. You're afraid to hop in the shower for fear that might be the same 10 minutes he decides to show up. You can't start any projects because it would then be in the way. You can't clean anything because you would hate to be in the middle of it when he showed up. You try to have your kiddos at least halfway under control at all times for 5 solid hours. It just leaves you in a constant state of limbo...that is exactly what these past 5 weeks have felt like. We haven't been able to really go anywhere. I really haven't wanted to (or really been able to) attempt any kind of projects. There have been days that feel really normal, and then there have been days where it felt like Logan's cast took up literally hours of the day. We have had to stop all of our regular weekly activities. And the hardest part has been just watching little Logan not be able to go about his life as he was used to. Oh how much I truly take for granted!! It's amazing how my perspective has changed!! Six weeks ago, there were many days where I was grouchy and grumpy about the normal and mundane and now I am desperate to be back to 'normal'! All that to say, we are soooo ready!! I'm not sure if Logan truly understands that he will get it off tomorrow, but he knows that something exciting is happening! He 'talked' in his crib until almost 10:30pm tonight and when I would go in there to check on him, he would just laugh and laugh!! From the moment I woke up this morning, I could not get that old song 'Praise You' by Mary Mary out of my mind. Tonight, I played it for the boys and we had a mini-dance party in anticipation of Logan's 'freedom' tomorrow. The words are just so perfect!!

Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance
I just wanna praise you
I just wanna praise you
You broke the chains now I can lift my hands
And I'm gonna praise you
I'm gonna praise you
(You can listen to it HERE on YouTube.)

As comical as it is to laugh (and sing and dance!) about Logan getting his 'shackles' off tomorrow, I really and truly am just praising the Lord and thanking him for being with us every step (or scoot in Logan's case!) of the way!! Thank you, Father, for grace for each new day during this time!! This is one 'Mama' that will be crying some tears of joy tomorrow!!

We have been doing all kinds of things to try to keep ourselves entertained around here these past few weeks....

We've definitely put in our fair share of 'TV time'
(with a little 'guitar time' thrown in there too!)

We've been making 'funny faces' at the camera!

We've played for countless hours on this blanket with all kinds of toys. This was basically Logan's 'spot' in the middle of the living room these last 5 weeks.

We have loved this hat and these gloves as entertainment at the dinner table!
We have had numerous snacks a day to help pass the time!

And about 3 weeks into the process, we started crawling...
...and even talked big brother into crawling everywhere with us!

We have decided that this is our favorite way to sleep every single night!