Vacation

Josh, the kids and I had a great trip. We visited with his sister and her family for a few days in KC, K. We really needed to just get away from home. We actually could have used a couple of more days but we had to come back at some point. D loved playing with his cousins and even had fun with his uncle...who up until recently he wanted nothing to do with. But he's growing up and while watching him is fun, it also makes me sad. PK is only one year away :( We finally got D to go to the T-Rex restaurant though. After bribing him with donuts (ha!) he agreed to go in for lunch. Although he held his ears the whole time by the end of our trip he wanted to go back. We also went to a petting zoo, which D also enjoyed. They had tons of stuff to do and many different farm animals, however I think the highlight of the trip for him and dad was mining for minerals. He brought home a huge bad full of different kinds of rocks and all he's done since we've been home is play with them. We also enjoyed a lunch with our friend Jessica (my old roomie) from college. She has a beautiful little boy about 18 mo old and we got to meet her husband. In addition to all our excitement we also found ourselves in the basement of Josh's sister's house hiding from bad weather! But it didn't put a damper on our trip...it just made it more interesting :)
Since dinner Saturday night though I have found myself in prayer for a girl and her husband that we sat at a kibachi table with. On the way back to Jen's place after dinner Josh and I discussed what we'd both picked up on about them. The entire dinner at the table the husband watched Josh and D, while the wife watched me and L. When the cook asked how long they'd been married and they replied 6 years and he also pointed out that they didn't have kids...we knew they must be experiencing infertility or were facing something along the lines. She reminded me of myself before D. I have cried and prayed for her...I will keep praying for her. It was also a reminder to me that I will always carry these feelings even though I have my two wonderful babies and that I have to continue sharing our story. As funny as it sounds I hope I never forget what it feels like to go through all of it. God has blessed us with so much...I just pray that people can recieve hope through what he's done for us.