Twenty seven days and counting.....

Here's a funny photo of Zoie....with so much of our house upside down with the kitchen remodel, she decided to plant herself on top of the piano today and watch everything from that vantage point.

Here's a view of what used to be the open cabinets where we had our microwave and pantry and a ton of other "junk." How cool is this going to be with two HUGE drawers at the bottom to hold more JUNK????

Here's Steve trying to figure out what to tackle next on his to do list. He's been doing an awesome job. I think he's beginning to hurry up now...not because the wedding is around the corner but because he is tired of take out food!!!

Thought I would post a few photos of the kitchen. We have actually added the granite counter, copper backsplash and black sink now....but I don't have the photos of those yet and am too tired to go snap them and upload them. I am really and truly totally exhausted today. Wonder why???

It is now under 4 weeks until the wedding. I'm so excited and worried all at the same time. My sister in law today reminded me to please take time to enjoy this some. I need to do that. I think I just keep digging in to get everything done because when I slow down and think about it, the lump in my throat grows so big that I can't stand it. It's a funny thing about your children. How can you be ready to let them go and still want to hold onto them at the same time? So many thoughts have crossed my mind lately about Mary Beth and her childhood. Of course it brings in the memories of Rachel and Greg as well because where one was the other two were never far away. I guess it is normal for moms to go through sentimental times before and during wedding preparations...if so, then I'm all over it.

Rachel is coming in on Thursday night and THAT will help me out tremendously. I think I just need another shot of Rachel hugs to get me over the hump until the wedding week. Then I get an entire week of Rachel AND Chris!!! We are so pumped up about that!!! I hope we don't drive him crazy!! Too bad it's not a home game week for the Razorbacks, but then we wouldn't be having the wedding would we??

Rachel is coming in for Mary Beth's bachelorette party. I'm going to be around for the early part of it and to help out where I can, decorating, etc. Should be fun. Oh yeah, there'll be photos!!!

If you have seen the movie with Meryl Streep, "Mamma Mia", you will remember the song in it that she sings to her daugher called "Slipping through my fingers." They, like us, were getting ready for her daughter's wedding....here are the words. I just wanted to add them tonight.

"Schoolbag in hand

She leaves home in the early morning

Waving goodbye

With an absent-minded smile

I watch her go

With a surge of that well-known sadness

And I have to sit down for a while

The feeling that I'm losing her forever

And without really entering her world

I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter

That funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time

I try to capture every minute

The feeling in it

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Do I really see what's in her mind

Each time I think I'm close to knowing

She keeps on growing

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyes

Her and me at the breakfast table

Barely awake I let precious time go by

Then when she's gone

There's that odd melancholy feeling

And a sense of guilt I can't deny

What happened to the wonderful adventures

The places I had planned for us to go

Well some of that we did

But most we didn't

And why I just don't know

Slipping through my fingers all the time

I try to capture every minute

The feeling in it

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Do I really see what's in her mind

Each time I think I'm close to knowing

She keeps on growing

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture

And save it from the funny tricks of time

Slipping through my fingers -

(and even in the midst of wedding planning and fun and excitement, all I can think about is wanting to freeze time just like this song says....it is just flying by...)