It's the Moments That Matter

"Some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about"- Charles Bukowski

Our family has had lots of moments over the last few months.  Some have come and gone without any notice at all; like the wind blowing through our hair.  Then, there have been the special moments; the ones we hope to never forget.  They are the ones that stick with us like melted gum on the bottom of our shoes.   There have been lots of those here recently.

One to forget

As any woman who has ever been pregnant knows, it is imperative to have a bathroom close by.  Sometimes, they are needed at a moments notice, no time to spare!  Well, on our last eight-hour road trip and Elisa being eight months pregnant, bathrooms stops were highly anticipated events.  At one particular stop, Elisa was in such a hurry, that she ran straight past the bathroom, around the back of the gas station, across a parking lot, and into another bathroom, which she assumed to be the right one.  To anyone in less of a hurry they would have first noticed that first one inside the gas station.  They would have also definitely noticed the missing handle.  Elisa discovered that not only was the handle missing but the door was equipped with an automatic lock. She realized this though  as she heard the door click, and looked down in horror to find the handle missing.  What was a pregnant woman to do, stuck with her four year old daughter in a smelly, fly infested, sauna of a bathroom?  Well, the only thing there is to do in this situation; scream and pound the door of course...  The only problem with that was that Tim was still on the other side of the gas station, waiting for them to come out of the bathroom that was actually inside the gas station.  Finally he went looking, and heard shouting coming from the building across the parking lot.  Completely unable to open the door, and after Elisa forcefully rejected climbing through a tiny window located near the roof, Tim went to find the gas station attendant.  The attendant told him that the bathroom Elisa had chosen didn't even belong to them.  The man then went and searched through a toolbox for a pair of pliers and a screwdriver, and came to free the girls.  Embarrassed beyond belief, Elisa got straight back into the car, wanting to get as far away from that moment as possible, and as fast as she could.  The worst part was that she still hadn't done what she went in there to do in the first place!

One to Remember

On May 29th, around 2:00pm, after almost 9 months, we got to hold and love on our new baby boy, Tristan, for the first time.  This was a moment that makes your heart want to burst with happiness.  We will never forget how we kissed his little head for the first time; or when Sahara came in, so proud to be a big sister, and told everyone in the room, "This is my baby!  Isn't he the cutest?"  Our family will never be the same again, and that's a blessing beyond belief.

So, we have had moments we would just assume forget (although they do make for good stories), and we have had moments that were beyond amazing, and we'll cherish them forever.  To all the moments yet to be lived; we hope they are more amazing then embarrassing.  But then, life is full of surprises, and we wouldn't have it any other way!