New House. New Mugs. New Shelves.

You know it's gonna be a good time when all the kiddo's Life360 dots are in the same place, or when you wake up to midnight mac-n-cheese bowls in the sink. 

Our daughter Annabelle and her hubby, Clark, threw one heck of a party this weekend. A few months back they were forced out of their apartment when the ceiling fell in due to a leak from the apartment above.

😣 Oopsie. 

They couch surfed for a bit, then stayed with some good friends and ended up purchasing a home right down the street from us. An absolute miracle in today's economy. It really is a great house too, with a nice big back yard that's perfect for hosting people, which they love to do and I'm sure will do often!  

And of course our daughter Micah came into town to join in on the party fun and while here gifted us with a couple of new mugs. 

These were just a weeeeeeeeeee bit extra special... 😃 

I am ready ready ready to dish out ALL the baby chub love. 🥹 BRING. IT. ON!

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And now for a little family history... years ago, the hubs worked with a man from Poland named Przemek (pronouced Pshchemek, helpful huh?). He visited our little part of the world.  A few years later the hubs visited his part of the world. You know how some people are just super easy to connect with, he and his wife are those kind of people. Anyways, when it was time to name our youngest, I was all about naming her "Poppy Jo" until my doctor mentioned that kids might make fun of her and call her Sloppy Jo. 

😒  Ok, then. 

Sophie was another option, except literally TWO other babies at our church had just been named Sophie. 

😒 Ok, then.

Well... Przemek's younger daughter was named Zofia, but they called her Zosia (pronounced Zah-shuh), which basically translates to... Sophie! So we got to name our daughter Sophie after all, just in another language. 

😁 ok, then!

All that to say, Przemek and his wife, Basia, came to visit last week and also gifted us with cute little espresso mugs! 

And speaking of mugs and more mugs... that brings me to the "new" shelves.

No, we didn't get shelves to hold our fabulously overflowing mug collection 😏 Should we? Yes, probably, but that's a problem for another day. 

No, these shelves popped up in my facebook feed Friday morning... 

These shelves are a little bit scary and a little bit exciting... 

These shelves are the first purchase on the path to pursuing a dream I've had for several years...

but more on that next time. Dun-dun-dunnnn.

*ends on cliffhanger* 😏