Lucky.

I've been lucky enough to have the wonderful help of my Aunt Sue and my mother-in-law Kathy on this rainy spring Sunday, while Eric is busy beginning bathroom renovations and scraping lead paint at the new house. Sue and I got through bins and bins of Owen's old clothes, some of which will go to my adorable nephew Trenton, some will go into storage for a future mom-to-mom sale when I am back on my feet, and some will go to baby girl (like all of the U of M gear and lots and lots of monkey-themed outfits).

She then proceeded to clean weeks worth of clothes off my bedroom floor, and dust and vacuum my house. It's like a new house, and we are incredibly grateful. It still hard for me to lay on my couch and read a book while someone else cleans and does my laundry for me (I feel simultaneously guilty, and a bit like royalty). But I'm getting over it, and the help is SO greatly appreciated.

Grandma is here now, waiting for Owen to wake up from his nap, so she can feed him dinner and hang out with us for a few hours before Eric is home for the day. He's lucky he's so stinkin' cute and all these people are anxious to spend time with him. And Eric and I are lucky to have received an overwhelming number of phone calls, e-mails and Facebook messages with offers to help in the coming months. Thanks everyone! And we will be calling you soon.