Happy almost Memorial Day Weekend, everyone! I'm not exactly sure what our weekend has in store for us...we're throwing around a lot of ideas...boating, staining the deck, cleaning the garages, working on Dustin's new office....all I do know is that we have a baby doc appointment tomorrow & then a babysitter TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW. Sorry if it seemed like a was shouting...but it's because I was. ;)
But anywho, I wanted to catch everyone up on our past week. I turned the big 2-8. I'm content with this age, I'd like to stay here, please. ;)
Gavin was the cutest napper ever. Why are the always so much sweeter when sleeping?! Oh yeah, it's because they aren't throwing themselves backwards onto the floor because you told them they can't throw their paci into the toilet.
Despite the craziness that has been my world lately, there are the sweetest moments when they are both calm & snuggly. And those moments must be captured because they are rare.
The rest of our days are similar to this. Wild. Laughter. Yelling. Tears. Pushing. Pulling. Hugging. Life with boys.
Last Thursday was Christian's 2nd to last day of preschool & they had an ice cream outing. I don't know about you, but the face looks much sweeter than the actual vanilla cup with sprinkles.
And then Friday was his official last day. We took a field trip to Huber's Orchard & Winery with all of the other students at his school. He had a blast...as did his brother. Of course, the second his little girl friend showed up, they were inseparable.
We were absolutely exhausted after a few hours of chasing these two around. And to think we're adding another into the mix...
Saturday was my birthday. It was very low-key...we visited Dustin's grand opening at the new store, did a little all-by-myself shopping & then dinner with a few friends.
It was also filled with two of my favorite things...fresh peonies from my momma's garden & FGT's.
And folks, I make some darn good fried green tomatoes.
Ever since Christian was little, Dustin would empty his pockets of change and give it to him for his piggy bank. Now we're teaching Christian to split that money in half and let Gavin put some in his bank. They were both really excited about it & one may have thrown a fit when the money was gone...I'll give you one guess as to who that was.
On Sunday we had family pictures taken by one of our closest friends, who also happens to be an amazing photographer. I was totally prepared for baby bump Finn to be the only cooperating boy, but they all surprised me and made it an almost stress-free experience!
This week I decided to try cutting out the AM nap, as this is normally his longest nap and then he either refuses to take an afternoon nap or it lasts mayyyyyybe an hour, if I'm lucky. Since I am an introverted person, and require quiet time to myself at some point during the day in order to survive, this was just not working for me.
Gavin did great until noon, when he started to get pretty fussy. I decided to do lunch a little earlier and this is what happened. Two grapes later and he was asleep. He stayed asleep for the transfer & the diaper change. And then slept for 4 hours. I definitely got the quiet time I needed! However, I hate that he was that exhausted, so I'm going to try giving him just a 30 minute morning nap and see how that goes. It's all trial & error, this parenting thing!
And yesterday was my dad's birthday, so we joined him and the family for dinner at Big Four Burgers in New Albany. Dustin was a little overwhelmed with the size of his burger. ;)
And that's it! It's been a week full of ups and downs, visits to the chiropractor for my lower back pain (ahh, relief), cleaning up the outside of our house, planting trees and tomatoes (GROW, BABIES, GROW!), looking forward to some kid-free time and checking in on little Finnick.
I hope everyone enjoys their holiday weekend, stays safe and remembers what Memorial Day is about...God Bless the men & women who paid the ultimate sacrifice for this beautiful country.
Thanks for reading!
