Last night David wanted to watch a movie or hang out, and I said, "No. I am being selfish with my time tonight and only doing what I want to do." I felt a little bad, but mostly I have no regrets. I read my book with a glass of wine, and then watched Netflix like he wasn't even there. I had the snacks I wanted and went to bed when I was ready.
The rest of the weekend was so jam packed I didn't have the chance to do what I felt like doing (not that I'm complaining; it was packed with wonderful things!).
This is how I felt all weekend. And then I crashed.
Thursday afternoon Emilia rolled over for the first time and was super excited about it! *See above picture*. That evening we went to my Opa & Oma's to say "See you next year" to my cousin Carmen who is off to Brazil for a year to go to school. She's still in high-school, but decided she wanted to do an exchange program and go to a country where she knows no one and doesn't speak the language. Man! So adventurous! I would barely go to the mall at that age by myself!
"Oh no... What have I done?!"
Carmen & Emilia
Dominic was a social butterfly at the party. However, at one point I found he had hoisted himself onto a chair outside and was sitting at the table all by himself while the rest of the party was inside. Ah yes... So much of myself in him.
I am holding my cousin Brad & Anita's baby, Charley, who is 5 weeks older than Emilia. My brother Jeff is holding Emilia. 5 weeks and a few pounds apart!
On Friday Rachel, Rebecca & Gramma came to visit for a few hours during the day. There was a short period where Rebecca and Emilia were awake at the same time so we took a couple photos. Rebecca is almost 6 weeks, and Emilia is 15 weeks in these photos.
Cousins!
Check out that ridiculous pout! <3
Gramma with her two granddaughters!
Later that evening, after the kiddos went to bed, we were invited over to Jeff & Marta's. I thought we were just going to have some snacks and drinks at their place, but NO! I was mistaken! We were going to walk to the nearby breweries and go beer tasting! Much more fun, but also much harder to limit the amount you're drinking and the time you're out until! (Sorry to my mom & dad who were babysitting...). We had a BLAST, but I don't recommend drinking a lot of beer when you're not used to it and still having to parent two kids the next day (Zzzzzz...).
Twin Sails first, then on to Parkside Brewery, and finally over to Moody Ales.
I was telling Jeff at the first brewery that there is no such thing as a candid photo of him. He vehemently disagreed. I took this picture approaching our second stop and noticed the next day that there is, in fact, NO SUCH THING AS A CANDID PHOTO OF JEFF! Haha.
It is seriously so special that me and the boys all get together so often. Our group has doubled in size with everyone's partners and it is so much fun. I hope our kids still love to get together long after they're grown up.
On Saturday afternoon we went to David's parents' house where they were having a 56/62 party. Larry was born in 1956 and turned 62 this year; Shelley was born in 1962 and turned 56 this year. Yup. That's reason enough to party! We were just there until bedtime for the kids, but still got to enjoy some visits, beer pong, appetizers and drinks.
The little hoodlum and I
{**As I finished writing this post, I realized I also cleaned/vacuumed our bedroom, re-did the linen closet, organized Emilia's room, vacuumed the stairs, did the dishes, parented two kids and did/folded 3 loads of laundry... It's sad that I consider this resting?!}
Sunday was also Sherlock's 4th birthday! We gave him some extra special treats and play time in the evening, and brought out a special ball from the toy box!
Dominic has been bonkers lately and has energy up the wazoo! David was home for a bit today while Emilia was napping, so I took Dom to the park to burn some willies. He has had such a development boom in the last couple months. I'm actually kind of sad that I stopped writing his monthly posts after 18 months. I feel like he's developed more in the last two months than he has in the last 6! He's 20 months today, so here's a mini update of his new abilities/words.
- Every day is a new word. The latest ones are: Beep beep beep (as he backs up), Dice, Guitar, Van, Woooowwww, Boobies, Nose, Weeee, Grapes,
- The list goes on and on, but I'm not going list off all the words he knows. These are just from the last week or so.
- He is in love with airplanes and stops everything to watch airplanes go by
- He picks up new sign language first try.
- He HATES having dirty hands and feet. It's comical how much he despises it.
- He loves to draw/color, and often draws pictures of Oma (Ohhh-Ma!), Opa (Ma), and Mommy.
He melts my heart.
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