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Re: Weekend Updates
Our weekend basically went as planned, but why are they always so short? Saturday we went to see my grandmother and had a really nice visit. Sprout acted shockingly mature - we were so proud of him. Then we went home and he took a 3 hour nap! Rosebud had a harder time getting to sleep so i laid down with her and we both took a lovely nap. In the evening DW brought Sprout to get soccer gear for camp this week and we watched fireworks from our driveway with some friends.
Sunday we managed to stay in bed until 8:30 (unheard of!) then met up with a friend who was up from NYC. We went to her parents' lake house and spent the day swimming, cooking out, and relaxing on the beach. Then we went out for an early dinner and had both kids asleep in their beds by 6:30. it was awesome.
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It wasn't really as planned - but still turned out well!
Friday we were supposed to pick L up at the airport at 9. It was going to be late for the kids, but they REALLY wanted to go, L really wanted to see them, and it wasn't a school night, so I agreed to take them to dinner and then to the airport. L called and said the flight was delayed and wasn't supposed to get in till 10, so I said we'd go home after dinner and she'd get a cab. Got the kids in their jammies, took a shower and put on my jammies, and looked at her flight status. It was getting in at 9:20. I decided that not going would just be because I was tired and it was important to L and the kids. So everyone got dressed again and we went to pick her up. She was thrilled to see us there. The kids didn't get to bed till 10:30. Oops.
Saturday L took the kids to get haircuts and to see Despicable Me, while I did a few errands on my own and then went to the baby shower for my roommate from my freshman year of college. The hostess was a graphic designer and scrapbooker, so the dessert table looked like Martha herself had done it. But I didn't know anyone else there and being the introvert that I am, it sucked. We were supposed to take the kids to Parents Night Out at the gym and go to dinner alone - but we were both exhausted and L wanted to spend time with the kids so we went to dinner and then rented Scooby Doo and curled up in our bed to watch it.
Sunday we went to breakfast and to Target and then took the kids swimming for a few hours. Everyone took a nap and then friends who are moving out of the county came over and we grilled/hung out with them till it was time for the kids to go to bed. Carter took forever to fall asleep and then 2 hours after he did, a HUGE thunderstorm came through that kept us all awake in our bed for an hour. I had to wake the kids at 6:45 this morning (why doesn't that happen on the weekends?!?!?!)
We didn't have much in terms of plans so I guess everything went great! :-p
Saturday we went to get fingerprinted for the adoption. It was quick and easy and it felt good to check one more thing off the adoption list. After that we spent 5 hours running all sorts of errands. Macy's has most of their summer stuff clearanced out. We also had some coupons so we picked Jelly Bean up a few things for late summer/fall as well as next year. I mean you really can't beat $4 for a Carter's 3 piece set (pants, long sleeve onesie and dress) and $2 for pants, shirts or onesies.
JB was hungry while in Macy's and of course there wasn't a chair in site so I ended up nursing her while sitting on the floor of the luggage department. I kept wondering if that was trashy or if it was just a mother doing what she had to to get things done. ::shrugs::
Sunday morning K kept JB occupied so I was able to sort through the ever increasing pile of paperwork on my desk. I managed to get things into two piles (file and 'to-do'). After that we went to a local BBQ festival and munched on yummy food while listening to some Blues. A quick trip to the grocery store and then a night curled up on the couch wrapped up our weekend.
Saturday I was able to get 3 boxes in the mail for my daughter (one was filled with nothing but Gatorade
). On my way home I picked up breakfast for C and I...I could tell she was starving when I got home because she generally eats really slow, this time it was slow but not just as slow 
.The kids had just finished eating and they were ready for a nap, so we all decided to take a quick wink...no sooner did I put my arm around C that DD woke up...our little insomniac (as I tend to call her at times...LOL!). So, it was decided that once DS woke up we would go to Babies R Us and Target. We picked up dinner on the way home and I gobbled mine down in the car so I would be ready to give our Little Man his bath when we hit the door. The kiddos were TIRED! Poor C did not get to finish her dinner until after 11pm.
Sunday we went to Church, and then to Staples, well C went to Staples. The kiddos were asleep in the van so circled the parking lot (it makes them
when the van is stopped). Afterwards, we decided to pick up breakfast from Silver Diner. When we pulled into the driveway the kiddos were still asleep so we tricked them by opening all the doors (as if we were outside) and C and I enjoyed our meal as we sat under a tree in the front of the house. They both woke up when we walked into the house and were ready to eat, so food and playtime it was. Late afternoon brought us another nap, and, you guessed, our little insomniac was wide awake within minutes. I took her to the living room and played with her until she wouldn't stop rubbing her eyes...then off to sleep it was.
Chores never got done, nor have the fajitas we planned to cook. Nevertheless, it was a great family weekend...we just wish C did not have to go to work today.
Our weekend was busy but great.
Friday was so much better than I thought it was going to be. E was at children's hospital for her 24hr eeg. We didn't get started until about 5:30 on thursday night so I was expecting a long day trying to keep E out of trouble and happy in a small room where she needed to stay in a confined space on camera. Anyway they got what they needed and we got to leave with a great diagnosis (no seizures) at 11 am. We got to go next door and see some nicu nurses and our primary nurse had a brithday present for her. So cute.
Saturday we went to a spray park in a nearby town and had a great time. E is such a water bug and has no fear (a good and bad thing). She crawled right into the spray and had a great time. We left before she got cranky and after her nap we went for dinner and icecream!
Sunday we went to my parent's to swim in the pool. E once again had so much fun and was so happy in the pool. She was trying to put her face in,paddled around and splashed a ton. After swimming we went out for lobster which was so yummy!
It was a great weekend.
It was a busy and fun weekend and I'm bummed it's over already!!!
Friday night two friends and I went to the Bite of Seattle, tasted some wine and sampled some food. Then we walked downtown to the Hard Rock Cafe which has a great roof deck with a view of the water and sunset and it was beautiful out. We had a drink and enjoyed the view.
Saturday I went on the local GLBT outdoor adventure group trip to a ropes course near Vancouver, BC. It was SO MUCH FUN and definitely a "core" workout. There were ziplines and tarzan ropes and suspended bridges and it was blast. I crashed on my friend's couch when we got home late that night.
Sunday my friend and I had brunch and then I decided to go to my first social event with the outdoor group. It was a potluck dinner party at a member's house in a beautiful rural area. The group members are super nice and friendly and it was fun. I met a nice girl and we chatted it up so...who knows.
Absolutely not...in a bad way.
Saturday I baked and then in the evening went to SIL's birthday party. Our niece was being a brat to DD and no one would tell her to stop (I don't believe in telling other peoples children how to behave unless they could physically hurt someone so I didn't say anything) but as soon as DD had enough and throws niece's foam sandal in her face my BIL jumped on my DD's case. She was inside playing with her toy (SIL had gotten each of the girls their own to keep at the IL's house so they won't fight over them, niece had taken hers home and said she would bring it back but didn't, DD just opened hers Saturday night) and neice was mad that she couldn't play with it too, she kept saying it was hers because her godmother had bought it, kept telling DD she was going on a timeout for not sharing, told DD she is a "puta", just wouldn't leave the situation alone and learn from her mistake.
I don't know how to get BIL to leave my DD alone and start disciplining his own child.
Sunday turned into a fiasco too... I had a cake and strawberry order to be picked up between 2-3pm, thought DW had make the strawberries (that's her side of the business) and come to find out at 2:00 that they weren't done and there were no supplies to make them. I had to rush out to get everything and rush to make them. The client still wasn't here for pick up at 3:40 so I called her and she casually told me that she would pick them up between 6-6:30pm. *sigh*
When DW got off work I vented to her about the order (she took it from a coworker and the info she got wasn't all correct) and she got mad at me. It blew up into a big fight which we resolved after some quiet time.
We picked up our friend and goddaughter and took the kids to play in the kids dancing fountain after dinner. After dropping them off at home DW and I got into another fight and she hasn't spoken to me since last night. I feel like I can't speak my honest feelings to her right now without her getting upset at me. *shrug*
Two Mommies Healing Hearts
We had a good weekend and kept pretty closely to the plans that I mentioned here on Friday.
DW and I both really enjoyed The Kids Are Alright. The movie found me laughing at times and crying at others. All in all, I do believe that families like ours were presented fairly. I still can't get over how amazing it felt to sit in a movie theatre pregnant with our donor sperm baby, holding my wife's hand and watching a movie about a family so similar to ours.
weekend was ok. lotssss of driving (OH and back Fri/Sun) with a wedding for people I don't know in the middle.
And now our AC is dead.
I'm not overly happy this evening, petty as it may be.