What a treat to have such a long weekend! Matt’s parents, sister, and sister’s husband arrived on Wednesday afternoon. I was out at my PT appointment, and then went to Whole Foods for the turkey and some last minute groceries. I also picked up pumpkin pie and quiche from Sunflower Baking Company, and then a fall pie and mushroom pot pie from Move That Dough Baking Co. Sunflower is one of my go-to’s for GF baked goods, and I decided this…
Hello and happy Thanksgiving week! We are hosting Matt’s family and I’m excited to stay in Charlotte. Aside from a lot of grocery shopping, food planning, and cleaning, I’m hoping it’s a relaxing week. Other than that, there’s not a lot going on over here. I’m just enjoying this slower season of life and spending most of my time at home. Last week, my doctor cleared me for exercise, but I’m working with the pelvic floor PT to add specific…
We had another celebratory weekend – this time for my birthday! My mom and dad came back to Charlotte on Wednesday, so that my dad could meet baby Avery (he was on a men’s hiking trip in Yosemite when she was born). They brought sparking rose and we toasted to the new addition before having Thai takeout on Thursday night. Em was excited to have some extra attention again and spent most of the visit pretending she was Angelina (or…
We had a big weekend over here! Well, Emerson did – I mostly sat on the couch:) Friday, Emerson and a classmate celebrated their birthdays (both the 12th!) at school with a donut party. Parents aren’t allowed to attend, but Em was full of energy when she got home from school and was eager to tell us all about it. She was super wound up and skipped her nap, making for a cranky Friday night. We took a family walk…
Well, another October First, with another baby, has come and [almost] gone. I’d expected that this one would be late too, but got my hopes up around 38 weeks when baby dropped and I started having some cramps and sporadic contractions. I don’t mind that much, as I’ve had such a relaxing week, but I am just ready to meet her so I can stop being nervous about labor and a healthy baby! I’m not scared of labor like I…
I can finally relax a bit, both because Grammie is here to take care of Emerson when I go to the hospital, and because I have an entertainer + another set of hands to help with everything. After a hard week of toddler challenges (flu shot + a cold + constipation + sleep issues made for the perfect storm), I put my feet up on Friday night! My mom put Em to bed, and Matt made us two tasty pizzas…
Hello and happy Tuesday! We had a relatively uneventful weekend that looked a lot like the past few weekends – lots of nesting projects and some fun in-between. Matt & I went out on one last date night before my mom gets here on Friday (hoping we can squeeze another one in once she’s here.) We went to see some improv comedy, which was a fun change of pace, and had a bit of a disappointing dinner at Bonterra. But…
We have been cramming so much into these last few weekends. We have one more as a threesome before my mom joins us for #babywatch! Friday started like any other weekend – with homemade pizza. I can’t remember why, but it was super late before we got Emerson to bed, and I was exhausted making the pizza at nearly 9pm. I told Matt I have one more weekend of pizza-making in me, but then we are switching to delivery so…
What a treat to have an extra day to the weekend. I always kinda forget about these long weekends until they are here and it was WONDERFUL to have an extra day with Matt to do all the fun things. We kicked off the weekend with two Mellow Mushroom pizzas and then went straight to bed because we were both exhausted. I was on my phone the minute I opened my eyes on Saturday to see if Move That…