Hello! We have been busy lately celebrating birthdays – Emerson, Avery, and I all have birthdays a week apart, so October involves lots of celebrating, party planning, and cake! We celebrated Avery with a visit to the farm on her real birthday! She was getting over an ear infection and was a little grumpy all day, but by the time the party rolled around she felt better. I think she finally understood that the party was for her when we…
Matt’s birthday is July 3rd, so the holiday weekend is always a big one for us! We kicked things off by making Matt an ice cream cake. Avery has never helped me bake before and I didn’t know if she would be grabby – but she was so excited and totally content to watch Emerson. We used this recipe with gluten free Joe’s Joe’s, mint chip, and vanilla and it was great – hard to cut through the crust but…
I’ve sat down to write this post like 5 times. We have been busy celebrating over here! It’s both fun and overwhelming that the three of us girls have birthdays three weeks apart:) My parents drove down and we had a little party for Avery on her real birthday, October 3rd. We had a couple of friends stop by for a backyard cake smash too. I couldn’t resist getting one of these beautiful initial cakes from The Batchmaker. Cris was…
We had a wonderful weekend of celebrations over here! Matt’s parents came down for the long weekend – we hadn’t seen them in 6 months! Emerson was on cloud nine and played with them non-stop for 3 straight days. Friday was Matt’s birthday, and I wanted to get away for a little date with him. He had the day off, so I surprised him with a picnic lunch in Freedom Park. Given that we’ve had two outings with out the…
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…
-There’s a lot I forgot about how hard postpartum recovery period is physically. Although my recovery has def. been easier this time around, I’m thankful that it’s mostly behind me [hopefully]. -It’s crazy to me how different Avery already is from Emerson. For some reason, I was expecting them to be the exact same as newborns. -It’s been such a treat to have meals brought over by friends these past two weeks. Not only because we don’t have to cook,…
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…
We are back from Hilton Head and I’m ready for a productive week at home. Emerson had her first day of camp today, and although she was very nervous at drop-off, she was squealing with excitement when I picked her up. After two weeks of back to back travel, I was so thankful for some time at home to get my life together. I’m also looking forward to some healthy eating, as there’s not much room in my stomach these…
Hello out there. We are home from Bald Head and have a short week packed with the chiropractor, swimming lessons, my gestational diabetes test, getting unpacked and re-packed, and Matt’s birthday! Side note: I just noticed all the pictures from my BHI post were sideways – how embarrassing! This happened once before when I blogged from my iPad and it’s so annoying because they don’t appear that way in the preview. Anyway, we are heading to Hilton Head for the…