Labor Day weekend and then some

Aug. 25, 2013.  My boys have taken to napping anywhere but in their beds.  Theo's weekend naps are pretty much always on the couch now. I'm fine with that - it takes both of them 10 times longer to fall asleep at naptime when they are both in their room. 

Dexter woke up shortly after falling asleep and asked to sleep with me in my bed.  He went right back to sleep...and I woke him up 3+ hours later.

The light in our room was just right for sneaking some pics.  I can't imagine ever getting tired of watching them sleep.  Even when they're zit-faced metal-mouth teenagers.

Fast forward to Labor Day.  My sister and her family came from Tennessee for the weekend.  They arrived very late Friday night and we were up before the sun Saturday morning with our early risers.  We traveled 90 minutes east to visit relatives.

Just another trip to our uncle's alpaca farm.

Checking out Uncle Joe's cool Corvette Stingray.

After a long day of playing and no napping, we made the mistake of setting up dinner plans. Long story short, it was one of the most embarrassing parenting moments I've had. Both boys throwing fits (understatement of the decade) in the restaurant. Ryan and I functioning on 4 hrs of sleep. No thank you - we kindly skipped out of the restaurant and drove home.  The boys slept all the way home and then went right back to sleep in their beds after dinner.  

Sunday I woke up with an eye infection ... awesome.  We had made plans to go to Ryan's parent's house to swim in the lake. I got up early and fixed cheesy potatoes and grape salad. Yum & Yum.  We got down there a little after 11am and made a day of it. I ended up not taking my camera down to the dock for obvious reasons but did squeeze in a mini sesh with beautiful 8 month old Penelope Quinn.

 She wasn't in much of a smiling mood, this was about as close as we got to a smile Sunday.

I just love chubby little baby hands and arms and thighs and feet and...you know. Baby chubbiness.  So cute.

Monday morning we lounged around the house before heading to the outlet mall to check out the Labor Day deals.  After that it was time for my sweet sis and her amazing family to hit the road.  Sad to see them go, realizing after spending such quality time together how much we are missing by living so far apart.  

Isabella and Malachi - my first niece and my first nephew. Now I have two of each.  These are 2 good kids.  REALLY good kids.  Love them to pieces. 

They all left a little after 5pm and I went home to spend a little extra time with my own little fam.  Back to work. Back to school. Back to the babysitter.  We're all getting back into our post-holiday routine. To toss in a little excitement, we went to the ice cream shop last night and then the library, which is right across the street.  The boys love this library, and so do I.  We let them check out books for the first time. 

They selected Yuck!, The Insomniacs, and Nothing Like a Puffin.

How's that for a photo & info overload?  Now that we're almost into another weekend, I hope your Labor Day weekend was great and I hope this coming weekend is too!

xoxo, 

~C~