What a wonderful weekend followed by a wonderful birthday….
Friday
Friday evening we spent lounging around the house chit chatting with Maggie. We were trying to make it to the Coffman/Darby HS football game, but never did get out of the house. After Daddy cutting his hair and Mayas, then pizza, then a glass of wine… then packing up the diaper bag and dressing the kids warm, it was suddenly 830. Didn’t seem worth it anymore, so we just decided to stay home.
Saturday
The next morning we went to Leeds Pumpkin Farm. We had so much fun as a family! We got up early to go to breakfast before. We went to Panera. Jack didn’t like the bagel or the egg or the ham that we offered him… but he did want to eat Daddy’s chips. Chips for breakfast. Whatever. So we head out to the farm. It was such a gorgeous day. Started out about 65 and sunny and kept get warmer throughout the day. We ended up rolling up our jeans later. Sophie rode happily in the bjorn the whole time, and I nursed her here and there throughout the day. Jack loved the banana bus train ride. The first time, Daddy tried to ride it with Jack, but Daddy wouldn’t fit in. So I passed Sophie off to Daddy, and hopped in. It just makes a little loop around the farm, and goes down by the pond. The second time, we let Jack ride the ride himself. He did great! He totally got that he had to stay seated and buckled in, and he just held the wheel the whole time. Boy!!! Did he love that ride! Again, and again and again. But there was always a line. He didn’t quite understand that he had to wait in line. But he was always pleased when it was his turn again. We also played on the haystacks and went down the slide. I don’t think Jack liked getting his little hands covered in hay! We had snacks and cookies and an Elmo cupcake. We fed the goats.. sort of. Jack liked the black goat for some reason. Haha! Maybe because it was different or looked like his dogs?! I don’t know! Then Daddy and Jack rode the peddle carts. Hard work for Daddy. Then Mommy took Jack down the tube slide with the potato sack. Someone should have warned me that they waxed the tube… because we went flying down! We slide right over the landing mat and then almost onto my face! Jack wanted to do this several times too! We looked at pumpkins, but they were pretty expensive, so we passed this year. Jack fell asleep on the way home in the car and so did Soph. Mom stopped at Giant Eagle and Dad stayed in the car with the kids. Soph was awake most of the pumpkin farm, so she took a HUGE nap in the afternoon. She slept from about 230 to 530. Jack woke up when we tried to transition him into the house, so he only slept about an hour. Dad made his “steak and shake” chili and mom made some buffalo dip. Our family arrived around 630 and we started to eat! Tom set up a TV out back and some people watched the game inside. We watched the buckeyes lose… and celebrated my birthday as a family. Jack pushed and pushed to stay up as long as he could… he went to bed around 1030. Sophie went to bed easily at 9:00.
Sunday
Got up early again to go to the Italian festival. We were hoping to make it right as it opened so that we could come home for a Jack nap, but ended up staying all day! We had so much fun. Another gorgeous fall day. Upper 70’s and partly cloudy. Got up around 7 or 730 and were trying to meet Nana and Buddy at 10. Met Nana and Buddy at Panera at 1030…. (we are taking a break from McD’s… gross!) Jack took a tiny nap in the car…. Then off to the Italian festival and some more kiddie rides. Jack rode the swing and the train. He really liked the train ride and the swing. We tried a bouncy house but he was a little too little for it. He didn’t quite get it. We went and saw the worlds largest meatball. Then we sat around for a bit and all had a glass of wine. And then another. J The high school bands played and Jack danced. Sophie watched the cheerleaders. There were other babies there and everyone commented on how precious and how cute Sophie was. I must agree. She was looking cute that day!! We had some Italian food and left around 530pm. Went home and saw all the neighbor kids. Jack napped a tiny bit in the car again, but we knew he was tired. I decided to do the kids baths and lay in bed with them. Baths were done around 7 or 730 and Jack and I laid together. I popped some popcorn and we watch Tangled (Disney’s Repunzel). My last memory of the weekend is Jack laying there with a popcorn bowl in his lap, and his sippy cup to his side. He was fixated on the movie, and just kept popping that popcorn in his mouth with his tiny little hand. It was so wonderful to all be laying together. Sophie on one side and Jack on the other. And then we all fell asleep….
My Birthday
My birthday was funny this year. Seemed like everyone knew it was my birthday and I felt so special. IT started with a 630am text from Maggie, and I almost forgot my birthday. Boy, was I wrong. Even Tom remembered right away… which is unusual. My 9 year old neighbor and her mom yelled Happy Birthday from the school bus stop on my way out. I asked, how did you know? It’s her mom’s birthday as well. J Then a co worker yelled Happy Birthday upon arriving. Then my boss said Happy Birthday- and we are not facebook friends. And then my co worker emailed happy birthday from maternity leave. We had a new person on board that day, so we all went out to lunch at my favorite restaurant downtown, Due Amici. Since it was the new guys first day, lunch was picked up. Awesome. Then the happy birthdays continued throughout the day. Hung out with the kids for a bit and went to Bonefish, another one of my favorites, for dinner. It was such a good day!
JACK
Jack just said Daddy- finally!!! He has not really gone up to Tom and said, “Daddy” but he does repeat it after us. It’s so cute. Daad dee! Daad dee! I say he can call me Daddy too if he wants to. He still does a lot of grunting and pointing, but we get the idea. He is always holding Sophie’s hand and he likes to be the “big brother”.
SOPHIE
Sophie has changed so much! She has great head control and can stand in our laps. She loves to look around. She is happy in the outward facing bjorn. She was happy at both outings this weekend. As long as I had my hooter hider I can nurse her anytime she needs. The hooter hider is only to make other people less uncomfortable, I am comfortable nursing anywhere and any time. I don’t care who sees! And you can’t see anything anyways. She can go about 2-3 hours now between nurses and it doesn’t seem to be the center of the world. She is such a smiley and happy baby these days. I just melt on that huge toothless gummy smile! And it comes so often. She smiles at Tom and me. She smiled for Grandma Donna and Lucy all weekend. I think a laugh is close. Sometimes a little sound will escape when she smiles huge. She is also SOOO drooly. Could teeth be in her future? It seems so early, I don’t know. Jack was closer to 6 mths for his first tooth, but she is approaching 4 mths. FOUR MONTHS! I can’t even believe its been that long. She will be eating cereal here shortly… oh the changes! I am excited for Halloween and trick or treat this year. And I am also excited about Christmas. Ooh, one thing at a time, Linds.
