Relaxing on the couch wrapping up my first Mother's Day and thought I would share the pictures from our Mama + Mini shoot :) I truly believe that my calling in life was to be this little girls mother and I feel so blessed everyday to have her in my life.
Come Monday, I still wasn't feeling up to par so Erin stayed home from work & Adelie, myself and the boys came over and hung out in sweats all day. We had quite the house full but safety in numbers, right? Brandon's connecting flight was cancelled in Chicago, so they were forced to rent a car and drive home.
Finally over our sickies on wednesday, we prepared for our big weekend of travel! This past weekend I headed to Florida, Brandon to Colorado and Adelie (&the boys) to her Grandma and Papa Beck's for four days. It was the big weekend of bachelor/bachelorette parties (for the wedding we're all in, come August). Being separated by states from both of my loves was a bit nerve wrecking, but we all survived and the reunion on Sunday night was bittersweet.
Adelie had tons of fun with her G+P Beck and like always, they loved having her there :) She got to attend a baby shower on Saturday with Grandma and enjoyed mimicking faces at Papa. She came home looking twice her age, cooing like a pigeon and shaking her head NO. Who taught her that?! ha! Little girl is working on two more teefers, chewing on her binky backwards and battling the constant runny nose. She looks more and more like her daddy everyday, and B swears her hair looked more red last night. I think it was the lighting ;)
She has started giving kisses. Large open mouth, slobbery kisses. My favorite. ;) She has also started taking naps again, whew! It still may be only one, but it will be one solid nap :)
Of course I picked her up some cute souvenirs from FL, including a one of a kind airbrushed tshirt with her name on it. Because, like her mama, she will never find a keychain with her name on it. She is getting more and more stable standing, only needing to hold onto something with one hand. I can tell walking is in the very near future….eeek! As much as we would like to deny it, her first birthday is right around the corner. Party planning is in full swing and a few things have already arrived in the mail :) We will be having a cookout with family and friends in our backyard with all of Adelie's favorite things. Do you think they'll let me bring ponies into our subdivision? ;) It has been a busy busy week and we are looking forward to a more quiet week leading into my first Mothers Day with a baby on the outside :)
Who is this toddler and where is my baby?!
We visited B at work on Thursday and she looovveeddd crawling around meeting all the new people!
tiny drunk humans
Modeling her new favorite shirt :) A few highlights from Bethany's Bachelorette Party
We stayed at a Condo on the beach in Treasure Island. Although it thunder stormed on Friday and rained most of Saturday we had so much fun and cannot wait for August! Our weekend was full of shopping, karaoke-ing, dolphin swimming and mean girling. My flight didn't leave until late Sunday so I was able to catch a few rays before heading for home.
A few rays=I look like a lobster.
My flight got delayed 45m on the way down due to fog and 40m on the way back due to a burnt grilled cheese that set off the fire alarm in the airport.
We survived this past week, but just barely. Monday was spent relaxing from our busy weekend of travel, Tuesday was our monthly baby playdate (which will have its own post) and Wednesday was spent recovering from the playdate. Thursday was when everything went downhill at a rate of 95mph. I had fed the babies (L& A) an assortment of finger foods for lunch and then tucked them into bed for their afternoon nap. Around 3, Adelie woke up crying after throwing up in the pack and play. Fast forward two more hours, three changes in outfits for her, me and one for Erin, she had finally stopped throwing up and we decided to brave the car ride home, with her in Liam's clothes. We made it home and the poor girl went right to bed. We chalked up her sudden illness to eating so many different foods for lunch.
Friday she was still not 100% herself and we spent the day snuggling on the couch, with her taking roughly seven naps. We came home once again and went straight to bed, anticipating the early morning wake up to take Brandon to the airport. That's correct. Brandon, my brother in law and my inlaws headed to Florida for a corporate meeting for four days. Perfect timing right?After dropping off B at the airport, I dropped Ads with Erin and headed south for a quick photoshoot. With everyone feeling better us girls took the babies to a little Mexican joint in town, toasting our girls weekend over a margarita and good eats. After a quick walk to the park, Adelie and I headed home stopping at Home Depot to grab some mulch. With her in bed, I quickly mulched the front yard and then…it happened.
I have never been so sick in my entire life.
Thank goodness Adelie never woke up because I have no idea how I could have cared for her.
I have a whole new respect for single moms.
By the next morning I was still camped out on the landing beside my bathroom and feeling like I may be dying. Then I got a text from Heaven. Erin asking if she could come pick up Adelie and watch her while I died got better. I took 4 baths that day, and contemplated sleeping in the bathtub. Still was ridiculously sick by Sunday night, so Adelie had her first sleepover with Aunt Erin and Liam. Monday morning I felt much better, so I loaded the dogs up and we headed to Erin's house where the 9 of us hung out all day in our sweats. (2 adults+2 babies+5 dogs=full house). The past few days were packed with snuggles and comfy pjs and it was exactly what we all needed. Looking forward to seeing B tonight, being able to eat food again and a good nights sleep. Wash your hands frequently friends, I pray you don't get whatever we had! :(
