We have had a great time with family and friends these past two weekends, such a great start to the summer.
Memorial Day Weekend – My family came to visit for Memorial Day. My parents and Mimi came Thursday night, and my brothers came on Friday. It was a packed weekend (as always when my mom comes and she and I decide to start a project). We started with a big trip to the grocery store to feed all the boys all weekend long. Then we went to the nursery to pick out plants, I’m finally starting to landscape the yard. It’s taken me a long time to formulate a landscaping plan in my mind for the yard. I’m not quite there yet since I know nothing about plants, but I have started some pots on the front porch and back patio. Chris took my dad and brothers to play golf on Saturday. They did some sort of switching partners game to equalize the talent, and Chris won. (They may have let him win.) Chris also got a grill. It’s really nice and cooks great burgers. On Sunday my cousin Kelly and her boyfriend Brian joined us for a cookout. On Monday my mom and I began taking down the border in the kitchen. The glue is making it really difficult, and to be honest I haven’t made any progress since my mom left, but I’ve promised Chris that I will eventually make the kitchen presentable again.
I had to go back to work on Tuesday. I started crying Monday night just thinking about leaving my sweet Piper. Tuesday was hard, but my kids at school were really sweet. Each day got a little easier. Chris’ mom, Clara, has been here all week watching Piper. I’d be late for school everyday if I also had to get Piper in the car in the mornings. Piper has been good for Clara, willingly drinking her bottle, even though the A/C has been out in the downstairs. It came back on for a day and is out again. Hopefully it will be fixed tomorrow. To make going back to work easier, our sweet friends James and Abby brought us dinner on Wednesday. Abby brought an amazing spread for building salads, it was gourmet!!! Also Piper got to have her first play date with their twin girls – Tilly and Ellie. Their twins were born last summer and having watched them grow from preemies it is amazing to see how far they’ve come and how well they’re doing. It shocks me that Piper will be as big as they are in a few short months. These girls have been so kind to pass on clothes to Piper. We put the girls together on the floor and after a minute of sizing each other up, the twins went straight for Piper’s hair. I think they’re jealous.
This weekend – On Saturday we went to Wichita Falls for my cousin Kelsey’s graduation. We missed the ceremony, but arrived just in time for food. It was great to be there and see Kelsey and the rest of the family. It was Piper’s first official trip in the car and she did just fine. We are planning on going back with Bash this summer so he can hang out with Garrett.
Today Piper got to meet a special friend – Miss Sally Claire Downing. There is a big story behind these two girls being special friends so let me explain. My best friend Rikki and I found out we were pregnant last August, both due in April. Rikki’s due date was April 6, mine April 11. We were so excited to be going through this stage of life together, but shocked that the due dates were so close because we didn’t even know the other was trying. Well my due date got moved up to the 6th because my baby was measuring big and ahead of schedule. Then Rikki’s husband got a job in Tulsa so she was scheduled to be induced on April 2. I started having contractions in the middle of the night on April 1, but didn’t go to the hospital until April 2 and Piper was born at 8:45am. Rikki had Sally later that day around dinner time. With the miracle of babies and how they can cause so many wrenches in the plan, it is amazing these girls were actually born on the same day, although Piper couldn’t share her birthday with a sweeter girl. The Downing family has moved to Tulsa so that’s why the girls just had their first meeting today, but they were so cute side by side. It was so fun for Rikki and I to catch up and sympathize with each other and what we’re experiencing with our girls. I am hoping Sally and Piper are life long friends like Rikki and I. They are going to have to get along considering how much Rikki and I like to get together to gab. And here are the pictures, what you've all been waiting for.
Memorial Day Weekend – My family came to visit for Memorial Day. My parents and Mimi came Thursday night, and my brothers came on Friday. It was a packed weekend (as always when my mom comes and she and I decide to start a project). We started with a big trip to the grocery store to feed all the boys all weekend long. Then we went to the nursery to pick out plants, I’m finally starting to landscape the yard. It’s taken me a long time to formulate a landscaping plan in my mind for the yard. I’m not quite there yet since I know nothing about plants, but I have started some pots on the front porch and back patio. Chris took my dad and brothers to play golf on Saturday. They did some sort of switching partners game to equalize the talent, and Chris won. (They may have let him win.) Chris also got a grill. It’s really nice and cooks great burgers. On Sunday my cousin Kelly and her boyfriend Brian joined us for a cookout. On Monday my mom and I began taking down the border in the kitchen. The glue is making it really difficult, and to be honest I haven’t made any progress since my mom left, but I’ve promised Chris that I will eventually make the kitchen presentable again.
I had to go back to work on Tuesday. I started crying Monday night just thinking about leaving my sweet Piper. Tuesday was hard, but my kids at school were really sweet. Each day got a little easier. Chris’ mom, Clara, has been here all week watching Piper. I’d be late for school everyday if I also had to get Piper in the car in the mornings. Piper has been good for Clara, willingly drinking her bottle, even though the A/C has been out in the downstairs. It came back on for a day and is out again. Hopefully it will be fixed tomorrow. To make going back to work easier, our sweet friends James and Abby brought us dinner on Wednesday. Abby brought an amazing spread for building salads, it was gourmet!!! Also Piper got to have her first play date with their twin girls – Tilly and Ellie. Their twins were born last summer and having watched them grow from preemies it is amazing to see how far they’ve come and how well they’re doing. It shocks me that Piper will be as big as they are in a few short months. These girls have been so kind to pass on clothes to Piper. We put the girls together on the floor and after a minute of sizing each other up, the twins went straight for Piper’s hair. I think they’re jealous.
This weekend – On Saturday we went to Wichita Falls for my cousin Kelsey’s graduation. We missed the ceremony, but arrived just in time for food. It was great to be there and see Kelsey and the rest of the family. It was Piper’s first official trip in the car and she did just fine. We are planning on going back with Bash this summer so he can hang out with Garrett.
Today Piper got to meet a special friend – Miss Sally Claire Downing. There is a big story behind these two girls being special friends so let me explain. My best friend Rikki and I found out we were pregnant last August, both due in April. Rikki’s due date was April 6, mine April 11. We were so excited to be going through this stage of life together, but shocked that the due dates were so close because we didn’t even know the other was trying. Well my due date got moved up to the 6th because my baby was measuring big and ahead of schedule. Then Rikki’s husband got a job in Tulsa so she was scheduled to be induced on April 2. I started having contractions in the middle of the night on April 1, but didn’t go to the hospital until April 2 and Piper was born at 8:45am. Rikki had Sally later that day around dinner time. With the miracle of babies and how they can cause so many wrenches in the plan, it is amazing these girls were actually born on the same day, although Piper couldn’t share her birthday with a sweeter girl. The Downing family has moved to Tulsa so that’s why the girls just had their first meeting today, but they were so cute side by side. It was so fun for Rikki and I to catch up and sympathize with each other and what we’re experiencing with our girls. I am hoping Sally and Piper are life long friends like Rikki and I. They are going to have to get along considering how much Rikki and I like to get together to gab. And here are the pictures, what you've all been waiting for.
After her bath, with crazy curly hair, waiting for her grandparents plane to arrive.
Sleeping on my mom's shoulders, her hand is so cute grapsing the robe.
Hanging out with Uncle Craig. 
The boys digging into the dip while my mom is busy cooking. This is pretty much what you saw all weekend long when you walked into the kitchen..
Chris' new grill!!!
Our patio with a new umbrella to provide some shade and ambience to go with my new plants. I have citronella on the table, bouganvilla and double wave petunias in hanging baskets, and in a pot by the window I have a double knockout rose bush.
In these pots we did vinca, sweet potato vine, and something tall in the back that I can't remember the name.
Piper's sunglasses
In the sling with mom, Piper has graduated to sitting up. This sling has been awesome, I totally love it and it almost always puts Piper to sleep.
What a precious smile! Piper has been smiling more and we love it. Of course she smiled at me when I got home after my first day back at school. She's such a good girl!
This is the sweet face I left Tuesday morning for work.
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