Hello and Happy Monday. Only a few pictures and a few words from this weekend because we had a nasty virus run through our household. Lydia and I dealt with it most of the week, then Joey got hit with it on Friday. Dempsey had a low grade fever a few weeks ago so I’m hoping he was the originator and we don’t have to deal with him having it after Joey!

This was the look of our Friday night. Luckily I was feeling better and had enough energy to put the kids to bed. We watched Top Chef then went to bed ourselves.

Plans to go buy flowers and get the backyard in shape for Memorial Day Weekend were scraped and instead we watched a lot of TV and ate whole wheat waffles. Mid-morning, Dempsey and I took a trip to Target and dropped off a quiche my mom had made for Lauren and Adam who welcomed a new baby boy to the world last Monday! We’re being cautious, so only Joey has met him so far but I’m really really hoping we’re all well enough to go over later this week. A cousin for Demps and Lyds!

The rest of the day was pretty low-key. Joey’s big task was figuring out a replacement for himself in the Colfax Relay. We were all hoping he’d make a turn for the better but by this point it seemed clear he wouldn’t be able to run 6 miles. Luckily, Wayne stepped in for him! 🙌 Briefly got to see him and my sis, plus Lori and Chad so they could get their bibs and baton. After, I made us a corn pasta, which sounds weird but is super good! And we let Lyds sit in her high chair for a bit. She seemed into it! Joey and I started How to Blow Up a Pipeline after the kids went to bed, but with 40 minutes to go, I had to call it quits. Too tired!

Dempsey and I’s Target pick up was black out curtains for our room — too many 6 AM wake ups for our little lady! — and it worked because she slept in! Joey was revived enough to go pick up biscuit sandwiches for us and we got updates from all the relay runners. I think everyone had a good time. Made me kind of sad we weren’t there, even though we hadn’t planned to be there even if Joey had run it 😋 Played outside a little (the air quality in Denver is soooo bad right now 😢), Lyds took a two hour nap (!!!!), made salads and finished our movie. I’d heard good things but thought it was just okay. Had leftovers for dinner, put the kids to bed, watched Succession and went to bed. I’ve been SO tired at night.

Hopefully we’ve all got our sicknesses out of the way and are on the up and up, just in time for MDW and the Bolder Boulder!

Hello and Happy Mother’s Day recovery to those of us with toddlers and babies, both of whom were rocking low grade fevers this weekend 😱 I think we mostly survived, but there is definitely lots of laundry that didn’t get folded and dishes that didn’t get washed and sleep that was more interrupted than usual. But still, I’m so happy to celebrate my very favorite gig of being a mom to these two crazy kids and we have had THREE babies born to close friends and family as of today. Happy Mother’s Day indeed!

Behold Dempsey’s hair on Friday morning 😍 He was a bit worn down at Grandma’s but by the time I picked him up, he seemed mostly okay. Joey was putting Lyds down for a late nap, so I took Demps to pick up wings at Fire on the Mountain with me and it was actually kind of nice going someplace with him, just the two of us. We saw a guy drop his to-go order of wings outside his car, so Dempsey wanted to tell Dad all about it when we got back. He’s also the king of getting every single bit of chicken off the drumstick 😂

Two babies cuddling in bed but one was not ready for photos 😂 Made us French toast for breakfast but I can tell Dempsey is still a little off because his appetite is low. Afterward, we made our way to Sloan’s Lake for the annual CF Walk. It was a little cloudy and cool but otherwise nice. There was a drumline at the start and Dempsey was SO mesmerized by it. Perhaps that’s why he was drumming all over stuff this morning 🤔

After his nap, Dempsey supervised Dad cleaning the floors and watched Monster’s Inc. (one of his current favorites!) and then Joey headed out for a little delayed bachelor/last hurrah before becoming a dad celebration for Adam. I got the kids fed and in bed and kerplunked myself on the couch. Let the fact that I can’t even remember if either of them went down easy or not go to show that either my brain doesn’t work right any more or those details are so fleeting that they don’t even matter 😋 Joey got home at 10:45ish and gave me a recap of the night but I was so tired, so he had to keep it brief.

A Mother’s Day whirlwind 🥰😂🤪 Lyds was up at 5:45 AM! She’s been a habitual early riser but the 5 o’clock hour ain’t it, little girl. Luckily she went back to sleep in Joey’s arms and then I woke up and it was already 7! Went into Dempsey’s room and asked if he wanted to come cuddle in Mom and Dad’s bed and he told me no 😂😂 Got the sweetest homemade gift, flowers and cards from my babies and their dad and then just complete chaos as I tried to shower while Joey got the house ready for visitors and then both of us trying not to lose our cool when Dempsey chucked a bottle of milk I had just pumped into the bathroom and spilled the entire thing 🤬 And during all of this, Lydia was absolutely losing her mind, shrieking. It was a cry I’ve never heard her do before and it was the saddest. Put her down for a nap just as everyone was showing up for breakfast. Amid all the choas, a delicious breakfast, quite the collection of flowers for all the moms, some baby talk and snuggles with my girl. Also Dempsey asking Siri to tell knock knock jokes and laughing hysterically even though I know there’s no way he got any of those 😂 Aside from Lyds not feeling well, I wouldn’t have it any other way!

Tried to rally in the second part of the day to get some adulting done but we were tired! Got salads made, laundry at least washed, two children napped and dinner on the table, so I’m calling it a success. Both of them took longer than usual to go down for bed and then Joey and I watched the election episode of Succession and I only dozed off a few times 😂 Hoping we all feel better and more rested this week!