Another good weekend for us! We didn’t have a lot planned and it feels like those are the most spontaneous and happy weekends of all. A Friday mani for me, Saturday morning soccer, sweet potato dinner for Miss Lydi, fishing for the boys, a movie for Joey and I and, to top it all off, Dempsey had a sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa’s ☺️

Friday morning, Joey was out of the house early for a golf tournament, so I got the littles up and fed and off to Grandma’s then headed back home to work. Took a couple of hours off for car lunch and a manicure. I was committed to not overfilling my day — Friday is often a load of laundry here, a few minutes of dishwashing there, a run, two pumping sessions, etc. and I feel so tired by the end of it all — and it felt really good. So did eating a bowl of cold fruit!

Joey brought the kids home and we quick loaded them in the stroller and walked to Tocabe for dinner. Dempsey loves it there and so do we! He was busy making friends with the other diners out on the patio and didn’t want to leave 😂 Got them home and in bed then watched a little bit of Jury Duty before going to bed ourselves.

I’m not going to lie, I feel like none of us are in the best sleep phase right now. Dempsey has been doing this thing where he yells for us randomly to untangle his blanket or get him a bandaid. It’s usually something quick and painless but still disruptive to everyone’s sleep plus Lyds has been waking up once a night or so and often early in the morning. And Joey’s prone to insomnia already so if he wakes up with one of the kids, sometimes he’s done for. It’s a little bit of a mess but not to the point where we’re really struggling, so I’m hoping we can all just ride it out for now. Anyway 😅 That’s all just to say, I can’t even keep track of how our nights go or when our mornings start but I know this one eventually made it to strawberry cornmeal buttermilk pancakes and soccer. No hitting this week but boy oh boy, is it tough to keep this kid on the field and listening to “Coach” aka Dad. A true test of my patience. That being said, he did some jumping jacks, told everyone his favorite superhero was Spider-Man, pretended to be a shark and tried to kick the ball at Joey (he was supposed to 🤷‍♀️) so pretty good overall.

Post naps, Lyds played the tambourine 😂, I made some vegan brioche slider buns to have in the freezer (I hadn’t made those in so long and I missed them!), Joey made us really good pineapple pork for dinner (only sort of made a big deal out of him putting parsley on top instead of cilantro 😝) and then we all walked to get ice cream. We had been listening to music during dinner at home and heard “Tiny Dancer” and when we got to the ice cream shop, “Tiny Dancer” was playing inside. Isn’t that the weirdest thing?? Back at home, a bath for Dempsey, bedtime routines for both kids and then Joey and I went downstairs to fire up The Royal Tenenbaums in preparation for seeing the newest Wes Anderson the next day. Only made it halfway through but we finished it Sunday night and gosh, it’s good. Far less whimsical and painstakingly choreographed, more focused on emotion and plot, but still quirky and dryly humorous.

We had ourselves a busy but good Sunday. Woke up and made quick breakfasts for us all, then Joey and Dempsey headed out to go… fishing!!! Joey had been making preparations all day Saturday, so they could just load up and head out early on Sunday. I was shocked and thrilled to receive a photo from him half an hour after they left where they were holding a good sized fish!!!! Lyds and I were just loading up in the stroller to head to the Farmers’ Market when they got back and Dempsey ran in yelling “we caught a fish!” Then he proceeded to tell his sister about it 🥺 I’m so glad they had fun. Little Miss and I headed out after that and luckily it wasn’t too hot yet. The market was packed as usual but we got caffeine and cherries and she was a happy smiley girl the whole time. I can’t wait to go back as a family of four! I also got a terrible vegan sandwich, but let’s not talk about that 😋

My parents showed up right as Dempsey was about to go up for his nap, so my mom took over and I handed that cute baby to Grandpa, so Joey and I could scoot out and see our movie. We liked it! Dialed back a bit from The French Dispatch but still so beautiful to look at. I want to live in that set! And some really beautiful performances. There’s so many people in this movie but we felt like they all got their moment to shine. The plot is a bit convoluted but I felt like there was at least a reason behind it. When we got back home, everyone was up in the kids’ room hanging out 🤍 We got Demps packed up and said goodbye so he could head off to the pool and then dinner and bedtime at Grandma and Grandpa’s. So we had baby girl all to ourselves and it felt weird but nice but sad but good 😅 Nothing like having two children to make you feel like one child is a walk in the park but I wouldn’t trade the chaos of two for anything! While she was down for her last nap of the day, I made a pretty rainbow of pickled veggies, then we ate dinner — Little Miss had some sweet potato puree and I think she’s yet to really get anything in her mouth but she’ll get there eventually! — got a photo update of Dempsey at dinner, hung out outside then put her to bed together. It was a strange experience because that’s how we used to put Demps down except it was a different baby? We decided to try out letting her sleep in her own room instead of in ours and she rocked it!!! Slept from 7:45 PM-6:45 AM without a peep. Not sure how it’ll work once there’s another child sleeping in there but we’ll test it out in a month or so. For now, it’s good to know she can spend a full night in her crib plus it was nice to be able to talk and have the lights on in our room before we went to sleep.

Hope you all had nice weekends too! We’re in the final stretch of June, can you even believe it?!

What a busy but good good weekend with so much to celebrate, including Dempsey’s first trip to the movie theater, two Father’s Day BBQs and Miss Lydia’s half birthday!

Just my normal Friday, trying to do a million things while also working from home but I was cleaned up and ready to go by 2:30 because I had a date with my little man! Joey and I picked him up from Grandma’s and took him to see his first movie in a theater! We had to keep reminding him to whisper (yelling “is it over?!” at the end of every trailer was both funny and mortifying at the same time) but otherwise, he did so good! And I personally thought Elemental was very cute, though I didn’t feel like it made a lasting impression on Dempsey. Picked Lyds up afterward then dinner, kid bedtime, TV time and adult bedtime.

Lydia was up at 4:45 AM on Saturday 😱 Very cute to hear her “talking” to herself in her bassinet but a bit too early. It woke Joey up, so he took her downstairs where she fell back asleep but he did not 😬 I woke up a few hours later to Dempsey yelling about something or other 🤷🏻‍♀️ And then we proceeded to have kind of a rushed and busy morning. At least there were banana bread pancakes á la Joey! Made it to soccer then spent the 45 minutes of practice chasing Dempsey around and trying to get him to stop hitting his teammates. Ugh. We’re working on it and I know kids his age hit but it doesn’t feel the greatest when it’s YOUR kid doing the hitting. Got him home and fed (my sis stopped by and got to spend lunchtime with us 🤍) then put them both down for their naps and rushed around some more before finally sitting down to relax for a bit. It’s funny, I know we were scrambling to get stuff done and now I can’t even tell you what any of it was, though it did involve making macaroni salad 😅😅

After naps, we packed the kids up and headed over to Steve and Lorna’s to celebrate Father’s Day with that side of the family and it was baby central! Four babies, two of whom were newborns! It was so sweet to see 🤍 Plus we got to visit with Joey’s grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. One of the best things about being a breastfeeding introvert is having a reason to sneak away for a few minutes. Got a four generation photo that now includes another dad and two more babies!

Sunday means Happy Father’s Day and Happy Half Birthday to our little girl! Can you believe it?? Joey had an early tee time with his own dad, so it was just me and the kids for the first half of the day. In many ways it’s harder to be on my own with two kids but in some ways — like juggling conversations 🤪 — it’s easier. That little girl took a good nap and Demps and I wrapped some Father’s Day gifts and played outside till she was up then we all took a walk to the store just to get out of the house and someplace cool.

At 2, my family came over for Father’s Day BBQ #2 and it was a smaller group than we usually have but it was really nice. My mom brought everything for pulled pork sandwiches and my sis and I made some sides to go along. All of it was very good! Lyds is SO grabby for our food lately. I’m waiting to get the official go-ahead from our pediatrician next Monday to start solids but it can’t come soon enough! Pulled out a cherry streusel pie for dessert and it was so good, though clearly Dempsey was more into the ice cream 😂 He also showed us how he does a jumping jack and I nearly cried, it was so cute! Everyone was packed up and gone by 7ish, so we got the kids to bed on time then collapsed on the couch. We’ve been watching Black Bird on Apple TV+ and it’s creepy but super good. Only half an episode to go! Hope everyone had a nice weekend 😊