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 😊