My darling boy is FIVE years old today!!!!! How?! I was torturing myself last week by looking at all of his baby pictures and then my favorite videos from when he was two, three, four, and it somehow feels like it was both yesterday and a million years ago. I barely remember that baby voice he had 🥺 This morning, I looked at him and he was distinctly a little boy (sometimes with the attitude to match 😅). He has a personality and interests that are so uniquely him. I couldn’t be more proud or in awe of the person he is 😍 I hope he has the best day!

Anyway, this was a busy busy weekend and while it was like 80% fun, Dempsey has also had a stuffed up nose all weekend and both my kids had their fair share of complete meltdowns. I think Lydi takes the cake for her Saturday night shenanigans, which involved trying to “take a bath” in the sink and then not letting me put a diaper on her for 45 minutes. But we had the best time at Anderson Farms on Friday night, got to celebrate Dempsey’s birthday with a party on Saturday and had a sweet little family photo shoot on Sunday, followed by Joey’s grandma’s birthday party and then some time at home to rest and attempt to clean up.

Grandma Lori got us a bonfire reservation, so we got to the farm shortly after 4 so we could head out to the pumpkin patch and play for a bit before roasting hot dogs and smores. Never not grateful that these kiddos get to grow up together 😍 I get to see Dempsey and Lydia interact all the time, but seeing him with Delaney and Landon melts my heart. Between dinner and dessert, we rode the barrel train and played at the playground and I’ve had to listen to Joey complain about how bad his butt hurts from going down the slide with the kids ever since 😂 The bonfire was a really fun time, I’m glad we got to do it! Got the kids home (after driving by a house decked out with skeletons and a little meltdown from Dempsey) and to sleep, then I went to bed and Joey stayed up the bake Dempsey’s birthday cake 🥰😂

I woke up and walked by myself to grab coffee on Saturday and thank god for my one moment of peace because the rest of the morning was rocky to say the least. Dempsey was super stuffed up and really upset about it and Lydia was a mess too. Just both of them at the breakfast table crying over every little thing. I was feeling very worried about carrying on with the birthday party but they got some rest on the couch afterward and then we got decorations up, the cake finished (literally no credit to me, Joey did it all!) and ourselves all cleaned up by 3, when people started showing up. It was chilly outside so we were kind of all stuck inside but we did go out for piñata time and I got a great video of Dempsey whacking it open! He said it was his favorite part. I think we all had a really great time! Little Miss skipped her nap, hence her bedtime from hell but she eventually told me “I want you to be happy, Mama” and put her diaper on/let me lay her down in her bed. Joey cleaned up while I tended to that girl and then we watched GBBO and went to bed ourselves (only to be awoken a few hours later by someone who slept in our bed the rest of the night, but what can you do?).

Not going to lie, after Saturday morning, I was feeling VERY nervous about our Sunday morning photo shoot, but the kids were fine and the shoot actually went very well! Dempsey was acting a complete fool, I cannot wait to see all the silliness on camera. Afterward, we headed to Joey’s grandma’s birthday party and the kids had a great time jumping on the trampoline, while we ate, visited with family and played Bingo. I won the blackout game! We left shortly after 1 because I did not think I would survive another no nap bedtime with Lydi. She let Joey put her down for like the first time in three months 😪 While she slept, Joey and Dempsey worked on his skeleton and I made salads. Chad made Dempsey a video with instructions for building his very own skeleton and all the parts to go with it (plus an electric screwdriver) and they got it all done in a few hours. I was seriously SO impressed and how special is that gift?? 🥺 We did “spooky bath” after dinner (just realized how blurry those photos are 😂) and got the kids to bed before wrapping Dempsey’s presents then watching a bit of last week’s SNL. He woke up to a balloon drop and gifts from all of us and said “thank you, Mommy, Daddy and Sissy” 🥺❤ I truly truly adore him.

Happy Monday to you all!