We got SO MUCH SNOW yesterday! And the entire day (ESPECIALLY the end) definitely did not go as planned. Still, there were some bright moments from this weekend that I want to share 🙂

Friday morning, Joey had an early dentist appointment, so Dempsey and I took a little trip to pick up coffee. I love that Cherry Bean will bring your drink out to your car! Drank that lavender latte with a blueberry scone my mom baked and YUM. Dempsey was really grabbing at my cup but maybe it’s a bit too soon for coffee, bud.

That night, we made a veggie shepherd’s pie with goat cheese mashed sweet potato on top and it tasted extra good on a cold winter night. I also picked us up some beer from Diebolt and Joey was drinking the wildest stout! Upstairs, we read a chapter of Mr. Popper’s Penguins then into bed for that little baby and we started Cherry but then that little baby woke up! He remains a terrible napper for the most part but we’ve had pretty good luck getting him to sleep and staying asleep at bedtime. It’s honestly been what keeps me sane during those loooooong nap-fighting days, so the fact that he woke up half an hour after bedtime gives me so much anxiety!

On the plus side… he’s still sleeping through the night! It feels SO nice. The snow forecast kept changing and though we thought it was going to come in on Friday night, we woke up on Saturday to nothing. I made us some oatmeal, chocolate chip, banana pancakes and they were amazing!!! I need to make those more often. This is when we made the decision to do some gentle nap training that involved periodically checking on him instead of sitting in there and rushing over to put his pacifier back in every 5 seconds. I can’t say it worked perfectly and we had just a looooong short nap day. Ugh!

For dinner, we made kung pao brussels to go with our wontons and dumplings from Yuan Wonton (finally cooked them all!) and it was all so good! We let Dempsey hold a chopstick for like two seconds so we could take a picture of him with his “wand” and not poke himself in the eye with it. Again, we tried to “put him to bed” and he woke up 30 minutes later. Since when does he think bedtime is just another nap??? Tom Holland is me thinking about how it took us 24 hours to watch an hour of Cherry.

When we woke up on Sunday it was SEVEN FIFTEEN AND DEMPSEY WAS STILL ASLEEP! Hallelujah! With the time change it was actually 6:15 to his body clock, but still. My sis worked a night shift on Saturday and was due to work another one on Sunday, so instead of trying to drive back and forth home, she came to our house! I was just finishing up biscuits and gravy when she got there, so Dempsey napped and we feasted. Guys, why didn’t you tell me biscuits and gravy are super easy and super rewarding to make?? I loved it! We let my sis take our room to sleep for the rest of the day and we continued to try to nap Dempsey in his pack-n-play downstairs. He’s getting better at the falling asleep part but is TERRIBLE at the staying asleep part. I think he took like four 20-minute naps. Every day, I give myself a pep talk so I won’t stress about his sleep. But it’s sad when he’s tired. Get some sleep, baby boy! Oh and we finally finished our game of Monopoly. I slaughtered Joey in about ten minutes, ha!

The snow was coming DOWN!!! It was so pretty but it got a lot less fun when my sister went to leave and got completely stuck. She, Joey and two neighbors tried to dig her car out for an hour and a half while Dempsey and I watched from the window and felt stressed for them all. They finally had to give up and she called a Lyft that just never came. Finally, around 9:30, her charge nurse just told her to stay home. I think we all felt really bad, but I felt like she’d given it her every effort. Instead, we watched the Grammys and Dempsey freaking woke up half an hour after I put him to bed. WHY??? We started the show so late and even though I had so been looking forward to it, I just felt so impatient. We finally fast forwarded to the BTS performance, then called it quits. Grammys, give my boys a 30-minute performance next time!!! Anyway, that was their 31st performance of “Dynamite” and each and every one was different and special. Their talent!

Here’s some pictures of the snow today. Dempsey seemed unimpressed 🙂

Ah, March in Colorado. When the weather is such a tease! We were in the 70s all weekend and it was WONDERFUL but there’s snow in the forecast later this week, boo. We totally took advantage of the nice weather and went for long walks, hung out outside, went for outdoor runs, feasted on tacos and margs and Googled whether you can have your baby in the sun?? It was truly the best!

There were a few days there where Dempsey wasn’t waking up until we did and it was NICE, but he’s back on a 6 AM kick, so morning cuddles in bed it is! Once he was down for his first nap, I made us some weekday morning pancakes (those are black sesame seeds, by the way, in case you, like Joey, are wondering “what IS that??”) and it was too nice so we had to take a family afternoon walk. Joey had to get back to work, so he and Andi headed back home and Dempsey and I strolled a little longer. He’s always putting his hands behind his head like that and it kills me!

Post work, that smiley baby got a bath and the warm weather had us in a celebratory mood, so we ordered tacos and margs from El Camino. My one veggie taco was extremely lame but the rest were very good and Joey took down that burrito so fast! We ordered dinner from El Camino one time over the summer but man is it more enjoyable now that I A) don’t have constant heartburn and B) can drink alcohol, ha! We put that little bean to bed then queued up the Coen brothers’ debut film, which neither of us had seen. It was both extremely slow and extremely unfunny but now that I’ve had more time to think it over, I kind of liked it? It was legitimately suspenseful and have I mentioned I love Frances McDormand? It was her film debut too!

Saturday started with a happy baby and carrot cake waffles. He stayed awake long enough for us to eat breakfast with him and also for him to “drink” some coffee, aka drool on the rim of Joey’s mug. I don’t know what it is about drinks, but this baby looooves to look and grab at them. Can’t wait until he’s old enough to make me coffee in the morning 😛 We’re trying a new thing where we put him down for a nap and just sit in the room to see if he can put himself to sleep. Much more relaxing than when we were trying to sit next to the crib to hold his hands, rub his head and replace his pacifier somehow all at the same time. He’s been doing really well and we’re so proud! When he woke back up, we loaded him in the stroller and walked to Tennyson. There’s a baby store there that we bought him those tiny sunglasses at and it’s the cutest! Back at home, Uncle Adam came over to visit. It was so nice sitting outside! We had leftovers, put Dempsey to bed and watched The Death of Stalin that night. I liked it, but I won’t lie, it feels weird to laugh at anything World War II-related.

I was excited when I woke up on Sunday and Joey said it was “six-fifty” but what he actually said was “six-fifteen.” Some day we will eat breakfast from somewhere that doesn’t open until 8, but until then, Sunny’s it is! Unfortunately, they were not on their game and all those giant chunks of cauliflower in my scramble were basically raw, bleh. Oh well. It was like 8 AM and Joey had too much energy and was cleaning the bathrooms?! Who knows about this guy. But after that, we took another long walk. This time around the lake and it was both warm and not crowded, so that was a win! Dempsey fell asleep toward the end of the walk but woke right back up when we tried to put him down in his crib. We were trying to take a trip to Steve and Lorna’s new house but nap schedule was a mess and we didn’t make it over there till 3! But their house and the weather were beautiful. Dempsey had a small meltdown toward the end of the visit (he was both hungry and tired), so I fed him and then we scooted out. He fell asleep in the car on the way home but guess what… he woke right back up when we got home. Thirty minute naps in strollers and car seats definitely aren’t ideal, but some days are like that, I guess. We took him up to his room right after that delicious salmon salad dinner and he was perfectly smiley all through reading time but MAN was he upset while Joey was putting him to sleep. I could hear from downstairs and it was pure torture, so I’m not sure how Joey survived.

In other news, he slept through the night?!?! That’s the first time that’s ever happened. We both woke up at 5 AM and were shocked he was still sleeping and when we peeked in at him, he was laying on his stomach! That’s a lot of firsts for one night! Anyway, we’re all feeling extra rested and ready to tackle the week 🙂