Wow, we had a good good weekend and I have about a million photos to prove it! I’m going to just jump right in.

Guess who’s 10 months old?! No idea when that happened but I am so happy we’re here because this guy is just so much fun right now. It’s exhausting, but it’s fun. He’s trying his best to get into any and everything and he just wants to stand… all the time! He’s just generally so much more aware too. The other day, I was snapping my fingers and now, I can see him trying to figure out how to do it too. So cute! He’s such a good eater, such a good hugger and his smile is my favorite thing in all the world. We love you, Dempsey boy! ❤❤❤

We celebrated Friday with wings from Fire on the Mountain. Felt like it’d been so long since we’d eaten there, so it really hit the spot. Dempsey had his own meal of salmon, zucchini and sweet potatoes but maybe got a taste of some chicken and a few French fries too. After he went to bed, we fired up The White Lotus (which we’d started earlier in the week and I’d become obsessed with!) and I made us a quick little peach tart and man, how good is puff pastry?!

Saturday started with solo runs for Joey and I (I ran three times last week and I cannot even remember the last time I did that!) and then I made us all some pancakes. Sopapilla pancakes, to be exact! Dempsey downed three of them!!! Love that little pancake eater ❤ I had a mani-pedi at 10 AM and they did both at the same time, so I was in and out in no time and that was super nice. Dempsey was home helping Dad wrap Bailey’s birthday present ❤

Happy Birthday, Bailey!!! How cute are all the “One-derland” decorations?! Bailey had just gone down for a nap when we got to the party, so we all entertained ourselves until she woke back up. She and Demps had a little photo shoot before we left and he only seemed semi-freaked out when Bailey was grabbing his head 😂 We tried to get him as much sleep before the party and hoped he would maybe fall asleep in the car on the way home (we’ve totally given up on putting him down for a nap past 4 PM!) but no such luck, so he was maybe just awake from 1:30 till bedtime at 7… 😱

Spaghetti was a good distraction though! This was a much anticipated dinner and Demps did not disappoint. Turns out he loves spaghetti and meatballs. He was slurping those noodles down like he’d done it his whole life. Just way too cute! We put him to bed (poor guy was soooo tired) and watched the last three episodes of The White Lotus. I loved that show so much! The entire cast was incredible and I thought the socioeconomic and racial commentary was so smart, balanced out by a bunch of hilarity. Jennifer Coolidge is such a legend!

Dempsey has been waking up at 6 AM (or just shortly before 😱) and it is killing us, so he was yawning away halfway through our family breakfast but what can you do! We hadn’t been to The Universal in literally 7 years, but we decided to give it another go and… it’s still just mediocre. Oh well, it was fun to all go out to eat together. Someone super fought their nap but finally fell asleep and I chilled so hard while he was napping. It felt SO NICE to have nothing to do but sit outside (there was the slightest chill in the air and it made me feel excited for fall!) and read 😊 After he woke up, he helped me fold his diapers while Joey got some work done.

We had really fun evening plans because Joey’s cousin Jacy was getting married!!!! So fun taking Demps to his first wedding and he was such a big hit. I mean, I obviously think my kid is the cutest, but it’s nice to hear it from other people too 😋 And he was so well-behaved! He entertained himself with some rose petals before the ceremony, ate a crab cake during cocktail hour, shared dinner with Mom and Dad, and danced with Grandma and Elliott and it was all the freaking cutest! We stayed as long as we could (we didn’t leave until 8!) and we still missed all the dances, speeches and dessert. Put him straight to bed when we got home and then watched Big Brother and maybe ate our own dessert to make up for having to leave before the cake cutting 😋 We were in bed by 10 PM and yet, I still feel so out of it today 👵 Hope you all had a good weekend too!

Well here we are. Kids might be back in school, but we are in the thick of it over here! It is hot and we are busy. I was also maybe dealing with a clogged milk duct all weekend 🤬 so that was NOT fun, but what WAS fun was Friday lunch picnic, back-to-back movie nights, a Saturday evening baby shower, Sunday breakfast and to top it all off, Henry’s 1st Birthday Party. He destroyed his cake and it was the cutest! I hope Dempsey was taking note 😋

We skipped our Friday morning coffee shop walk in lieu of an afternoon walk. We were trying to be out of the house while our housecleaners were there and we definitely accomplished that but it was so hot and Andi was behaving very badly! Oh well, a picnic is always fun 😄

That night, we made a caprese ravioli dish that I thought Dempsey would love but what he mostly loved was mozzarella cheese and not much else. Every time I’d set down some more in front of him, he’d throw what he’d been holding and go straight for the cheese 😂 After we put him to bed, we fired up Coda and boy does it feel nice to watch movies again! I liked but didn’t love Coda. The concept in general worked, but the details didn’t feel fully fleshed out and it bordered on cheesy a lot of the time. That being said, sign language is just so beautiful to watch. I really really loved that scene where she told her family how much she loves singing and the scene between she and her brother later on, when he is trying to convince her to pursue her own interests ❤

Saturday started with a wild-haired boy who looooves making that scrunchy face lately. It’s my favorite 😍 And just look at those teeth! I made ricotta pancakes for us all and Vietnamese iced coffees for the adults and it put me right in my happy place. While Dempsey was napping, I read and Joey did some yard work and it sure feels nice to have nothing to do once in a while.

Who knows what we did the rest of the day, but around 4, we piled in the car and headed to Steve and Rose’s baby shower. There was a big crowd and lots of BBQ to be eaten. Dempsey was finishing up his Coors Light 😂😂😂 before eating a bunch of pulled chicken, pulled pork, mac and cheese and bread. It’s so fun showing him off at parties! Back at home, we put him to bed and decided to watch A Ghost Story. After seeing The Green Knight, I’ve been really excited to try out some of David Lowry’s other films. “It’s like really beautiful but also so stupid?” is a real thing I said halfway through. Gotta get over the thought of a guy just walking around in a sheet with eyeholes to really appreciate the beauty. I dug it for the most part though!

A busy Sunday for a busy boy! We met Steve and Lorna for breakfast and he was very into banana bread and an orange slice. I didn’t realize it, but we’ve never given him orange! That afternoon, we made our way to Hannah and Josh’s for Henry’s 1st Birthday! It was a fiesta and that’s the kind of party I can get behind. Guys, Hannah is just so amazing and talented. She made the cake, a cactus cupcake display and those literally perfect cookies and I am just so blown away by her. Henry did sooooo good digging into that cake! The boys need to work on their smile game for pictures but I can already tell they are going to be best buds for life, just like Hannah and I ❤❤ Hannah’s dad gave me some of the peach jam he’s been making for as long as I can remember and I feel so lucky! I might even share a little bit with Demps 😋 We made nicoise salads for dinner and Dempsey was not into his potato?? Who does he think he is? He did pretty good with those green beans and salmon though. After he was down, we watched Big Brother and the Christmas episode of Ted Lasso and I wouldn’t be surprised if Joey was listening to Christmas music today 😂 How was your weekend??