We had another pretty plan-free weekend and thank goodness because Lydi is going through a ROUGH sleep phase and we are TIIIIRED around here. I’m compartmentalizing as best I can because if I let her sleep woes dictate my mood, we’ll all be depressed. And besides, we saw a movie, had many a dance party, converted Dempsey’s bed, bought a new TV, celebrated 11 months with our girl and had a really good breakfast at a new restaurant, so lots to be happy about even if we’re tired 😊

Had a Friday morning dentist appointment, so I took myself to my favorite downtown coffee shop afterward. Worked, ran, worked and dashed out the door at 3:30 to meet Joey at his mom’s so we could pick Dempsey up and take him to see the new Trolls movie! Never know where I’m at in my relationship with JT but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get chills hearing him sing “I Want You Back.” Demps had fun eating popcorn, drinking Joey’s milkshake instead of his own 😂, reclining his chair and at the end, he was quite literally dancing in his seat 😍 Picked our little girl up afterward then got home just in time for her bath and bedtime. I was so sad feeling like I didn’t see her all day. Got Demps to bed then watched GBBO 👍🏻

Is it our sleep deprivation that had us making spontaneous decisions on Saturday?? After breakfast — Joey and Dempsey made us some pear pancakes and they were amazing! — we converted Dempsey’s bed into a toddler bed 😭 He seemed into it but then kind of freaked out at nap time and kept asking us to put “the big bar” back up. I got him to settle down at least and I think he’s getting used to it now, but I wonder how long until he’s getting in and out all the time 😅 Joey and I couldn’t really come up with any good Christmas presents for each other but we DID want to upgrade our TV so Joey did some research, bought one online and then just had to go pick it up. Merry Christmas to us! I made us pineapple pork for dinner and then we got to start The Killer on the new screen. Looked pretty good 👌🏻 Little Lydi looking so sweet and sleepy after her dream feed but she had another rough night. Maybe she was mad we forgot to take her 11 month photo that day! Made it to the penultimate monthly photo between two kids before missing one 🤦🏻‍♀️

Lucky she’s so cute 😋 Both those crazy kids were up by 6:15 AM so we were out the door for opening weekend at The Funky Flame. Probably worked in our favor since it’s a small joint with only a few tables. Everything was really good! I got a rosemary vanilla latte, plus a cinnamon roll hot out of the oven, sandwiches for Demps and I and a really good plate of biscuits and gravy for Joey 🤤 Excited to have this place in the neighborhood! Back at home, we took Lydi’s photo somehow 😅 and cleaned out the kids’ closet then did who knows what the rest of the day. Leftovers for dinner, bed time for the kids, the rest of our movie (sure!) and then I went up to bed while Joey worked.

Very much looking forward to this week, with holiday errands, Thanksgiving Eve ramen, Turkey Day (we’re hosting!), a family open house and Dempsey is having a sleepover at Grandma’s. Should be a fun one!

We had a really good weekend! Probably helped that we had one date night and then two full days of being home with the kids and no plans, so we got so much done and had a lot of play time too!

Dropped our babies off at Grandma’s then had a little fall photo shoot 😋 Worked most of the day but also had our groceries delivered and tried the internet’s method for washing and storing strawberries, so we’ll see how it goes! By 5:30, Joey was home with the kids, I had picked up Illegal Pete’s and my sis and Wayne were at our house so we could all eat together before Joey and I left to see a movie. We saw the Denver Film Fest’s showing of All of Us Strangers and I really really liked it! Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal were so good and it was somehow haunting and moving at the same time. Never seen anything like it! Also, the director was there to accept and award and do a Q&A and that was very cool. I heard Dempsey was sad and missed us but I think they all still had a fun night 🤍

Woke up and made us all French toast. Both my kids were completely infatuated with the salad spinner while I was cooking 😂🤷🏻‍♀️ Lydia took a nice long morning nap so I was able to take Dempsey to his swim lesson and back home without her even knowing I was gone (Joey was home with her obviously!). In the afternoon, both Joey and I got in a run, both kids got in a nap and we got some indoor and outdoor clean up done. Made sheet pan chicken and veggies for dinner and it was a hit with everyone 🙌🏻 For a while there, dinner was a chaotic twenty minutes of Lydia standing up in her high chair and Dempsey throwing food but we got a new chair for Lyds and the message seems to finally be sinking in with Dempsey so dinner is almost peaceful again?? ✊🪵 Afterward, Demps wanted popcorn and how could we saw no?! After the kids went to bed, I watched GBBO and Joey took a nap 😂 and then we watched the beginning of SNL and went to bed ourselves.

Sunday started off on the right foot thanks to Snooze delivery! I had scheduled it the night before and would like to thank myself for a super easy breakfast. Lydia is suddenly just using a spoon and fork and it’s the absolute cutest! Later on, she took another really good morning nap, so I was able to get all my winter clothes out, my summer/Rockies clothes packed away and some other drawers cleaned out. Then the three of us played outside (including planting some crocuses for the spring!) until it was time for lunch. Our blow up turkey broke, so while Dempsey was down for his nap, Joey brought it inside to fix it. We thought he was going to be so excited to see it in the living room, but when I brought him downstairs, he just said “what is that doing in here??” 😂😂

My parents get together with my sister and Wayne most Sundays and my mom always invites us, just for me to decline, but since we’d had so much time to get everything done at home already, I said yes! My mom had sweet potato fries, roasted Brussels, and burger patties all ready to go and then my sis grilled the burgers to perfection and we had a good good dinner 🤤 Dempsey got hold of a tiny jar of jelly halfway through his meal and then slathered everything in it. In that photo, he was yelling “JELLY!” That boy 😂😂 After dinner, Lydi “helped” Grandma with the dishes and then when Dempsey was making my parents run laps through the hallway, I basically ordered us all to leave and go home. It was so nice having someone else cook us Sunday night dinner and get home to no dishes or clean up! Maybe I should say yes to my mom’s invitations more often 😉

Happy Monday!