This weekend felt so nice. We had a fairly busy Saturday but the rest of the weekend felt very low-key and relaxed. I’m all for that as we enter the busy-ness of summer 😎

Happy babies on Friday morning! I took them over to Grandma’s, then headed home to go on a run, do some work and head into Louisville to see my mom for a massage. Hadn’t had an appointment with her since my first trimester with Lyds?? So it had been too long. My parents have moved into a new office, so I got to check it out for the first time and it was so nice. Joey brought the kids home that evening and we just did leftovers, so it was easy-peasy. We’ve been sitting Lyds in her highchair so she’s comfortable in it by the end of the month when she starts solids?!?! How did we get here so fast?? Hopefully she’s as good with that spoon as Dempsey was 😊 Joey and I watched Top Chef after the kids went to bed and… I was sad about the ending. Excited for the finale though!

Joey was up early on Saturday so he had Greek yogurt pancake batter ready to go by the time I got up, fed Lyds and made it downstairs. So good and fluffy!!! Dempsey is so into drawing right now and I love seeing what his little brain comes up with. He told me that little face was Coco 🥺😍 He also wanted me to lay on the stairs with him to look up at the ceiling. Joey had a meeting at 10 because he’s coaching Dempsey’s soccer league that starts this Saturday! Sounds like it’s going to be wild but fun 😄 While Demps went down for his nap, Lydia and I ate lunch and a purple straw 😋

The second half of the day included a mani/pedi for me — I took that pic while I was sitting with Lydia on the floor and now I’m realizing it looks like I’m trying to push her 😂😬 — a really messy chocolate snack for Dempsey and a date night for Joey and I! Grandpa Steve and Lorna were kind enough to watch the kids so my sis, Wayne, Joey and I could all go see a movie. It’d been ages since we all went together! What can I say about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse except that I loved every single second? The animation is astounding, the character work is beautiful, the plot is genuinely interesting and surprising and well, it’s just incredibly witty. We all really liked it! The kids were mostly asleep by the time we got home and it sounded like they had a good night too 🤍

After our later-than-usual Saturday night, we all slept in on Sunday! Joey was still up first, so he made us all egg sandwiches and mine was extra good. Basil mayo, bacon and eggs two ways. I think I’m ruined for bagel sandwiches now! The rest of the day was really mellow. Joey and I did some toy clean-out/reorganization while Lydia napped and then the boys headed out to buy some shin guards, plus a soccer ball and net for Dempsey and then while both kids napped, Joey worked and I made salads for the week. Dress up for sis afterward apparently and then just leftovers for dinner and bedtime for the kids. Joey and I watched some of the Nuggets game, finished Season 3 of I Think You Should Leave and watched the first episode of the final season of Barry (finally!) then went to bed ourselves. Feeling actually rested and ready for the week, what a concept! Happy Monday!

What can I say but that I really love Memorial Day Weekend! A three day weekend gives you time to actually do all of the things you need/want to do in a weekend. A little bit of work, a little bit of fun, a little bit of rest. And this weekend definitely gave us all of that. Joey and I got a night to ourselves, I got a night out with Hannah, we got our backyard together, had lots of fun with the kids and topped it all off with the Bolder Boulder and a Memorial Day BBQ at our house. Feeling a bit sore and out of it today but also so fulfilled, happy and ready for summer! 😊

I’ve been so ready to get back into our weekly walks to the coffee shop and the weather was finally nice enough on Friday, so off we went! A bit of a rush to get us all up and ready and out the door, then back home for breakfast and in the car to head to Grandma’s without it being 10 AM but we did it! I love having a new little passenger on these walks 🤍 That night, my sis and Wayne were kind enough to babysit so that Joey and I could go to the Rockies game all by ourselves! Felt weird but nice and it was somehow only our second game this season?? They lost but we still had fun and so did the kids 🙂

I’m usually the one to make our Saturday morning pancakes, but Joey was up early so he took over and it was pretty nice to just watch Duck Tales on the couch with the kids then sit down to a plate of perfectly cooked ricotta-blueberry pancakes! Dempsey is in a real coloring phase and I love finding him laying on the floor like that 😍 After Little Miss was up from her nap, we headed out to buy flowers for the backyard and I think we got in and out in a timely manner considering one of us was holding a baby and one of us was chasing a toddler around. Dempsey picked out some really pretty “Daisy Head Mayzies” 🥺🤍

Joey and I got all the flowers planted while Dempsey napped and isn’t it the best when you first get everything planted and looking nice and neat in your backyard?? I love it! Dempsey planted some pansies in his little pot then spent way too long filling up his empty bag of fruit snacks in our fountain and watering the grass with it 😂😂 Lyds took a late afternoon nap and then I had to wake her up to feed her so I could head out for a moms’ night with Hannah. Much needed! Not only was the food at Lady Nomada amazing, but girl time with a fellow mom is just so good for the head and heart. Plus no shortage of funny stories about our boys. Joey took the kids out to dinner by himself like a true psycho but he had some funny stories of his own when I got back. I think they all had a fun time!

Barely any photos from Sunday but we had breakfast at home, I got a haircut and Lyds got a bath and hung out with me in the kitchen while I made salads and prepped broccoli crunch. She suddenly seems so much bigger and older and more aware. Her sleep is still kind of a mess, but we’re working on it and I’m telling myself we’ll have it more sorted by the time she turns 6 months old. And other than that, she’s a happy girl. Truly the golden age of babyhood and I’m loving hanging with her! Made us caprese ravioli for dinner and it was a hit with Dempsey. He was also telling jokes all through dinner 😂😂 Why’s he so funny??

Memorial Day and the Bolder Boulder! We were up and out the door by 6:45 AM and then Joey dropped us off to hang at January Coffee until he and Chad had parked and walked back over. It was nice to have some chill time with Lori and the kids before the craziness of the race began. Made it to our wave on time and we were off! I love this race so much. Lots of families and fun (though it is CROWDED) happening in the walking wave and we had lots of people tell us we were brave for doing it with two young kids. I wore Lydia the whole time and Joey held our 30-pound toddler almost the whole time but we made it! After we finished, we sat and snacked in the stadium then watched both elite races finish and the men’s race sure was close and exciting! The walk back to the car felt a million years long after walking for two hours but we did eventually make it there and back home.

Felt a little bit hectic getting home at 12:45 needing to feed Lyds, put Demps down for a nap, get both parents showered, put Lyds down for a nap, get the backyard cleaned up and the broccoli crunch finished, all by 3 PM but then we got it all done fairly quick and had some downtime ourselves. Felt very nice! Everyone showed up shortly after 3 and Lauren brought some really good appetizers and that very cute baby 😍 Our kids woke up a little bit later and then we all ate — except Dempsey, who is always too busy playing with Uncle Wayne to be bothered with stuff like food — and had a lovely time. Once everyone had headed out to their respective homes, we got the kids to bed — Lydia had like ten false starts 🤪 — and then we finished the Succession series finale and ultimately, it felt right in how it all played out. I hope you all had a good long weekend!