After a vacation, a cold and a busy weekend, THIS weekend of warm weather and no plans was just what the doctor ordered. Now that being said, it was a bit of a rough weekend for our Lydia girl. Friday she had an allergic reaction to the peanut butter they tested her with at her 4 month appointment 😱 and we decided to drop the swaddle cold turkey, so it’s been a tiring few days to say the least. Still, we had park time, a much needed run for me, some spur of the moment organizing, breakfast in Boulder and a beautiful walk down Pearl Street to keep us going.

Parenting can be so hard and frustrating but these little smiles are just the best! My doctor did not seem overly concerned about Lydia breaking out in a rash when they put peanut butter on her arm but this is a peanut-centric household so I am! Back at home, I got almost no work done but sometimes your daughter needs you to hold her hand while she sleeps so what’s a mom to do? Joey brought Dempsey home where he proceeded to “backhoe” in the garden 😂

Shocking us all, Lyds slept perfectly from 8:30-6:30! And then she took a really good Saturday morning nap too! And that was the last good moment of sleep we’ve all had since then 😅🥱 I made us Earl Grey waffles and Joey and Dempsey whipped up a honey whipped cream that I think Dempsey enjoyed just a little bit 😂 He did start out by saying we couldn’t eat it because it had raw egg but when he found out it didn’t, he was a goner! (Not that he’s ever followed that rule anyway!) The rest of the day was spent inspecting the garden, showing off our crocs 😂, playing at the park — we walked then I jogged around the lake while Joey and the kids played and got back in time to see a literal fistfight between two little boys 😬 — and grilling brats for dinner. Started up RBG after Demps went to bed but between a combo of tiredness and Lydia just losing her mind and not falling asleep, we didn’t make it far.

Please enjoy a million tulip photos from our trip to the Pearl Street Mall yesterday 😋😍 We decided to have breakfast in Boulder then head to the mall to see the tulips and pick out a kite at Into the Wind and it was such a nice little morning except that Joey and I were zombie status after Lydia kept waking herself up all night. Yikes, it was a rough one and Joey took the brunt of it. We’ve been talking about the Bolder Boulder so Dempsey kept asking if we were going to “Boulder Boulder” 😂😂 Joey kept correcting him but I kind of thought it was the cutest! When we left breakfast he told me “we had a good Boulder Boulder.” Why’s he so funny?? Really appreciate that 32 oz dirty chai The Buff serves up 😂 And Dempsey was loving all the tulips. We picked out a cute kite then got ourselves home, Dempsey down for a nap and Lydia down then up then down and up again 🤷🏻‍♀️ I made salads, Joey worked, we did laundry and tried to fly our kite but it was either not windy enough or we just don’t know how to fly a kite. We’ll try again another day. Joey went to the Avs game after dinner so I put the kids to bed (several times for Lydia…) and stared at the tv which I think was playing The Parent Trap. Please pray for us as we continue our swaddle-free journey and have a good week!

What can I say about this weekend except that coming back from vacation on a Thursday + a spring cold has me feeling out of sorts and confused about what day it is. But I know we celebrated my sister’s birthday, Joey and Dempsey went to the CU Spring Game and Lydia and I attended Lauren’s baby shower on Sunday. All fun and happy things 🤍

Busted out my new red beans and rice soap from NOLA on Friday. Don’t worry it doesn’t really smell like beans 😋 And look, our tulips started to bud while we were gone! Worked and did a bunch of vacation laundry on Friday, then spent the evening at Edgewater Public Market to celebrate my sis. We put two candles in Dempsey’s ice cream cone and then he blew them out for Aunt Bean 😂 We hadn’t seen her or Wayne since their trip to Mexico City/Puerta Vallarta but it sounded like they had such a nice time and they brought back some really nice gifts for all of us!

This little girl loves to randomly wake up in the 5:30/6 AM hour and that’s too early for Mom. Joey is always kind enough to get up with her so I can catch some extra zzzzs. Saturday morning I found them downstairs watching Top Gun: Maverick. She was just starting to doze off when I came down, go figure! Awake and happy in her chair by the time we had breakfast ready though. Hadn’t made our favorite vegan pancakes in a minute so they tasted extra good! Jory and Betsy got tickets for us and our older kiddos to go to the CU Spring Game but this cold is still plaguing me and we woke up to snow on the ground, so didn’t feel like the best idea for me to go sit out in the cold for three hours. Joey and Dempsey still went though and judging from the pictures, videos and their own report, they had a great time. Joey had been practicing the fight song with Dempsey for a few weeks and he’d gotten so good at it!

Back at home, me and Little Miss were cuddling 🥰 We put Dempsey down for a suuuper late nap when they got back home then woke him up an hour later. Joey and I tag-teamed dinner and I was smart enough to plan soup for a snowy day. Dempsey told us “I don’t want soup!” then ate almost the whole bowl. He’s so funny sometimes. Put those babes to bed and fired up Ted Lasso, which I didn’t realize we were so many episodes behind on!

Sunday 🤍 Lydia was awake and chatting to herself at 6:30, so Joey took her downstairs again. Once Dempsey and I were up, Joey made egg sandwiches for the boys. I took a shower then put Lyds down for her nap and once she was back up, we both got dressed and headed out the door with my sis to my sister-in-law’s baby shower. I know I had two co-ed showers myself, but there is something nice about an all female event. Lauren looked lovely and everyone gifted she and Adam such nice stuff. Lori knocked it out of the park again with that golf cart diaper cake! And the babies had a sweet moment of looking at each other 😍

Since I had done all the laundry on Friday, the rest of our Sunday was oddly relaxed. I made salads and we all took a long walk around the lake and stopped at the park, where Dempsey was absolutely enthralled by a man and his daughter flying a kite. Guess we’ll have to get him one! Wishing you all a good and happy week.