This picture pretty much describes our weekend. I might be going home today to a mountain of laundry and a messy house, but it is well worth a weekend without chores.
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Week/Weekend Recap
My work week was literally all of Thursday, and only 3 hours on Friday. Like any renovation project, there has been a lot of delays that are keeping our offices semi off limits. As much as I love being home, the growing amounts of issues, projects, emails and paperwork are making me anxious to be back at my desk.
So being off early on Friday meant a trip to Auntie TJ’s classroom. While I helped grade and enter stuff, Noah had other ideas. This boy is definitely at the stage where he wants to be in everything and anything.
Saturday morning was spent in our PJs till 10 and a mani/pedi date with myself. It was everything a lazy Saturday morning should be. Then it was off to John’s Incredible Pizza with Noah. While Matt and I probably had more fun eating at the buffet and playing the games, Noah enjoyed just watching everything. Not to mention, he was very excited about the ball we got with the tickets.
Lately it has felt like time is going too fast, so I am grateful for weekends like this one. Church time, nap time and family time is the perfect ending to our laid-back weekend.
Date Weekend Recap
It was our 3 year wedding anniversary last week, and we had yet to really celebrate it. The plan was actually to stay in Palm Springs Friday night, but the thought of not being home by Noah’s bedtime was enough to make me teary-eyed. Yeah apparently I am the big baby.
So mini dates throughout the whole weekend is what happened. We actually still went to Palm Spring for dinner on Friday night. The 45-minute drive was worth it for The Crab Pot. Plus a stop at the Cabazon outlets on the way home was perfect way to walk off all that food we ate. I am officially in love with two Michael Kors purses by the way! My birthday is a little less than a month a way, so I am hoping Matt was paying attention..lol.
We also pretty much overdosed on iced caramel macchiatos this weekend. Two nights in a row someone has done a Starbucks run while the other person puts Noah to bed. Then it Netflix for the rest of the night watching Bones and The Mindy Project. After always looking at the coffee mugs at Starbucks, we finally bought some. The goals is to only do k-cups on the weekdays.
One of the most surprising mini dates was Matt actually agreeing to get a pedicure with me. And while it might not have convince him to do it on a regular basis, at least he is not totally against the idea anymore.
Noah has been a particularly happy baby this weekend. Lots of gibberish and lots of laughing. It took us forever to get to the back of Pier 1 today because he had to charm every single female employee in the place.
We ended today with a walk in the park, and we found so many ladybugs in the plants. I told Matt these are probably the only bugs I can help Noah catch given that they are the only ones I would actually hold!
I am sure I would have enjoyed staying overnight in Palm Springs, but for now I think mini dates give me the best of both worlds. :)
My co-worker came back on Monday from maternity leave, and I cannot tell you how much it has helped ease my workload at work. With only a two and a half day work week, I think it was nice transition back for her, and a really nice break for me.
Having four days off with Noah has also made me re-evaluate some of my goals. Noah is growing too fast, and is acting more like a little boy than a baby these days. I couldn’t help sneaking him into our bed at night, or letting him nap on my chest all weekend.
Here are a few highlights from the long weekend:
- Family time is always great. When Len comes around, we know Mom is going to go all out on the food. We also discovered the show Impractical Jokers, which was pretty hilarious.
- Couldn’t resist a 4th of July sale, so the sofa in the picture will make its way to our house in two weeks.
- Kit Kat brownies and ice cream courtesy of TJ.
- I napped everyday. I take sleep when the baby sleeps very seriously.
- Noah’s pool time on the kitchen counter happened all weekend. After breaking out in hives on Thursday, we are trying to keep him as cool as possible. The summer heat came a little too early this year.
- Lots of Parks and Recreation on Netflix.
- Noah officially has two more cousins as of early this morning. :)
Five for Friday and Saturday
My five for Friday is coming a little late, so this is my five for Friday and Saturday all rolled into one. :)
1. I can’t believe summer is almost gone. I still get to participate in the back-to-school in the sense that I get to take my sister clothes shopping. As a middle school teacher, she unfortunately has to experience the dread of going back-to-school. Friday morning was the one time a year that she let me tell her what to do! (I’ll take a pic tomorrow of one of the outfits we got!)
2. I am officially ready for colder weather. We headed to San Diego for our first overnight trip with Noah. Any excuse to get him in his little coat before it was too small was a plus! This is pretty much the only jacket that fits him somewhat!
3. I will never get tired of seafood! We have to pick carefully when we go to restaurants now that we have Noah, and so many of the restaurants were just too small and cramp. Joe’s Crab Shack’s deserted outdoor dining was perfect for all of us. Noah got to randomly scream and Matt and I didn’t have to deal with any dirty looks. ;)
4. One thing that makes me happiest is seeing Matt so happy. Going on the U.S. Midway was all about him.
5. Making time to get out more is a must. While I am a total homebody, getting out every once in awhile is nice too!
This weekend was totally opposite of our previous weekend that I never got around to posting about. Last weekend was actually our first time away from Noah, and it was for a quick weekend road trip to Stanford to see my cousin graduate.
Noah ended up getting sick that weekend, and so last week the cough and stuffy nose made its way through both my parents and Matt. Needless to say, a weekend of no plans or commitments was so needed.
This weekend was for a little guy thinking he can feed himself + five guys + lots of window shopping + sunsets + walks in the park + and even a little DIY. It reminded me that I need to do a better job of making sure these kinds of weekends happen more often.
The accent wall got done, but it is safe to say we are going to wait a good while before we try this in the master bedroom. The stencil was easy enough to use, but of course it was time consuming! Lining up the stencil got really difficult towards the end, but that is when Matt’s patience came in handy to finish the wall. And I have to say it was pretty forgiving of my lack of painting skills.
Other than that, we finally made it to Ikea this weekend. Noah got a train set from Auntie TJ, and a big boy table. It is probably a good thing that Ikea is far from us, or we would be there every weekend eating meatballs and buying random stuff I swear I need.
Matt has been the baby whisperer since he has been home from the trade show. So it looks like it will be a record breaking second night in a row of movie date night in bed. This weekend has been the perfect blend of being productive and lazy, and I definitely could use one more day of it.
This weekend was for two anniversary dinner dates with Matt, a pit stop at the casino for a little gambling and dessert, celebrating with the family my parents’ 34th wedding anniversary, a shopping trip to look for Noah’s future big boy bed, a newborn shoot, sushi with the twin and evenings spent outdoors.
The above pictures have been what our evenings have looked like for the past two days. Soccer balls, bubbles, chalk and an Auntie teejay82 is all you need to get your child so tired he wants to go to sleep.
And while a routine is what is keeping us sane at this point, it was a nice to change it up for the weekend.
Weekend Recap
Friday: Early birthday celebrating happened. Delicious food at Rok N Fondue and good company made for a great time. JR even came home bearing birthday presents!
Saturday: Noah went to his first birthday party and he loved it. The boy is really too good at flirting with the ladies.
Sunday: Baby dedication, location scouting for photography, catching up with my cousin from Georgia and consuming all of TJ’s baking pretty much sums up my day.
It isn’t even 8PM yet, and I am done with everything due by midnight. That means my grandma like bedtime will happen.
Weekend Recap
Not too much in our weekend (we can thank my homework for that), but we did get a few breaks in. On Friday we were suppose to treat ourselves to a healthy dessert, but too many toppings were calling my name. By the way, Matt and I are totally opposite when it comes to topping choices!
I think after so much back and forth, California now thinks it is summer. The heat this weekend meant half naked baby time, and breaking out the cool shades.
Matt even humored me and drank lemonade out of mason jars with striped straws. Drinking these on our makeshift front porch, watching Mozzie chase bugs, wasn’t a bad way to end the weekend.
Two date nights in less than a week, best anniversary present we could ask for. Still crazy it has been 19 years together, with 14 of them married. ❤️