Brittany (Matthew's sister) graduated from Wake Forest May 21st. We headed up to South Carolina that Friday to break up the driving. Our plan was to have the kids fall asleep in the car, let Matthew check into the hotel and get the beds set up and just take the kids from the car to bed. Of course that didn't happen! Robbie woke up about 15 minutes before we got to the hotel and didn't go back to sleep. I didn't realize until we got there that it was his first time staying in a hotel. We stayed in a suite and Robbie loved running from our room back out to the family room. It took a while to get him calmed down and asleep. Unfortunately he woke up about 5 am throwing up and that was the beginning of a weekend of stomach issues that were passed around the family.
Saturday we drove up to Charlotte and met up with Patrick, Mariruth, Caitlin and Will at a Chick-fil-a. We had lunch and then went to a nearby park to play for a little while. Mariruth planned a birthday party for Patrick and a congratulations for completing her Phd in Charlotte that night and the next day had Will baptized at their church. We left them and headed up to Winston-Salem to meet up with Jim, Jean and Brittany and they came Sunday evening.
Sunday was Baccalaureate. Matthew took Robbie while I stayed at the hotel with Alex. Unfortunately it was just the beginning of my weekend staying in the room feeling under the weather. I did make it out for dinner, though. :)
Aunt Brittany and Robbie at Baccalaureate.
Again, I stayed at the hotel Sunday while everyone went to graduation. I pretty much wore out my welcome at the hotel and checked out as late as possible. The whole family had lunch together after graduation and then we parted ways. I was so thankful that Matthew didn't get sick because he had to drive all the way home (and probably had to hear me snoring while he was driving).
We finally decided to weed our weed bed and turn it back into a flower bed. Actually, Matthew weeded it, I planted the flowers and we both laid mulch. I let Matthew plant the knock out roses, though. Those things have thorns!!
Vincas and moss roses
Knock out roses
Front flower bed
Down by the mail box
Robbie is all boy and loves to play in the dirt!
It's been so long since we first planted the flowers that I just took new pictures so you can see how they have grown!
Lisa, Kayleigh and Brian came for a visit a few weeks ago. Technically it was our turn to visit them, but they were gracious enough to come back to see us. Kayleigh was so excited to see Alex again because he's still small enough to let her hold him. She's definitely a good babysitter and was strong enough to pick him up and move him. I think she even said that Alex is her favorite cousin since she can hold him!
Not a great picture, but you can see how happy Kayleigh is.
We went to the beach Thursday. I had seen on Lisa's friend Jenna's blog that when she had taken her kids and nieces and nephew to the beach they took a kiddie pool for the little kids. I thought it was a great idea, so we took our pool. Oh, it was not such a great idea! Once we got water in it it was very heavy and hard to move. We let some waves help us move it in until we thought we had it up far enough. It wasn't! A few times waves came up and started pulling it out to sea, so someone had to jump in it so we wouldn't lose it. Robbie wasn't too keen on the ocean, so he hung out with Alex and me on dry land. At one point Lisa, Kayleigh and Brian were all sitting in the kiddie pool (I don't think Brian liked the ocean too much, either) and it was so cute seeing the three of them sitting in a row in the pool. I wish I had a camera to take a picture of them.
Kayleigh, Brian and Alex Thursday night.
Friday morning it started raining, so we let the big kids play in the rain. They had a good time. We went to Chick-fil-a for lunch and let the kids play for a little while before they had to head home. It was nice that they came to visit and Robbie loves playing with his older cousins.
The other day Robbie climbed into the swing all by himself. Of course he was so proud of himself. We let him enjoy it for a little while and then got him out.
I don't remember why we took this picture, but isn't he so cute?!
I also think Robbie looks cute wearing a hat.
We knew Robbie was super tired after church Sunday, but he wanted to tough it out and watch a Bubble Guppies.
Alex started moving backward last week. I really don't think that Robbie went backward and he certainly wasn't mobile this early! The other day Matthew put Alex on his play mat. Alex rolled over onto his stomach and then back his way in a circle and back onto his mat. Here is a picture of the path he took:
Alex also got in his first tooth! I didn't see or feel it until Saturday, but Matthew said that he had been feeling it all week. It's a bottom right tooth, but it's so far over it almost seems like it is a cuspid. I doubt that it is, but I have written anything in his baby book yet until we know for sure which tooth it is. I have a feeling he'll be getting a lot more teeth soon.
I think that about covers everything!
2 comments:
Whew! We did have a lot of fun in Jacksonville, but I think there is more to do over there than here!
Whew! After all that, my brain is on overload. Love the pics of the cousins.
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