Last weekend my brother Jordan and his wife Amanda came to visit with baby Asher. Jack and Asher are the only grandkids on my side and they were born 6 days apart. It's been so fun to have them in the same stage as us through pregnancy and baby things. Granted, Jack and Asher are very different (Asher was nice to his mom in the womb, and he's verrry calm and sleeps great at night), but they are developmentally doing a lot of the same things at the same time. Also, look how cute they are.
They got into town late Thursday night, and luckily Jared had a 3-day weekend so we were able to spend a lot of time all together. On Friday morning we relaxed and Jared planted some more cute plants my parents sent up for us. After the babies had their morning naps, we took off for an "outdoorsy" day seeing the waterfall and Lake McKenzie (a little pond near our home that smells a little weird but is pretty).
^^The view from our mailbox, which we checked before heading out on our date. We hit up the mall massage chairs, walked around the lighting section at Menards, got frozen yogurt, and had a nice drive together.
Back at home we napped, the boys played with Asher's super cool toys, and we had a baby photoshoot.
I'm just now realizing that there are, like, no pictures of me or Amanda from this weekend. I guess we were always the ones behind the cameras. One day we will have to train our babies to take pictures so we can be in the shot sometimes!
And that was our fun weekend with family! Probably the last family we'll see until Thanksgiving, which is only 2 months away now. We love these guys and are grateful they came all that way to see lil' ol' us in our lil' ol' house. Next time we move hopefully we'll have a basement or upstairs where guests can enjoy a little more privacy and babies can nap in a quieter area, but for now we're just so grateful to be where we are and have what we have. And to have such wonderful family in our life. We are the luckiest.
Over Labor Day weekend my parents and brother + sis-in-law came up to visit! You guys, our masterplan worked. We made it back west after 4 years away and now we are seeing family approximately 800% more often than we used to. My brother Jordan will be coming up this weekend, so that means that literally everyone in my entire family drove up to visit in a one-month period. (Besides Timbo on his mish. If you're out there, hey Timbo!) It's been so great. Casper isn't exactly a world-class tourist destination so it means a lot that they'd come up to see lil' old us and our new home. And someday we'll have a real bed (read: real futon) in our guest bedroom so all y'all won't have to sleep on our camping mattress anymore! Now Casper just needs to up their airport game so we can see Jared's family more often too!
My parents arrived late Friday night. Jack and I were supposed to meet them at Martin's Cove & Independence Rock on their way up, but Jack spent the night before puking some really scary pukes so we stayed home. He's always had reflux, but this was like stinky barf-up-a-gallon-and-soak-all-the-bedding pukes. So between that and the exhaustion from being up with him all night, we opted to stay home and rest/prepare the house some more for guests coming. Plus a million loads of laundry. It's true what they say about doing 10x more laundry once you have a baby. Luckily he seemed back to normal by afternoon.
When they arrived I had just finished picking up Jared from work so we snagged a Sam's Club rotisserie chicken and salad on the way home for a fast and healthy dinner. We ate, got Jack down to bed, and then watched Peter Rabbit on Netflix. It exceeded expectations. The next morning we planted a couple trees and grasses in our front yard. Yay landscaping! Jack just sat on the grass and watched. Kiddo loves being outside.
I'm glad everyone humored me in coming to this beach. I really wanted to do it before the end of summer and this was our best chance at making it happen. Also, ONE MILLION THANKS to Chris and Caitlin for driving our nEw CaR up to Casper for us. It's actually a 20-year-old Honda that used to be my grandma's that we bought off my younger brother. We have never had a second car in 5 years of marriage. This has been a serious game changer.
Don't let the smiley pics fool you. He was ultra grumps by about an hour into this outing and he screamed the whole way home. That child came to earth with a set of lungs (the very first thing the nurses said before handing him to me for the first time).
Strolling around our apartment in his Sunday best! This kid eats a TON but I guess he's probably just extra hungry from burning calories walking around in this thing all day.
Escaped church to feed this grumpy gus in the car and grab his binky, but then he was like, "Psych! Me so happy! Let's photoshoot?" Typical Jack. He knows when he's punking us, and it happens on a daily basis.
At this point we were all pretty tired, but Jared finished his shift and we met him at the hospital so he could use his meal card to buy us lunch. The hospital cafeteria actually has a really good grill.
Jack was all about the pickles and red onions. He didn't eat them, but he was sucking on them pretty aggressively the whole time. After this it was time to go home and say goodbye to everyone. That was a toughie. It's always hard when family leaves, but I have to say, it's a little less hard knowing they're a 6-hour drive away than it was when we lived in the middle of the Caribbean sea, or when we lived 29 hours away in Georgia. I was expecting our move to Casper to be a difficult adjustment, but we really felt at home almost instantly. Having family just one state away helps with that. Until Thanksgiving!
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