BIRTHDAY
I did a small surprise dinner for Chris on Sunday. It was really fun to keep something from him, I hadn't done anything like that before. He had a fun day riding and shooting with his friends and came home to pastured tri tip and fish tacos dinner with family. I added in a silly component where I asked guests to lip sync a song and Chris would pick the best one. It was pretty funny, nieces sang every song from Frozen, there was a Backstreet Boys duet by the Baxters, and a rap song by the Aubins. I flew solo and memorized Ice Ice Baby (the first 2.5 minutes) It was pretty hilarious!! Colin also finished the set with Happy Birthday Mr. President, ha!!
SACTO
I took Monday off to enjoy our week of fun, as we rescheduled Father's Day to that day. I made some breakfast and we were off to the train museum in Sac. It was still on the hot streak but it was nice inside. Owen had been 2 years ago but he really enjoyed it again.
We merged out into the world this week a bit, and went to the county fair on Chris's real birthday. O still wanted to go on rides with one of us, so we did that. He was especially fond of the ball rolling game that makes the horse go is the best I can describe it.
We then headed to Shari's house for a birthday dinner. In order to make the surprise dinner a surprise I ended up planning it when they were out of town camping. So the bonus was 2 parties! Their pool was amazing and Chris's mom made enchiladas. Chris and I were getting tired from all of the fun, but Owen kept going. His swimming has improved with the 1$ innertube! It was a wonderful evening with the fam.
Owen even shared Chris's cake with him. He has eaten 1 cupcake and 2 bites of cake before. In his whole life! He's never been into it. Maybe he will eat cake on his birthday!
Next day fun was swimming at Aubin's then up to grandmas. SUMMERTIME and good health! Such a beautiful thing! We had a great week with the family, playing with cousins, and enjoying living so close to everyone. After a few no-nap days we are back to our boring naps today, which felt great! I lay there for about 30 seconds thinking of what I could or should be doing and then release the guilt and fall into a deep sleep! (adding pictures later on tonight... that nap provided too much rest, I'm pretty awake and it's late...)
Such a sweet pic of the walking grandkids (Ara in a stroller)
Ara did great at all excursions, she was a fan of the stroller at both outings, and slept on and off in the car or stroller. She is getting her top 4 teeth, crawling everywhere, and pulling up. She is developing at sub-8 months how Owen was at 12-14 months. It is really amazing, tiring, and beautiful to witness. She can do tricks now, stick out her tongue on command, dance on command, and clap! I've approached feeding with her completely different, and she really enjoys eating most everything. She prefers bite size pieces and mama's milk. I plan to do a post on her feeding as well at some point. She is babbling now, waking up from her nap.
Chris is working on our real anniversary so we are going on a day date as Marsh will watch the kids. 5 hours together! What are we going to do??!! We have STUNK at making dates a priority, so this will be our second date since Arabelle was born...
(nighty night, fingers crossed Ara sleeps longer than her stretches last night... 4 hours...)
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