It's been a very quiet week here at home. I have two big projects at work going on right now, and I needed to get some extra time to work on them. Also, we had the house REALLY cleaned last Saturday because I hosted a baby shower at our home yesterday. In order to keep the house clean and give me more time to work without feeling guilty about not being at home, Ryan took the girls to Birmingham on Tuesday morning. I really appreciated it! Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I was able to stay at the office until about 10:30 or 11:00 and then come home to a clean house. Friday, I spent a couple of hours at a client's office for a meeting, and then took the rest of the day off to run errands and get things ready for Saturday's shower. Everything went really well on Saturday. Our friends, Wendy and Wendall are expecting their first baby in October, and we are so excited for them! Lisa, Kara and I had a good time planning the shower, and everything went really well. I have to say, it was really odd to have so much quiet and not constantly have to clean things up around the house each evening. It was nice for a few days, but I certainly missed them and was so glad when they came home yesterday evening!
Ryan and the girls had a really good time in Birmingham. Ryan was very thankful that Liz was able to take care of the girls so much, so he was able to catch up with lots of old friends that we don't get to see nearly enough. I loved getting to hear each day who he had visited with. The girls had tons of fun at Star Lake where they got to feed the fish, ducks and turtles. I have also heard lots of stories about a new playground that is built like a castle. It had a tire swing, and you could walk across the top of the castle; according to Lily, it was pretty cool! Kendall and John came to visit from Tuscaloosa on Friday which everyone loved. Ryan took Wednesday to drive to Fort Payne to visit with Josh for the day which he really enjoyed. Unfortunately, Ryan left the camera here, so I don't have any pictures to upload from their "mini-vacation," but I know they had a great time.
I had a couple of hours downtime Saturday afternoon before they arrived back home. I finished a great book, Radical, which was very insightful and left me with a big challenge; I highly recommend it. After that, I took a little nap, and then they arrived home. We ate an early dinner at Taco Mac, and put the girls to bed early. Mia went down at 6:45 and Lily was in bed by 7:30. They were both exhausted from such a fun week (and a very small nap in the car). While Lily woke up about 7 this morning, we had to wake Mia up at 7:30 to get ready for church.
After church we enjoyed lunch and then a nice long nap time; both girls slept for about 2.5 hours. We played for a bit, and then had dinner. After dinner, we talked to Grandpops in Chicago via Skype. This was our first time to use Skype, but we loved it! We both have video cameras hooked to our laptops, so the girls loved getting to see him and their dog, Taz. Grandma Jan is currently in Florida, but hopefully we'll get to talk to her soon too. Mia just kept staring at the screen, and then pointing and saying "Pops!" Lily enjoyed talking to him though. When it was time to say "night-night" though, Mia got so sad; she didn't want to hang up! She stuck out her lower lip and asked for Glow. She was finally comforted when we told her we will talk again soon. After that, it was bath time and bedtime. I'm glad we're all back together again, and things are back to "normal." We're ready for a new week!
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