21 Months
We spent Father's Day at the farm with Rob's family AND my family! Rob's grandparents were in town from Arizona so we did one big Daddy Bash together. It was SO hot, and Michael and I got about a million bug bites, but it was nice for baby boy to get to spend time with his dad, both grandfathers, and one of his great-grandfathers.
The following week, I did something very brave (or very crazy) with two of my mommy friends. Stephanie and Michael, Allie and Parker, and Mauri and Ezra went to the beach. Three moms. Three toddler boys. Actually it was too bad, we had a few hiccups, but overall I think it went pretty well! The boys loved playing together, and M just loves the water so much. He was happy as a clam just sitting on the shore letting the waves crash all around him. Must be because his ancestral homeland is SK. :) It would have been easier if all the dads had been able to come, but it was nice to just spend time with my mommy BFFs too!
After the beach, my cousin Kyle and his girlfriend came down to visit so my parents, bro and his gf, my Aunt Diane and Uncle Dave, cousin Nicole, Rob, Michael, and I rented a boat on Lake Lanier. I am NOT a lake person. I am an ocean person. I don't like the muddy slimy lake bottoms, I don't want ugly lake fish touching me, I don't like the brown murky water. YUCK YUCK YUCK. However, I got in. I still hate the way the bottom feels, but the water was relatively clear where we were. Michael and Rob, wildery men that they are, couldn't get in the water fast enough. In fact, once M was fitted with his life vest and swimmies, he was off and swimming (kinda). It was fun. A lot of fun. It would have been more fun if it was the ocean, but hey, win some loose some. Ha!
In late June/early July my sister in law, Shelly, came to visit and brought my niece Hailey! She was born in March, and this was the first chance Rob, M, and I have gotten to meet her! I was very excited! I have really amazing aunts, and I have a high standard to live up too. But my sweet niece is so perfect, it would be hard not to fall head over heels in love with her! Michael could not stop kissing and hugging her. Seeing such a little baby (she was 3ish months old) gave me split personality; half of me was ready for baby #2, the other half thought, thank goodness I'm past that stage! The week my Shelly and Hailey were here was the same week we had our car wreck.
Driving home from the farm after family farm fun time, Michael and I were T-boned by a tow truck. It really scared me, because M was in the car, but as I said above, we were both ok. We went to the hospital to make sure M was really ok, but we had to ride in the ambulance because car seats are toast after an accident. That also meant we had to stay at the hospital until my mom could go buy a new car seat and drive it up to Athens. What a nightmare.
22 months
July was pretty low key as far as baby stuff. Michael had swim lessons all month. Seriously, he is a fish. My parents were on vacation for a good portion of the month, so Michael stayed with my Aunt Diane when I had to work. She spoils him! Splash pad, pool, parks, kook-aid edible paint, etc. He could care less that I'm going to work. Sometimes he can't even be bothered to say goodbye to me. When I go back to pick him up, he's dancing up a storm and ignoring me again.
Most of July was spent sorting out the car situation. It took a LOOOONG time for everything to happen, it was two weeks before I was given a rental car, and another two weeks for us to find a new permanant car. It was such a big hassle. I'm lucky my dad was so helpful with everything. Our old BMW was in his name, so he dealt with the insurance company, and helped us decide on what kind of car we wanted (he is a total motor head), and he was the one who found all the cars we test drove. That was two long day of hell. First of all it was discouraging to not find what you want, and it was SO HOT when we were looking. We literally looked at cars all day on a Saturday. It was awful, we didn't find anything that was right. I was packing up to head home from their house Sunday morning, and he came up from his office with one last car to look at. It was a BMW X5 at United BMW in Roswell. They are only open the last Sunday of the month, and it just happened to be the last Sunday of the month. We headed over, and it was the car. Finally. Rob and I now own a Silver BMW X5. It's a BEAST. It has a V8 engine, all wheel drive, and an obscene amount of horse power (kind of surprising for an SUV). It also has a lot of nifty features, and drives nicely. Also, the interior layout is so similar to our old car, it's almost like riding in a bigger version of our old BMW. I'm just glad to be in our own car again.
The weekend after we found the car was my dad's 60th birthday. We had a big party, and some out of town family visit. My Aunt Patty and Uncle Bobby drove up from Florida, my grandparents and Thea and Uncle Paul flew in from Jersey, and Aunt Calli and Uncle Gus came in from NY. It was a lot of fun, Michael and I stayed at my parents house for 10 days straight. It was intense, and by the end Michael was so far off his routine that he was a spoiled brat (staying with grandparents and great-grandparents for 10 days pretty much means he got WHATEVER he wanted WHENEVER he wanted it).
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| Hanging with his BFF Parker (M is playing the harmonica) |
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| The cake I made for my Dad's 60th bday party. |
We got home Friday morning, and have been relaxing together as a family. I'm ready for all of our weekly activities to fall back into routine. And I cannot believe that in only two months I will have a 2 year old!
**I was too lazy to proof read this, and I have to go write another blog for work. Apologies for any typos!**
