Catch Up Day

We've had an incredibly busy, yet productive last couple weeks. It was the first Memorial Day since my grandpa has passed, so my sister and I decided to drive out to Cordova to put a little flag by his site. Little did we know, the service men and women had already taken care of that! (Grandpa was in the Navy...) Check out the amazing site we drove up to:

There were so many flags fluttering away. Total silence except for the flags. Eerie yet amazing few moments. I'm glad Julie and I went.
We had a little BBQ at our place, played some yard games and watched it storm later in the evening. Our neighborhood is incredibly entertaining and the storms were moving in, so we decided to move everything from the backyard to the garage for neighbor chit chat and some shelter in case the rains came. Tonya broke out a delicious bottle of wine called Noval Black. (*Highly recommend!)

 

 

Rains has been working the keep the lawn under control with all the rain we've been getting. The neighbors all love to give him grief about his straight lines, perfect edging and clean garage. The grass was so long!! He's been mowing it every 2-3 days!!









Tyler's parents stayed with us for a week. We have been looking forward to this for what seems like forever. This was their original trip back to see Cullen when he was "born" but we all know that plan didn't follow through! Now they get to see him as a 2 month old :)

Cull getting all handsome in the bath for grandma and grandpa's arrival!

Grandpa George and Grandma Nettie
 

Annette took the night shift for feeding Cullen -- GOD SEND! I still had to get up and #goodieize but man, getting a handful of hours of sleep at a time really got me going again. George and Annette also filled our deep freeze with casseroles, meats and meals for the next month. This is such a huge help as I'm starting work next week. :*(  I've decided not to work my usual full time as I enter the adult work force again. Something about this little person brought into our lives has me full of anxiety about leaving him with his care taker all day everyday. We have it worked out he'll be with her about 12 hours a week, which I'm OK with. People say I'll feel different about dropping him off as time goes on. Maybe, maybe not.
While G&A were back we also had my final baby shower at Tyler's Aunt Mindy's house. Cullen made a brief appearance (as the pediatrician doesn't think public places are a real great idea yet.) We had amazing BBQ brisket, snacks and lemon bars. All of the cousins/aunts/uncles/grandparents were there. We got some very useful things that were missing from our home, and Mindy made Cullen an amazing quilt titled "Rain Drop."  I absolutely love quilts. It really meant a lot ot me that she actually took the time to make one. What a talent. Also received a Bopa wrap... BEST THING EVER INVENTED -- maybe even better than the boppy without the hole in the center and I REALLY love that thing!

 

 

The grandparents spoiled us tremendously and Cullen even more. There's something about their touch that had him calm and content. (The day they left the kid was screaming his head off. He knew he was stuck with mommy and daddy once again...) COME BACK, MIMI AND POPS!! 

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