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This is what I get for neglecting to update this blog last week: the 13th-19th are especially vague in my memory. But here is a list of highlights from the past two weeks as best as I can remember them:
***Parker gave a great FHE lesson April 13th about fasting. We read snippets from President Eyring's talk this last conference and realized that we could both improve in how we fast.
***We went to a delicious restaurant called Sauce on the Side with Abbigail and Jessie Willingham. They serve salads and calzones. We each ordered a different calzone (I got the Roasty Toasty, which is filled with pesto chicken, ricotta cheese, arugula, and pine nuts. Delicious), and when we were finished, we decided we were hungry enough to split two of their dessert calzones between the four of us. It was all so yummy. We really love the Willinghams.
***Parker and I finally watched Interstellar, at my brother Taylor's suggestion. We had to break it up into three different parts (movie-watching is a totally different experience when you have a little person to attend to), but it was good. Mind-blowing and intense, but good.
***On Thursday April 16th, Parker had a short day at school, so he and Jesse Willingham went disc golfing and I went to Sarah Dickey's house to plan our cub scout activities for the next few months. While I was there, Gage sucked his little thumb for the first time! I was one proud mama.
***I picked up Dana and her two kids on Friday the 17th, and we met Cegan and her kids at a local park. We had a good time chatting and chasing kids around. Its still an adjustment for me taking Gage to public places like that though. I was feeding him as discreetly as possible (I'm getting less awkward at using the nursing cover), when this woman and her dog came walking by. The dog darted straight towards us and was sniffing all around me and Gage's head, and instead of calling her dog back over to her, this woman talked to him in a baby voice, saying, "Ooooh, is that a baby? He smells so sweet, huh?" And I'm thinking this whole time, "uh, lady, I'm trying to nurse here. Plus I don't want your dirty dog around my brand new baby." I don't mind dogs, but I start to really mind them when they come near my baby. Again, paranoid new mother alert! Just after I finished feeding Gage, I propped him over my shoulder to burp him, and Cegan caught my eye from across the playground. "Did he have a blowout?" she asked. And sure enough, the back of his little onesie was all messy. So we learned how to change a diaper in the car. Oh, it was a thrilling outing.
***On April 18th, my baby boy turned 3 months old! He is such a joy. He smiles pretty readily at Mom and Dad and is getting better at being friendly to other people, he has several "chats" with us every day, he is especially happy when he's lying on his changing table, he is not a fan of tummy time, he puts weight on his legs like a champ, he LOVES bath time (minus the shampooing his head part), and he's learning to hold his head up. He is a sweet little person and is so much fun to hold and cuddle. I don't know what I'd do without him.
We also had the Pinewood Derby/Blue and Gold Banquet that day. It went pretty well. I'm learning more and more about this cub scouts thing, but I still feel a little out of my element. That's what callings are for though, I suppose. They're there to help us grow. Poor little Jack Durphy. His car was the slowest, by a long shot. He was pretty upset about it until Bro. Posey presented him with the "Golden Eagle Award" for having the most creative car.
***Monday the 20th, we had a little lunch at Liz Metcalf's house with me, Millie Bazdresch, and Sarah Dauphinais. It was good to get to know them all a little better, especially Millie. She moved here from Kenya a little over a year ago to marry Sam Bazdresch (they met online), and she is such a sweet soul. She doesn't say much at all in a crowd, but when I picked her up and dropped her off and we were by ourselves in the car, she really opened up. She talked about her family's home and about the food in Kenya and how different everything is here--busier and bigger and louder. I'm grateful to be her visiting teacher.
***On Tuesday, the Tervorts had us over for dinner. They were very kind and generous. They slapped these HUGE pork steaks on our plates, along with corn on the cob and a baked potato, and they finished off the whole thing with cherry pie and ice cream. They're nice to us.
***Friday the 24th, Parker and I went on our first date sans Gage. We left him with Cegan and her kids, and we played 14 holes of disc golf at Wilmore Park. It was so so fun. We really are the best of friends.
That night, Parker played in the last basketball game of the season. Our ward's team lost, but they all played hard, and it was fun to watch them. Cegan, Sarah Dickey, and Sarah Tuttle all came, so we chatted as we watched the game and tried to keep the kids from running onto the gym floor. It's crazy to think that our little guy will be mobile in a little over a year (or less!). Time goes by too fast.
After the game, we all met up at the Hansens for ice cream. We chatted, watched an Office episode, and chatted some more. We stayed there until 1:30 AM. We always joke that the Hansens' house is like a time warp . . . time goes by without us even noticing! We're grateful for such good friends.
***On Saturday, Parker had a mixer at the school for the upcoming first year students. He got home around 3:30, and we went to the Takis' at 5:30 for a French-themed movie night. We watched "The Hundred-Foot Journey" and ate cheese, pears, salami, french bread, chocolate, and sparkling grape juice. Very fun.
***Today we went to church, had a great testimony meeting, came home and napped for a bit and had family council, then we headed to the Willinghams for dinner. They fed us delicious German food--yeagerschnitzel, pretzels, potatoes, and green beans, and then Reese's cheesecake for dessert. Get outta town. It was so good. And I'm like dying of fatness right now. But it was so worth it.
Here are some pics/videos from the past couple of weeks:
This is what Gage thinks about tummy time:
Parker is fulfilling his Dad-ly duties and teaching Gage to "fly" (three months isn't too young, right?). Gagers seems to like it, as evidenced by the bubble of contentment he's blowing in this video.
Trying to find his thumb. It's still a frustrating process sometimes:
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