On Mother’s Day weekend, Deb went to Morgantown to see Julie get her Master’s degree from WVU. She left on a Friday so she could spend some time with the family (Randy, Anna, Kyle, Dave and Sally). I stayed home with Allison because the last thing we could imagine was Allison sitting still for a college graduation. She and I managed to hang out at home while we got the security system installed and the house was sprayed for bugs. Deb came home on Saturday and that evening, Deb and I attended an engagement party for Beth and Matt. It was a very well attended party and everyone had a good time. On Mother’s Day, we enjoyed a nice breakfast and Allison gave Deb a neat necklace with her name engraved on it. Seems anyone can get a credit card now-a-days…
The following weekend we were off to Cincinnati to visit with the Depps and Ragos. We hadn’t met Mia Depp yet, so we were happy to get a chance to see her and watch all of our daughters interacting. Mia is only 4 months old, so that left Allison and Alivia to play and they got along really well. The mom’s went shopping on Saturday and the guys went golfing in the afternoon. We enjoyed some pizza on Friday and did a cookout on Saturday. The Depps did a great job hosting and it seemed a little like a zoo at times with 3 kids on 3 different schedules, but everyone helped out and it was a fun, relaxing weekend.
Randy and Anna came out for Memorial Day weekend and all I can say is that it was HOT. Deb and I had a list of outdoor projects we wanted to get done and since we had the babysitting help, we couldn’t let the weather deter us. Deb was in charge of the 6 yards of mulch we had and I was in charge of building the fire pit and trimming the 8 trees. Between Randy and Anna helping, we got everything done and felt great about the weekend. Unfortunately, Allison spiked a fever on Memorial Day and Beth was able to diagnose and calm us down as her fever took longer to come down than we had dealt with in the past. Randy and Anna stayed an extra day to help us take care of Allison since it was a work-day, and she bounced back and was able to head back to daycare by the time they nursed her back to health.
We are in the middle of weaning Allison off of the bottle and eliminating the night-time feeding of milk. Originally, she was OK with it. Now she is getting the idea that we aren’t joking and it causes her to cry for about 15 minutes each night. We hope she starts drinking more fluid at dinner and then we can be more confident she is at least hydrated. Right now she just fights drinking anything because it is in a cup and not a bottle. She has learned how to spit things out…so she seems to kick out any meat right now. She is moving around, crawling all over the house and pulling up on anything she can get a grip on. Sometimes, it is something slippery and she will bump her face onto the floor, fridge or mirror. She is pointing at things and talking in her own language. She is probably getting closer to moving into the next room at daycare, which is exciting because it will be something new, but sad because she and her current teacher really get along. You want them to stay in certain stages of life because they are fun, but they have to move on eventually!
A few more items from this month:
• We enjoyed going to St. Elmo’s for dinner on the 21st (day after our anniversary) and Beth helped out babysitting.
• Deb’s Aunt Sally and Uncle Dave stopped by and were our first house guests. They stayed one night and then were off to Morgantown for Julie’s graduation.
• I decided to join a basketball league on Wednesday evenings. The games are always at 9or 10pm, which isn’t great but helps because I basically leave as Deb is heading to bed.
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