I love weekends.
I have always savored the luxury of a weekend off. Off work, off school, off whatever.
But now I love weekends for a different reason. Now that I work around the clock (as a mom) and not just Monday through Friday, I don’t personally sense a distinction between a weekday or a weekend. But on weekends, Alana and I get to spend two glorious days with Rich. We love to have fun plans or to do just everyday, mundane things together.
This past weekend was enjoyable for a variety of reasons. Life has so many small pleasures, and I love to enjoy the little things with the people I love most.
One of the simple pleasures we’ve had as of late is to listen to Alana “talk.” Yes, we have decided that she is going to be quite verbal…as indicated in this brief little video clip:
Saturday afternoon was perfectly beautiful and we decided to try a brand new restaurant near our house called Fresh to Order. We had one of the best salads we’ve ever had there! Excellent lettuce with almond slivers, cranberries, candied walnuts, sliced apples, mandarin oranges and rosemary-almond crusted chicken skewers…with incredible balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Um, ya, we loved every bite of that baby!
Here we are, a fun little self-portrait outside! We hope this place does well – we love having tasty healthy options nearby!
Then on Sunday evening we enjoyed a business meeting for Rich Smith Photography at Olive Garden. We planned and organized, and talked about goals for the year. And we got a little distracted with a few family photos!
Alana did great for a while, but then got sleepy.
And when Alana gets sleepy, everybody knows about it! She shrieked a few times, and as I pacified and distracted her, we paid the bill and cut our productive discussion short in order to get her home and in bed.
I’ve also enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching Alana grow and learn…and even watched her roll over for the first time over the weekend! Yes, we have a video of that, too, but we’ll spare you as I’m sure no one would be quite as excited about it as we are!
Here she is, having some tummy time:
And going for a walk (in the gorgeous spring weather) in the Baby Bjorn!
Yes, she is eating it!
Then on Tuesday night we met at Sushi Nabe to celebrate Bri’s birthday!!! Unfortunately, I’d been battling a horrible headache all day, so I only lasted for about an hour until I felt like I had no option but to go home and go to bed. I was SO sad to miss out on the celebration. Before I left, I managed to grab a few photos of friends!
Bethany took this one of Alana and I. Thanks, Bethany!
Kyle, Heidi, Avery and soon-to-come baby posey!
Bri, I love you and hope that you had a wonderful birthday!
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