Last week Oma and Opa came to visit us and Opa got to meet his grandson for the first time. We had a fun relaxing around the house mostly and enjoying the fall weather. Oma and Brooke had quite a good time in the leaves I raked up for them while Brooke was at school. It was great to have them in town.
This weekend Jackie came to visit us and meet Alex. It was great to have her in our home and she was a great help with both kids and good company. I got to go on my first mom’s night out with her on Friday night right after she landed in Chesapeake. Alex got to have his first trial of a night bottle with AJ to see if down the road we can do a date night- the evening was a success. Jackie also kindly watched Brooke and Alex so we could have our first meal out together alone since Alex was born. Saturday we went to the Virginia Children’s Festival and Brooke had a blast. Sunday we went pumpkin picking and each got our own pumpkin. Jackie got two little ones to take back to Arizona for Ben and Amy. Monday we relaxed around the house before sadly I had to take her to the airport in the early afternoon. It was great to see her and have such a fun weekend!
Oma and then Ammy came to visit and help us out shortly after Alex was born. We all loved having them around, especially Brooke. They were both a great help around the house and we really appreciate all that they did for us. They both got to play tons with Brooke, feed Alex a bottle and spend some good quality time with all of us.
Yesterday was a beautiful fall day and we made the most of it in the evening by venturing out to our local Food Truck Rodeo for dinner. Everyone had a great time eating good food, relaxing by the water, listening to the live music, seeing the CFD fire truck, and going on a walk to the marsh overlook.
Christine came to visit this last week and we had a lot of fun with her. Brooke really enjoyed spending time with her Tia. The visit got off to a rocky start when I went to pick up Christine and it was raining terribly. After about a half hour after her flight should have landed she called and let me know that she was on the ground…… but in another city! After a six-hour delay AJ picked up Christine late and we got our visit started the next day. Unfortunately, it rained hard all day but we made the most of it playing indoors and I even tried my hand at being a ‘crafty mom’ and we borrowed a library movie and I made popcorn and tickets. After a hand of cards where everyone played even baby, we settled in to watch our movie. During her visit we also went to the museum, played at the park, swam at our pool, went to an outdoor concert, went to the beach, and an ice cream treat after the beach.
