Weekend

What a fun weekend we just had. Jay was home Thursday night as usual and then Friday we spent running around and being productive. Lots of errands but for some reason errands with the three of us are really fun:) Saturday we went to see cousin Ashley at work at Uncle Julio's and had a really yummy brunch. Then Saturday night we went to the "Barbecue with the Brits" at the Hirst house. Damian's family is in town from the UK and so they had a dinner to celebrate. The food was delicious (think home made tiramisu and trifle) and the company was great. It was the first time some of us that were at the wedding got to see Damian's family and we definitely enjoyed it. Adrienne even made a really yummy special chicken burger for Jax and Ellie only Jackson was on a food strike and refused to eat it. Thanks so much to Adrienne for making it though! We ended up putting Jackson down at the Hirsts so we could stay later than 6:30. We have done this plenty of times and he does really well just going back to sleep at home. Not last night. . .
We got home around 11:40 p.m. and he didn't got to sleep until almost 3, yes 3:00 a.m. He cried in his bed forever and then we moved him to our bed. It was a mess that ended with Jackson having me to sing "lullaby" to him, Lennon, Mia, Sissy and Papa. So, after the long version of the song he finally went to sleep. Jay was a super champ and got up with Jackson all 3 days this weekend. I need to think of a really good fathers day gift for him!
Then today after church (and a nap) we went to Nana and Papa's house to hang by the pool and ended up staying for dinner. It was a great day and the weekend was also really nice despite the few extra hours of "family time" Jax gave us last night:)
On another note (and mostly for my memory. . .feel free to skip this part) Jax has been using the potty on and off since he was 17 months. He had gotten to where he would only use diapers while he slept and then while the Francis family was here he barely used the potty at all. Then a few days before they left he wanted to go in the potty again. I have not encouraged this (b/c I think he's too young) but he tells us every time he has to go and so we're just seeing what happens. The great part is that we are saving lots of money on diapers because he hardly ever goes in them these days.


Adrienne being the perfect hostess, can you even tell she's pregnant?



This was the first time we had been able to see Natalie's sweet (and tiny) baby Molly.



All of the men hanging by the grill.



The lighting isn't great on this one but Jackson loves Ellie's play room.



A very excited Ellie.