Kiki's Birthday and Brunch

This weekend, we had a lot of fun with my parents.  Evie always loves when Kiki and Pops come to see her and play.  They are so great about paying attention to both of our kids.  I worried a little bit that Evie was really going to have a hard time sharing her grandparent’s attention when Mitchell was born, but it really hasn’t been too much of any issue with either my parents or Pat’s.  They are all wonderful about showering our children with equal amounts of love and affection and we couldn’t be more grateful!  It was a very low key Saturday which suited us all just fine.  Pat prepared a delicious dinner for us in honor of my mom’s birthday (Aug. 12)  - grilled pork chops, asparagus and a crab cake followed up by homemade peach cobbler….YUM!!!  Evie loved getting to sing happy birthday to Kiki and help blow out the candles.  She had been looking forward to it all week.  We all ended up going to bed early after that huge meal and both kids slept well (halleluiah!!).

Happy Birthday Kiki!

Evie and Kiki watching a movie in her tent

The next day we were treated to brunch with Tim and Katherine, as well as Katharine’s children and grandchildren, at J. Liu’s in Worthington.  Brunch was really good, although a little different from what I’m used to having.  I don’t think I’ve ever had an omelet with a side fried rice and an egg roll before!  Everyone ate well – especially Evie!  She devoured everything on her plate and then shared dessert with Pops.  Mitch was an angel and slept almost the whole time.  This, coupled with the fact that Evie sat between my parents instead of next to me, allowed me actually be able to carry on a conversation with people.  Definitely something I don’t take for granted these days when interruptions come every 5 seconds!  We all enjoyed the brunch and the company and my parents enjoyed getting to know Katharine’s family.   

Katharine and Mitchell

 We ended the weekend with a milestone in Evie’s life – her first night along in her big girl bed in her big girl room.  Her room isn’t done yet, but we decided to start the transition to her new room now that Mitch is a few months old.  We won’t start putting him in his crib for a while yet, but we want to make sure that Evie is comfortable in her new room before we start putting Mitchell in there.  Evie’s life has going through a lot of changes lately so we’re trying to make these transitions as easy as possible for her.  She did fantastic in her new room!  She got up a few times initial, but then settled down and slept the whole night through!  Evie is not the greatest sleeper so this is a big deal for us.  We are hoping (but not holding our breath ) that this is the beginning of a better night’s sleeper her (and us).  It’s bittersweet though – our baby girl is growing up so fast!!

Bathtime

First night in her big girl bed!