Staycation!

Last week was perfect. Greg took a few days off work to stay home and play with Luke and I. I have decided that I might possibly like vacationing from home better than away....especially with a little one.

The vacation started on Tuesday...a school day for Luke. We dropped Luke off at school together (a fun little treat) and ran a few errands. This is going to sound silly, but I enjoy errands so much more when Greg comes along. He came to my eye doctor appointment with me and helped me pick out new glasses. We grabbed a bite to eat then headed to Starbucks for an hour of relaxing and reading before picking up Luke. It was a great "day date" day.

Wednesday, the three of us enjoyed a yummy lunch at Sam's then headed to the zoo for the afternoon. The weather was perfect. Luke had so much fun with daddy being there! ( for those who don't know, Luke is IN LOVE with elephants...we got to watch a little elephant show where the trainer was having one of the elephants do tricks. He was so happy. He also chose the 'elephant' to ride on the carousel)








dancing!









Thursday morning I hosted Bible study at our house while Greg took Luke to school and did a little golfing. After we got Luke, we enjoyed a cookie and cupcake from our favorite bakery then headed home for dinner.

Friday, Luke and I headed to Dallas to help shower baby Sutton for the weekend. (shower post coming soon) Greg headed to San Antonio to visit Kelsey. We were sad to leave each other for the weekend but thankful for a great, relaxing week together!

Relaxing Sunday and Valentine Monday

Greg is home with us this week on staycation, so I am going to keep this short and sweet as we are loving every second with him home! I will have a post on 'staycation fun' soon!

Luke was not feeling good on Saturday so we skipped church on Sunday just in case he had anything that he could have possibly passed along to another baby. After being home all day Saturday, we wanted to get out for a bit so we had a lovely morning at the bookstore! I caved and bought the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy. I am a few chapters in and am enjoying it! Here are some pictures from our book-filled morning together






Monday afternoon some dear friends of ours hosted a fun Valentine craft play date! It was filled with LOTS of sweets, passing out valentine's, a craft, backyard fun, and playing with some of our best friends!



The hostess
The little hostess
silly boys!
Lydia
Renee and Henry
William doing a little housework!

Grace
Luke's craft!
Kherington

3rd post in one month!!

We had a perfect weekend. On Friday night, I cooked dinner and we rented the movie 50/50, popped popcorn, and we were still in bed by 10. :)

We went to our friend, Grace's, third birthday party at Wonderwild early Saturday morning. I am pretty sure Luke and Greg enjoyed it equally. :)





Precious James
pretty Kenzie
Cute Henry
Jumping JT

After nap, we went to the park and soaked up the beautiful (California-like) weather. Greg and Luke also played a little golf in the front yard. Luke is REALLY into his golf clubs (folf cwubs) right now. Greg can't wait for him to really be able to go golfing together! We ended the day with a delicious meal out to eat followed by ice cream. A yummy treat!






It was PJ's and pop tarts at church on Sunday morning for the little ones. I decided to stay and help out in Luke's class and BOY WAS THAT A MISTAKE! He cried just about the entire time with me there! He sometimes cries at drop off but is fine within seconds of me leaving. He was playing on the playground happy as could be and when he saw that I was there to STAY, he lost it. WHAT?!? So weird. Anyway, Greg 'talked' to him about it on our way home. :) The littles in their jammies were too cute!
Ready for church!


Sunday evening we had the Garretts over for burgers and fries! It was a great ending to our weekend. James Thomas and Luke loved taking a bath together after dinner and James Thomas thought it was funny to wear Luke's PJ's! Silly boys.




Still trying to do better at reflecting on being thankful. I have been getting asked more and more about what the future looks like as far as expanding our family. Greg and I talk a lot about it too! Well, it's not exactly black or white for us (and so many others who desire a family), unfortunately. Yes, we would love another baby someday but it is a little complicated with all the genetic factors that now play a role after having a baby with EB. I am thankful for the way things are and feel like when, if, and how we are to add another, God will give us clear guidance with the decision. For now, however, we are soaking up the little days with Luke and enjoying life as it has been given to us.