The grands

It was so lovely to see all the grandbabies. They are so wonderful. On Saturday morning Jeanne and Christian left early again, but like 6:00 early instead of 4:00. We saw them off and then I went back to lay down but Lexi and Henry were awake so I don’t sleep. 

We had a busy Saturday planned! First up - baseball game!

Trying to keep Henry occupied by getting a picture together. ❤️

 Emmett got the best hit of the game, I think. It was past third base to the outfield when every other hit went smack dab between first and second. They let them try to hit their coaches pitches 3’ish times and then the T-ball it. 

Both our boys got pitch hits and then everyone gets to progress to home. 

We got through one and a half innings but then had to head out for our next activity. 

Emmett had the opportunity mid-year to switch over to the Liberty Charter School and it was such a good opportunity that the took it. 

Because of that, Carter will be able to start kindergarten there next year, so we got to go to their kindergarten roundup type event.

It’s the kind of school where the teachers line up out side to welcome the kids and there’s loud music and dancing, and tons of family involvement and school pride. 

Everyone kept calling him Emmett. 🤣 They do like alike and the glasses kinda seal the deal. 

Carter gets so shy!

He was very timid, but he went to his activity room happily enough. 

Too shy to smile. 

He got to make a really cool eagle and we got a less cool lecture on the ins and outs of Liberty. Then out to the courtyard for pictures and Kona Ice. 

We go to go to the cafeteria and sample burritos and chicken tetrazzini and then they got a book and a yard sign. 

They’re tasks are to take family pictures reading the book and with the yard sign and send them in to be displayed. 

It seems like an amazing school and I love that the boys get to be part of it. 

Back in Maryland Frankie and the cheerleaders volunteered at a 5k on Solomon’s. 

The next Saturday activity was a birthday party. I was happy to go with Lu or stay home with Henry, and so I stayed home. He played and I did some laundry and got some paper worky things done and the crew had a fun time without chasing a whiny baby that refuses to walk. At 15 months - still no walking. He’s wild!

I can’t remember what this unsure face was about. 

Damian made burgers for dinner and then Lu and I went Disney dinner shopping. 

Dirty Mountain Dew??? Sign me up! I always find fun flavors in the south!

This was not a stay up late kind of trip, so after we enjoyed our ice cream treats, we all headed to bed fairly early. 

Back to the SC

A funny billboard I saw on my drive. 🤣 

Bail bonds poppin locks 24/7

Idk why that made me laugh, but it did.

A few pics I missed from Thursday. That car he’s towing is the beater. It’s an old stick shift he bought when he was having work done on his truck. And since they’ll be in NY, a car without any rust is 🙌🏼 so they’ll sell it if they decide they don’t need it.

Thursday was wonderful Matt’s birthday and our wonderful girls made him a cake and cards and bought him gifts. He said to me “I’m pretty sure Adi bought my gifts with my credit card, but whatever.” I mean, she doesn’t have a job, soooo. 🤷‍♀️

Just a couple besties cuddling on the love seat. 

We all woke up crazy early Friday morning. Brian had some work meetings so he had planned stops along the way, so I guess that’s why he was up at 4:00. Jeanne thought Ruby would do better earlier, and I was just along to get along. The sun coming up is beautiful even though it’s early as heck. 

I actually didn’t feel tired for most of my trip. I did take the one good nap on that amazing bed, but otherwise I was great. And then today (got home yesterday) I’m exhausted. 

I drove through the *cutest* little town all lit up. 

I thought about stopping to walk around, but this wasn’t the trip for me that. Someday. 

All this cuteness is in Henry County. ❤️

I am my fathers daughter. 

Super easy drive and I only almost died once. 👀 We got to Lu’s in the early afternoon and the boys tried on uncle bubbas helicopter helmet. This was after Emmett tried it on, fell backwards, and knocked Henry over.

Jeanne and Christian bought everyone dinner with their moving per deim and I offered to sta with babes again, but they decided to order in. And somehow among all the suggestions they went with Emmett’s for McDonald’s. 🤷‍♀️

We held babies and played with the liars and enjoyed a very relaxed evening. We’d all been up since 4, Damian had worked all day, and Lexi is growing a person, so we called it an early night. I wish we’d had gotten a picture, whomp, whomp. 

It’s another graduation day

Thursday was the big day! We got to the museum early to get good parking and good seats. Graduation was at the museum again. Look, the museum is nice and airplanes and helicopters are fine, but there are only so many times a gal wants to go to aviation museum. So I walked outside and chatted with birthday boy Matt. 

Ruby kept reaching out to me so we held hands. 

I held Ruby while Jeanne pinned Christian and got the first congratulations hug. 

So proud of him and happy he’s finally done. Such a big accomplishment!

They had them stand and sing the airmen’s anthem and then the army song. So all the angry looking soldiers sang “then it’s hi! hi! hey! the army’s on its way!” It’s kind of funny. 

I adore this little girl!

Because she doesn’t smile a lot, it’s really something when she does. 

We went to Waffle House after all the festivities and I got more high school secrets. I had no idea Jeanne was Prom Queen. Royalty in our midst. 🤣 

Then Bubba and Brian loaded the U-Haul. I volunteered to help and also to watch Ruby, but I think they wanted to bro out on their own. So the gals stayed home and napped. I got such a good nap on that bed. I should have looked at the mattress for the future, seriously. 

That night the crew wanted to go out again so I volunteered to stay with Ruby again, and she woke up after 30 minutes again. 🤣 I love kissing her cheekies and her under cheekies. 

Before the dinner and after the nap, I went for a walk. Enterprise is all about the boll weevil, they are all around town dressed up and decked out, and they had one right by their Airbnb. This is a cute area, it’s been fun to visit and get to know it. 

Family day

Wednesday 

One thing - Christian and Jeanne’s Airbnb was ok - but the bed was amazing. It was high and firm. I’ve always thought of myself as more of a soft bed girlie, but that mattress was definitely on the more firm side and I loved it. Slept beautifully. 

And still woke up early. I was going to go for a run, but found Ruby and crew awake so I took her for a walk instead. After 15 minutes she decided she did not appreciate her stroller, so I held her and when I got back to the house, we found Jeanne had gone back to sleep, so I took her out for a longer walk. She weighs 18+ lbs and she was getting heavy! I’m so glad Jeanne was able to get some sleep though, since Ruby’s been waking up 4-5 times per night lately.

We were bed head twins.

Brian brought Christian a sweet gift. Some energy drinks they like and then a white golf belt. 

I never knew how fun it would be to not only watch my kids grow up, but also their friends and my friends kids. It’s so fun to sit around and hear about how they used to jump off bridges in the middle of the night and other totally safe antics. 

We got our strawberry girl all strawberried out. And that strap didn’t stand a chance against her chins, it didn’t even come close to fastening. 

We had 4 family day stops. First was to see the Chinook flying demonstrations. Ruby was #unimpressed. 

But she was #impressed when I took her in the truck to get away from the loud noise and also to cool off. I always encourage the parents to do the thing and let me keep the baby. 

Stretching her neck like me. Similar cheek/chin structure too. 🤣

There she is between the trees. Also, a book I was reading had characters talking about pet peeves and one was people who call ships “she’s” (probably helicopters fit that category) and another was people who say “silly shot!” after getting a regular group picture. And to that I say, guilty as charged! I also say sorry not sorry. I love a good silly shot, and sometimes things/places are obviously she’s.

We checked out the simulators but those areas were all full, so we hit up the food court ant the Exchange and then it was on to the Blackhawk. Yeah boi!

We were able to climb on, in, and around each bird. Bubba loved when we called her a bird. V c cool. 

I was like, I want Ruby in one of those seats!

And she was like - okay Mimi!

Love love love!

She is so funny and kissable and precious!

I’m basically a natural. 

It’s wild to think that Christian knows what all those buttons and switches and handles do. 

We were dying at Ruby’s face! She’s got the best RBF. 

My stomach was bothering me, so when the crew wanted to go to dinner, I volunteered to stay with Ruby so she could go to bed at her normal time. So she slept about 30 minutes and then was up and ready to hang out. She sat with me and drank her water and munched her yogurt bites and when the crew got home they were so surprised to see her up and happy.