Steven, Samuel and Amaya have the most caring, engaged, wonderful daddy. I’m so lucky we’re co-pilots on this journey. <3 Happy First Father’s Day, Jason!
Yesterday, we had our first play date. Parker’s mom, Meghan, brought him to visit! He’s a bit older than Steven, Samuel and Amaya but, soon, there will be no meaningful difference and they’ll actually be able to play together. So much fun! Plus it gave me a taste of what it’s like to have a sitter/crawler. Or three. (We’re not ready!!)
A few more photos from the week.
Samuel charming me during tummy time.
He found his hand and his shirt. Exciting stuff when you’re his age!
Steven hanging out in tummy time village.
He fell asleep during tummy time earlier in the week. I think he looks like such a big boy here!
And with daddy after bath time.
Amaya found her hands. Again, exciting stuff!
2 more highlights from the week.
1) After a canceled flight on Friday night my mom finally made it to Michigan today. Hooray! It had been almost 4 weeks which is the longest she’d gone since they were born. We had an adventure in Northville this afternoon when we went out for a late lunch/early dinner and ended up with 2 screaming babies. It could have been worse. There could have been three screaming babies! And now I know we can survive those situations.
2) Megan, Steven, Samuel and Amaya came to visit me at work for lunch on Thursday. We’re on our way to making this a weekly routine! After the babies ate, we took them up to my office. We were using the triple jogger, not the triple decker, and it’s so wide that we had to use the freight elevator to get upstairs. It was fun but enough of a hassle that we’ll probably stick to lunch in the park most weeks.
Oh! And I got my first nasty comment from a loser. At Babies R Us yesterday, a cashier asked me if it’s “as bad as it looks.” Mind you, I had quiet and/or sleeping babies at the time. I asked him, “what’s bad about it?” and he back pedaled to say that he meant to say “busy, not bad.” I heard that people make stupid comments but this was a first for me. Usually when I’m out people are counting babies or saying innocuous things like, “You’ve got your hands full.” Which I do. I’ll grow a thick skin about it but I hope people never say things like that once my kids can understand them. (And you’d think no one would do that but, sadly, I’ve heard too many stories about it happening.) Of course, Jason & I don’t need the validation of strangers to love and appreciate our amazing, wondrous family.
Happy Father’s Day to all of the dads in our lives especially Gene, Ron, David, and Todd. And my daddy who is in my heart every day but especially today. <3 <3 <3