So, needless to say, May was a busy month. We had company without a day's break (they each overlapped one day) from the last week in April until May 28th...then we had a week and a half off and then Michael's mother came for a week to help with the baby. We were in heaven having such familiar faces around us each day for a month...even if they got bored of sitting around a two bedroom apartment and going to playgrounds with a one year old. We can't thank all of them enough for their help! It was wonderful having so much help the last month of pregnancy too - holy cow did that make a difference in my energy level once the baby came. I wasn't completely worn down before he arrived. So, so nice! Totally gonna try to rig it up like that again next time (in the far, far future when there's a chance of being a next time... ;D). Michael's brother David came first to visit for a week and also be available to help with Caden if Tadd came early. Then my sister Alyssa came for a week and a half. Then my mom came for two weeks. Somewhere in there we had Michael's birthday, our anniversary, Mother's Day, had a baby (yay Tadd!), and my birthday.
With all of that hullabaloo, we didn't take the time to do our May date. It was planned as a small one anyway, because I knew it'd be a crazy time; but since we didn't get around to it, it just means we get to do two in one month! And August is that month!
Here's the card (I need to take a picture of each of the cards...some of them are plain and some are fancy and decorated. This one is simple, just like the date.):
So this past weekend we officially got a babysitter for our TWO kiddos (I get so nervous about leaving them both!) and headed out for 3 hours of uninterrupted date time - yahoo! We swung by the mall and picked out shirts for the boys - we have family pictures coming up when we head to California next week. Then we wandered through Barnes and Noble for a bit and strolled around the mall. After that we headed over to McMenamins - a simple pub and burger joint common around here. Their burgers are pretty good! Michael says he'll take McMenamins over Red Robin any day now. Stopped by the grocery store to pick up some dessert (dairy-free ice cream for me and the good stuff for Michael) and then were back to the kiddos in time for bed time. Sadly, turns out Tadd didn't want to take the bottle from the babysitter. I seriously hope he doesn't stop taking bottles - that'll be such a big bummer! Hoping it was just a fluke...
All-in-all it was a perfect first date experience to ease us back into post-baby #2 life!
