Long Time No See

Wow- I don't think I've gone a whole week between posts before.  It's been a busy week with lots going on!  First off, Sam has another ear infection.  Secondly, both Sam and Anna are walking more and more, but still aren't very steady on their feet, so they need a shadow where ever they go to prevent as many mishaps as possible.  Then add in the end of the school year complete with the kindergarten concert and end-of-the-year testing as well as a whirlwind weekend after a 4 hour road trip, and who would even have time to turn on the computer?  I've been a little exhausted and busy, busy busy!

This past weekend, we went back to our home state and stayed at my parents' house.  We went out to dinner with my MIL on Saturday, and went to Sam and Anna's great grandma's 90th birthday party Sunday afternoon (my FIL's side).  After a stop back at my parents for a quickie nap, we headed out for my cousin's wedding.  That's three sets of relatives and grandparents in 24 hours!  Sam and Anna did great, especially considering it was a lot of unfamiliar faces in such a short time. 

While we were at the park for the 90th birthday picnic, there were tornado warnings.  Really not fun when you have 2 1-year-olds under your care.  The tornado warnings continued after we got back while Sam and Anna napped, but thankfully, they were napping in the basement anyway, so that made things more convenient.  We drove across the Twin Cities to get to the wedding through tornado watches, but thankfully, although the rain put a damper on our weekend plans, tornadoes did not.

Then, although I swore after last time we'd never do it again, we attempted to drive the 4 hours home at bedtime, hoping (praying fervently, actually) that Sam and Anna would sleep most of the car ride home.  If I didn't learn last time, I better have learned my lesson now.  Once again, Anna hardly slept at all.  I really thought she would, because last time she ended up having a slightly dirty diaper (that we could not smell), and we attributed the lack of sleep to that.  So we got home at 11:30 pm with an extremely overtired Anna and this time I KNOW I will not try that again. 

My saving grace was that I took this Monday off of work anyway.  I slept in and had a massage appointment for noon (the last of my push/cut present gift certificate).  A great start to another hectic and crazy busy week, since my husband is out of town for work all week and I'm solo-parenting it again.

Just a few photos from our weekend:

 With Grandma Dianne (my mom)

 With Aunt Mary

 With Sam and Anna's Great Grandma (FIL's side)

  At the wedding reception

 Pictures with Dad, since I seem to not take that many

This was one of the only ways we could keep Sam awake after a long day!

They adored this glass wall at the reception

(The mark on Anna's nose is a scab.  We have no idea how she got it- she just woke up one morning with it like that.I'm thinking she just scratched her nose with her own finger.)