Weekend Recap

I am so tired. SO. TIRED. That's what happens when you have a whirlwind weekend vacation. Here's a (hopefully) short run down of the weekend:

Thursday
Flew to UT. I sat in the window seat with Tanner. The lady next to me was a little large for her seat, so Tanner and I sat in 2/3 of our seat. It was a bit cramped. At least Tanner was pretty well-behaved and happy for the entire flight. It was a little tiring trying to keep him from touching the lady--but she was very nice about it.
Stayed up talking with Mirinda, who just had her first baby, (which is why I went to UT). I got to meet little Adilay Miri, who doesn't like to go to bed for the night until about 2 a.m. So I hung out with them until Adi decided to go to sleep.

Friday
Had a girls' lunch with my mom, sisters, sister-in-law, and her mom. (Oh, and Tanner and Adi came, too.) Afterward, we ran lots of errands to prepare for Adi's blessing brunch on Sunday.
I took a short(ish) nap that afternoon. Definitely needed, considering that I already was lacking on sleep.
Tanner got a haircut. It's so nice to have a stylist in the family! Baby mullet is officially gone.
That night, my brother's family arrived late. Stayed up until 2 a.m. laughing and talking and watching YouTube videos with my siblings.

Saturday
We had a family breakfast and then I took Carissa and my nephew, (who was the only non-baby boy there), to run more errands. Part of my quest was to introduce my family to Virgil's root beer--which I accomplished. (They all loved it!)
For the hour or two until dinner, we hung out all together, played games on our tablets, and chatted.
That evening, we went to Café Rio. I don't think I need to say any more about that. Yum.
After dinner, my sister-in-law and I put the babies to bed and ran another errand. It was fun to have talking time with her.
Once the kids were in bed, we played "Wits and Wagers." Carissa had mentioned the game to me earlier that day, (it was a coincidence that we played it that night), and we had discussed how our family would easily get distracted by a detail of the game. Sure enough, we had more fun naming our wager chips than actually playing the game. Some of my favorite names: Carn, Buffalo, Ghost, Pirate. Oh, and the fact that when asked how many Superbowl titles the Dallas Cowboys had won, all but 2 of us guessed 5. And we were right. It was kind of epic.
My goal was to get to bed before 2 a.m. this night. I headed upstairs at 1:30...and ended up talking with my sister, (we shared a room), until 2:30 instead. Oh well.

Sunday
With all of the people in the house sharing 2 1/2 bathrooms, I was up at 6:30 to get ready for 9 a.m. church. I don't think 4 hours is ever enough sleep...
Little Adi looked beautiful in the heirloom-style blessing dress my mom and sister made for her. She is such a cute little Snuglet.
The blessing was wonderful--and immediately following sacrament meeting, we headed to the house for a family brunch. Had my other 3 kids been there, I would have been crazy--but it was fun loading up my nieces and nephews with all the sugary treats they requested and watching them run around and play. Tanner started falling asleep in his high chair. Guess I wasn't the only one not getting enough sleep.
After everyone left, I did boring things like pack. And hold the baby. But that wasn't boring.
My flight was delayed about 30 minutes, which I found out BEFORE we left for the airport. It was much better to spend time waiting at the house, instead of at the airport. (In the end, the pilots arrived early from Atlanta--so we weren't as late as we were supposed to be.)
Tanner was not fun on the flight home. He was overtired, uncooperative, and somewhat fussy. At least the people sitting near me were super nice. And we had our entire window seat to ourselves this time. The extra few inches were nice.
The whole crew came to pick me up from the airport. According to Ryan, Clayton stayed awake the entire drive to the airport and the entire time they were in the cell lot. While his sisters were sleeping, he was chatting and wide awake waiting to see mom. When they arrived at the curb, I leaned in and said hi to him, and he IMMEDIATELY dropped off to sleep. It was pretty funny.
We finally got home at about 10:45 p.m.

Today, we are all so tired. (The rest of my family went to Ocean Shores to play at Nana and Papa's house for the weekend.) My kids all slept in and we're all moving in slow motion. The weekend was quite fun for all of us, though. Now I just need to get my siblings to bring their families up HERE to visit. :)

Segeberg Scoop - April 2013

So, I missed March. Oh well. I'm here now. So, that's good, right?

March was a great month! I can't remember a lot of the small details, but I remember one big event: Tanner turned one! We didn't have a huge party, but Tanner loved his gifts and trying out the cake. He really is just the sweetest little guy. He's pretty mellow and chill, until Clayton "plays" with him ("He fell over by himself, Mom!"), someone takes his toys (usually Clayton), he gets fenced in, or it's between 5-6 p.m. on a weekday. He's quite smiley and will even try to engage strangers just so he can smile at them. He was my smallest baby, and he's still a tiny little guy. He was the first of 14 babies born in our ward within about 10 months, and he's still one of the smaller ones. (Some of the other kids passed him up in size by the time they were 2-3 mos. old!) Within the past couple of weeks, Tanner has really taken off with the cruising. We got him a little push walker and he loves that thing! His legs are still a little awkward, but it looks like it's all coming together. Probably another month or two before he'll be a stand-alone walker, though.

Also in March, our girls got to go to a "Daddy Daughter Sock Hop" put on by our ward. They had the greatest time! Kallie participated in the hula hoop contest and came in third. The girl who came in first was so sweet--she didn't want the hula hoop she won, so she gave it to Kallie. Of course, Kallie was THRILLED about that.

Toward the end of the month, Ryan attended a BBQ class through Seattle BBQ University. He learned a lot--and we're looking forward to trying out all his new tricks this summer!

Now to April...my in-laws came home from their mission the first week of April. They were supposed to finish their mission in August and meet us in the Baltics--but due to some health concerns, they needed to come home sooner. We were lucky enough to have them stay here with us for a few days as they were getting everything taken care of. They've also been here nearly every weekend. It has been especially fun to get to see them so often!

A lot of people have asked if that means we won't be going to Baltics anymore. But, the plane tickets are purchased, the reservations are made--so Ryan and I will still be going to the Baltics in August. We'll miss having Ryan's parents there, but are looking forward to touring my mission areas. It's hard to believe it's only 3 months away! I can't wait.

April was also a month of decision for us. At the beginning of the month, we interviewed at a local school in the interest of getting Kallie in next fall. Within a couple of weeks, we learned that she had been recommended for our district's "Highly Capable" program, which meant that she would switch to a completely different school. It took a bit of thinking and time to determine the best course of action for her at this point--but we decided to go ahead with the HighCap program. We're excited to see how things will go in the fall!

It seems like I should have so much more to say--because things felt much busier than just a couple of paragraphs. But, I suppose that's the reality of having a "large" family. (Hearing that always makes me laugh. I think our family is rather average-sized, but comments from strangers tell me otherwise.) Until the end of May...