It has been a busy week around here!! We had so much fun during our last week with Uncle Jonathan being home and getting ready for Nic and I's first weekend away without the little man!
This week we continued with Malachi's trend of taking off his own pants and running around that way. Its a good time. Also. With figuring out that Malachi has a milk allergy, we have been on a scavenger hunt for snacks and meals that don't have milk in them. Which, you would be surprised how many things that shouldn't have milk in them, actually do. But we did manage to find a puffed corn snack that is veggie flavored, and to my surprise, he absolutely loves it. As you can see from the photo below.
Also, operation get Malachi attached to something so that he will sleep is working! Well. The attachment part is. The sleeping part still needs some work. But he snuggles this bear everywhere that we go and when he wakes up in the morning. Its the sweetest.
Block building is serious business in our house, but so is getting all of your round blocks to fit into the back of your truck. All but one would fit. He was very frustrated by this.
Our weekend away was so refreshing! We spent the weekend in Columbus, Ohio, which I know, to most does not sound all that exciting, but it was for us! Nic was only able to take Friday off so we couldn't go far and my mom and I had my cousin's bridal shower to attend not far from Columbus, so we decided to kill two birds with one stone and go for the weekend to celebrate our anniversary!! Here we are in the car on the way there and also enjoy this tonka truck strapped to the back of an eighteen wheeler. Your welcome.
It was so refreshing to be able to just spend some time investing in each other. To just hold hands, walk around, talk about whatever we wanted to. We kept with anniversary tradition and we had dinner at PF Changs and got lost in Barnes and Nobles for a while. We found Nic a pretty awesome pair of sunglasses at a kiosk in town center and had so much just being on a date. We then enjoyed what I think is our first uninterupted full night of sleep since Malachi was born. It was a beautiful thing. So very beautiful.
The next morning we binge watched some White Collar and then headed to Utica for Jenna's shower. My mom had Malachi for the weekend so she brought him along and while we were showering the bride, Nic and Malachi had a daddy son date. They had chicken nuggets at the local dinner and then spent the whole afternoon at the playground! Malachi can now slide all by himself. Doesnt seem like much, but its big to us haha!
We had dinner at Pei Wei that night, which I havent had since I lived in Tulsa and oh my goodness do I miss Pei Wei. So. Freaking. Good.
On Sunday we went to church at The Bridge which is pastored by a dear friend of ours, Pastor Lenny Weston. My brother and I traveled internationally with Pastor Lenny and his ministry VMI when I was teenager and it was so good to be surrounded by so much love and so many people that are like family to us. It was so good to get filled up and to enjoy being in church together. Watching Nic lead worship is one of my very favorite things, but sometimes its good to just step back and be together and allow God to speak to both of us. It was definitely a beautiful morning.
Being away from the little man this weekend allowed us to really invest in each other and remember what we love about us. Sometimes when you become parents, its so easy to be so invested in your kids that you forget what created them in the first place. We definitely learned the importance of taking time for each other and remembering that invested in one another is the most powerful thing you can do in marriage. It makes life a little easier for everyone!
We have so many fun sessions coming up in the next few weeks as well as a promotion that we will be announcing soon!! Look for a fun family reunion feature on the blog later this week and also special post from Nic and I. There is so much fun happening this week!!!!
