4 Day Weekend Fun

Matthew and I were both lucky enough to have Friday and Monday off of work for Columbus Day. We had a nice lazy day on Friday- n0t leaving the house until 1:30 in the afternoon to take Ally to her 6 month well baby check up- a month late! She astounded the doctor with her mad skillz- okay, not really, but he did say she looks good and seems to be hitting all of her developmental milestones on schedule. We've discovered that our daughter is actually a string bean- her weight (15lbs and 4 oz) is only in the 25th percentile but her height (27.5 inches) is in the 75th percentile! She's long and lean- with any luck she'll be blessed to retain that physique throughout her lifetime.

We had friends over for dinner on Friday night and feasted on steaks, mashed potatoes, green beans, and rice krispie treats all of which was washed down with 3 bottles of wine! I was the worst hostess ever- I abandoned my guests at 10:30pm to go shower and go to bed since I had to be up at 5am the next morning to go into work for an inventory. They were showing no signs of leaving and were enjoying conversation with Matthew so I didn't see any reason to break up their party but I did feel like a schmuck leaving. It sure didn't keep me up though- I was asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow!

After 6 grueling hours in dusty, dirty warehouse hell on Saturday morning I returned home to rescue Matthew from his morning with our early riser daughter. He did a great job playing Mr. Mom for the morning. We set out to purchase our new stroller (described in the previous post) and then took it for a test drive at a local art festival. Saturday night we went out to dinner with friends at Luna Maya, an awesome restaurant that has somehow escaped our attention for the last two years.

Sunday morning we did church and brunch then headed back home to watch the Redskins devastating loss. Matthew hung around the house to watch more of the games and I made a trip to Babies 'R' Us will Allison.

Monday was another beautiful day so we decided to take advantage of it and take the dogs to the beach for a morning romp. Looks can be deceiving though.... even though the weather was sunny and beautiful, the mosquitoes and biting sand fleas (whom we have never encountered before) joined forces to cast a dark cloud on the morning- or more specifically, a dark swarming cloud around my head! The beach trip was short lived but the boys didn't seem to mind- they still had fun and got some exercise. Next we went to Homearama- an annual home showcase where Matthew likes to gather inspiration for future projects.

Here it is, Tuesday morning and I'm back at work- longing for another 4 day weekend.

Ally is so strong!

It's hard to tell, but she is up on hands and knees in this picture!

It looks like she's giving kisses, but she's actually trying to bite me with her two teeth!

Hamming it up with Daddy

Standing in Daddy's lap all by herself

We love this adorable denim dress!

So happy she finally grew into it!

Go Redskins!

Playing with Mommy