The May Curse

It has been a super busy May.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day.  Sam made wonderful drawings for me at school.

I got wonderful gifts, including an afternoon of shopping without the girls.  And Nick cooked a delicious dinner and did lots of cleaning.  And I got some snuggle time with the peanut and munchkin.  What more could a girl want?  

On the day after Mother's day, Sam's school had a cute mother's day tea, complete with songs, brooches and hats for moms to wear.

 Sam and Nick built this great tower one day.  Nick just lifted Sam up, she did the rest.

 Zoey is often smiles, but she is pretty attached so she can get cranky if I am not around.  But she is often easy to distract.  She is still eating well, but not a huge cow's milk fan.  She is also learning words so rapidly and getting better at communicating with signs too.

She is also a very loving baby.  She did not cooperate here too much, but she does blow a kiss, which she loves doing now.

Check out this street sign we saw on the way to visit friends.

Nick and I celebrated 10 years of marriage a few days ago.  We decided to try an overnight trip and leave the girls with my parents.  Nick and I had only been away from Samantha while together before for packing up our first Huntington house and finding the second.  I had bought a groupon for a sunset cruise in Clearwater and we thought it would work to use it then.  The plan was for me to put Zoey down for a nap and leave.  Unfortunately, Nick got sick in our anniversary.  He said he felt alright, so we decided to try and make it.  He ate light all day, but come cruise time he was a bit green around the gills, so I made him go back to the hotel and rest while I went on the cruise.  He did not want to ruin it or waste both tickets.  I did have some fun, but then that night it was my turn to get sick.  So we cancelled the morning on the beach, watched some tv, checked out, and headed home.  I spent most of the rest of the day in bed.  I am calling this post the May curse because in 2008 I got appendicitis on my first Mother's Day and in 2010 I got and then gave to Nick a stomach bug.  Maybe it is only the May curse in even years.  But it was a bit of a bummer that our trip did not go as planned.  My parents held down the fort well, although Zoey did not cooperate much as she was awake a lot more than she should have been.  But she was pleasant the next day and napped really well today too.  Maybe one day soon we can have a better trip.

Here we are right before we left.

And a couple of shots from my solo cruise.