Amidst all the thousands of wedding photos I’m editing, I had to take a break to share our 4th of July holiday weekend with you (look at me all blog-connected!). We road tripped up to Cleveland on Thursday night after some deliberation, let’s go tonight, let’s go tomorrow, ok really let’s go tonight….and got there around 10pm. Always love returning home, even if this summer it’s almost every other weekend, it’s still fun to look around and see what’s different, and feel that sense of home. Extra good that there’s usually a full house to greet us, too!

On Friday we went to visit Aunt Sandy who insisted on us getting out so she could ‘babysit’ Finn. Getting out consisted of a quick trip to the bank and Quizno’s for lunch. We came back to see the babe had awakened and was solely entertained (read: stopped crying) when Uncle Mark did a out-of-control-move-every-part-of-your-body-at-once-style dance. How’d he know it’d work? C’mon! He’s a dad! He knows how these little humans work.

Friday night Dad (aka Jagee) convinced us to join him for a cookout at Freddy T’s house where he could show off Finn, us, and his lovely wife (aka Nanny) to some of his teacher friends. Turns out Freddy T and his wife live on 10+ acres where they devote their “off work” time to an organic garlic farm (their website is coming soon, we were told, in the meantime, check them here. It was a great cookout, and it’s always fun for me to see my parents as people, not parents! Finn experienced his first live music and campfire. And did GREAT! It was a sign of things to come for the weekend and him.

Saturday was my parents anniversary (34!) and filled with a day at Nanny and Papa’s swimming, eating, and family-ing. Mike manned the grill, per the new norm in our family, and Finn got to spend some happy time with everybody.

Sunday was Finn’s 2 month (birthday? what would that be exactly?), and while we didn’t see fireworks, we enjoyed more time with our family doing nothing but being together, and Finn got to give Uncle D a little extra love and attention (without being rescued because of cries).

What a great weekend for everyone! Phew, and now back to the real world….even though all I want to do is stay home from work tomorrow and play with this new big boy who has emerged. All of a sudden, he’s a smiling, giggling, interacting little baby who is taking his world in.

The garlic at Thaxton Organic Garlic Farm.

GrillMaster Mike!

Hope your holiday weekends were great! Shout out to Ms. KLC, who we hope had a fantastic birthday weekend!