Mom and the Boys

Kris was in Spain for a week last week. I was very nervous about being with both of the boys by myself for the week. I am so big and so tired at this point, that I just wasn't sure how I would do it. I was blessed by many friends who hosted us for dinner or brought meals over.

 

The boys and I tried to stay busy. We went to the pool one day and enjoyed a picnic lunch.

Liam asks me almost every day if we can have a picnic, so he was excited to eat his lunch at the pool.

We had several rainy days while Kris was gone. We passed the time by painting (and making a big mess)

I also dug out the window markers and the boys enjoyed writing on the glass back door.

We got a special package from my friend, Renee,  with new hats for the boys.

We went to see the new Planes movie. Planes is Kale's favorite movie, so he was PUMPED to go to the theater to see this one. At one point, I thought Dusty was going to die (***spoiler alert--he doesn't!)

Liam did pretty well. As long as he has popcorn he is fine.

 

Kale loved the movie. As soon as we left, he said, I want to go see that again!

Kris and I had our 7th anniversary while he in Spain....pretty typical. It seems like we are commonly apart on our anniversary. Kris redeemed himself by making sure I had roses.

 

I did have an unfortunate event while Kris was gone...I was driving home from getting the boys haircuts and it was raining cats and dogs. One of the roads has many, many large trees overhanging the road. A large branch fell onto the roadway in front of me. I obviously hit it. Bummer! Luckily it didn't do any internal damage to the vehicle. There is a little damage to the front of the vehicle that we will have to have repaired. Boo!

Here is the adorable haircut that led to the accident...

And here are the spoils from Spain...lots and lots of wine. I will enjoying this in just 9 weeks or less.

Liam had a consultation with a plastic surgeon last week. He was born with a bump on the back of his head. The bump has continued to grow in size since birth, so we thought we had better get it checked out.

The doctor believes the bump is a cyst. She can't know for sure until the bump is removed and sent to pathology. Liam will have surgery in the coming weeks.

Finally, Kris arrived on Friday evening. We headed out on Saturday morning for a day/night to ourselves. Our wonderful sitter watched the boys overnight and we went for massages, a great lunch, then we sat at our hotel pool for a few hours, before getting ready and heading out for a nice dinner. We stayed in a hotel that night and then got up the next day for brunch. It was a wonderful 24 hours to celebrate 7 years together.