A Great Weekend with a Few Tears

After Keith working a long stretch of days and a weekend of call, we enjoyed a nice family weekend together. Friday night I made a homemade Potato Pizza (so good!- even Keith had three helpings :) ) and we settled in front of a movie. Saturday morning we got going early to get Samantha in her Easter dress and get together all of the stuff for her 3 month/Easter picture. However, I had a feeling from early on that Samantha had other plans. After skipping her morning nap and the photographer running late, by the time they started positioning her for poses and the assistant made smacking noises with her mouth in Sami's face, the shoot was over. Poor Samantha broke down into a puddle of tears and was inconsolable. I was annoyed because I had looked forward to the pics, but soon realized that it was not important enough to make my baby sad. We might attempt them again, but if not we will keep snapping photos at home. ;)

To recover from the tears, we popped over to Red Robin and downed 1,000 calories in burgers and fries, and spent the day out shopping and just enjoying each other. We went everywhere from World Market and Hobby Lobby to Lowe's. It ended up being a fun day out, filled with a lot of laughter, some spring decor purchases and a great cup of latte from Panera. To end the day perfectly, we went to our friends Heather and Freddie's house for their son Porter's 1st birthday party. We got to see their adorable kids again and got to meet some great people, including some new neighbors. Plus, there is nothing more adorable than seeing a 1 year old enjoy their first birthday cake (See Porter below).



Sunday began with an enjoyable church service, where Sami and I bounced half of the service together -- along with half of the other mothers and babies in the audience. ;) Keith spent the afternoon prepping the yard for Spring -- his favorite pasttime, I took care of baby and relished in her ever expanding vocabulary of "ah-goos" and grunts. ;) I also finally decorated for Spring and got down all left-over winter decor. Then we came back together that evening over a movie and Taco Bell.

Yes, these might seem like small things, but all of these things added up to a great weekend with my family -- even despite the few tears.