May
Alright, since we’re moving next
week we figured we should get a head start on our blog and not put it off until
the last minute lol. There was quite a bit that happened in May but thankfully
it all held off until after Mother’s Day J,
which was great by the way. My wonderful husband made me a homemade ice-cream
cake in the shape of an “M” and woke me up with a gift and a homemade card. The
card was the best part. J
That next Tuesday was my last day
of work here at the school. I breathed a huge sigh of relief as I picked Tannin
up from the nursery that day. I was going to miss the 4 hrs in the morning that
I would have to myself but I’m so glad to be able to spend it with my little
man. Poor Richard still had to work in the kitchen for the rest of the week.
That Friday was graduation for
the students. Richard and I volunteered to watch some of our friends’ kids
while they sat through the ceremony. Tannin had a blast running around the
playground with them for 3 or 4 hours.
The next day was Richard’s
birthday! He turned 23 and since his birthday last year was kinda ruined by
Graduation (it took the whole day and neither one of us felt like doing
anything after that) I wanted to go all out this year. So I planned a backyard
BBQ and invited our close friends from the school and the people from our small
group. Unfortunately it rained and we weren’t able to be outside but we still
had fun hanging out inside. One of the men from our small group braved the rain
in order to cook the burgers and hotdogs on the grill and the food tasted
great! We had root beer floats and I even made him a cake. Seeing as this was
only the second party I had ever planned from beginning to end I thought it was
a smashing success. It even stopped raining right at the end so that all the
guys could go out and play a round of disc golf. J
We celebrated our 3rd
Anniversary on the 22nd as we ran through airports in Milwaukee and Charlotte
on our way to Florida so that we could attend my friend’s wedding lol. Tannin
was as good as could be expected. He slept through the last flight but the
first one was a little rough. We got a nice surprise when we arrived in
Montgomery, Alabama when my parents met us at the airport. We had planned for
them to meet us the next morning in order to drive us to the wedding but they
just couldn’t wait that long. They were there at 11:45 pm when we got off the
plane.
The next day we traveled down to
my parents’ house where we hung out for a few hours before leaving for the
wedding. Tannin loved running around with the dogs. He was a little hesitant
about meeting the horse but I think he warmed up to her eventually. After a short
nap for the little man, we all got dressed up and jumped in the car to head to
Florida. (It was about a two hour drive.) The wedding was outside and Tannin
had a blast running around with his Uncle Wyatt and Aunt Sophie. The ceremony
was beautiful and the reception was great. Since the bride was a friend of mine
from the Civil War reenactment group I was a part of, there was even a cannon
fired during the reception. Tannin loved it and didn’t seem phased by the loud
boom. It was about that time that we looked at the time and realized it was
after 7! We had to get home and put the munchkin to bed. We said a quick
goodbye to all our friends and loaded back up for the ride home. That night
Tannin got to sleep in Aunty Shebi’s room while mommy and daddy got some much
needed alone time lol. He did great and they kept him busy for a while the next
morning letting us sleep in!
Sunday, we visited my mom’s
church and then hung out at the house. Richard took off with Garrett and had
fun riding bikes, sword fighting, and working in the carpentry shop. At one
point he came in with a homemade vase made from a slice of tree trunk and a bouquet
of wildflowers from beside the road. It was so cute!
After dinner that night we packed
back up into the car and drove back to Montgomery. Since our flight was so
early the next morning we wanted to make sure we had a good night’s rest. We
got at 5 the next morning in order to catch our flight at 7. We had a better
flight this time, I think mostly because we were able to find places for Tannin
to play in the airport. They had little play areas where he could run and
explore while we ate lunch and just relaxed. He slept through 2 of the flights
this time and was pretty good for the one he was awake for.
We got back to Milwaukee around 6
where some friends from the school had agreed to pick us up. We treated them to
pizza and ice-cream as a thank you J…and
that was pretty much our month. It got a little crazy there at the end but it
was a lot of fun!
Tannin has almost finished
cutting teeth, at least for now. He’s got pretty much all of them except for
the two canines on the right. He’s finally started talking! At least a little
bit lol. He said “momma” for our small group but has refused to do it since.
However, the boy loves his daddy and greets him with “dada” all the time. He
even said, “cock-a-doodle-do” at one point. While we were in Alabama he really
loved the dogs and what started as him trying to say the name “Blue” (for his
favorite one) turned into “bubble”. Now all dogs are bubbles…lol. It’s pretty
adorable but we’ll have to work on that. J
Richard’s note: On the 15th, we remembered my best
friend Cam as it would have been his 23rd birthday. Unfortunately he
passed away about 6 months prior due to his brain cancer spreading to his lungs
and then the rest of his body. He fought hard, but God knew it was his time.
Out of respect for his family’s wishes we won’t be posting pictures, but I
wanted to include this video in honor of him. It will be great someday to see
him again!
