We had a wonderful first Father's Day with Ben. Saturday afternoon, Matty and I gave Ben a small Father's Day gift: grilling seasons from Williams Sonoma and Ben was fast to put them to good use and made steaks for us. (Matty decided not to partake this time!) The real gift is one we are giving to each other for our first Mother's Day / Father's Day: a professional photo session for our new little family in July.
Sunday morning, we decided to be brave and see how Matty would do sitting in church with us. Since the next day was my first day back at work, and I was already struggling with knowing I would be leaving him during the week now, I was not at all interested in leaving him in the nursery, as nice as the ladies there are! He did pretty okay, only fussed a little bit toward the end. It's hard being held when you're the wiggly worm Matty is, so the two of us watched the rest of Dr. Matthew's sermon on the TV near the front entrance of the church. It was a gorgeous day, breezy and not too hot, so after church the 3 of us strolled around Marietta Square, poked in some shops, had lunch and of course topped it off with some ice cream. Then went home, watched a movie and struggled not to fall asleep on the couch. Sounds like a very simple day, but it was perfect day, nothing to do but be a family.
This week has been a bit of an adjustment with me getting back to work and trying to adjust to a new routine with getting Matty up and off to Dunwoody Christian Academy every morning. But we have managed very well. Luckily for us, he is such a happy boy and adjusts very well to changes in his routine. Leaving him is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do, but the school where he is is wonderful and we know we are leaving him in excellent hands. My hours have changed at work now and I am able to leave at 4:30 which makes a huge difference with traffic in Atlanta. So far I have been able to have a bit of quality time in the afternoons before it's time to put him down for the night. I am also working on getting him to sleep through the night now, so hopefully in the next couple of weeks I will be able to remember what a full night's sleep is like! That will help make the 6 o'clock alarm a tad more bearable.
Right now we are very much looking forward to the weekend ahead and just soaking up family time together. Next weekend we head to Highlands, NC where Ben has a Georgia Solar meeting. We are so looking forward to getting away up there at Mom and Dad's house. It's been a year since I was there, since before I was even pregnant, and longer for Ben. And to make it even more special, it's Mom and Dad's 40th wedding anniversary next Friday so it will be great to be able to spend that weekend with them! Hopefully Ben will get done with his meeting early enough that the 3 of us can hike up Whiteside. An easy hike we can do with him that we've never done before. I can see the picture of us up there in my head now!
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