George's Blessing Weekend

Chris's parents came, along with Anna, and my parents and Laurie's crew came too. Craig came too, and took pictures. Sadie was here. Dad rented a house, and we all hung out there and swam and ate and relaxed. Laurie recorded the blessing and I transcribed it, and it's in George's journal. It was really sweet, and Chris was really inspired. It was a happy weekend. We love this boy!

Mother's Day

Slept in, perfect french toast breakfast, flowers and a new mommy's necklace, lots of help before and after church (which is NOT the norm), yummy lunch, little nap, awesome dinner and dessert, and lots and lots of love. Thanks, Chris and kids, for a great Mother's Day!

Acoma Ward Silent Auction

We love our ward! We had a BBQ and silent auction the other night to raise money for the youth to go to camp this summer. Lots of items were donated, we raised over $600, and I must mention that the item that went for the most money was...An evening with Chris Barragan!! Here are some pictures of the fun night:

My Birthday

For my birthday, Chris surprised me by getting his parents to come up for a couple of days to stay with the girls while he, George, and I went up to Vegas. We stayed at the Loews at Lake Las Vegas. It was really nice. I got to do a little shopping, have a fun Cinco de Mayo lunch, sit by the pool, see the Pionkes, and spend time with Chris. I gotta say, he and I always laugh a lot together, but we laughed super hard together on this trip and I really loved our near-alone time together. And I also gotta say, I forgot how easy life is with just one kid! Man!! Anyway, we had dinner at the Hash House a Go-go at the M, and it was so so so good! When we got back to the hotel that night, I was secretly wishing I could eat cake on my birthday but I was pretty full so I forgot about it. I had climbed in to bed ready to go to sleep when there was a knock on our door. It was room service bringing up a little chocolate lava cake with ice cream and berries. Lovely! Chris took a picture - pay no attention to my attire, please. It was a nice getaway. But I was as excited and twitterpated as a schoolgirl when we got home to Olive and Lucy. Happy Birthday to me!!

Easter

Arrival of George

For pictures and details on the arrival of George, I'm going to be lazy and just point you to his blog.

George's blog

Lucy's 1st Birthday, and Papa's 60th

Chris and I sang Happy Birthday to Lucy when we went into the girls' bedroom in the morning. After that, when I got her out of her jammies and changed her diaper, I noticed a horrible rash all over body, and there wasn't much birthday fun for a while after that. I didn't want to overreact, but it was pretty alarming. We decided to head to the ER. Nestor and Rosemary got there just in time to stay home with Olive while we went. Sure enough, the doctor there let us know that Lucy was having an allergic reaction to the amoxicillin she's been on for her ear infection. They gave her an oral steroid and some Benadryl, and sent us on our way. She slept for most of the day. She woke up just long enough for us to go to the park and have dinner and cake for her. While she was sleeping, Chris took Nestor flying. When they got home we presented him with the gift we had all gotten him - a new Macbook. He was pretty thrilled. We gave the girls dinner, and I had made a chocolate cake for Lucy and Nestor. Lucy had fun eating her cake. We put her back to bed, and had a babysitter come over to be with Olive until she went to bed. We took Nestor and Rosemary to eat dinner at The Refuge. It was lovely. I think Nestor had a pretty memorable 60th, and in spite of the ER drama I hope Lucy felt loved and happy on her 1st.