On Wednesday (July 4) Mike left for Chicago, where he's doing research for school. Later that day my parents arrived with my Aunt Donna! What a treat to see all of them, and a relief to not have to be a single parent for almost a week. That day we hung out at home for a bit, then went to Pizza Luce for dinner.
Thursday we all went to the Minneapolis Institute of Art and saw the awesome Rembrandt exhibit. (Seriously, it's really good! Go see it!) We also ate great Mexican food on Eat Street, then came home and my parents made a great dinner: chicken, brats, grilled zucchini, and wild rice. Yum!
Friday we took it easy in the morning, then Rose had her first pool experience at my parents' hotel - she loved it! She also enjoyed sleeping through our lunch at Gyropolis and the time we spent walking around Ikea. :)
Saturday we walked across the Stone Arch bridge, bought veggies for dinner at the Mill City Market, and toured the Guthrie. We also saw all the light rail construction in progress as we drove down University Ave to have lunch at Mai Village.
This morning my parents and Donna took off early, so now I'm solo parenting until Mike gets home tomorrow night. Eek! I'm a little nervous about it because I think Rose is either fighting off a little something or is teething early, because she just hasn't been herself - she's drooling, a little congested, and her left eye has been somewhat crusty. I think we'll be fine for the next 36 hours, but she just wasn't as smiley as usual for her 11-week "portraits" (although she still is pretty darn cute!).
A huge thank you to my parents and Donna for all their help the last few days! I couldn't have taken care of Rose all by myself for that long without everything they did! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Now, since Rose is finally sleeping, I'm going to take advantage of the rest of her nap and go to sleep myself!
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