Happy New Year! (36 weeks)

My parents came to town for a belated Christmas / early New Year's celebration. It was so much fun!

Saturday we met up at cousin Janet's in the late afternoon and got to see Janet, Jeff, Kari, Maggie, and Annika. Rose enjoyed meeting her older cousins! Then we came back to our house for dinner, a gift, and a regular bedtime for Rose.

Rose started doing this really cute thing where she lifts up her arms ("so big!") then tilts her head to the side until we all start laughing and smiling. :)

Sunday we went swimming in the hotel pool, followed by an afternoon of present opening and then football watching.

"Finally, some green and gold!"

We also took her 36-week portraits that morning.

 

Sunday evening, my parents let me and Mike stay at their hotel room. It was my first ever night away from Rose! I think I did a great job, if I do say so myself. I enjoyed myself so much that Mike and I even went out for breakfast on Monday morning before we went home. What a treat!

The rest of Monday, Rose spent some quality time with her grandparents while I painted that bathroom and while Mike did a lot of chores around the house - he fixed our garage door, installed a new dimmer switch in the bathroom, and replaced our sink sprayer. And Rose did lots and lots of standing, rocking (still not crawling!), and playing. Yay!

  

New! (old)

 Mike made matching hats for me, Rose, and Ninja. Aren't they great? :)

 Then we topped off the evening with a fancy salmon dinner and the bottle of Sauternes that my parents gave me for Christmas. What a great weekend!

Thanks, Mom and Dad! And Happy New Year, everyone!!