the lack family had a wonderful weekend <3

…ellie agrees!

we were supposed to hang out with matt and alyssa on friday night, but ryan came down with a nasty cold on thursday that really kicked him in the ass, so we spent the evening at home with music and a bottle of wine instead. eric and alicia called while running errands out our way and they stopped by to say hello. it was nice to see them in the comfy environment of home, especially since the last time they saw ellie she was in the NICU!

last time:

this time!

the weather was gorgeous on saturday and i knew if we didn’t take advantage of it we’d regret it. so, even though ryan was still stuffy, we packed miss elinor in the car and drove all the way down to palo alto where we dropped off my wedding and engagement rings to be re-sized. thank you, pregnancy, my knuckles will never be the same!

then we stopped at a bench in the shade to feed ellie, who was a very good girl by the way, and then we walked down university avenue and got caramel frappucchinos, mmm. it was almost like we had a cherub sunshine baby without colic whom we didn’t have to worry might go off at any given moment!

and, in fact, since we bought the amazing miracle anti-gas remedy known as MYLICON, she has basically been that. she’ll still have her fussy times, generally still in the evenings, but we haven’t had to deal with hour-long bouts of screaming since we bought it. could gas have been the culprit the whole time? terrible, awful, painful gas? we’re only sorry we didn’t buy it sooner.

oh, and after all the outdoor adventure on saturday, ryan became a baker extraordinaire and made both banana bread AND peanut butter cookies from scratch! aren’t i lucky? :)

the super chef spent some quality time with ellie on sunday while i got my nails done and did a little shopping.

then grandma came over to spend time with ellie while we went to dinner with uncle danny!

it was a very calm, yet very eventful weekend, and next weekend is shaping up to be more of the same:  we re-scheduled for friday night with matt and alyssa; we get to dress in our “sunday best” for flo’s garden party on saturday (happy birthday, miss flo!); and we’re having a belated birthday dinner for my dad on sunday.

spring has sprung and we are spent <3