what holiday?

I was very pleased to discover on Friday that it was Memorial Day weekend this weekend – not that I am pleased about Memorial Day, but pleased that I didn’t know about it.  Renee asked me if we had any plans for the holiday and I had no idea what she talking about.  I mentioned this to Danielle and she was also blissfully unaware.  We ended up meeting the Stetzers at Gravelly Point for a picnic, where I spent too much time running after Joseph in the heat trying to keep him from kicking his ball into the water.

Joseph’s fever lasted less than a day, but his runny nose lingered and we cancelled our play dates for the rest of the week last week.  We drove out to Great Falls on Thursday and had a nice time walking a short stretch of the trails and watching the falls.

Rachel had her first bath recently and tolerated it fairly well – she’s actually had a couple now.  We think that she is starting to fill out a little and I am very curious to hear what the doctors report about her weight at next week’s checkup.

The meals keep rolling in and the visits keep coming – a scheduled one from Alisa, a bonus lunch from Sonya and Libby, Eric stopped by to admire Rachel and play with Joseph a little, and we enjoyed an awesome dinner from Lynne and Harland.

The lack of sleep is catching up with us a little.  When we first came back from the hospital we had a family outing every day to a playground, play date, park, or errand.  Recently we’ve been dividing and conquering a bit more.  Danielle is taking Rachel for long walks around the neighborhood in the early morning while I handle Joseph’s morning routine.  I’ve had more solo excursions with just Joseph in the last week too. 

Yesterday he didn’t nap so I took him to the bank with me in the afternoon.  I had to make some account changes so we had to go and sit in the officey area where the desks are, and Joseph sat patiently in his stroller drinking water and eating snacks.  At one point he looked up and saw a man answering the phone at a desk next to us, and he announced very loudly to me, “man working!”  Then he looked around and saw another one across the aisle and said, “‘nother man!”  The he looked right at the guy I had been talking to for the previous 10 minutes and pointed at him and said, “‘nother man!”  I thought it was really funny, and even more amusing was that the guy who was helping me didn’t blink or acknowledge Joseph at all.