Kate and I flew out on Thursday evening and got in fairly late. I don't think she got to bed until close to 11:00 (only 10:00 Seattle time). But for some reason managed to wake up bright and early at 6:30 AM on Friday. How come the later kids get to bed, the earlier they wake up? Makes no sense at all and is very hard on mommies who like to sleep in!
We started the day by helping my parents go through boxes of some of my old things that were down in their basement. Kate got bored after a while so Poppa took her to the park while my mom and I finished up. We filled up multiple trash bags with garbage and things to donate. Very productive! We even went and sold some of the baby things we no longer needed at a consignment store.
Kate and I then went to Andrea's house to finally meet baby Georgia Jane. She is cuter than the pictures do her justice and a very sweet baby. Kate kept telling me how cute she was. Kate also had a lot of fun playing with Jackson who will be turning 2 in just a few weeks. He reminds me a lot of Jack. They will have lots of fun together the next time they see each other!
We walked from their house up to Chipotle to have dinner and then down the street to get some ice cream. We then walked back and sat out on their patio to enjoy the nice weather.
Baby Georgia
Kate and Jackson at Chipotle
Jackson, Andrea & Georgia Fulton
On Saturday Kate and I joined my mom for a race she had signed up to do in downtown Arvada to benefit the Ralston House, an organization that counsels abused children. The race was a .5K. No, that is not a typo. .5K. It was literally around the block. Now that is my kind of race! Kate had a great time because there she got a fake tattoo, a balloon animal, her nails painted, a medal for finishing the race, and a goodie bag full of candy and all kinds of other stuff. All my mom and I got were a bunch of coupons.
After the race we did some shopping and purchased Kate her first pair of flip-flops. This is very exciting because I've had a hard time convincing her to wear anything except her lace-up tennis shoes that light up. I really wanted to get her to wear some slip on sandals that she could easily take on and off. We also got a pair of Crocs so she is all set if summer ever decides to come to Seattle!
After shopping we helped my mom with some more organizing and then we crashed a Fulton family dinner for a little bit. I was able to see Andrea's sisters, nephews, parents and grandmother which was a lot of fun. Some of them I haven't seen since she got married about 8 years ago!
And then we topped off the day by going out to dinner at Hacienda Colorado (one of my favorites) with Uncle Josh. Kate went home with my parents and Josh and I went to see the X-Men movie. It was really good - definitely recommend it if you like the other X-Men movies.
Today we met Andrea and Miss Georgia for coffee near their house. The weather was wonderful so we sat outside and enjoyed the sun for a while.
Kate with Georgia
We then met Uncle Josh at the Denver REI Flagship store to do some birthday & Father's Day shopping. Kate had a lot of fun playing in the little creek that runs out front and on the big climbing rock. (which made me very nervous).
Can you see why I was nervous?
We then returned home to spend a little more time with my parents before heading to the airport. We took a nice walk by their house and got some more good pics of Kate.
Kate with Grandma Linda & Poppa Mark
It was a really quick trip and very busy but I'm glad we got to do it. It was wonderful to meet Georgia and to have some one-on-one time with my best girl Kate. Happy to be home. Our flight got in early so we even got home in time to see Jack before he went to bed. So happy to see both him and Dave. I missed my boys!
Goodnight all!
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