Today's adventure began at 3:45 a.m. for me. Colby was up, hungry and after his bottle ready to play... I finally got him to settle down and go back to sleep around 4:30 a.m., he slept for an hour and then woke up and actually sat up with a little help by pulling on his blanket, ready to go. (He's on the verge of sitting all by himself, he can do it now with a boppy pillow behind him but he often loses his balance and does a face plant right into the blanket or carpet.) I played with him until about 6 a.m. when I decided it was time to start our day. However, the house was quiet, Scott & Chase were not up yet which meant I had to make coffee -- GRRRR. Anyway, within about 20 minutes or so Scott came downstairs thanks to a very open house with hardwoods and sound travels :-) Chase soon followed and we scrambled to get ready for a day of adventure in Seattle. We were off to the Phinney Ridge Community Center to see the Brian Waite band. The concert was a fundraising/community gathering for IslandWood, and we thought Chase would love the music...
Chase was interested in the music but didn't dance or wasn't as engaged as I thought or hoped, my Colby danced with me the entire time :-) The concert was a lot of fun and a great way to get some much needed family time after a pretty busy week for both Scott and me, and we have to have some down time to prepare us for the next month.... We do not have a "free" weekend until after Chase's birthday which is March 13th. After the concert off to lunch at our favorite family restaurant, Red Robin. I'm not much for chains but I have to say that Red Robin is truly the best family restaurant, with balloons for the kids, good food choices for kids and mom & dad, and it's extremely loud which is a must for our family :-) Chase loves getting balloons and today's balloon is his favorite color, yellow...which he still has tied around his wrist at this very moment...
Another highlight of the day today was getting to catch up with our great friends, Courtney and her son, Jake. Wow, it has been awhile and Jake (5 yrs) is such a big boy now... so smart and so outgoing. He and Chase played together although Chase was still a little shy and timid around Jake, but loved all of Jake's toys, especially the drum set! (yes, uncle Mike, I think we have another drummer in the family :-) It probably won't be long before he is surprised with a drum set of his own but it will not be this upcoming birthday, I just don't think I could handle that right now... maybe for Christmas :-) Courtney and Jake also had the chance to meet Colby for the first time... Colby was his usual happy self, and very interested in his older brother and new friend, Jake.
We then headed home in a torrential down pour taking us over 2 hours to get home from Seattle which usually takes about 40 min. Ugh -- it felt like a Florida rain. Needless to say, Scott and I are ready to relax and get the kids in bed ASAP... but, it's still a little early. There's no way we're getting Chase to bed at 7 p.m... Tomrrow's adventure will hopefully be skyping with our Gram and GrandPops, a little housework, Chase has to clean the playroom --toys are everywhere, and I of course must do laundry, oh joy. But I shouldn't complain about laundry as much anymore because our washer/dryer are completely amazing! What previously took me 4-5 loads and drying 2x each load now only takes about 3 loads and they are dry the first time -- woo hoo!
Oh, and one last highlight of the day, and actually the most important of all!!! As many people know Chase is in the midst of potty training, we've been alternating between pull-ups and his Buzz Light Year, Finding Nemo, and Cars underwear... Today, he wore underwear all day and did not have one accident. He went to the potty at the restaurant and at Courtney's house and right when we got home... Yahoo, he's on his way!!! I am so proud!!! :-)
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