Easter weekend and then some

I owe kiddo pics I think.  They’re more fun to show off than food anyway.  🙂  Plus I have more photos than just our weekly dinners to share so just indulge me okay?

My baby girl is so alert these days with her big gorgeous eyes staring at me (and the world).  I love it.  And P is getting used to the change too so our family dynamic is solid.  He asks to pet her all day long and I love it.

In order to keep my little dude entertained on our morning walks I made a bunch of “treasure hunts” for him – which was basically just me spending nap time collecting clip art off the internet and copying and pasting it on a blank document.  It has been fun for him, even if it doesn’t keep him occupied the entire walk, it’s fun for a while.  I go on long walks.  🙂

P and I shared waffles for breakfast several times last week.  He wants what I eat so I haven’t been eating my almond flour based breads lately because it’s too complicated to say no.  He knows that nuts make him sick, but I still feel bad eating things that he can’t have so I try to do it only when he’s sleeping now.  So yeah, these waffles were from the freezer stash that’s still saving my life.  Earth Balance on top, naturally.

Sometimes I pair mine with an egg.

Aaaaand guess what is back?  My favorite wine ever ever ever.  🙂  Happy hour(s) are as soon as I start nursing V (provided I’m home for the rest of the evening).  I’m not talking about day drinking here people!

This is the aforementioned chocolate almond flour quick bread I busted out of the freezer.  I had been nibbling it for breakfasts until P wanted in on the action, so now it’s more of a snack bread that I sneak in when he’s not around (meaning sleeping).

The other breakfast is Kyle’s.  I cooked a bunch of potatoes in the crock pot one day and he pairs them with hard boiled eggs and fruit each morning.  So easy and makes packing his work meals super fast for me. (Yes, I still pack all his work eats)

Got off track!  Back to the weekend…

My aunt and g-ma came to visit us in Davis on the way to my parents’ house.  They are in town for the weekend because of my grandpa’s memorial (even though they are on my mom’s side of the fam and it was my dad’s dad who we were honoring).  Aren’t they awesome to come for that?  Family rocks.  So they got to meet valley girl and pacman and see our house for a hot second before they hit the road to the East Bay.  It was a short visit but I knew we’d see them the next day.

Saturday was SO BUSY.  We managed to switch swim classes to get P in an earlier session so we could get in and out before we had to road trip to the vineyard, but we still were super late to get on our way.  He is doing soooo well in swimming that I didn’t want to skip a class though.  Plus, it wears him out and therefore sets us up for an ideal car ride nap.

Well, we tried.  We ended up hitting lots of traffic and P didn’t nap longer than 45 minutes and I lost feeling in my arm trying to reach back and shove a pacifier in V’s mouth but in the end we arrived all in one piece.  🙂

We are a cheesy bunch but I know how blessed we are so I don’t even care.  I love our little family.

But seriously – who is having a better time here?  My dad or Mr. P??  [He’d been promised a tractor ride all day, so after all the guests left, he cashed in on his treat.  Little boy heaven.]

And look at this little outfit?!!  Dying of girl clothes cuteness.

The catering was pretty awesome.  Not only was the food good, but the servers were way nice and present but not in your face.  I was a ravenous beast by the time I arrived but then I had to nurse V and get P settled with his food (that I brought) before I could eat myself….which made me a haaaangry monster.  So I swooped on the remainder of the tray that a server was bringing back to the kitchen and basically went to town.  I don’t think he judged me too much though, because he had a new 2 month old niece, so maybe he sympathized with my new mom hunger.  Oh and I made a dessert plate for myself as soon as I got there too because I didn’t want them to run out while I was busy with the savory stuff.  Foodie right here.

The ride home was looooong but we made it back just after 6 pm.  Thank goodness I had a freezer meal already thawed and ready to consume.

Kyle had his ragu with leftover wild rice and I had mine with an Udi’s GF baguette.

Dessert was large and in charge…lots of early Easter chocolate.

By the way I’m pretty much the worst since I realized neither Kyle nor I did anything at all for Easter for our children.  Parent fail.  No baskets.  Nada.  I totally meant to but…life…I haven’t even been grocery shopping yet since having V!  That’s over two weeks now.  Ugh.  That’s a whole other issue.

In an effort to compensate, I found a dozen plastic eggs in storage in the garage and filled them with stickers we already had while P napped in the afternoon and made an indoor (it was raining) egg hunt for him.  He LOOOOVED it.  So so cute. Baskets can happen next year.  This was perfect.

In typical E&K fashion, we went for a walk (still can’t really run, not that Kyle will let me) on Sunday morning to the Safeway Starbucks.  It was cold but my cozy little girl on my chest in the ergo kept me warm.  I got my usual Oprah chai with soy milk.  Perfection on a chilly morning.  We took forever to get home and by the time I was showered it was almost 10 pm.  Yikes.  Slow morning.  Good thing P ate an entire apple on the walk.  I nursed V again before feeding P and then Kyle and then finally myself.  At 11:30!!!  Sheesh.

 

That’s way too long to go for this BFing mama!!  There’s quinoa under those eggs and mega nooch on top.  Mmmm.

Been drinking one cup a day since week 39 of pregnancy.  Not sure if it’s doing anything but I feel like my body is basically almost back to normal.  Another week and I’ll be golden.

My mom and sis came over around noon and I made salmon and this winter salad (again).  I marinaded the salmon with a simple combo of lemon juice, dijon mustard, olive oil, thyme, salt, and pepper.  The foiled piece was plain for P.

We ate as soon as he was done with his egg hunt.  🙂

The rest of the afternoon was mellow.  My fam hung out with P and V and we played around outside once the sun came out.  Kyle and I had a simple dinner of leftovers and more chocolate.  That Lily’s egg on a stick on the right was SO GOOD.  I’ve never had Lily’s before, but it’s stevia sweetened and my mom (errr the Easter bunny) brought it over for me and I’m definitely a fan.  I’ve seen it at WF before so I may be buying it again really soon.  🙂

Love the weekends.  I miss them all week long 🙂