It's been quite a busy week for me and Mal; dinner with the girls from grad school, family reunion, Hersheypark, two days of CPE and 6 month pictures.
Friday night was such a blast! Sherry, Brent and Peyton drove up from South Carolina to visit for the weekend and all the girls from UMD got together for dinner. Mallory and Peyton played so well together and boy, do Sherry and Brent have their hands full with Peyton! She is a handful, but oh so adorable. We had a lovely dinner, followed by about 20 thousand different conversations! It was wonderful to see everyone and catch up; I seriously hope we don't wait too long before getting together again!
There was one downside to Friday night. I loaded up the dishwasher and ran it during the night, so I could have clean dishes in the morning. But I awoke to a dishwasher that was full of water and dishes that were still dirty. I scooped out all the water cause it was starting to get a bit stank, and then proceeded to hand wash an entire dishwasher full of dishes! I will survive for a bit without the dishwasher (until I pay off the brand new AC unit I had put in two weeks ago!) and think I will be using a lot of disposable dishes and utensils (sorry to the environment for a little while!)
Saturday morning Mal and I made our hour long drive up to PA. I had avoided the Luckenbaugh family reunion for a few years, but thought it extremely important to take Mal for her first reunion this year. I have to admit, it was pretty fun! Though we probably are the only family who needs to wear name tags at a reunion! Kathy and Jessie came in from Oregon and the twins, Drake and Abigail were too adorable (ok, so they are two now and I seriously feel like I was just at their first birthday party!). Mal had some playtime with Rachel (who is almost 5 months now). It will be fun to see them running around next year.
Sunday was another fun trip to Hersheypark. I got in some quality cousin time with Jessie and was able to ride some roller coasters and "big kid" rides as opposed to the train, monorail and lady bugs. It's not that I don't love riding everything with Mal, but a little adrenalin is good every now and again!
I had to make the trip back to MD on monday for work and then trek right back up to PA that night since my two days of CPE were in Hershey (though I did get some yummy food those two days). So Mal got in some quality time with Gummy and Pop Pop for a few days. And boy, did she ever get spoiled and surprised Mommy with all she learned. Gummy worked hard on perfecting "Mamamamamamamamama" and Pop Pop taught her how to clap along with "Little Einsteins."
Tuesday night was a busy night. We got Mal's 6 month pictures taken (and yes, they still count as 6 month pics, cause she didn't turn 7 months until today!). She was soooooo good and cheerful! Then Mommy got a little break and some quality girl time with Lauren, my roomie for life! It was a fabulous three hours of flirtini's and girl talk, who could ask for anything more!
We got settled back in this evening, but of course it will be short lived. We will be heading back up to PA this weekend for two birthday parties! It's never a dull moment in this house!
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