Memorial Day Weekend 2009

We had a great Memorial Day weekend this year. Robert and I were hoping to get some projects and cleaning done around the house, so Mom and Dad came to visit and help with Claire. They arrived on Thursday and kept her at home with them on Friday. On Saturday, we started the day with a delicious breakfast at Gunther House. Claire has really gotten interested in table food, and we were amazed at how much our tiny girl was able to put away - eggs and sausage from Robert's breakfast tacos, some biscuit with gravy from Granddaddy's plate, and some of my pancake and fruit plate.

While most of the weekend was full of projects, Robert and I were able to go to a movie on Sunday - a rare event for us! We saw "Star Trek," and we both really enjoyed it. I already want to see it again - it's a perfect summer movie.

One of the things that Robert and my dad accomplished was installing the baby gate at the bottom of our stairs. Our staircase is too wide to use some of the standard gates and has molding at the bottom that was making it difficult to get something that would fit. Robert and Dad made it work though. While they were working on it, we had to close off the hallway, and Claire was trying so hard to get back there. She could hear her Daddy but not see him, so she would press her ear against the door and try to peak through the crack - so cute!

After they got it installed, she immediately crawled over to it. I think she thought it was a new toy, but she eventually lost interest in hanging on it like a little monkey.

We were so glad they were able to come and spend some time with us! We were pretty bad about taking pictures over the weekend, but we got a few in the backyard before they left Monday morning.

To celebrate Memorial Day, we had our friends Shad, Andi, and their daughter Abbie over for lunch. Abbie is 5 months old, and Claire was really interested in watching her. We had a great time at lunch, and it was a relaxing way to end a long weekend.