I tell you what.... Eli knows how to treat his mom right! He allowed her to change dirty diapers, breastfeed, wipe drool and regurgitated milk from his face, snuggle next to him at night and carry him in the sling all weekend long!
The first annual Mother's Day Weekend Extravaganza was great! Dad made mom breakfast on both Saturday and Sunday! On Saturday morning, Eli packed up the car and headed to Maggie's Herb Farm (http://www.florida-secrets.com/Florida_Gardens/Maggies.htm) with mom and dad in tow for their annual herb festival. Eli loves Maggie's! He got a few different herbs and butterfly plants for the yard, but mostly liked the people watching.
Eli napped on the way home with mom and dad... dad was due for a haircut and mom had to get good and drunk for it to turn out right (if you don't know about this joke, ask dad).
The afternoon and evening was spent at a Riverkeeper membership event at JU. Dad sure can talk about that river! Eli got to see a lot of people he hasn't seen in a little while and got to meet many more. He also got to go on his first boat ride... a tour on a river taxi from JU to the north end of Exchange Island. It was very windy, but the ride was smooth enough for Eli to nap on the way back to JU.
The first annual Mother's Day Weekend Extravaganza was great! Dad made mom breakfast on both Saturday and Sunday! On Saturday morning, Eli packed up the car and headed to Maggie's Herb Farm (http://www.florida-secrets.com/Florida_Gardens/Maggies.htm) with mom and dad in tow for their annual herb festival. Eli loves Maggie's! He got a few different herbs and butterfly plants for the yard, but mostly liked the people watching.
Eli napped on the way home with mom and dad... dad was due for a haircut and mom had to get good and drunk for it to turn out right (if you don't know about this joke, ask dad).
The afternoon and evening was spent at a Riverkeeper membership event at JU. Dad sure can talk about that river! Eli got to see a lot of people he hasn't seen in a little while and got to meet many more. He also got to go on his first boat ride... a tour on a river taxi from JU to the north end of Exchange Island. It was very windy, but the ride was smooth enough for Eli to nap on the way back to JU.
On Sunday, mom, dad and Eli went to Riverside Presbyterian for yet another Riverkeeper discussion. Dad was speaking to an Sunday school class. Eli tried to stay engaged, but he's heard it all before so he and mom ducked out for a quick snack followed by a reading of favorite nursery rhymes/lullabies in the church's children's library. Eli now knows all the right words to 'The Farmer in the Dell'.
Dad actually let mom mow the yard for Mother's Day! Seriously, she likes doing it. Dad did agree to refinish the floors, repaint the walls, fix the fireplace, clean the oven and fridge, put windows in on the backporch, hang doors, re-roof the house (and replace the rafters), scrape and repaint the exterior of the house, remove the chainlink fence and install a cute, decorative wood panel fence, and clean up the backyard. Unfortunately, the only things he got to were cleaning up the house and installing Eli's ultra cool baby hammock on the front porch. There are other weekends dad can do all those other things... this weekend, mom wanted the hammock so Eli could chill and enjoy the outdoors while she works in the yard.
Mom did get to enjoy an adult beverage after all the yard work, and Eli got to talk to the flag waving in the tornado force winds (no lie!) Dad got a little rest too after getting sweaty hanging Eli's hammock.
Eli wished he could have spent the whole weekend naked on a blanket in the yard. If he hasn't mentioned it yet, he LOVES to be naked outside!
And right up there with being naked is snuggling with lamby for a nap, thanks to Patty (Neil's sister). Eli loves his lamby!
The weekend was capped off with dinner and dessert and grandma and grandpa Orth's... Uncle John was there for Eli to entertain with his random squeals and giggles.
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