Ryan and Mary and Birthdays

We had so much fun having Ryan and Mary here! The first day they were here, Alexander seemed to have a bit of an upset stomach with projectile spit up.  Because of this, it was hard to keep his hungry belly full the second day, leaving us with a pretty fussy baby.  Luckily Ryan and Mary are patient and we had a great time anyways!

We went to my favorite spot, Anglers, and had some fun drinks and delicious oysters.  We also showed little man where his parents got married.

He started to make a fuss so Uncle Ryan took him for a walk about

On March 15th, Alexander turned three months old.  He got dressed up in his Winnie the Pooh overalls to show off how big he's getting.

It was also Zoey's fourth birthday. We had to wait for Daniel to be off work over the weekend for her birthday party.

Uncle Ryan got lots of baby snuggles

I had Monday and Wednesday off work, so we enjoyed some Korean Bi Bom Bop for lunch on Wednesday

We played a super fun round of Goofy Golf, where Ryan got to reminisce about the time he got half the PCB Goofy Golf course in hole in ones as a kid- a record he could not live up to on this occasion.  ;)

Ryan and Mary headed back to Texas on Thursday morning.  They were able to avoid the crazy storms in both directions, but not the road closures and delays.  Daniel and I are so glad they pushed through and made the trip!

 On Saturday, we celebrated Zoey's fourth birthday.  She is our first born and such an important part of the Martin crew.  We wanted to make the day really special for our little princess.

We started the day at McDonald's, where Zoey always gets the gravy container from Daniel's biscuit and gravy.  While we were there, Xander got some daddy playtime, in the way of balancing his new favorite toy, soft blocks, on his head.  What a couple of blockheads!

The forecast was calling for thunderstorms, so with the first hint of sunshine, we headed to Ferry Park, Zoey's favorite place in the world, to play some disc golf.  She didn't want to pause for a picture, but reluctantly obliged.  As soon as this picture was taken, she was allowed to stalk squirrels in what turned out to be gorgeous weather.

Alexander wore his doggy birthday best

I can play while feeding a baby.  No problem.

Daniel brought the Bose speaker and pushed a sleeping Alexander in the stroller while we listened to music and enjoyed the day.

After disc golf, we took Zoey to Three Dogs and a Chick to pick out a couple birthday goodies and then headed back to the house to get ready for grilling out.

Brian came to the grill out with a special birthday squirrel.  The perfect gift!

She got the Martin family tradition- a birthday T-bone

Yum!

She wasn't too happy when Daniel made her take it outside.  She wanted to eat it in her hoarder bed.

We had a wonderful time while Ryan and Mary were here and can't wait to see them again.

I am so glad that Brian, Adam, Leaha and Jesse came out to celebrate our princess turning four over delicious burgers and brats.  It's been a while since Daniel has used his grill, but his grill master skills were alive and well.

Milestones:

Xander loves sitting in his Bumbo where he can be a part of all that's going on!

I was worried he had already grown out of his size 3 diapers, until I realized I had by mistake grabbed a pack of size ones!  Dahg gummit blowout!

He continues to eat more and more, wanting over four ounces every two hours.  I'm starting to struggle to keep up, but hoping my body will adjust and realize it has to feed the beast.  He is still sleeping well at night, but often dream feeds three times, with a light whimper in his sleep to let me know he's hungry.  He wakes up for a diaper change at 5:50 every morning, but then goes back to sleep either until I have to get him ready for school, or on the weekends, until about 7:00.

Bonus Milestone!!!  While Ryan and Mary were in town, their highly fearful (I would call her cautious) but super sweet dog, Leila, went on her first walk!  She then continued to go on walks for the rest of their visit and seemed to accept Daniel, Me, Zoey, and Xander as a part of the few she trusts.  It was so great to meet her.  It seemed like the trip really brought her out of her shell.