It’s been a grand few days – loads of sun, burgers hot off the grill (a couple of times!), and lots of quality time with my mom, who left today after a week-long visit.
Jules was pretty stoked to have Grandma join us on our Thursday bakery date.  I was thrilled to see her quickly warm up to my mom – partly because it was so sweet to see them light up each other’s faces, but also because I appreciated the help lugging around my increasingly heavy little girl.
On Friday we got our coffee fix at Cafe Vita…
And spent an hour laying in the sun at Lakewood Park, watching the clouds float by and popping over to the swings when Jules got antsy.
Shane, Jules, and I spent Friday evening at Safeco Field for my company picnic.  We took part in the pre-game funk of hot dogs and beer…and then left half-way through the first inning, as Jules started to show the first signs of a meltdown.  This is our life now, I suppose – baby’s sleep trumps all.  Still, it was a beautiful evening at the ballpark!
Saturday afternoon we set out for Seward Park to dip our toes in the water (that belly!)…
And meet up with my cousin Kelsey, who’s visiting from Maryland. Â We picnicked on the grass and then took a long walk up through the woods. Â 80 degrees, beautiful blue water, views of downtown and Mount Rainier, dappled sunlight in cool, shady forests? Â Kelsey and her boyfriend quickly fell in love with the PNW.
We dined al fresco at home last night – turns out Juliette is a big fan of outdoor eating (probably because she can throw her food on the floor without mama making a fuss).
We capped off the day with one last go on the swings at the neighborhood playground.
Breakfast at Geraldines has become something of a weekend tradition for us – we grabbed a (big) bite there this morning before my mom caught her train down to Oregon.
I’m always a little down when my mom leaves, but Juliette doesn’t have a lot of patience for my moping around, so after saying our good-byes we were off to Luther Burbank for a park pick-me-up.  Jules was really into playing in the water this time around – we had so much fun splish-splashing in the lake, sitting in the sand and feeling the miniature waves lap at our toes.
Chilling out under a tree eating strawberries with dad was pretty great, too.
Shane and Jack powered through a 42-mile bike ride to Red Hook Brewery this afternoon and then La Verne and I met them there with the babies. Â We toasted to a perfect weekend with beer and burgers – happy, happy SUNday, folks!
