Milo is such a lucky boy. He is so loved by so many. He is also lucky because he has two wonderful Grandmothers and a Grandfather that basically worship the ground he spills his milk and crunches goldfish crackers on. He sees at least one of his grandparents weekly. Sometimes he sees all of them, multiple times in a week.
I always had a wonderful relationship with my grandparents. And if you’ve been reading here awhile you know I had a special bond with my grandma, Mariam. So, the fact that he gets to spend so much time with his family and grandparents makes me so happy. I’m grateful that my Mother was finally able to move back to California last year so she can be here for Milo. We’ll never let her leave again!
Grandparents can be a wonderful thing, I miss mine daily and am so sad often that none of them ever got to meet Milo and see this truly amazing human I created.
Best Friends Forever. I know what that is. Literally.
Out of my almost 27 years of existence I’ve been friends with Ryan for almost 25 of them. Crazy right?!
I think so.
I don’t see him enough. We all are busy. Not a good excuse, we need to hang out more. I miss him. Sometimes I don’t realize how much I miss him until I’m in his severely goofy, overly chatty presence. You see, he never stops talking. But I love that about him.
We grew up on the same street, My first memories ever are with him. He made me do boy stuff all the time growing up, but he was a good sport and sometimes would even play barbies or dress up with me too. We were fixtures of each other’s homes & lives. Also? My Brother and his Sister were high school sweet hearts & married 16(i think?) years ago. We were even in their wedding together.
We are family. Which is awesome. Our families are literally one now, and have been for some time. We often intermingle on Holidays & Birthdays & it’s always so comfortable. I think of his family as my own. I really do. I think of him as my third Brother, & his sister? Well she’s my sister too.
He got married yesterday to a wonderful lady named Danielle. Ryan also became an official second Dad yesterday to her three boys that he loves insane amounts. Out of everyone I know Ryan is the most stand up guy (besides my brother). He’s a “good guy” in every sense of it. Nice guys finish last is often true, & has sadly been true for him a few times. Not this time though. He was so happy yesterday dancing at his reception with his Wife. It made me really happy. I was really quiet yesterday. It’s because I was kinda emotional & feared that if I spoke too much I’d burst into tears in front of everyone.
His Step-Mom was toasting him & his wife at the reception & she was saying that she entered Ryan’s life 19 years ago. I zoned out on everything else she said after that. I was fixated on that number….19. I couldn’t believe that it had been 19 years. That seems so long ago. But, I remember clearly when she and her 2 daughters came into their lives. (also, those 2 girls are part of my life too. I love them so much. Again, we’re like a big huge family) I just sat their & looked around at everyone, I knew so many of them & felt so comfortable there with everyone. I reminisced with Ryan’s Grandma, Connie about a few funny stories from our childhood & realized that this just isn’t the norm. We are really lucky. I am really lucky that I have this huge, wonderful extended family. That I’ve had it for a really long time & will always have this great connection with a group of people that aren’t “blood” related. That when they ask how my own little family is they aren’t just making small talk, that they genuinely care. I felt very grateful on our long drive home last night.
I’m happy I got to spend time with everyone yesterday & celebrate a happy, happy day for Ryan and Danielle.
xoxox
and this is completely random but I will always think of Ryan when I hear this ridiculous song. We were super young, spending the weekend at My Brother’s & his Sister’s duplex back in the day & we tried our hardest to choreograph a dance to this song!
Long weekends make me a bit weird the entire following week. I always feel like I’m a day off. Which I am.
My weekend was exhausting but worth it! Santa Cruz was a lot of fun. Got together with the most hilarious group of girls I know & celebrated all weekend. I’ll tell you one thing, drinking elevates emotions. Friday night I was SO sad about not being with Milo that I cried & went to bed early. I also learned that I am in fact NOT 21 anymore. Drinking two nights in a row seemed to prove impossible for me. I had wild ideas that I’d drink ALL weekend long, ha…HAHAHA. Yeah right. By 11pm Saturday night I was almost falling asleep at one of the bars we were at! Anyways, It was a great trip. The house we stayed at was gorgeous. Literally on the beach, the most amazing view ever! We lucked out with getting it on a holiday weekend. Surprisingly no real dramas between a group of 12 girls either, which I was a bit worried about. I don’t think anyone walked away from the trip hating each-other! And of course the beautiful Bride to be had an AWESOME time. Success!
Our house was over to the left behind us!
Sunday I was beyond ecstatic to get home to my boys, especially Milo. He looked huge like he had grown 2 ft in the two days I was gone! I have no plans of leaving him for days at a time like that for a real long time. I’m such a family person. I know time apart is probably healthy for us all but I just have zero interest in it really. I’m a Mom & Wife now, & it’s my favorite thing. I only want to go places that all of us can go for a while.
Milo has been extra adorable & extra crazy the past two days, I say it’s a possibility that two year molars are trying to make an appearance, but I could be wrong. He passed the buck last night for the first time every & it was so funny I couldn’t even get mad. I noticed that someone had doodled all over the oven door yesterday with chalk. I asked him if it was him (who else could it be?). Well, I was wrong. According to Milo it was Rocky(our dog) who chalked all over the oven door. It made me laugh so much. So Silly he’s becoming.
I do believe that absence makes the heart grow fonder. I always love & get along with Mercer but it’s been extra nice being home with him the past few days. I missed him too!
Now, today on this supposed Wednesday I’m just starting to get back into my routine. My biggest goal today; healthy eating. For the past 5 days I’ve eaten absolutely anything in sight it seems. Nothing healthy what-so-ever & I don’t feel that good. I just had fruit with greek yogurt for breakfast & plan on a salad for lunch with a huge portion of veggies for dinner! Hopefully squeeze in some exercise this afternoon too!
Pretty much for the past four days, at some point in the day Milo has brought up Austyn, Chrystian, & Bailey. His cousins. On his own he just randomly starts saying their names together to me. Like he misses them or wants to see them. This is really the first time he’s brought up friends or family, completely unprompted. He says almost all our family member names when asked or when we are talking about them but, this is really the first time he comes and talks to me about any of them all on his own. I guess spending his birthday with the three of them made an impact on him, he had more fun than I even knew. I think it’s really cute, & sweet. For the record he’s been obsessed with Austyn for a while. He’s talked about “Austy” daily, & called every tween/teen boy he’s seen Austy. But, he’s talking about all three of them together now & I find it incredibly endearing & adorable.
