happy weekend, sad weekend

As I sit here, at the end of a CRAZY week, I am SO GLAD to have my family. Whether is is the family I was born with, the family I met and gained along the way, or the family I created, I love you all. I started out my weekend with the first birthday of my god-daughter and pseudo-niece. I can say I was surprised to have a good time. Her mommy is one of my best friends, but I am a bit of a social hermit and I was worried about how I would handle Kaelyn being a the only non-walker there. I didn't know how many questions I would get asked by the family that was there and what their reactions would be IF I were asked. I guess it's easy to forget that there is anything different. It's easy to forget that her pint sized bff is walking and she isn't. But on the whole, the evening was great. She held her own and kept up with the birthday girl and the other toddler there.

Saturday morning, BRIGHT AND EARLY, we headed back home to visit with family and prepare for the Milwaukee Brewers game on sunday with our friends in memory of our friend. We visited with my Nana, Kaelyn had lots of fun playing with Nana's toy basket and especially loved this disney princess talking mirror toy. We went back to my in-law's house to hang out with Jeremy's brother, sister in law, and their daughter who is 4 months old. She is such a sweetie and definitely gives me a raging case of baby fever. She's a cuddler and a sweet little girl. We had dinner with my in-laws and their extended family, and as always it was a great evening, great pizza, and so far so good!

Ugh. I didn't realize it was so late. I'll have to finish tomorrow with another post. Later guys and thanks for reading!

Lara and Kaelyn (Jeremy too since he is sitting here watching me type. lol. silly man)