Happy Mother's Day, Mama!

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Quinn was SO EXCITED to come and greet me on mother's day that he decided he wouldn't wait for his daddy or me to come and get him from his crib. Instead, he decided to take matters into his own hands. I woke up to a nice thud, followed by loud screaming. I shook Pat awake, asking him to please go check on Quinn. Pat brought him to me in bed, looking a little pale and a lot confused he said, "He was just sitting when I got in there... on the floor." Oh, my darling son, why do you have to be such a risk-taker all the time? I'm sure it's only a matter of time before those gray hairs start coming in! Pat and I were certainly counting our blessings that day. Luckily, Quinn was totally fine. In fact, he didn't have so much as a bruise to show for his accomplishments.

Despite this little scare, I had a very nice mother's day weekend. On Saturday, Pat, Quinn, and I played tourist in Seattle a bit. We started off by taking Quinn to the children's museum. He loved the aquarium and water areas and wanted to put anything and everything that he possibly could into his mouth (surprise, surprise)! After that, Pat got his nerd on and we went to the Science Fiction Museum at the EMP (experience music project). Luckily, it was pretty small and so I didn't get too bored! After that we figured we'd check out the music portion of the museum. This would have been great if we were into Jimi Hendrix or anything rock related, but we're really not and so after about 10 minutes of that we'd had enough. Afterwards, we simply walked around the Seattle Center area, saw the Space Needle, the water fountain, and just enjoyed the beautiful day.

When we got back to Redmond, Pat and Quinn went home and I went and had a manicure and pedicure (my first since Quinn's birth). It was a perfect blend of family time and "me" time. Then, on Sunday we had a nice brunch out and enjoyed the rest of the day at home together. On Sunday evening Pat asked me, "So, what was the best part of your mother's day weekend?" There were so many things that I enjoyed, but what stood out to me above anything was when Pat and I were just playing with Quinn on the floor in our living room listening to Quinn crack up. There is no better sound in this world than a child's laughter.

Thanks for a perfect weekend, Pat and Quinn. I love you!

"Look Dada, a zig-zaggity wooden thing!"

K: "Smile with mommy, Quinn."
Q: "No thanks, I'd rather watch the fish."

K: "Okay fine, smile with Daddy then."
Q: "Nah, I'm still busy checking everything out."

"These fish are awesome, mom!"

Funky mirror... but does Quinn care? Not really. You might wonder, what's he looking at anyway?

The awesome aquarium of course! (Our doctor's office has a nicer aquarium than this one, but Quinn didn't care. He loves to see the fish!)

"Come on Quinn, let's walk through the kelp."

Who needs smocks anyway?

Water play!

"Posing with your mom on mother's day is for babies. I think I'll just play!"

"Come on mom, let me down!"

Answer: Why, it's the Space Needle of course!