Because it was Corky's first Father's Day, I told him he could pick whatever he wanted to do and I would celebrate with my dad the day before since Corky works on Saturdays. My dad decided he wanted to go to the beach for the day, so I packed a bunch of milk for Mara and off we went.
Originally, my dad had wanted to go for a hike on Saddle Mountain, but ultimately changed his mind because Mara was with us. I tried to tell him that it was fine, that I can hike with her in the ergo or the baby bjorn but he didn't seem to believe me. So we went to Cannon Beach and just spent the day there. As it turned out, there was a sandcastle contest going on at Cannon, so it was unbelievably crowded. Took forever to find a parking space!
My dad strolled along the beachfront walkway with the stroller and all our stuff and then sunned himself on a bench while my mom and I (and Mara in the ergo) walked down to see the sandcastles. There were probably 12-15 of them. They were so cool and huge! People were milling around all over the place so we only got a few pictures.
(Nice finger, mom!)
We walked around, had ice cream (!), I nursed Mara, then we packed up and headed to the Seaside, OR outlet mall. Scored a ton of stuff for Mara from Osh Kosh. Hit up Nike. Had a sandwich (I was starving, of course!) and then I drove home. It was a great day!
Yesterday was actual Father's Day. We were planning to hit up the zoo with Corky's friend, his wife and their 2 daughters but one of the girls came down with a stomach bug. Corky's friend was coughing too, so we decided to postpone it. Instead, we went to Starbucks and then went to check out the new countertops we had installed in the place we are property managers for.
In the afternoon we went out to Canby, Oregon, to a "Cold-Food-B-Q" or a "Not-BBQ" with Corky's other friend (incidentally, this is the friend who installed aforementioned countertops). It was at a park and we brought the bulldogs. In hindsight this may have been a poor decision because Abigail spent the entire time barking at anyone who went by. That in and of itself might not have been too bad but Jax hates when she barks and expresses his displeasure by humping her every time she does it. Which was pretty often yesterday! Oh well, at least it provided people with something to laugh about!
I didn't actually take any pictures at the "Cold-Food-B-Q".
Afterwards we came back out to our area. Corky went off to shoot pool for a few hours by himself while Mara and I went to the store to get stuff to make dinner. We had pizza (yes, even me!) and salad. Mara went to bed pretty easily. We've been doing sleep training (more on that later, I hope) and then we watched Stonehearst Asylum while I pumped. Another great day.
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