It took Garrison a few minutes to warm up to it enough to try it out... even though he was SO excited on the way over. (He just needs some time to get his bearings and feel comfortable before he can truly have fun. There are times he still needs a minute or two at the Chick-Fil-A playground even though we frequent there quite a bit. You can't rush him or you're asking for trouble.)
Anyway, he mainly hung out on this little slip and slide thing. And I stolled little brother around and we hung out in the shade as much as possible.
He finally decided to try out one of the big slides... and didn't have such a great experience. He made it all the way up and changed his mind. Oh dear. So he started crying for me but was refusing to come back down the little steps. So then one of the staff members went up to retreive him but he was afraid of her so he was trapped between a stranger and a big, scary slide. So he slide down. And was only slightly traumatized. I was so proud of him for facing his fears. Unfortunately the next time he tried it he had another bad experience that included giving mama a bit of a scare. We decided not to try that big, scary slide again. I just kept telling him how brave he was and what a great job he'd done on the big slide.
This little guy had a pretty fun time watching big brother.
Friday was fun and a great kick off to the weekend.
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Saturday morning we woke up and got ready to head to Cartersville for Terrell's Granny's 90th birthday party. This was actually her first time meeting Austin. He did great sitting in her lap until I wanted a picture and he decided he really wanted his mama. So I quickly hid out while Terrell grabbed a paci. After that he was content and relaxed. We had a great time celebrating with "Granny in Catersville" as Garrison calls her, and enjoyed catching up with everybody and looking at old pictures and eating lots of food. We also got a picture of her with 4 of her grandchildren and 8 of her great-grandchildren. She is special to all of us and we're so thankful we were able to celebrate this birthday with her!
After we got back into town we had some down time before going out for Mexcian that night. Yum-O! Seems like it'd been forever since we'd had Mexican food. It did not disappoint. =)
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Sunday was a lazy day but it wasn't very relaxing. When you're busy with 2 boys it's tough to relax! The afternoon was especially long. Garrison's "rest time" wasn't very long and neither was Austin's nap so the afternoon stretched on and on as we tried to keep them entertained and out of trouble. And after a rough night last night for Austin, we're thinking he's coming down with something. Poor baby.
In addition to a lazy but wild afternoon, I started obsessing over Austin's birthday party... which sort of stressed me out and made me feel like I was going to lose my mind. If only we weren't so picky and didn't care so much. But you only have a 1st birthday once! So we really want it to be special and unique and kind of perfect. Ahhhh. After much obsessing I think we've finally decided on the direction we're going and have some ideas. Hopefully it will all come together before September. Gracious.
On a positive note we were able to go the pool for about an hour and I went to buy groceries all by myself. Sometimes it's nice to stroll through the grocery store all by my lonesome.
Now we're ready to start our Monday and preparing for a really busy week around here. And I'm praying Austin wakes up feeling much better!
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