Bay City, Michigan
A weekend in Bay City, Michigan
Tag: Catching Up!
Sip and See Party
I posted this picture last week on Instagram- he really is Captain Adorable. Read below how we threw a party in honor of this little guy.
Have you heard of a Sip and See Party? I hadn’t until Lauren suggested I throw her one:) It was so easy and so much fun! Many of Lauren’s friends had not met little Ryan, so she suggested a no-thrills party so she could introduce him. Olivia was responsible for sending out the invites and I was responsible for hosting. I kept the menu very simple as the party was only from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Our guest list was capped at 35, with a RSVP phone number, email and date. We had 20 women show up. A perfect number for a Sunday afternoon house party. Attire was casual.
Food was put together Sunday morning with Olivia’s help. The menu consisted of a wonderful Garden Pesto Pasta Salad recipe I found, Turkey Cranberry Tortilla Rolls from Costco ( I found a copycat recipe on the web that looks easy enough, but I was short on time so I just picked up a tray at my local Costco) and Fruit Kabobs stuck in a pineapple top. Dessert was a super easy Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake with a tray of cookies also from Costco. For drinks, Olivia made Mimosa’s. Plastic utensils and paper plates with a colorful napkin on a blue table cloth runner and we had ourselves a party!
The party was outside and in.
Everyone wanted to hold little Ryan! Rules were basic- clean hands only with no sicknesses (one of my friends stayed home because someone in her family was not feeling well and she was worried she could pass it to the baby). Ryan opened his eyes for a little while but he mostly slept. Lauren was able to mingle with everyone and had herself a wonderful time. Guests brought gifts (which was not necessary) -Lauren was tickled by everyone’s generosity.
Lauren was thrilled with the Sip and See!
Catching up!
Happy Monday folks! We have been crazy busy with helping Lauren and Chris with the new baby and taking care of KJ while Lauren heals from her surgery. Here is what we did over the weekend.
Dave couldn’t wait to get to the hospital and see Lauren, Chris and little Ryan.
On Friday we had KJ spend the night with us. We took him to his favorite park and played for hours. Dave ran around and around trying to tire him out so he would sleep through the night- it worked! I didn’t take one picture all weekend, too busy following this little guy around.
Saturday was spent at the water park and another play ground. KJ was determined to conquer the monkey bars- he would not leave the play ground till he did. After many attempts and tears he finally did! He successfully crossed the monkey bars three times on his own- his smile was huge! That night we saw a free concert at a church featuring Josh Gracin- found this picture of him on the web. He was very good, I remember him from American Idol- anyway KJ enjoyed his first concert.
That’s it- we had a very busy weekend and now I am ready to start the week. How about your weekend? Anything fun?
Dave continues to run as I continue to nurse my injury. No biking this weekend for either of us.
Karen
Meet Ryan
Ryan Jonathon
9 lbs and 21 inches
KJ approved!
Grandma’s are gushing!
This is a note Lauren wrote to KJ last night, the night before he would meet his brother.
Everyone is doing well and we are over the moon in love with Ryan already.
More pics later 🙂
Happy day before 2nd grand-baby arrives!!!
Tomorrow will be spent in the hospital, as Chris and Lauren prepare for her C-section. She will have a little boy, if all goes as planned, in her arms by 8:30 am. We are over the moon!
KJ can’t wait to meet his brother Ryan Jonathon (RJ)
This is the look of a happy and anxious Grandmother and Grand Guy (GG)
I will keep you all posted on the big day.