My mom came out for a month long visit to help with my recovery and lack of sleep, plus to put in some quality time with Teia and Colette. Most days were spent lounging around inside thanks to the rainy January weather. When the clouds parted we would walk around the city, hitting up lunch and coffee spots and doing a little shopping. Thank you, Mom, for making the time to take care of our family and for being such a huge support. We always love our family visits and look forward to the next one! We are so lucky and feel so loved!
Luckily my mom was here since Kirk had to take off on a two week trip, flying to New York, Mexico City, and then finally San Francisco. In New York he barely dodged 'snowmageddon' - hopping on an earlier flight than he originally planned. It ended up being one of the last flights out for a couple days. Once in Mexico City Kirk enjoyed some much better weather. On an off day, before the shoot started, he visited the Diego Rivera museum and went on a gondola ride down the river at Xochimilco - the latter was a very unique and cool experience. All in all Kirk really enjoyed his first trip to Mexico city. After Mexico, Kirk swung through San Francisco for a few days of meetings. While he was there he caught a Golden State Warriors vs Dallas Mavericks game at Oracle Arena. Unsurprisingly, the electric Warriors won easily.
Kirk went to NY again. This time I didn't have my mom around to help so it was a bit of touch and go at first - planning feedings, tram times, school schedule, etc. So far so good. A lot easier than I thought it would be but I probably owe a lot of that to Colette being such a sweet and easy baby.
We spent Valentine's Day at the Gillman's for a wonderful and tasty brunch. The kiddos played dress-up and watched Disney flicks while we devoured fried chicken and waffles, with a side of many savory dishes. Thanks for the invite and sharing the love!
Then Kirk went back to New York again - boy is that getting old... :)
After that our buddy Grant made it back to Amsterdam for a work trip so we went to dinner at Salmuera to have some eats, catch up, and reminince. It was awesome seeing Grant and hearing all about their new family member, Preston.
During the week before Easter Melanie put together, yet again, the perfect Easter party gathering for our little kiddos. Besides the awesome spread and mimosas, we enjoyed crafting with our littles and helping out with the Easter Egg Hunt. Teia couldn't control herself it was just too much fun!
Kirk back to New York again. It was mostly meetings (as usual), but he did also go out to a cool theatre experience called Sleep No More. Rather than the audience sitting in an auditorium and watching performers on a stage, Sleep No More is an immersive theatre experience that takes place in various locations throughout a five-story 'hotel.' Patrons wear masks to distinguish them from the actors, and are self-guided around the performance - deciding where they want to go and when. Very cool experience. Highly recommended.
For Easter Sunday we joined many Wieden+Kennedy families at the office for egg decorating and hunting. Teia was super stoked to get a special Easter basket and run around outside finding eggs! And of course all the sweet treats were a bonus. The Easter Bunny made an appearance but quickly disappeared after too many tears and creeping out everyone - very Donnie Darko. Later that day the Keyrouse's joined us for some pork tacos and movies. The kiddos played while we caught up and enjoyed 30 mini tacos!
The Nelly's finally arrived from Warsaw. This has been years in the making. We can't even begin to express how excited we are that Rebecca, Eric and Evelyn are moving to our neck of the woods. Welcome to Amsterdam Nelson's!!!
