Father’s Day recap

We love submarine apparel around here! Cooper’s daddy is a submariner and I like for him to show his Navy pride. If you see any submarine clothing, please give me a head’s up so I can snatch it up!

We spent Father’s Day at my parent’s house. They live about 3 hours away so going “home” is always a little bit of an ordeal. I’ve always been an overpacker, but nothing compares to all the gear you need when you have a baby! When you throw in the dogs, sometimes I feel like we need a RV to travel out of town.

My cousin, Megan, got married the same weekend so we were able to spend time with the whole family. On Friday my mom and I headed to the bridesmaid luncheon while Cooper spent some time with his great-grandparents.

I was so excited about my cute new dress but yikes – I need a tan!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My adorable cousin, Megan, is modeling my gift to her. I got the beverage tub at Target for $14. The tray is also from Target ($12). I purchased the vinyl monograms from Etsy and made a super cute monogrammed gift. Easy peasy!

**If you see those beverage tubs at Target on clearance, please let me know so I can drive there ASAP. If I can find them on sale, I’m going to stock up and have them on hand to give as gifts. 

My parents took Cooper to the rehearsal dinner on Friday so Jason and I could have some time alone. Is he not the cutest thing ever? I think so. 

Cooper is modeling the adorable romper he got from my friend Laura of iGrizas.  This is the cutest outfit ever, and the hat I purchased from Gymboree matches it perfectly!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday morning we got in some pool time before the wedding. Cooper loved the water!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I guess Cooper was quite the sensation at the rehearsal dinner because during the wedding people kept referring to us as “Cooper’s mom and dad.” Ha! You can’t tell in the bottom picture, but I’m wearing black flip flops. The heels I was wearing were Satan’s tools so off they went the minute the wedding was over. 

I love this little Chabre outfit. Too bad the instant I put him in it he spit up. I swear, the kid knows when he’s wearing something nice because boom – spit up city. Oh well! It can always be washed, right?

 

On Sunday we celebrated Father’s Day with my mom’s side of the family. My dad decided not to join in on the festivities, so that was a bummer. This was his first Father’s Day since my grandfather died so we all just tried to be as understanding as possible. He spent the morning with my grandmother, and we headed to my aunt’s house for lunch.

The only bad thing about visiting family out of town for holidays is that you don’t really get to celebrate yourself. We spent much of the day traveling, so Jason kind of got shafted. I really need to make it up to him. I did get him an iPod Nano, and Cooper made him a t-shirt and a picture collage.

Coops, loving up on my cousin’s little girl. SO sweet!

And onto a rambling, ranting change of topic…..

You know, sometimes I feel guilty for putting up personal posts on my blog. Isn’t that the weirdest thing? I feel like I have to entertain y’all, and if I put up a “what’s going on” type post I feel like I’m boring you. I hope y’all don’t truly feel that way and that this is just me and my own paranoia. I don’t want this blog to be only a family blog, but I don’t want to look back and realize I didn’t document all the important events and happenings in our lives, either. And at the end of the day, if me sharing about my son bores you… well, maybe this isn’t the blog you should be reading. I hope that isn’t offensive but I realized this weekend that a lot of times, my lack of posting is because I feel like I don’t have a good subject to blog about… no project planned or recipe to share. But I do have something to blog about – our lives – and I need to feel free to share more about myself. It is my blog, after all.

Do you ever feel pressured as a blogger to be “on” all the time? What is your focus as a blogger – entertaining, educating, or documenting your life?