Meet the Great Grandparents

I had the pleasure of babysitting Luke this weekend while his parents and my parents were attending a wedding. OOOH we had a ball. We sat on the bed and chatted for a bit, then I fed him, then he head-butted me in the face, then I put him to sleep, then I changed him, then I swaddled him, back to sleep, cry, call my mom, feed? no, let him sleep....

It quickly turned into a very confused aunt and a very uncomfortable Luke who needed to get out his one-hundred and first burp. (Not my fault, there was no way I could possibly know how gassy this kid could be)

heh.

Sunday morning: Luke's mom came to pick him up and cousin Lisa came over for coffee but mostly to meet her second cousin (?). Love at first sight.

don't let the trout face deceive you. Luke has found his new best friend in Lisa

Then it was off to my grandparents' house for Luke's first meeting of his great grandparentals. 

Their first great grandson after ten children and 30 something grandchildren. Lots of love in the room.

Mary, sorry for introducing your child to internet stardom at such an early age, but he is cute and photogenic and has killer facial expressions and I have a camera and a blog. It was inevitable.

family: click here to view the entire album

and to go way back to 2012, here are the Thanksgiving pictures I never shared

Winning.

What a great blogger I am, keeping everyone in eager anticipation for a week and a half waiting for another blog post about my life and all that happens after breakfast.

I have not yet discussed (1) my trip to San Diego, (2) Christmas... (3) Cutie Tesday #2, (4) pizza

San Diego:
Last.... some rando day of the week... my mom and I made the strenuous journey down south to Cardiff by the Sea to spend some quality time with my nephew/mom's grandson. Seeing my sister and brother-in-law were added bonuses.

above left: Luke still trying to figure out if he likes this "getting burped" business

above right: My scarfed self, Mary (big sister) + Luke (her offspring), Mom (the reason any of us exist at all)

family: click here to view the entire album

We enjoyed a not light lunch at Amaya at  The Grand hotel in Del Mar, and then went back to my sister's house to start making dinner. My kind of day. We were even graced with Jake's presence (Mary's husb, Luke's father), and I shared my collegiate wisdom by telling him to go to bed early and finish his work at 5 am.

boring stuff boring stuff boring stuff.... CHRISTMAS DAY!!!

mine was great, how was yours? I drank coffee

and posed for the camera

and got a food processor! First thought: "Now I can make pesto!" And really, who doesn't look at a new food processor and think "pesto"?

And then I made a pizza:

Twas good. Not made with the food processor. Will be mentioned in a post to come.