Monday my parents and my brother came over for family night to our house.  Since Zach was still traveling home from Cabo, they decided to keep Sloan and I company.  We ordered pizza and Sloan was entertained by my brother and a red SOLO cup for a few hours.Tuesday was Sloan’s 6 month appointment.  She crushed it.

She is hitting all of her milestones and my doctor is pleased with her weight gain.  She is still teensy, but growing nonetheless.  The girl is finally starting to get some rolls to stick around…We were so glad to have Zach back from Mexico.  He came bearing gifts – a particularly lovely one for Sloan…At this age you never know how much babies retain or remember.  It was so sweet to see her love on her dad.  Her chubby little hand wouldn’t leave his face the entire time they were cuddled together.  All felt right in our little world again.

Sloan and I made our weekly trip down to Orem to observe all the progress on the Alder HQ mid week.  The cafeteria is complete – all that needs to be installed are all the major appliances, which will be delivered next week.  When Sloan and I arrived home, Zach was waiting for us with a Dollar Store score.  Sloan got to experience bubbles for the first time.  She was mesmerized for a whole 30 minutes.  I cringed when Family Dollar moved in a few blocks away, but I can’t hate on some cheap entertainment.

Meal prep went so well the last week I decided to try it again – which meant an intense grocery store run.  Sloan LOVES the grocery store.  She babbles at every single person that passes by.  Even the elderly man in the scooter cart who won’t give her the time of day.  Just when I think she is nothing like me – she goes and does something like this…

Maybe she is my baby.  You can’t stop her from socializing in a public place.

When the weekend came we didn’t have any plans other than spending time with family.  Friday, just the three of us went down town, did a little shopping, and ate at Taqueria 27.  The fish tacos were good, but the chips and guac won my vote.  Sloan drooled over everything, and nearly snatched a homemade churro from my hand for dessert.

Sunday we made dinner at home – chicken tacos like from Cafe Rio.  Zach said it had to be legit – so he added the scrap of chicken on top to seal the deal.  We do it and we do it right.Zach also took Sloan out for a Sunday walk that evening.  He kept going on and on about how comfortable his shorts were.  It wasn’t until he was walking out the door in this gorgeous ensemble that I realized they were MY cut-off shorts.  Mine.  He didn’t seem to mind one bit.
Monday was glorious.  Sloan decided to sleep in until 9:00 am.  I fed her when she woke up and Zach let me go on a long run on Legacy Trail.  I haven’t ran outside for a while since the weather has been gloomy, and I didn’t want to take Sloan out in the rain.  It was the perfect temperature and much needed.

Afterwards we did a bunch of chores, relaxed, and took a journey to Buy Buy Baby.  Zach has been saying since he got home that he wanted to buy a new toy for Sloan.  He said his requirements were, “it had to spin, light-up, and make noise.”  He picked it out, but let Sloan make the final decision.  Then we met my parents for an early dinner.  We planned to go to Lonestar for some fish tacos [because obviously two meals of Mexican food wasn’t enough?] but it turned out that Mexicans recognize Memorial Day, too…because they were closed.  So we went to the nearby Pizzeria Limone – it was my parents’ first time.

Sloan enjoyed ripping 135 napkins to shreds.  Not the most environmentally conscious activity, but she loves it.  

After dinner we stopped at The Store to get some more supplies for meal prep.  Also, a new discovery, The Store sells Cutler’s sugar cookies…so…that happened.

When we returned home Zach had his mind set on putting up Sloan’s toy.  We tried to get it up and running before her bedtime, but 36 pieces takes a little more time than we all anticipated.  8:00 came too soon and we had to put Sloan down to slumber.  Looks like first thing Tuesday morning, Zach’s Sloan Fun Zone will be open for rides.  Turns out this toy [more like an activity center] met all his requirements.   I am so grateful Zach came back safely to us.  It was fun to have some one on one girl time with Sloan, and I love having full reign over the Apple TV remote at night, but we were so ready for him to come home.  I wasn’t sure how Sloan would react to seeing her dad again after being apart for five days, but I’d say she missed him as much as I did.

Our Mexi Memorial Day was exactly what we needed.  Just time together.  I’d say that’s always pretty memorable.