The Florida Gatchel Daily: Patio Furntiure and a BBQ

Grant and I have been talking for a few months now about getting a table, chair and umbrella for the back patio. We just had this slab of concrete with the grill on it, which was looking kind of lonely. So finally, after lots of shopping around, we finally bought a set today!

To celebrate, we invited everyone over to help break it in over a BBQ. The majority of "the fam" came over for dinner and to hang out for awhile this evening. And (knock on wood) it was the first "normal" evening in awhile. No major incidents to report this time...

Otherwise, we spent the day getting things around here and picking up the house. I've come to the determination that it doesn't matter how often I sweep/mop the floor Noah will ALWAYS find something on it... It could just be a crumb, but Noah will find it and put it in his mouth. It's not even worth the stress of worrying about it constantly anymore. Bet you thought that was a sentence you'd never see me type ;-)

In other big news to report; Noah learned a new word. He was crawling around today, picked up Bella's toy which he then correctly identified as "duck." He comes out more like "Da-ck" which we thought was "quack" but apparently it's duck. Yeah Noah! He's also been taking one or two tentative steps between spaces, so maybe he'll be walking sometime soon? I'm at a lose for what he should and shouldn't be doing. It's probably better if I don't know what the milestones are supposed to be because then I won't be obsessing over if he can or can't do them ;-)

Alright, it's getting late and it's back to the grindstone for me tomorrow. Hope everyone had a good weekend. Until tomorrow - enjoy the pictures!