Marathon Weekend One

Because every post is better with a photo, here are Finn and Carolina both sucking their thumbs at the same time. It cracks me up when I see this.A few posts ago I mentioned that Grant was going to be working even more than he usually does and I'm happy to report that we survived the first insane weekend without him. He does a lot of work for the country band Gloriana. They're actually pretty good - you can check out their website here, and here are links to some of the work Grant has done for them. This is one of my favorites. Also, I should warn you that he didn't do all of the videos on here and some of their older stuff is not good, so I would hate for you to think that my talented husband made those.

Anyway, he was with them working on a music video until 2AM last Thursday (missing dinner and bedtime) they were playing a show with the Wilmington (NC) Symphony and hired Grant to come along and produce and film some behind-the-scenes things as well as a music video, so he went on the bus with them last Friday around 5pm and didn't return until mid-day Sunday. It may seem silly or complaining but it's very challenging to be at home for a weekend with all three kids by myself. In case you've missed my multiple posts on Facebook about Finn waking up around 4:30AM daily, that was just the icing on the cake for being a single parent all weekend. I also locked us out of the house en route to a birthday party on Saturday. Smart one, huh? Luckily we got to spend a lot of time with family who took pity on us, and we actually had a pretty good time even though it was exhausting. So now we just have to make it through a busy week, next weekend where Grant will be making a short film all weekend for Andrew Osenga, followed by another busy week, and then Thanksgiving! I am so excited I can hardly wait. Oh - and this is out-of-character for me as I work hard to enjoy each moment of my life and not look forward to the next thing, but I am pretty overwhelmed with this particular month for some reason. So please don't tell me to stop and smell the roses! I'm trying.
Here is another funny double thumb-sucking photo for you. I can't exactly remember what we were doing or why it appears Carolina is lying on Finn and they are both in my lap. There's no telling, really.