Rachel's aunts, Amanda and Jenn, came to visit this weekend and we had such a great time, we all agreed that all-girls weekends are much better when Drew isn't around.
KIDDING!
Really, we had a blast. Rachel stole Jenn's heart when she raced over to her and threw her arms around her legs. When Jenn carried her around at the park, Rachel put her head on her shoulder and I could tell Jenn was very moved.
Rachel spent time on the teeter-totter with both and looked perfectly content. Then they helped her walk on the "balance beam " -- really a narrow metal ledge -- at the play structure at Laurelhurst Park.
She went down pretty easily for a nap, and Amanda and Jenn and I had cheese and crackers while I baked cookies for a memorial service on Sunday for my friend's husband.
After Amanda and Jenn left on Sunday, Rachel and I visited the local farmer's market -- much more manageable and less crowded than the main market at Portland State -- and she was content to hold my hand and taste samples of peaches and strawberries. "Hold mommy's hand," she says more often; I wonder if she notices Drew's absence?
Then we went to the memorial service at a local coffee shop. Rachel was fantastic -- she played in the corner with a bunch of toys they had, then when she started getting restless I fed her two chocolate hazelnut cookies I had baked -- and she loved them! That bought me enough time to have hurried conversations with some folks from the Oregonian before we left for naptime. Rachel directed me; she said, "go home, take nap," and that's when I knew it was time to leave!
Then we went grocery shopping and I actually had time to make us a nice meal for dinner Sunday -- part of which she ate! She liked the brown rice and pan-fried chicken. I was stunned.
So far, single mom-hood is going well.
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