MOTHER'S DAY
What a long strange trip it's been! On April 30, mommy had an emergency appendectomy after driving herself to the ER at 2 a.m. As you can imagine, this was a super fun event with two young children mommy could not lift for 4 weeks after surgery and 4 remaining weeks of legislative session. Thank goodness Gramma & Bippy have some flexibility and were able to spend the better part of May in Austin helping out with the boys. I'm truly not sure how we would have managed without their help.

One of the benefits of that happening was that all of the mommies and babies were able to be together for Mother's Day. Gramma & Nana were both in Austin for the weekend and we had a wonderful lunch at Barton Creek Country Club. We also included Aunt Meredith and Aunt Kandice who were invaluably helpful during mommy's order (Meredith rushed to the hospital at 5:00 am to be there during surgery and Kandice came to the house to help with the boys). In any case, we were happy to have something to celebrate for Mother's Day instead of a mommy still in the hospital with a burst appendix. Here are some fun photos of the boys with their mommy, Gramma & Nana. Thankfully, Cal has turned a corner and now enjoys having his photo made, although he uses a scary looking fake smile in the process. Griffin is ever the ham. Note his "ET greeting" he shares with Gramma only for some unknown reason - finger to finger.