Our Sunday was rather chilly to start – in the low 50s – but the sun was shining, so we had high hopes of spending most of the day outside. Before playtime officially began, we ate waffles for breakfast and headed off to church with Chase dressed in his Sunday best.
The first time we dropped Chase off at childcare at church, we had him in his dinosaur pajamas and plopped him down next to a boy his age who was all dolled up and sporting a tie! So we spiffed Chase up a bit for Church Childcare: Round Two so he wouldn’t be embarrassed of his footie pajamas this time.
Dress: Roolee / Sandals: Klub Nico (via RueLaLa)
After church and Chase’s morning nap (which I used to type up yesterday’s blog post), we were ready to get out of the house and enjoy the sunshine. We leashed Sadie up and drove over to a local park to walk along the greenway behind Birkdale Village in Huntersville.
(Love that fluffy blonde hair so much!)
Ryan, Sadie and I used to walk this greenway every single day when we were living in our temp housing when we first moved to North Carolina in the summer of 2014. (<— I love how that blog post called it our “30 Day Home” when, in reality, we ended up living there for three months!)
The greenway pops up at Birkdale Village and we’ve always loved this area because it’s bursting with energy. There are so many shops, restaurant and things to explore there, including a splash pad in the summer which I cannot wait tolittle use with Chase when he’s old enough to enjoy it!
We stopped for a quick pick-me-up at Clean Juice.
We took advantage of their new spring menu and each ordered The Longevity One, a juice made with pineapple, spinach, apple, ginger and coconut water. It was incredibly refreshing and my favorite juice I’ve ordered from Clean Juice to Date.
Sadie clearly wanted a sip of Ryan’s juice, too…
Once we made it home, we figured Chase would be tired but he apparently found a second wind and shocked us by crawling one tiny pace!!! I’m pretty sure Ryan and I were the definition of first-time parents because we absolutely freaked out. We clapped and cheered him on as he kept propping himself up on all-fours. He’s so, so close to crawling and we can see the determination (and frustration!) in his face as he tries again and again. Way to go, bud!
Eventually exhaustion set in and it was time for bed for our little dude, so after I nursed him and put him down, I headed out to the grocery store to shop for some food for the week.
Here’s a look at our meal plan this week:
- Monday: Grouper with Sweet Potatoes and Roasted Brussels Sprouts
- Tuesday: Burgers with Butternut Squash and Oven Baked Rutabaga Fries
- Wednesday: One Pot Chicken Cabbage Bowl
- Thursday: PaleOMG’s Spaghetti Pie
- Friday: We may go out or stay in… unknown because my sister will be here!
I am pretty psyched because my sister and one of her coworkers will be traveling to Charlotte this week and staying with us Wednesday and Thursday night! (Leslie will actually be staying through Saturday afternoon. Woo!) After Christmas, I did not see my sister for nearly four months, so it feels like such a treat to see her three times within the past month. Bring on the quality sister time!
Hope you guys have a great week!
Question of the Day
- What is one meal you’re planning to make for dinner this week?
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What a nice Sunday! That juice sounds delicious. I love reading others meal plans for the week. Tonight we are having a Crockpot Quinoa Enchilada Bake with Chicken, it’s one of our favorites. =)
YUM!
What a beautiful Sunday Julie. This week I’m planning on making your chicken sausage fritatta & your bbq meatloaf. Your meatloaf is a favorite in our house.
So glad to hear this!!! Thanks for letting me know, Jenny! 🙂
i’m planning on making a turkey, onion, tomato, spinach, parm cheese, quinoa, bean, corn bowl – call it what you want! lol
Aw–his Sunday best is quite handsome 🙂 I remember when my niece was so close to crawling and she would try so hard! So exciting! This week I’m looking forward to making a gf chicken, veggie, and pasta bake!
I’m going to be making your taco pasta skillet this week – I’m excited to try it out, and I have a feeling my boyfriend is going to love it!
Yay! Hope you love it!
I am making paleomg stuffed sweet potato with spinach and ground turkey!
Steak and roasted red potatoes. And also breakfast are on the menu for the week. Don’t you just love nice weather for the weekend? It makes everything seem amazing!
Chase cracks me up- he has such a sweet smile that almost looks like he is up to no good. Before work I prepped a “taco bake” that I made up as I went. I added in tortillas, ground turkey, black beans, sauteed peppers and onions in layers and topped everything with cheese and enchilada sauce. Fingers crossed it is a winner!
It was a BRINNER night over here last night and I’m thinking tonight will be tacos possible, because I have zero desire to put much effort into cooking at all right now 🙂
So awesome that you’re getting to see your sister so often! My mom just came in for my Bachelorette party (ok, so I’m having two… I can explain…) and I was so sad dropping her off at the airport knowing I won’t see her for a month and a half! While I absolutely LOVE living in Denver, having my whole family back in Chicago and the Palatine/Barrington area does make it tough sometimes.
So cute to see Chase all spiffy for church! I worked in the kids areas of our churches for years, and they definitely do appear in their Sunday best, no matter whether I was in Cincinnati, Chicago, or now Denver. But hey, I find it to be adorable, ha!
Glad you had a great weekend!
XO, Jessica
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Chase looks so handsome in his Sunday best! I always loved seeing all the little kids in their dressed up outfits in the nursery at our synagogue over the holidays.
That’s awesome you get to see your sister again! Chase looks so adorable in his outfit! (I feel like I say that on every comment haha).
I’m trying an Advocare cleanse with some co-workers starting tomorrow, so giving up my mac and cheese for stuffed peppers with brown rice, veggie omelettes when I get lazy…we’ll see 🙂
Hey Julie! Saw the adorable gift basket you sent to “sweet tooth, sweet life” and noticed the
“mommin’ ain’t easy” tee (my twin mom mantra!). Wondering if you have a link to that, if it is available again? Thanks!
Hi!! I bought it on Zulily! I don’t see the exact shirt on the site right now (they have a maternity version right now…) but it comes up a LOT! I’ve also seen it for sale on Etsy!
Do you wear a lot of nursing dresses/tops or do you feed him bottles when you go out? It’s so hard to find cute nursing clothes! I have a few brands I found that I like but I was just wondering what you do. 🙂 or if you have any cute brands you recommend!
Honestly, I feel like most of our adventures are short enough that I don’t really have to nurse him out in public too much — we kind of plan around his feedings/naps. I don’t really wear a ton of nursing stuff anymore (I did a LOT in the beginning) and just lift up my shirt/dress and feed him in the backseat of the car if I need to! If I know we’ll be gone for a long time, I just try to pack a bottle!
He is such a cutie!!
I will be making chicken with cilantro and sweet potatoes.
Chase’s hair is soo cute!! Love your dress!
Your dress is so cute! I love Roolee 🙂
I love your long recap posts! Novel-away! So exciting to hear about Chase’s start with crawling, too. Sounds like an awesome weekend. Thanks for posting the meal plan for the week! I have never made rutabaga fries (or eaten rutabaga at all, actually), so i’m anxious to give that a shot! happy Tuesday!
I haven’t been doing much of any cooking, but maybe just for you, I’ll whip up a tasty salmon dish. We’ll see… 😉
We’re probably having homemade pizza and coconut chicken curry with sweet potatoes sometime this week, and then leftovers for most of the other nights! We’re doing a big fridge clean out, so leftover eating has become a huge part of our weekly dinner meal plan.
Our little girl is starting to crawl, too! It’s exciting and *terrifying* at the same time, because now we’re REALLY having to baby proof our house… Easier said than done when her big sister is getting into everything!
Your dress is SO cute. Our weekend was dark and rainy, so our church clothes were all hidden by thick jackets. I can’t wait for us to finally be in sundress weather.
hopefully the chicken couscous i just blogged about making last week, it was ridiculously good!
Spaghetti tonight!
I get Emma Kate all dressed up for church, I mean, it’s a must to wear a huge bow in the deep south!
We are hoping to have another Zoodle night with a roasted red pepper and goat cheese sauce! Love that dress you’re wearing!
Tomorrow night, I’m going to attempt to make something called “shakshuka”, which is apparently all the rage, though I only discovered it via Pinterest yesterday while meal planning. I couldn’t find some of the specialty spices that the recipe mentioned, but should be able to make do. The rest of the saucy-egg dish seems easy enough *fingers crossed*!
I am glad I’m not the only one who leaves my baby their pajamas all the time. My 7 month old girl lives in hers so it makes me happy to see I’m not the only mom who has their child wear them outside of sleeping.
I’m moving this weekend so I am not trying to get carried away with the groceries! I’ve got some frozen mahi mahi burgers, frozen kale, and rice- I think I am looking at my dinner! haha
I made a big pot of home made chicken noodle soup, since I was feeling a little under the weather. I served it with crusty Italian bread- why do I crave carbs when I have a cold?! It did the trick because I’m already feeling better today!
Kale chicken Caesar salad! (This dressing http://www.howsweeteats.com/2016/04/kale-caesar-salad-pizza-on-parmesan-crust/?m) have it once a week!
Love Chase’s hair. My dogs do that to us when we have a Starbucks cup. We are having Chicken Enchilada’s this week.
This was the second week I put my daughter in childcare at our church too! (She may be my third child and about to turn 1…..some things never change LOL)! Sounds like a lovely Sunday! 🙂 <3
love the dress! that smoothie has me plotting my errands around where I can find one here in Denver. looks like you guys had a fun weekend all around.