dead week!!!

The name "dead week" sounds dark, sorrowful, and depressing but let me tell you, it is so far from those words it isn't funny. Dead week is the week in which all high school sports stop. Don't get me wrong, I love being a coach's wife. I truly love it. I love going to the games. I love watching Chris coach and I love watching him interact with his players. I'm even ok sharing him with the guys but I do need my time with him ALONE when he doesn't have anything sports related to think about. It was a very productive week: garage organized, check. yard looking beautiful, check. date night, check. dinner around the table, check. check. check. baby boot camp, check. family pics, check. great time as a family, a gazillion checks.

This past week has been great that I even wrote a little ode to dead week (along with the help of my husband)...

dead week, oh dead week,
how i love when you come around.
my honey do list has been checked off
and my husband has stayed in town.

no games. no practice. no two-on-ones.
just me, my man, and our precious little one.

our yard finally looks as good as the baseball field
and we've eaten at home almost every single meal.

our child is now sleeping through the night
and we've made it all week without one fight.

dead week, oh dead week
i wish you would stay
your my favorite week of the year
thanks to the GHSA.

I took a few pics while Eli was watching his daddy mow the back yard. I think he would have watched him all day long.





Chris, thank you for making this such a special week. The attention you gave me and the yard :) was much needed and appreciated. I love you so much! Now onto football season!! Go Raiders!

baby boot camp

This week has been dead week, thanks to the Georgia High School Sports Association. I'm pretty sure a coach's wife came up with the idea. :) All sports must cease from practicing for this week all across Georgia. We usually use dead week to travel to Mobile but this year decided to spend it at home. What a blessing it has been, but more on that in the next post.

Since Chris wouldn't have anywhere to go all day or anywhere to be early in the morning we decided to work on Eli's sleep habits. This has been the hardest thing I have EVER done. The thought of letting my baby cry out it may be the most inhumane thing ever to do to a child. But as my mother says, "The best thing you can do for Eli is help him to sleep through the night." Well the first night was horrible, dreadful, awful, and terrible. Last night was a lot better. But for some reason, my body just screams inside while he cries, "Go pick him up! Hold him! Love him! Kiss him! Nurture him! Protect him!" I hope he stops waking up during the night soon. I don't think my heart can take it much longer.

Pray Eli will adjust and things will get better. And that this mother's heart doesn't burst inside while he cries out for me during the night. Oh, it eats me up just writing that last sentence! Eli, just know that I'm doing this for your good and to help your little body grow and get the rest it needs and that this is possibly the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. I love you precious one. Love, Your Mommy

oh america, how i love your birthday!

have i mentioned yet that i love summer? i know christmas should be my favorite holiday but if i'm being completely honest, i have to say the 4th of july is my favorite. (maybe i need to move to the southern hemisphere so i can enjoy christmas during the middle of the summer. then i might change my tune.)

there is something about the summer...the fresh picked garden veggies, warm air, cool water, 9:30 pm sunsets, playing in the creek, summer sports, oh, i could go on forever.

this 4th of july weekend was just perfect. the cool breeze made the boat dock a perfect place to park my toosh for the weekend. this was chris's first weekend off for the summer and we had a blast hanging out, laughing, eating, and celebrating our country's birthday. eli loved the water and spent lots of time in his float. he spent most of his "naptime" looking out the window trying to see what he was missing out on. we had so much fun hanging out with the barrys' and kafskys'. thank you guys so much for including us for all the summer holidays...we are truly blessed to have you as friends.

boat ride. i love the look on eli's face.
i don't think he was so sure about the his life jacket.

kiddie pool party with LBK and clay

sweet little one.

swimming with dad.

burton firework show. a. ma. zing.

pre fireworks show. i wish the camera could truly
capture the scene, but it doesn't even do it justice.

full house during the fireworks show.

mother-daughter-granddaughter

attempt at a family shot

"naptime" bless him. he can't take missing out on the action.

captain kafsky and his crew. i'm pretty sure they stayed on this raft from 11:30 am until 5 pm. no exaggeration!

i hated to see this weekend come to an end. there is no way summer is halfway over! we had lots of fun and made lots of sweet memories. until next time...