We capped off our weekend with a trip to Franklin Square in Center City.

Franklin Square is one of the Philadelphia’s five original squares, created when the city was planned out, that are dedicated to keeping green space in the city. Franklin Square has been converted into a family park, equipped with a carousel, Philadelphia-themed putt-putt course, a huge fountain and a giant playground.

Every time we drive by it, we say how we need to take Quinn. Since we sort of napped through some earlier plans we had made and had an open afternoon, we decided to drive down and give it a shot.

Quinn loved it. Of course, finding playgrounds every day is now her goal in life, so that’s no shock. She also loved the carousel and drinking almost my entire oreo milkshake.

Looks like we’ll be back.

Today, the weather was perfect.

We had a fun day outside - a six mile run with the jogging stroller this morning, a walk to the coffee shop for coffee and scones before heading to the playground, a trip to Whole Foods and then lots of playtime outside with the neighborhood kids.

We finished it off with a grilled dinner on the deck (salmon, steak and roasted broccoli). Quinn also had her first taste of corn on the cob.

Yes, summer is finally here.

So, yesterday was pretty amazing. 

I started out the day by getting ELEVEN hours of sleep.

That’s right…eleven. I slept until 11am! I haven’t slept past 9:30am (and that’s only happened twice, usually I’m up between 5:30-7am) since before Quinn was born.

I told Jeremy the only thing I wanted for Mother’s Day was to sleep in. So he woke up early, closed our bedroom door, locked the cat in the basement (she meows a lot in the morning) got Quinn up, took her to the gym, then out to breakfast and ran some errands.

I woke up once at 8:30 am to use the bathroom and they where gone. I thought, “Well, I guess I’ll try to go back to sleep.” Yeah. don’t even remember my head hitting the pillow. Next thing I knew, I was rolling out of bed at 11am, and they where still gone. 

When they finally got back, you couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. When you go from getting 5-6 hours of sleep a night to 11 in one night, it’s amazing how different the world looks. Of course, I couldn’t sleep until the 3am last night, but that’s another story.

Later in the afternoon, we grabbed some food and headed out to the arboretum for our annual Mother’s Day picnic. It was a gorgeous day (sunny-80 degrees). It was so nice to lay on a blanket in the shade while Quinn ran around in the field and played around us. It was perfect.

On the way home, we stopped at our favorite place for ice cream and then came home and hung out until bedtime.

Oh, and I got the most gorgeous, green, sea glass teardrop earrings. So, so pretty.

It was pretty much a perfect day. I couldn’t have asked for anything more. I feel like such a lucky girl.

Jeremy,

 You are my dearest love, my best friend and the one I want to share my life with. I promise to listen to you, encourage you, comfort you, and celebrate all of your successes as well as the ones we will share together. I do not fear the obstacles we face because I know I have your strength beside me. I look forward to uniting our families and I promise to love and honor Dakota as a son and also a friend. I will be faithful to you all of my days, will be honest with you always and will cherish and adore you every moment of my life. You will always be my husband and my greatest treasure.

Nine years later, I still mean every word.

I love you.