May | 2023 | The Waid Chronicles

Good grief, the year is already half over!

May was a madhouse. I know I said it’d be calmer, but boy, was I wrong.

So let’s recap.

Remember Athena from the Humane Association? We decided that we wanted to adopt her after thinking about her the remainder of the last weekend in April. We hopped in the car after the Mister took off early to go get her.

Unfortunately, we got there just as another couple was already finishing the adoption paperwork for her. I was heartbroken. It took a lot for me to decide I was finally ready for another dog, and the one I had my heart set on was gone. Thankfully, over the following week, more puppies were available, and we set a plan to meet some for the first weekend in May to see how Little Man would handle a younger puppy.

Before we went back, we went to Free Comic Book Day and picked up a few books along with our biweekly subscriptions. We also hit Home Depot for our monthly workshop.

Then, we went back to Nashville to see the puppies. We didn’t even make it to the smaller puppy room. We walked by a 5 month old German shepherd mix named Shea and the Mister decided to get her out to meet Little Man.

Once outside, she immediately tackled Little Man with kisses and he giggled like crazy. That was all it took. The Mister didn’t want to see any other dog after that. We decided to take her home that day.

We took about 2 weeks or so to settle on a name and even now, we’re still not sure, but this is Roxie.

She definitely needed a good brushing and still needs to put on some weight, but she has been a wonderful addition to our pack. We are still working on potty training at night, but she is doing well.

Shortly after adopting her, my parents were able to come visit for about a week. Little Man was so thrilled to see Nana and Grandad.

He got to play on his swing set quite a bit.

We were able to take everyone to a Sounds baseball game. It was a great night, even though they lost.

These two looked so cute in their Sandlot shirts.

The bouncy slide was not what he was expecting but he warmed up to it.

We didn’t have the best seats, but the weather was nice and not too hot.

For an early birthday present, my parents bought Little Man a new, bigger swing set. He loves the taller slide and climbing area.

After Nana and Grandad left, we did another sensory bin at Sunny Day Studios.

This month’s bin was car themed. Of course, he loved that!

For the long Memorial Day weekend, we finally decided to make a trip to Savannah, Georgia as a 10 year anniversary getaway. Originally, we were going to have my parents come back down to watch Little Man and the animals, but my mom ended up needing cataract surgery so we improvised and took the dogs with us.

On the way, we stopped in Rome, Georgia to catch up with the Hozas in their new place before their trip to Ireland. We miss them dearly!

We loved catching up with Cora and Crossy. We’re sad Matt had to work, so we’ll have to plan another visit soon.

Savannah was…disappointing. The weather played a major factor in that, as well as some pretty awful hotel service. We only stayed a couple of nights and it poured down rain the whole time. It was also quite a bit colder, so all the fun walking adventures were hampered. Still, we made the best of it!

Our first stop was Old Fort Jackson. The weather was slightly better the first day, with just a handful of sprinkles.

The boys liked looking at the big cannons.

We got to watch them fire the little Howitzer.

Then, we checked out Bonaventure Cemetery. This place was huge and had so many unique gravestones.

One of the most famous graves in the cemetery. Gracie Watson was only 6 years old when she passed away from pneumonia. Her stone was carved in her likeness.

Then we finished up the day with a visit to Wormsloe Historic Site. The tree-lined entry was worth the venture alone!

The live oaks with Spanish moss hanging was just beautiful.

This whole area was once a working plantation belonging to Noble Jones and family, some of Savannah’s earliest settlers.

We capped off the evening with a couple of beverages and tasty food at Moon River Brewery.

Rumor has it this is one of the most haunted places in Savannah.

Even the girls got to enjoy the beer garden

The next day, the weather took a turn for the worse. It was cold and raining buckets. Unfortunately, we had a whole day of walking through the historic squares, so we braved the weather and took off.

One of the only photos of the 3 of us together on this trip.

We walked a 2 mile radius before deciding to call it a day. I’d like to go back eventually when the weather isn’t bad to see all the beautiful architecture I missed.

The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist

Andrew Low House — where Juliette Gordon Low (Girl Scout founder) lived.

Chippewa Square — Forrest Gump’s bench scene was filmed here.

We decided to call it an early day with a stop at Leopold’s Ice Cream shop. I had a fantastic waffle cone with Japanese cherry blossom and lavender flavors.

The pups were worn out and tired of being wet and cold.

The next day, we decided we needed to get some beach time in, so after check out, we went to Jekyll Island for a quick visit. We would have loved to go to Tybee Island, but they do not allow dogs on any beach there.

Thankfully, the rain finally stopped and the temperature warmed up enough to take Little Man to see the beach for the first time. We visited Driftwood Beach.

He was nervous about the waves at first, but definitely loved climbing the driftwood.

The girls enjoyed their first time at the beach as well, digging and playing in the sand.

We made it back home late Sunday night/early Monday morning, so we were able to recover from all the car riding before the Mister had to go back to work.

We wrapped up the month with me getting another Holter monitor placed (this time for a week– hopefully we’ll be able to figure out what is going on with my heart palpitations), speech therapy (one of the last few sessions with Little Man’s therapist before she leaves), and laundry, just in time to repack for our next trip in about a week.

June will be another busy month with a quick trip to Nashville to see Bluey’s Big Play as an early birthday present for Little Man. Then we’ll get back on the road for Nebraska for my friend Troy’s wedding, celebrating Little Man’s 3rd birthday, and Diller Picnic. We’ll finish the month with another sensory bin at Sunny Day.

Whew! I’m worn out just thinking about it.

Until then,

Cheers!