{"id":35923,"date":"2020-11-01T07:30:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T12:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/?p=35923"},"modified":"2020-11-03T19:59:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T00:59:21","slug":"been-a-while-part-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/01\/been-a-while-part-1-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Been a While : Part 1\/3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohhhh it’s been a while. <3<\/p>\n

I took quite the hiatus from social media when it felt like the world was crumbling. While most days I still feel like I did in March, I definitely feel some days have a sense of normalcy to them, so I think I’m ready to be “back.” Ever since we brought Ollie home, I’ve wanted to do quarterly roundups of favorite personal photos, so I thought now was as good a time as any to share a little bit about what our life has looked like the past six months!<\/p>\n

Disney’s announcement to close their parks happened *on* Nate’s birthday, and mine, just 5 days later, was the day after they temporarily shut down. To say there was a bit of a dark cloud looming over was an extreme understatement; and of course, we thought it was only a two week pause! All this was happening while I was recovering from surgery!<\/p>\n

A few weeks later, we celebrated Easter still in lock down, but had our first “visitors,” two of Ollie’s favorite teachers stopped to bring him some candy. <3<\/p>\n

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Ollie proudly sharing our feast for the Easter bunny! Dyed eggs, baby carrots, and coffee. You know. <3<\/p>\n

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Easter weekend was when I started making masks! I put a call out to Facebook to see who needed PPE and the feedback was insane! Before I knew it, we *all* needed masks, and Nate and I estimate that I’ve made nearly 1000 this year. CRAZY!!! (I’ve now turned this into an official side hustle with a website and everything- check out Huck and Ollie<\/strong><\/a> here!)<\/p>\n

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The beginning stages of packing up orders! :)<\/p>\n

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One thing we’ve clung onto are our Starbucks family dates. Once or twice a week during lock down, we’d go to the Starbucks drive thru for coffee, and do a trunk parking lot family date. Ollie would sit in the open trunk and read with Nate and I just outside in camping chairs. We’ve recently become a little nostalgic for this and started doing it again. :)<\/p>\n

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My little Starbucks junkie! God bless the sweet girls there who will “scan” his pretend phone so he can pay, too!<\/p>\n

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Always on the hunt for affordable, covid-friendly toddler family dates! This was Ollie’s first drive in movie! We brought him in jammies and sat him on a sleeping bag and saw How to Train Your Dragon. None of us watched<\/em> a minute of the movie, but Ollie was just shocked and THRILLED to sit in the front seat and eat junk food and hit all the buttons, lol!<\/p>\n

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Thankfully, Orlando had amazing weather until mid-May, so every morning we hung out on the front driveway until lunchtime!<\/p>\n

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Yes, we’re Animal Crossing addicts. (Ollie’s favorite thing to do on our family walks is to pretend he’s holding a net and catch butterflies!)<\/p>\n

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The best quarantine purchase was this little pool! This kid could live in a swimming pool.<\/p>\n

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On our walks, we let Ollie bring whatever he wants. Sometimes it’s a superhero cape and a roll of wrapping paper, sometimes it’s Kermit, his hook, and camera. <3<\/p>\n

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Ollie’s third birthdaaaaay! We had two driveway guests and his best friends all sent surprise birthday video messages for him- He felt so loved!! His best friend Miss Mary (from the UPS Store!) gave him these balloons and bananas, and all he wanted for his birthday dinner was a Happy Meal. It was just such a special day!<\/p>\n

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I had big plans of an ornate Muppet cake, but all he wanted was an all-white Publix cake! At the last minute, he let me throw on a little Kermit. :)<\/p>\n

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His birthday portrait. <3<\/p>\n

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We barely gave him anything for his birthday this year but man did Aunt Lolo and Uncle Jon<\/a> pull through with a surprise bounce house!!<\/p>\n

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We’ve really only done one pandemic project! I was wanting this office wall for ages and Nate made it happen! Day one of project day…<\/p>\n

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Ta daaaa! <3<\/p>\n

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Ooooooooof Ollie and I were feeling all the feelings when I had to cut his curls! I cried and he kept telling me I was doing a good job but ohhhhh emmmm geeee! I love this photo with his little unsure face, the scissors, and clipped curls!<\/p>\n

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