Saturday: Sun's still up!

So after being so excited that Isaac was staying in his bed...he stopped.  The last few naps have been rough and then tonight he got up too.  He likes to tell us that the sun is still up and so it is wake up time.

It's possible that he's about done with naps, but I'm not ready for that quite yet.  So I'm trying to hold it off a little longer.  Next week is VBS, so hopefully he'll be rather tired after that.

Friday: today

I didn't get my nap today.  Someone stayed awake for the whole hour that I do give myself.  I got up to get him up at the end of the hour and he was by his door...I think I almost hit him.  But he was so excited and told me in his high squeaky voice that the sun was up so it was wake up time!   So much excitement.  It was almost worth missing my nap...but not quite.

I had my OB appointment today.  The baby has dropped (I was measuring 3cm less this week than last week), am 80% effaced and dilated to 2.  She told me I should schedule next week's appointment, but she wasn't really sure that I'd make it that long.  I'm trying hard not to get my hopes up too much.  I'm not sure it's working, but I'll survive if it does take a little longer.

A friend volunteered to watch Isaac while we went on a date tonight, so we took her up on that!!  We weren't out very long, but long enough that I didn't have to put Isaac to bed.  Bedtime is one of the worst times...I'm ready for him to be in bed and he stalls just a little more than normal and between the two it is annoying.  And we got to have fun by ourselves.  Although Isaac apparently got out of bed a few times...it's the first time he's done so at night.  I'm hoping it isn't a trend and that he was just rather tired.

Week recap: wedding

Jim and Jamie got married today!

The weather was beautiful...again, not too hot or too cold.  Isaac didn't manage to sit through the service, but we just wandered off a bit where he was hopefully not too loud but I could still sort of see what was going on.  It was a late night by the time the reception was done, but he did a great job.

And now we have a bigger family!

Week recap: visitors!

I've been a little behind in blogging...a lot of stuff has been going on!  First we had some friends from Minnesota stay with us for two nights.  It was a lot of fun.

We visited the Critter Barn.  Animals are always fun to watch.

Ben was a favorite with the cats.  There were a lot of cats - I'm not sure they were a favorite of his.

They got to hold ducklings.  The ducklings were surprisingly well behaved.

And they pet angora goats.  They look like sheep.

Later we visited the beach.  I thought it was going to be on the cold side.  (Apparently we were having a polar vortex visit us too).  But it was perfect!  The sand wasn't too hot or too cold.  The breeze was just right for full sun.

The next day we went to Dutch Village.  They have a lot of animals too.  The goat walked us.

And Isaac really liked this baby goat.

And he tried on some wooden shoes.

Saturday: employee picnic

This evening we went to the employee picnic for Ben's work.  As always, it was huge.  It was also raining/sprinkling a bit, so that made it interesting.

Isaac enjoyed carrying his own umbrella.  The rain never got so bad that we considered leaving early, and had several spots were it stopped all together.

This was the first year we made it to the go-karts.  Most of the time Isaac seemed to be having a good time, although the crazy driver probably scared him a few times.  He did say he wanted to go again, so we took that as a good sign.

Ben and Isaac won an "EE hat" at the carnival games.  (It was nice to come home with something that has a good chance of being used that wasn't a stuffed animal.  Although to be fair, some of Isaac's favorite stuffed animals are currently from the carnival games.)  Isaac also really liked his wrist band.  Sunday morning he told me I could finally cut it off and once he realized what that meant and that he couldn't get it back on we had many tears.

There were also bumper boats!  Ben and Isaac went on these twice...and the second time Ben got soaked by a little waterfall.  It just meant that it was time to leave.

It was nice having a child that was old enough to do some of the more fun things and understand what was going on.  Now he just needs to grow a few more inches so that he can ride some of the rides.  Probably next year.

Friday: today

During breakfast:
Isaac: Eagles go up up?
Amanda: yup
Isaac: Mom go up up?
Amanda: No
Isaac: Mom no wings?  (With an arm motion)
Amanda: Yeah!

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We finally got some shelves built in the basement.  I'm excited...and here's a poor picture.  It's at one of those angles that is hard to photograph.

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We met Betsy, Ethan, and Leah at the park.  Isaac played really hard and crashed within a minute of getting in the car.

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I had my OB appointment.  I'm 50% effaced and only dilated to 1...but the doctor might have just been saying that to be nice.  The baby's head is down but not facing the right way.  I know I still have several (three) weeks left, but I was really, really hoping for different news.

Thursday: not sneaky

I packed some duplos in my hospital bag since I don't know if Isaac will need to be entertained. He found them, and was so excited...are these for me? I told him to put them back but I expect he'll remember.

We proceeded to play with Allen wrenches for about 45 minutes. Who knew they were so fascinating.