My Lovely Long Weekend

After Thursday’s concert, I took the day off to sit at home and relax with the Jude-man. I had really missed all of our quality time at home together, so it was wonderful to just sit around and play with him, nap with him and just enjoy him.

After a nice and relaxing Friday, we had a birthday party to hit up on Saturday for our friend Milenko’s son. I had not seen this little boy since our company picnic last year. It was amazing to see how much he’s grown in less than a year! He was no longer a little baby, but looked like a person! We spent the greater part of Saturday hanging out around the party and just enjoying ourselves.

It’s always interesting going to Milenko’s because he’s not from the US and the majority of his family is from Europe as well, so it’s never your typical hotdog and hamburger type of picnic. For example when we walked up to his house on Saturday, there was a full lamb being pulled off the large barbeque grill (skull and hooves still in tact). It’s very interesting to be introduced to different cultures.

After our Saturday out I had plans to go dress shopping with Katy, but that got foiled rather quickly. Once we determined that no bridal salons are open on Sunday, I headed home. On my way, I decided to make a pit stop at Babies R Us.

As I had said before, Jude is starting to play with his toys a little. Even if he totally doesn’t understand their purpose, he looks at them, reaches for them and seems to appreciate that they’re there. So, I wanted to see what other goodies I could get for him. I ended up getting him another Lamaze plush toy shaped like a horse (when you move it, it makes galloping sounds – so cute) and a baby Einstein toy that helps teach colors. I think the two of us stood in the toy section or a good 30 minutes as I showed him each toy to see which one he seemed to like the best. He didn’t seem to understand that he could have had ANY of them if he showed interest. It’s exciting to think one day he’ll be really excited when put in front of a huge display of toys (I’m sure when the time comes I’ll be dreading walking into a toy store).

Finally, we headed home to meet up with Ryan who was doing some work around the house! Quite awhile ago we painted and decorated our living room. Ryan never got around to finishing the receptacles in there though, so considering we had all the materials needed to do this project he decided to tackle it this weekend. He got about 90% of the work done and plans to wrap it up this evening. Now, once Jude starts crawling and moving around he won’t be able to get his fingers zapped because we’re putting in tamper resistant receptacles through the whole house.

A busy and enjoyable weekend!