So...what did you do this weekend?

Did you ever have one of those weekends where you feel like you accomplished a lot and did a lot of things, but then when you go to write about it, it doesn't feel nearly as interesting as it was in your own head? Well, we had one of those weekends at our house. There was lots of play time with Joshua, lots of snuggling with Lauren, lots of family time just to be together, lots of football. But if you're looking for substance or exciting adventures, I might suggest that you head on to the next blog you frequent to see if you can find some there.

However, I do have a couple of pictures to show you what we did this weekend.

We enjoyed our new living room setup quite a bit. See how we've moved into the 21st century with the television mounted on the wall? Honestly, keeping up with the times wasn't our objective with this little project. It was more like "the walls are closing in on us in this small living room with 8 million toys, soon to be 16 million toys when the baby gets big enough to play with things". Space was the objective, and swapping out the huge big screen TV for a smaller wall mounted one was a big step forward. Our electrician (yes, we've done enough projects at this house to be able to call him "ours") was here on Thursday and hid all of the cables and wires inside our walls for us and we've been breathing a bit easier ever since. This was one of Jason's brainstorms, and it was a great one!

On Saturday morning, Joshua was all decked out in his football jersey. He happily declared it Penn State day upon waking up. He and Lauren played on the floor for a little while in the morning. For some reason, the baby was content to lay on the floor and look around for 20 minutes or more...so we went with it. Her legs and arms were flying around and she was cooing up a storm.

In the afternoon, Daddy and Joshua headed outside to rake some leaves. Josh was hard at work and loved the chance to get outside for some fresh air. We did that again for a long time on Sunday afternoon, although I don't have any pictures of that.

While they were outside, Lauren and I made a big pot of homemade chicken noodle soup that we all enjoyed very much. And I snapped some pictures of her while she was sitting in her seat watching me cut all of the meat off of our chicken to put in the soup. I thought this one looked like she was going to knock someone out.



This was from Sunday morning. I thought she looked like Popeye...

We all managed to get out the door and make it to church on time on Sunday morning as well. In Earth shattering news, Joshua went to kids church all by himself (well, he took Bear with him, but I don't think that counts as not being a big boy) which allowed Jason and I the opportunity to be in church together for the sermon. It was great. Lauren ate right before we left for church and then slept on my shoulder for the whole service. She was definitely hungry when we got home, but she made it 3 hours between feedings when she needed to. Good girl, Lauren! On the way out of church, Joshua held up the line of people trying to shake the pastor's hand by asking him 74 questions. We now know his favorite color and what color car he drives (two of his favorite questions for everyone these days). He also decided to tell him that Lauren is a baby and wears diapers, but he's a big boy and has learned to use the potty. I'm sure that was something Pastor Jamie was dying to know. Everyone humors Joshua pretty well, but some of these "going out the door" conversations with the pastor have been comical to say the least.

On tap this week... a hopeful playdate with Darla, Sydney and Daphney, my long awaited haircut and color on Wednesday afternoon and Lauren's first likely feeding with someone other than Mommy (I'm already having a small panic attack in my own head about this one), a few expected visitors, Christmas shopping (I love the Internet) and building excitement about our first road trip as a foursome to be in Lewistown for Thanksgiving. It's a thrilling life, huh?