Labor Day Weekend

Our lives have been pretty hectic lately! 

We were thankful for the long weekend, Case and I went to visit Nanny, Poppy, Mamaw, Papaw and Kelli this weekend while Matt stayed behind and studied without a little toddler running around :)

We wish Matt could have joined us, but he hopefully had some valuable time to soak in all that engineering stuff. ;) 

 Pregnancy brained Liz forgot the pack n play, and since we haven't switched Case over to a big boy bed yet - I was very worried about how the first night would go in Ashland. Case is such an amazing sleeper, but it's because he has a routine, black out curtains, a box fan and a safe comfortable crib to climb into and drift to sleep! We weren't sure how or where or what we were going to do! We eventually came to the conclusion to try and let him sleep with Nanny and Poppy. He was quiet going down, so I thought all was well. He woke up once crying but seemed to settle back down quickly. Well - I could tell in the morning by the look on Nanny's face and the coffee pouring as quickly as possible that they didn't get much sleep! Apparently Case likes to sleep horizontally and he was pushing both of them to the very edge of the bed. Not fun! 

Nanny and Poppy thought it would be a good investment to go ahead and get a pack n play to keep at the house for all the future babies, that way everyone wouldn't have to haul their portable cribs while visiting. I'm so so so thankful they did that! We ran to Wal Mart and picked up a nice one, Case took a nap like an angel as soon as we set it up, and we all had an amazing night of sleep that evening!

We are also so thankful that Mamaw and Papaw allowed us to bring back Matt's gun cabinet so we could store it there instead of in our two year old's room! (Which had served as a guest room until now) Mama just wasn't too happy about having hunting guns (even though they were safely stored) so close to her curious little boy.

We also brought our dog Max to Kelli, he has a new Mama and a new home in North Carolina! Matt and I are sad to see him leave, he's such a good boy! It's just that Mr. Max does not care for Case so much. Whenever Case is around, or trying to pet him or get near him Max growls and sinks behind a chair or table warning him not to come any closer. He has had to spend his days upstairs or outside and not around us during the day because of this. Then Gunner came along, and Gunner just drives him crazy. They would play outside together, but other than that Max was so over the big puppy wanting to lick his face. Kelli told Matt that he did great on the ride home, we know he will love the one on one attention and will be such a great dog for Kelli! Plus, we'll get to see him on holidays!

We drove back to Lexington early Monday afternoon, we wanted to come spend the day with Daddy :) I made the mistake of telling Case we were going to go see Daddy that morning and he ran to the front door saying "Daddy! Daddy? Daddy!" looking for him! We knew it was time to go home!

We had a relaxing weekend, and now I am ready to "nest" again! 

This week I am planning to clean out the guest room, reorganize the things we had stored in that closet, and start painting! We picked out a beautiful light, stormy, gray blue color for Case's room. I can not WAIT to piece everything together! We are picking up his big boy bed from Granny's this weekend! Then I can start setting up Rhett's room as well! So exciting!

Will also be getting ready for Case's birthday party, we decided last night that we are just going to have it here again. Matt promised me he would help me clean, so I can handle it now :) We're deciding on the menu and looking forward to having our family and close friends celebrate with us! I can't believe it's only a couple of weeks away!