3-day weekends

I love that Nick gets 3-day weekends every 3 weeks! It's the perfect amount of time to get away to Lake Mead... and he doesn't have to take vacation or sick days! :)

This weekend was somewhat uneventful! We hung out a lot, which I love. Nick is my favorite and I love just being able to sit around with him. He is such a great daddy and on his 3-day weekends, he actually gets to play with Alexis. (And I get a break!! )

Well, We got two new art pieces for our room. Nick- FINALLY- got his Goddard picture and we finally agreed on a piece to put above our bed. :) I love it! Our new shelves will be delivered any day now, too. Our room is REALLY finally coming together! We also got a couple more drawers to add to our closet and I think we decided that we need just two more!

Nick also got the idea a little while ago of getting a pulley thing up on the rafters and getting his poker table, that he and a couple friends (Davey and Scott) built, up off the floor so there would be room to play pool easily. It seemed like a great idea, but we'll see how great of an idea it really is when he decides to take it down to play next time. For now, though, I love having it out of the way. :)

While Nick was busy working in the garage, I got the idea of setting Lexi's pack n play up in the drive way so she can watch daddy work without having to be held or in the way all day. It was the best idea. She literally played in there for about an hour at a time throughout the day. PERFECT!! :)

She is SOOOOO close to crawling now! It's so fun to see her try. She gets up on all fours and just rocks back and forth. She's launched herself forward a couple times and face planted. It's kind of funny but it scares her and she cries a little each time. Poor baby!!

I started looking at toys last night for the birthday party we'll be going to in a couple weeks. This will be our first first birthday party we'll be going to and the mom is super cautious about the chemicals in the normal everyday toys, so I'm pretty sure we decided that we'll get her some blocks- made out of natural wood or chemical free materials. :) We definitely have to shop online for this lil one! Thank goodness amazon has everything I thought of getting her though! That site really is amazing. For everyday easy or hard to find things, it's simply put- the best!

OH- the most exciting news from this weekend... Rachyl got a car!!!! :) FINALLY! haha She got a Black Honda Civic Hybrid. I'm so happy she'll have her own way of getting herself around now, but I think I'll definitely miss driving her around. I love my sister and I'm so happy for her! I'm seeing her today, so I'll take pictures of her in her new (to her) car!! :D

I know this post is all words, but my picture loader just won't work this morning and I'm frustrated tinkering with it, so I'll just add the pictures later... again.

I hope everyone has an amazing week!! I'm pretty excited for the Water Polo Banquet this Wednesday!! I miss my girls so much, so I can't wait to see them!