memorial day weekend

so sweet! we had the most perfect weekend.

Friday night we started the weekend with our friends Becky and Ray. It is a joy to be with them as they are expecting their first later this summer. And we have similar approachs to both labor and parenting. We spent our night talking about vaccines and visits to the doctor. Here is a great picture of Becky and I comparing how we are "carrying". Neither one of us knows what we're having, so we'll see!!

I woke up Saturday with an incredibly long list of things to do and an incredible amount of energy. So, I organized our freezers and refrigerator, pulled weeds, baked bread (5 loaves), grocery shopped, got our bags ready for the hospital, and made meatballs for the freezer. Joel worked in the basement all day - and happily. I will try to update with pictures soon. We then got a chance to see our good friend Kris and his friend Andrea.

Sunday was date day. We slept in, went to the late service at church, had A & W for lunch, miniature golfed in the blistering heat, took a nap, ran to Kohl's, went out for dinner, and then went for a nice walk. We ended the evening just chatting about the coming changes in our life.

Monday morning we woke up very early, which gave Joel another opportunity to work on the basement. My energy level had dwindled (I had been having a few, painless Braxton Hicks contractions), so other than two loads of laundry, I rested for most of the morning with my feet up (catching up on some Glee!). The afternoon was spent with our good friends the Strattons, Ashley and Emily and Maple Reetz. We ate steak and ice cream sundaes! Joel and I ended the evening with putting in the car seat and organizing the basement. Joel still swears he's nesting!

Though we really missed hanging out "up north" with the Hintz's this year, we had a really sweet time!