TGIM

today is monday, and i can honestly say, thank goodness! i usually dread the monday. i get sad on sunday nights thinking of not having benji home the next day. but this monday - not that i was happy to see (or rather hear) him go to work, but i was so relieved to have a day where i can just lounge, be a slug, be one with the sofa cushions. we had quite the busy weekend.

got up and out of the house by 1030 on saturday morning. dropped off jackie with his nana and auntie for what could possibly our last date before baby girl comes. we strolled through over the rainbow toys (which is really like shopping for all the cool toys we didn't get as kids) and found jack a super-cool race track for his cars. we have been on the hunt for a small trampoline and this is the third store to tell us they have them on back order. hmmm. so we are now on 3 waiting lists for this trampoline.

after that, we caught the latest leonardo dicaprio movie shutter island. now, i'm all about leo movies and all about twist endings, but i would not recommend this movie - at least not if you have children. or know someone with children. or just plain like children. yep, that's all i'm gonna say about that. after the flick, we grabbed some rolls at sushi & sushi. mmmm. a few more stops, and we arrived at nana lynn's just in time to see jackie snoozing on her bed. arms above his head, lips pouted, so cute. why are babies so fun to watch sleep?! we got back to our house around 730 with just enough time to give jackie a bath and read some bedtime stories.

sunday afternoon, ben and his friends spent reloading in the garage. i stayed in with jackie, cleaned here and there, finished up baby girl's birth announcements, baked some fudge brownies and prepped dinner for our friends coming at 5. i made two kinds of manicotti, some fresh garlic french bread and our friends brought the salad. a full house with friends and their kids, can't really think of a better way to spend a sunday evening. oh, and what a nice surprise to see the sun still up at practically 8 pm! this may be the first year that i haven't complained about day light saving! (and yes, there is no "s" on the end of the sentence on purpose, just as there is no "s" on the end of nordstrom... so why is it always pronounced that way?!)

so that brings me to monday. maybe it doesn't seem as if our weekend was filled, but i imagine being 38 weeks and 6 days pregnant also has something to do with it. grandma diane gets here on thursday. i have my 39 week check up that morning. sooo looking forward to hearing her heartbeat and perhaps they'll check for more progress?

happy monday to you all. xo