Labor Day Weekend and Milestones

What an exciting weekend! Not only, did we get to spend several days with friends and family, Jayden crossed some huge milestones!

We started our adventures by heading over to Dusty’s house on Friday after work to enjoy an evening of ribs. Our little family arrived and found the party already full in swing. It was great to see some friends that we hadn’t seen in months and catch up with what is going on in everyone’s lives. Shaun and I can’t believe how fast time is flying by and how many of our high school friends are getting married, full swing into their careers, and starting families. In a way, it definitely makes us feel older. Yet, the crazy debauchery that was beginning to take place as we departed Dusty’s house made us realize that we may seem old… but it is just a façade.

On Saturday, Tristan came over to our house to meet Missy J and for a day of games. He taught us how to play the game Dominion and we became completely addicted. It is a glorified card game full of logic puzzles. Even though I was completely addicted to playing the game, I came in dead last many times. I swear, I really don’t seem to have brain power I used to after Jayden came along. In a way, it is very irritating. Yet, we all had a good time. Jayden even enjoyed watching us play the game for a while. She was intrigued by the colorful cards and the back and forth discussion among us.

We did take an opportunity to get out of the house for a bit and went down to the creek with the pups. Shaun wanted to show us how Trooper would be an excellent “dock dog.” Dock dogs are dogs that compete for prizes by being the furthest to jump into the water off of a dock. I think it is fair to say that we were all impressed with Troopers height and distance. Yet, he only does it when he thinks that it will give him an advantage over General. True sibling rivalry.

Sunday was also a delightful day. After church, Tristan’s parents came over to see Miss J and take a tour of the fish hatchery. Jayden was so excited to see her new visitors that she actually rolled over, back to front, for the first time! Of course, I failed to catch it on the wonderful new video camera that my parents gave us. Still, I will keep trying to catch the roll over and put it on my blog. She has only rolled over a hand full of times since Sunday.

Besides that huge milestone, Shaun really enjoyed giving the Ford’s the tour. He appreciated their enthusiasm and plethora of questions. It is rare that he finds people to share his fishy knowledge with that are as enthusiastic about fish as he is.

All too soon, the Ford’s left. Fortunately, we had a friendly phone call from the Nelson’s asking us to come over and enjoy some Teriyaki dinner and huckleberry pie. Dinner was SO good. In fact, I am craving some more as I type this post. Yum. Since we all stuffed ourselves during dinner, we decided we needed some intermediary activities before dessert. Shaun and Matt decided to go deer scouting while the rest of us went for a late walk. That is when we took that cute picture of Jayden in the Dr. Seuss hat. After the activities, we finished the evening by gorging ourselves on wonderful pie.

Then, it was Monday. On Monday, my parents came over to spend a little time with Jayden while Shaun went to work and I cleaned and organized our house. They ended up taking Missy J for a walk that she really enjoyed. Dad also cooked us lunch! What a deal! We enjoyed tasty chicken wings. I, also, got a lot done. I am trying to wash and pack up all of my maternity clothes and find a place to store them for a couple of years. That’s right, a couple of years.

Monday afternoon included a fantastic, previously blogged about, long walk with Trisha and Ruth. This was followed by a nice dinner with my hubby. Jayden was so tired from all the weekend events that she was content to snuggle with daddy and fall asleep. Shaun and I were, then, able to enjoy a movie from start to finish. It was a wonderful way for us to wrap up the last couple of days.