AHHHH! My weekend was wonderful. Johnny took the boys on Thursday afternoon to his parents and came back on Saturday afternoon. I got to take baths and watch movies and cross stitch and just be lazy. I kind of even got to sleep in! Yesterday was kind of hectic just because Johnny had to go speak at an afternoon service downtown. It wasn't a big deal, just took him out of the house for a while. Today things are back to normal around here, and we're planning our trip to KY on Thursday.

Most of you already know, but for those of you who don't, please be praying for Laura and Tim. She was having some problems with the pregnancy and without sharing too many details, she has to be on bedrest for the rest of the time. She's just about 21 weeks, due July 28 or so, so she's got quite a bit of time left. Today was her first official day on bedrest and she said she was already bored at 10 am, so it's going to be a long 4 months!

Well, I've got to go pick up Nina. Johnny and Corban are swimming at the Y and I've got Caden.

My boys just left. All of them. Johnny is taking them to his Mom and Dad's for the next two days. They're coming back Saturday morning. I need to get ready and I'm headed out to buy doorprizes for the Movie Night we're having here at church on April 3. I'm still keeping Nina tomorrow, but other than that, I'm hoping to get a few things done around the house and do a whole lot of nothing. I'm planning to take baths and naps and watch movies and cross stitch. I have one to finish for Kenan's birthday and I would like to get Caden's growth chart done by his birthday too.

And, just one week from today I will be headed to KY!

Well, I seriously have to get going.

I'm going to be home alone this weekend and am looking for a good movie to rent. Got any suggestions?

Corban's birthday was good. Mom and Dad came up on Friday and spent the weekend. After church on Sunday we had a few people over for soup and sandwiches at the church. There were 11 adults and 4 kids. We didn't even decorate or anything. Corban was blowing at his candles before the cake even got to him! He did really well opening his presents and saying "Thank you." I think his favorite was the aquadoodle or the flashlight. I'm keeping out the color wonder markers until we come to KY next week. He was also really good about telling everyone that he was "Two years," which of course came out as "two ears." Caden is crawling around like a crazy man and trying to pull up on stuff a little bit. He'll be 8 months in two weeks. He looks so much like me, it's weird seeing my face on a boy!

I'm trying to get Corban to pick up his toys so that we can go outside and play with some of his bubbles, but that's not working so well. Yesterday he came up to me with my checkbook and said, "Wal-Mart. Goin" Then he walked to the door and put his hands on the handle and said, "Craig, Luke, goin" I guess he really wanted to go somewhere and Craig or Luke's house sounded good to him. Well, I'm going to go tackle the toy issues again.

Caden has been sick all weekend. I can't remember now if the fever showed up Thursday night, or Friday morning, but it's been about 101-102 all weekend. Poor baby, he looks so pathetic, but he's still smiling and cooing at us. Obviously, he and I are staying home from church today. I am planning to send Corban, but I went in to wake him up a few minutes ago, I put my hand on his head and sat down in the chair beside the crib, but he didn't wake up at all, so I think I'll end up keeping him here with me unless he wakes up on his own soon. Doesn't make sense to wake him up to send him when I'm going to be home anyway. Plus, Iwouldn't mind if this translated into a later morning for us on a regular basis.

Johnny took Corban to the park yesterday afternoon. I think they were gone for about two hours. I'm so glad that he was finally able to get out of the house. After dinner last night we were still sitting at the table and Corban said, "Mickey Mouse." We told him we weren't going to watch a Mickey until after bath. He got very emphatic and said, "No, no bath. No guys." And then looked at us with the most expectant look on his face and said, "Mickey Mouse?" I just can't believe how grown up he is and how much he can talk and communicate with us now. He's always coming up to us and saying, "What doin?" Too cute.

One week from today Corban turns 2 years old. I can't believe how fast it's gone and how big my boy is.

I just read my last post and I sounded completely out of it. I don't know what got into me yesterday.

I went shopping today and had a really good day. It was freezing cold, but not too bad. I did AWESOME! I got two huge bags of stuff at Children't Place and only spent about $53. I think my favorite find of the day was a winter coat for Corban next year that I paid $2.99 for. This coat is nicer than any I have ever owned I think. I'm going to go get Caden to bed and watch some TV with Johnny right now.

We've had a pretty uneventful weekend. Saturday we got to hang out together all day, Sunday we did church and then stayed home. Corban has had a really bad cough and had a high fever Sunday night and didn't sleep well, but the fever was gone in the night and he's a little bit better now. Yesterday I had Bible study in the morning, kept Nina, and we went to Diana and Craig's for dinner. This morning Johnny is at Bible study, but when he comes home I am taking Caden to go shopping and he's taking Corban to Cabela's. Kim Fitzroy and Brody are coming with me, and Greg Voss and Alden are going with Johnny. I'm hoping to shop for the boys for this summer and next winter. I've got a ton of gift cards for Children's place and we're going to the outlets, so I should do pretty well. Tomorrow is small group at our house and Friday Johnny and Luke are going fishing. Right now Thursday is completely free, but it's going to be a busy week!