Busy Weekend

Friday night I made Aaron watch a chick flick with me after we put Eli to bed. We watched "Holiday" with Cameron Diaz and hottie Jude Law. It was entertaining, but a little longer than it needed to be. We went to bed past 11pm, which is late for us! Eli woke us bright and early, around 6AM we plopped him in bed with us and were bad parents and made him watch "Thomas and Friends" for another hour while we slept a little longer.
I met three of my girlfriends for brunch and shopping. It was fun. I found some stuff for Eli's room. When I arrived home around noon, the house was quiet, and I was expecting Eli to be napping, but when I looked in his room he was not in bed. Then I walked into our BR and Aaron and Eli were both sitting up in bed asleep with "Thomas" on TV. It was really cute. Eli had swimming that morning, so I'm sure they were pooped.

I took the opportunity to run some errands while they were asleep. While I was at the grocery store I had some discomfort with some contractions and pressure, and realized I needed to hydrate myself. Went home and made Aaron unload the car while I put my feet up.
I started making dinner, Erin, Andy, and Gus came over to visit. Gus is a minnie Andy with the cutest chubby cheeks! I can see Erin too, also with some of his mannerisms. It was fun to see Eli and Gus play WITH each other. By the end of the night Eli was calling him "Gussy" which was so cute. They wore each other out. Gus was spacing out (like Erin does when she's tired), by the time they left, around 8:30. I was exhausted too.

Sunday morning Eli did not wake up until around 7AM, but I was still exhausted, I have not been sleeping well. It's about that time during pregnancy. My hips and back were pretty sore. Aaron let me sleep in a little bit which was nice. Eli was being sweet and I asked him to kiss the baby, and he kissed my belly a few times. I love that he is so affectionate!
I did some cooking, made some chili and cornbread in honor of the Superbowl. It started raining and thundering, then I looked outside and it was freezing rain-- yuck! Around 11AM, our next door neighbor, Jarrett stopped by to borrow a platter and asked if we were still planning on coming over for brunch. Aaron and I actually were not sure if they were still having people over because we hadn't heard from them, but we were able to make it. Their son, Han, turned one. He is such a little man. They had traditional Korean food for the bk-day celebration, it was yummy! Eli enjoyed himself as always, they have so many great toys. We left by 2pm, so we could give Eli a nap.
I ventured to Target during naptime. I think I was on my feet too much this weekend, because I was having more discomfort while I wandered through Target. Eli was awake by the time I arrived home. Aaron went to a friend's house to watch the game and my friends Becky and Emily came over to pig out with me and "watch" the game. Eli has so much fun with them, in fact he stood at the door looking for them after they left and even cried a bit until I distracted him. I got him ready for bed and we read some books, then I laid down him until he fell asleep. He was playing with his Leap Frog toy that plays music, I need to put new batteries in that toy, it sounded like the devil when it was singing the songs.
I started a new book, an easy read from the "Confessions of a Shopaholic" series, "Shopaholic and Baby". Should be a fast read.This weekend was super busy, but fun. I was able to hang out with a lot of friends and have some alone time too.