Birthday weekend

Andy's birthday was last Thursday. I invited my parents over and when he got home from track practice we grilled steaks, had cheesy potatoes, green beans, and birthday cake. It was good! Andy opened his presents...a movie, some grill utensils, and a few new Wii games. It was a fun evening together. Although Andy thought that was it...we had much more planned for the weekend.

Friday was a busy day with Jolee's two month checkup...she is doing great! Although not yet on the chart for weight, she is gaining and looking good. She has yet to catch up to either of the boys' birth weights though! I thought it was funny when the nurse called her petite...we just don't hear that in our family, but I loved it! I got permission to start "stretching her out" at night...so hopefully soon we'll all be getting more sleep. After her appointment (45 minutes away) we came home...it was a beautiful day so I grabbed Brady and we went for a walk. Luke and Jolee stayed with daddy. It was a fun time to talk with my oldest and enjoy him by myself. It was good exercise for my still pathetic muscles too. Next came naps and daddy had to run off to his dentist appointment. When everybody got up we rushed off to the soccer dome for Brady's soccer clinic. It is so fun to watch him...he is doing great for a 4-year-old! We left a few minutes early to get the boys to the church for Awana. Andy, Jolee and I headed home for some free time. Its always nice to have a little time to ourselves. What a busy day!

Saturday Andy was up and gone to the track meet before we woke up. It was a super long day for me with the three kids...Jolee was fussy from the 5 shots she had on Friday. Brady was throwing a fit at everything I said to him...and Luke was his normal up and down self. It sure felt like all three kids cried ALL day. I put them down early for naps...actually Brady got put down for two naps (it was that bad). When they got up I fed Jolee and we rushed off to the church to finish the derby cars. Andy joined us about 45 minutes later and I was soooo thankful. We stayed at the church until about 7:30...working on the cars, had a yummy spaghetti dinner, and watched a movie. Thankfully the distractions helped the kids behave a bit better. In between all this I kept trying to clean the house without attracting too much attention. I knew what was coming up!

Sunday morning we were all up early and headed to the early service for church. The boys did well in their class and Jolee slept through the service so it was all very enjoyable and good for the soul. After church we made our usual grocery stop and then headed home. I was scurrying around cleaning and trying not to be too picky...thankfully Andy didn't think anything of it. We put the boys down for a nap and at 2 things started happening. People started showing up at our house...Andy was completely surprised and didn't know what was going on! After about 15 people had gathered I said happy birthday! This is all for you and they are going to keep coming! He was so surprised. We had cake and hung out for about 2 1/2 hours with friends and family. Tons of people came and the house was hopping for the entire time. It was great to see so much love for my hubby! When the party wound down, we packed up the Wii and headed to part 2 of the party. Our friends opened their home and I had invited a few guys to join Andy in a Wii competition. The boys went to my parents' for the night. We had pizza, pop, and cupcakes and played the Wii until about 9:30pm. It was awesome! Then Andy and I headed home and watched a movie. It was a great day.

One prayer request for the week...Brady is having some unexplained bleeding so he is going through a bunch of tests this week. I also have a friend undergoing a double mastectomy on Thursday...she has 3 kids and is very young. Please pray for her!