Blessings From Above: Mamas, Papas, Bikes & Choo Choos

Ok, ok... sorry to all my disgruntled blog readers who have been anxiously (and not so patiently) awaiting a post for nearly 2 weeks... we've been busy and when we haven't been busy we've been resting. I don't know if it's just this pregnancy and or if it's from being pregnancy and being tired from being a mom (i.e. waking up to find the paci at 3 am) or what, but I've been SOOOO tired this pregnancy. UGH! BTW... before you whine about no belly pics, here are 2:

7 Weeks

19 Weeks

So what have we been up to these past 2 weeks? Well, for me it's basically been school/work and trying to catch-up on sleep while being a mommy. I've also gotten 2 girls' trips in on the weekends. A week ago I went to Milwaukee, WI with my mother-in-law and 2 sisters-in-law to see the Cirque du Soleil show Saltimbanco. I have to be honest... after seeing Cirque at the Wynn hotel in Vegas this one didn't really compare, but being that it was a traveling show it was still really neat. However, I spent the whole weekend wondering what T was doing at each moment and missing him even though I had been so excited to get away. That Saturday I tried to sleep in, but instead couldn't sleep past 6:30am. On Sunday I woke up feeling VERY ill, though I did sleep until 8ish, but then got sick before heading back home. :( Oh well... it WAS nice spending time with the extended family, so that was good.

This past weekend I made the trip down/across 94 East again, but this time it was to go to Madison with some of my former roommates for another girls weekend. I'll have to be honest and say that had I not been pregnant I probably would have had a bit more fun, but I still enjoyed myself AND got some good rest in (Saturday night... was up at 6:30 again Saturday morning). I also got to see my great friends Mackenzie and Jessica, whom I haven't seen since February or March!!!

In the time that I was gone Tegan had QUITE an exciting few weekends. On the Friday that I went to Milwaukee Tegan and Papa Eastwood went to the Model Train Museum in St. Paul. From what I heard it was a HUGE hit and Papa nearly had to drag Tegan away. BUT, not without getting a souvenir T-shirt first. :) I only wish they had taken a camera. The following day was Saturday (Oct 5) and T spent it with Aunt Amanda and several of her friends at a local apple orchard.

I have to laugh because in most of the pics I've seen T has the most unenthusiastic expression on his face, but Auntie A assures me that T had a blast. :)

Sunday was a rainy day (I think) so T spent it at home with G'Ma and G'Pa Eastwood... they did try to do church, but true to form, T didn't want to be in the nursery (like he's been doing at our church the past several Sundays) so he spent it in the entryway/area with Mama Eastwood until service was done.

Tegan spent this past weekend with Daddy in Rochester (at Grandma and Grandpa Moore's house). Daddy tells me that they spent tons of time playing with toys that once were his and reading books (that once were his) and... you get the picture. Some great bonding time for T and Daddy. Then on Sunday, after an episode of Little Einsteins (complete with a plot including ice cream and trains) AND an episode of Thomas the Tank Engine, the boys (Daddy and Tegan) came home and went for a nice long bike-ride to a park several miles away and up a hill... however, upon arriving at the park Daddy found Tegan only had 1 shoe on and the other was no where to be found. Apparently the little man decided he should squeeze it out of the "door" of the Burley somewhere along the ride and despite retracing their steps/pedal strokes the shoe was gone for good. I guess that's what we get for buying him camouflage "crocs". ;)

I guess that pretty much sums-up the recent weeks. Included in those weeks but not mentioned yet was a trip up for dinner from "Grama" and Papa Moore... we all ate dinner together and then the boys assembled the remainder of the bunk beds for Tegan's future big-boy room. Tegan, of course, lent a hand :) That night also welcomed the handmade maple train table from Grandpa Moore. THANK YOU!! That table has been the biggest hit at our house and gets used DAILY! :)