Spending Time with Jaime & Lucas

On Saturday morning, Sammy and I went down to Jaime's to spend a little quality time. Of course Sammy was beyond happy when she realized she'd be visiting Zeus. She always starts crying when we turn on their road, just so anxious to get out of the car and run to her buddy. I was starving when I got there so we went down to the Downtowner for lunch (they have delicious BLT's there!). And then we stopped next door at the bird store so we could go down in the basement to "walk through nature." Their basement is set up with all these fake trees and animals, with even a couple of deer. Lucas enjoys it, but I think he thinks that they're real because he doesn't really want to touch any of the animals.

We did a little scrapbooking in the afternoon while Lucas was napping. And by little, I mean little. We didn't even get one full page done by the time he woke up. Granted he had a shorter nap, but it was still an hour long! Yes, this is why we're still working on the same book we've been working on for a year. My goal is to get done with this book (Jaime's pregnancy) so we can move to Lucas' book before the new year. We'll see. Either way, it's always nice to see the look on Jaime's face when a page is complete. She's so excited and it makes everything worthwhile.

One of Jeremy's classmates got married that evening so I watched Lucas while Jaime went to the ceremony and then she came back and picked us up for the reception. I felt a little out of place, not knowing barely anyone, but Lucas helped keep me entertained. We went out and fed the goats (yes, goats-I don't know why they're there) and played on the playground for a little bit. After dinner we went outside to say good-bye to some people and ended up staying for quite awhile talking. Lucas found a little girl to play with and so they ran around for awhile.

Jaime had to pick up JJ from her band competition at 1 that morning so we stayed up for awhile watching tv when we got home. We slept for a little bit on the couch until she had to leave. I went to bring Sammy inside for the night and she wasn't by Zeus, which usually she is curled up next to him sleeping (as cool as it's been, I couldn't imagine why she wouldn't be next to all that fur). I called and called and she was nowhere. I panicked a little when I heard the coyotes howling. It felt like forever, but it was probably only a few minutes later and Sammy comes flying into the backyard. If you've ever seen Sammy really running it really looks like she's flying above ground. So I quickly brought her inside and curled up on the couch and fell asleep. What seemed like a few hours later (I think it was about 6:30am) Lucas comes into the living room and curls up with me. Aw, cuddly baby in the morning; nothing better. So we watched cars until Jaime woke up. When Lucas saw her, he said "hi mommy, hi Jaime!" It's so hilarious to hear him call her by her name. After some breakfast, some dancing around the table, and a bath, Sammy and I packed up our stuff and headed home. I had drill yesterday night so after I got home I took a quick shower and headed up to Atterbury. I was so tired last night but I think I made up for it-I won't even say how late I slept in this morning! Now it's off to school to start another week!