What a Busy Weekend!

I'm going to warn you before you start to read.....this is going to be a LONG post! We had a busy weekend of visiting friends, family, and traveling this weekend. I'm just now starting to feel as though I've actually recovered! Here is how Austin and I started off the weekend on Friday. We woke up, and played on the floor, took a bath, and then went over to Grandma and Grandpa's house. Here are two pictures of Austin pre-Grandma and Grandpa's house. Sometimes, the box of toys is more fun than the toys itself! As you can tell in the other picture, Austin is starting the stages of pre-crawling.....getting up on all fours, sticking his butt way up in the air, and rocking back and forth. It will be any minute now and he's going to take off. He's pretty quick with the army crawling, but our whole world is about to change soon!

After I gave Austin his bath, we headed over to my parent's house so that Austin could meet his Uncle Ben for the first time. Ben's flight landed very early in the morning in Chicago, and he had to drive to Fort Wayne, so he didn't get in until around 4 a.m. Needless to say, he wasn't up at 10:30 when we showed up. Since Ben wasn't awake yet, Austin got his first fishing lesson from Grandpa out at Lake Bates. He actually attempted to real in a fish once, and then was so fascinated with the reeling process, he tried to eat it. Go figure, huh? In the picture above, you can actually see Austin's top two teeth that he's been working on for the last few weeks. Thankfully, they have made their way through his gums, but still continue to bother him some. I think he's actually working on his 5th tooth right now....not sure where that one will pop up from yet!

Ben finally woke up around 12, due to Austin's talking and babbling. It took him awhile to warm up to his Uncle, but he eventually got there. He let him hold him, and Ben even got on the floor and played with him for a bit. Austin still sleeps a lot right now (he's still taking two long naps, and one shorter one a day), so he didn't get to see much of Ben. What he did though, he enjoyed. He let Ben hear his new favorite word "Ba-Ba-Ba" whatever that is, and showed him all of his new toys that Grandma just bought for him. It was good to see Ben, and I was so excited for him to see Austin. Next time Ben comes back home it will be so much more fun for him to see Austin! I can't wait!

On Saturday, my parents took my brother to go see my grandparents. I would have loved to have gone to visit, but our friends, or Uncle Chris and Aunt Kristin as we like to call them, were here to visit and see Austin next. They live in Atlanta, Georgia, so we don't get to see them too frequently. Last time they saw Austin was in January, so I was excited for them to see how much he has changed. In January, he was just figuring out how to roll over both ways, and now, he's on the move! He was still drinking only from a bottle, and now he's eating cereal, fruits, and veggies. Aunt Kristin took the opportunity to feed him. Austin actually ate better for her than he has for me lately! Sometimes I call him the disgruntled eater and he's very difficult to feed. Uncle Chris and Aunt Kristin spent all day Saturday with us. They pushed Austin in his swing, played on the floor, fed him, played with him in his jumper, and even got to experience the difficult task of changing a diaper. They are troopers, and we love those two so much. They treat Austin as if he was their own, and we couldn't ask for a better set of friends to be involved in his life.

Sunday was race day. This was our 3rd year to go to the race, and we took Ben for his first time. We sat right in front of the beginning to the pits, so we got to witness many of the accidents up close. The race was a lot of fun, really hot, but fun. This is a picture of Ben in front6 of the McDonald's Car. I was trying to get a nice picture of the two of us, but he pushed me out of the way. Typical response of a big brother!

On Monday, we relaxed, bought plants for our Garden, and then went over to Matt and Drew's house for some hamburgers on the grill, and a game of Cornhole. It was the end to our busy weekend.....and like I said, I think I'm just now recovering from it. We just aren't as young as we used to be!