Snuggle Monday

Today was a snuggle day.  Mac and I spent a LARGE amount of time snuggling on the sofa.  He even let me snuggle with his Bopey (his blue blanket).  We are making strides in potty training.....life is so much easier when he just goes and pees by himself.

And yes I took a picture of my son's GIANT feet.  

Even when he decided that he was done snuggling, Mac just sat on the floor and played with his cars which enabled me to just sit on the sofa.  I have hit an all new level of exhaustion in this pregnancy.  Not to mention that it literally hurts to do things like put on my pants (totally cannot lift my left leg).  At one point while he was playing on the floor, Mac decided he needed to clean his foot.  What does my child do?  He goes into the bathroom and pulls out the entire roll of toilet paper.....

When Joe got home (and Mac got up from his nap), we headed outside.  Mac brought his tools to fix stuff....including Mommy and his pirate boat.

Mac also spent some time with Bella.  "Mommy, Bella is happy and she has teeth."  Silly little man.

Another awesome thing?  Lea (my friend from work) brought by more food.  This time it was catered by some of the Sped people.  We had turkey lasagna for dinner.  I think Joe stuck the rest of the food in the freezer.

Picnic Table!

Joe is building a picnic table for the back deck.  I am super excited about it.  We got the wood on Friday.  During Mac's naptime on Saturday, he began cutting it into the correct sizes.  After Mac went to bed on Saturday, Joe started painting it.  Because it is going to be outside, it is recommended that you paint all sides before assembling because it will protect the wood.

On Saturday, during Mac's naptime, Joe resumed painting.  And yes, I did go with a green color.  I love it!  I cannot wait to see it together.  Pretty much any time that Mac was sleeping, Joe was painting.  I am pretty sure that painting is going to take longer than putting it together.  On Sunday during Mac's naptime, I kept Joe company while he painted some more.  When he gets home today (Monday), he is going to put it all together on the back porch!!!!!!

Joe finished painting all of the sides and he hauled all of the wood pieces to the back porch to put it together. He put the top together first.

Then he put the legs on......and the support beams.  He used my considerable girth to help hold things together.  Mac tried to "help" Joe by climbing on him.

At one point, Mac got a little upset because Joe wouldn't let him play with the measuring tape but Joe needed it.....so Mac did a little bit of a meltdown......

Mac eventually got over it to help Joe....

We got the back porch cleared off and now the picnic table has its' own place.  LOVE.  I got my Citronella plants spread out and they smell delish.

Weekend Recap

So I am behind.....again.  This really shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

FRIDAY:
Mac and I spent some serious time playing outside.  We hit 70 degrees on Friday and it was AWESOME.  I have been working on my tan and it is getting pretty impressive.  When Joe got home, we headed to Home Depot to get wood for the picnic table that he is building and then we headed to Mr. Prime Beef (local butcher shop) to get meat to grill out for the next day.  Joe was in man heaven at Mr. Prime Beef.  Afterwards, we headed to Nick/Caryn's for dinner.  

SATURDAY:
Joe went to get Mac out of his bedroom and we had some family snuggle time which Mac always loves.  He was all up in my space and on my pillow but it made me happy.  At the rate he is growing, we are going to need to get a bigger bed just to accommodate all of us.  Ha.  That won't be happening any time soon.

After we got up, we headed to my favorite local bakery (House of Bread) to pick up breakfast.  I got a raspberry pinwheel, Mac got a cinnamon roll, and Joe got a caramel roll.  We also picked up raspberry swirl loaf bread.  We are going to use it to make french toast tomorrow night for dinner.  I am EXCITED.  After breakfast, we headed to Sam's (I feel the need to stock up on easy food things before Nora makes her appearance) and we headed to Bell's Nursery.  I wanted to get some plants that repel Mosquitos.  Granted right now they are not bad because we haven't gotten rain in a LONG time.  We ended up getting 4 Citronella plants and 2 Marigolds.

Once we got home, we headed outside for some play time.  Heyward got his bone that we bought him at Mr. Prime Beef (for way cheaper than at the pet stores).  Mac had a grand time playing on his playset.

We grilled out for lunch (hot dogs) and dinner (steak, cajun shrimp, and zucchini).  I LOVE grilling season!

After Mac went to bed, Joe worked on the picnic table for a little bit and he also hung up the vintage window above the crib in Nora's room.  LOVE.  Her room is super slowly coming together.

SUNDAY:
After an amazing breakfast, we headed to the grocery store to get the stuff for the weeks.  I was moving incredibly slow.  If it is at all possible, Nora has dropped even lower and walking is just painful.  I think my ligaments in my hips/pelvis are going to just shoot off of my body.  She also gets the hiccups a lot which is not entirely comfortable.  Once we got back from the grocery store, back outside we went.  Mac played.  I sat.  While Mac was napping, Joe planted my plants and Heyward was laying at his feet.

When mac got up from his nap, he played outside for a little bit and then we decided to make art.  He loved it.  It made me giggle.

Check out this cool picture that a news channel up here posted of some Caribou floating on some ice.....I found it interesting.

Sunshine!

The weather has been GLORIOUS!  We are going to be a sunny 64 degrees today which means shorts and tank tops!  I have a wonderful tan going.....the other day I literally sat outside with my big ole belly hanging out.....Here is my awesome stomach selfie......

Mac has been spending some serious time outside (which I love) but pretty soon the mosquitos are going to be terrible.  I am going to plant some plants that help with that......

Mac went to Erica's yesterday for preschool but unfortunately they weren't able to play outside because of a giant moose.  That big ole moose was still in the back yard when we went to pick Mac up!

Heyward got a new toy the other day that the guy at the store said was indestructible.  He lied.  Heyward destroyed it in less than 2 hours.  Our dog is ridiculous.  

On a positive note, Mac woke up in a GREAT mood this morning!  He has watched his "shows" and played with his dinosaurs and ate a ridiculous amount for breakfast (big bowl of applesauce and 3 normal sized muffins) and now he is coloring.  We are going to head outside in a little bit.  There is still a morning chill in the air!

When Joe gets home, we are going to head to Home Depot to get wood for the picnic table that he is going to build for the back porch.  I think I want to paint it a kelly green color (currently cannot get enough of that color).  We are also going to start looking at plants for the back yard/deck that repel mosquitos.  AND if I can sweet talk him into it, we are going to head over to Fred Meyer to get 2 big shrubs that I saw that I want to put in the back yard next to the porch steps (Heyward has already started digging the hole so...).....

Am I nesting much??????