Celebration week

Wow has it been a busy week full of celebrations around here!

First, Amanda's birthday, which we celebrated from afar. Then two days later, my other sister's birthday, then Friday, hubby and I celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary. That's a whole lot of stuff for just one week!

Of course, with everyone's busy schedules, none of these occasions were actually celebrated on their actual days, but last night we left munchkin with the parents and hubby and I had the night to ourselves.

It's funny how much one changes after they've had a child. At 8:30 we were driving around town at a loss for things to do. Not fitting in at the bar scene, and not feeling like hanging out with the angsty teen crowd at the coffee house, and not really feeling like driving too far away since it was supposed to rain and be nasty all night, we finally just ended up at the book store sipping coffee and eating desserts while browsing magazines and people watching. Just 4 years ago we'd have just been getting our night started at 8:30, and instead we were both overwhelmed with the desire to just go home and get into our pajamas. After the book store, that's exactly what we did. But still, it was nice to have that quiet time without the kiddo to just hang out together.

J also went bowling for the first time ever on Saturday. We took him before dropping him off at the parents. He had a great time, and it's something we'll definitely do again.

Also on Saturday afternoon we all went to the store so Dada could see the cute little pirate bedroom set that J wanted for his room. Let's face facts here: J's three. For his entire life we've co-slept, and it's been wonderful. Neither of us have been in a real hurry to move him to his own room, but it's time. What better way to make the transition fun for him than to let him pick out his new bedroom furniture? Here's a little picture of the set he wants:


Okay, so it's not furniture that he's going to take off to college with him or anything, but it's cute, and he loves it, and it'll do for the next couple of years.

Unfortunately, it was found at a closeout store, and by the time we got around to actually buying it, they were sold out. We had the guy call around to all the stores in the county, and there are none left. There's a chance they might get some more in on the truck this week, though, so we're holding our breath and crossing our fingers.

If not, my sister has offered to let us take Steven's bunk beds, which are actually very nice. Now, I'm not sure that I'm ready for J to be climbing on bunks, but really it's what he's been wanting and asking for even before he saw the pirate bedroom. And we could take the ladder off until he's a little more coordinated with the climbing and only allow him up there when we're there to supervise him. And really, how many deaths are reported every year from bunk bed falls? So, we'll see.

Today we had this enormous celebrate everything at once sort of feast with the sister, the nephew, and the parents. I think that we probably ordered one of everything on the menu. It was a ridiculous amount of food, and we all had a ball picking and munching from all the various dishes. We all got to giggling because it was almost barbaric. Good thing the restaurant wasn't crowded, we would have caused a scene!

Now we're home, J and Dada are napping, and some folks are supposed to be stopping by to take a look at J's old crib/toddler bed. It's in perfect shape since he's only occasionally slept in it, and I'll be glad to see it go to someone who could really use it, but at the same time, it's sort of hard to watch something that symbolic go. My little baby is getting all grown up.