May 26 - June 1: Memorial Day

I may sound like a broken record, but this has been an exhausting week for us.  It was very nice to have a long weekend for Memorial Day, since both Kent and I wanted to work on our Baby Checklist.  I was able to take a day off work last week after the baby shower to spend time with Kirstin & her girls.  Kirstin actually helped me get through quite a few items on my list - all the baby laundry has been completed with clothes put away and most of Erik's stuff was moved from the nursery to his big boy room. With those chores out of the way, Kent and I were able to concentrate on actually finishing Erik's new room and officially moving him out of the nursery!!

Erik seems to love his new room; he hasn't had any issues of going into the nursery looking for his stuff.  Whenever we tell him to go to "Erik's room", he heads straight to his new room.  I think he really likes all the extra space that he has in the new room; he goes in there and spins in circles!  He also loves the blue La-Z-Boy that we moved in there as his rocking chair.  My fears that he wouldn't sleep well in the new room were, thankfully, mostly unfounded!!  He has been sleeping like a champ every night - in fact, he has actually been sleeping later in the morning which is just lovely on the weekends!  His day-time naps have been more hit-or-miss, but the extra time at night makes up for it!!  I will try to post some pictures of his new room soon.

Kent's work had its annual convention this week and he had to give a presentation on Friday.  In addition to the annual convention, Kent also had his regular board meeting presentation earlier in the week.  Getting ready for those presentations meant that he had some late nights and/or early mornings.  Thankfully, he did an excellent job on his presentations as I learned from a few co-workers who attended the various meetings!  By week's end, I'm not sure who was more exhausted between Kent & I!  I can tell you that Kent fell asleep on the couch on Friday night in the midst of a conversation, so I guess he wins this week.  :)

My pregnancy is fast approaching its end.  I've just finished week 36 and have entered the slow-moving phase.  I can't seem to do anything quickly and changing positions from sitting to standing, for example, must be done very cautiously and with one hand on a supportive surface!  I can still bend over and pick up Erik, but I run out of breath really fast.  Erik is getting better at walking with me & holding my hand instead of being carried, but this week he did run away from me in the parking lot at daycare which forced me to run after him.  I figure it is just easier to carry him rather than risk having to sprint after him to pull him out of the way of a car.

I don't have any pictures from this week, so I am attaching some pictures of Kent & Erik in the pool from last week.  Notice how Erik never lets go of his favorite football!!