Weekend Activities

Friday morning was a beautiful fall day, so we decided to play outside for a while. I had Kylie bundled in the carrier so Noah and I kicked a ball around and played in the leaves.

After Noah went down for his nap, Jennie came over to visit. We got to relax while Noah was sleeping and play after he woke up. It was so nice to have company (and extra hands!) for the afternoon.

After Jennie left, we went for another walk with Janet and Mason. When Daddy got home, we ordered pizza and had a nice relaxing evening in.

Saturday was all about plans changing for the better....

Waylon was planning to go to the NC State game. I decided to join him with the kids for the tailgate. The plan was to just go out for an hour or so and have him walk me back to the car and let Noah fall asleep on the way home. While we were at the tailgate, Cory mentioned that they had an extra ticket to the game. Just as everyone was getting ready to go into the game and I was getting ready to head back to the car with the kids, we decided to all go in! Everyone did great for the short time we were there - Kylie slept through the whole thing and Noah enjoyed it all yet again. We didn't even stay for the whole first quarter but it was fun anyway. It was obvious Noah was very tired (the game started at 1:00 - right smack dab in the middle of naptime) and we were sitting in a sunny section of the stadium so I was kinda worried about Kylie being too warm/getting too much sun. By the time we made it back to the car, it was about 2:30 - Noah fell right asleep and didn't wake up until 5:00!! On the way home, Kylie started fussing and was crying very loudly - Noah slept through the whole thing! Good test for him! Here's a shot of us walking into the game as a family....

And here's the outfit that Kylie wore to the game! :-)

The other part of the 'original plan' for Saturday was for Eli and Evia to come over for some playtime after nap. When we decided to go to the game, I called Evia and changed plans on her - asking if they wanted to come over later instead and stay for dinner. She was very accomidating and even suggested they bring dinner with them! Wow! So their whole family came over around 6:00 compete with a big pot of chili, all the fixin's and dessert, too! Thanks so much guys! As always, Noah and Eli had such a great time and were so well behaved.

Even though we don't see them very often, Noah asks for Eli quite a bit. One moring a few weeks ago, I woke Noah up for school and, still in a haze, he said, 'Where did Eli go?' I asked if he was dreaming about Eli and he said yes. I asked what they were doing in his dream and he acted out driving his toy cars around. It was so cute. Saturday when he woke up from his nap, he immediately asked for Eli and then a little bit later, he said, 'I had pizza and cheetos today.' I didn't know what he was talking about because we hadn't had either of those things and then it dawned on me.... he had pizza and cheetos at Eli's birthday party (back in August)! His little memory amazes me!

They love each other - check out how tall Eli is!!

(and he's even slightly younger than Noah!)

Sunday morning, we decided to try a bottle of pumped milk with Kylie. I was a little nervous that she might not take to the bottle because she's not really all that interested in the paci but she did. It took her a few minutes to figure it out but once she did, she drank 2.5 oz, took a short break, spit up a lot of it, and then drank another 1 oz (she's much more of a spitter than Noah was - even when nursing). Waylon (and Noah!) enjoyed feeding her and it's nice to know that I can now be away during a feeding! I might take advantage of that sometime soon! :-)

Getting ready to eat!

First bottle

Noah wanted to help her finish up the last little bit.

Sunday afternoon, Nana, Grandad and Savannah came over to play (Andrea and Sean are on vacation in the Dominican Republic so Nana and Grandad have been keeping Savannah all week). They had fun running around outside and stayed for dinner, too. I missed getting any photo ops - these days the camera doesn't always make it out!

I did snap this picture after the left though - I thought he was so handsome in this outfit...

I'm finishing up this post at 4am during a feeding. Kylie has been back to eating every 3 hours for a while now (she was doing 4 at night for the first few weeks). I've been having trouble staying awake during the night feedings cause I'm just so exhausted so working on the computer is my way of trying to stay awake! :-)

Waylon started feeling a little feverish again yesterday. We are really hoping he's not having a relapse of whatever he had before! He might hit the doc if h'es not feeling better soon - we are worried about bronchitis or pneumonia cause he's had this cough for a while. So far, Kylie is still okay - every day that goes by that she stays healthy, I breath a sigh of relief. I just want her to be older before we have to deal with any sickness!

Today/tomorrow, Noah goes back to school and Waylon go back to work so it's just the girls again for a few days. Hopefully 'we' can catch up on laundry, relax a little and maybe catch up on some sleep! We'll see!