Labor Day Weekend

As this Labor Day weekend comes to a close, I thought it would be a good time to update our blog while Josh is home and Liam is taking his nap. I had to work on Friday, so it was Josh's day to have Liam all to himself. They had a Daddy-Son day and Josh taught Liam the fine art of buying a new car. Yes that's right, I came home from work on Friday night to find a new car sitting in the driveway. I knew all about it, so it was fine. We bought a new 2009 Hyundai Sonata and we love it!! The Saturn was getting up there in miles and started to not run so great, plus Josh found that the wheel bearings (whatever those are) were going out and it would be pretty expensive to fix, so why not get a new car!! We had been looking at the Sonatas for a while and really loved it when we took it for a test drive. Plus, it only was $50 more a month than we were paying for our 2003 Saturn. So, Josh taught our son the fine art of price negotiating and did a good job at that. We will post pics soon, we have to take it to get the windows tinted tomorrow.

On Saturday we drove up to Mirror Lake. It was about a 2 hour drive and Liam slept the whole way which was nice. G & G Harlow were already camped up there, so we drove up to spend the day with them. It was fun and I think Liam had fun too, until the drive home which I will talk about in a minute. So, when we got up there, we went for a walk around the lake and then back to the trailer to just hang out. We tried to put Liam down for a nap, but there were too many cars driving in and out and it kept waking him up. Josh and I went for a bike ride around the campground while Liam hung out with the grandparents. Then, we fixed a yummy steak dinner and headed home. It was very pretty up there and the weather was great! So, Liam fell asleep right before we were ready to leave. Silly me, I thought he would sleep he whole way home like he did on the way up, and since he didn't get in a nap. Boy was I wrong! He slept for about 20 minutes, then woke up. At first he was fine, but then started to fuss. So, we pulled into a little hamburger place so I could make him a bottle. He didn't eat very much before he started to fuss again. So, from about Kamas to home, which is about an hour and a half, he pretty much cried the whole way. He was so tired he could barely hold his eyes open, but he just wouldn't give in and fall asleep. I even sat in the back seat to try to keep him entertained,but he wouldn't have any of it. So, after a very frustrating car ride home, we got in, fed Liam, and put him right to bed. And that little Angel slept 9 hours that night. So, it was a great day trip except for the ride home.

Sunday, I had to work again, so Josh took Liam out to his brother Dale's house for a family BBQ. He said they had a great time and Liam was very good. He is such a happy baby and just smiled and thought everyone was the funniest thing he had ever seen. I'm sorry I missed out, but I'm sure we'll do it again soon.

Today is Monday, Labor Day, and we are just having a chill day at home. Liam is down for his second nap and Josh and I are just enjoying the day being home with the family. We are going out to Great Grandma's later and will probably go to dinner somewhere. So, until the next blog...

The pictures are of Mirror Lake, and just some other random ones from the weekend!!