labor day, but not that kind of labor.

i love holiday weekends.  i have always had a special fondness for labor day weekend, for some reason, and this particular one did not disappoint.

on friday, we spent some time playing cards at a cafe, then took the pups for a long walk at the park.  it was the beginning of some glorious weather, and they loved it.  then we hung out with our friend cj for a while and called it a reasonably early night.

saturday morning i met a long-lost friend and her almost 2 year-old for some park swinging.  another glorious day, weather wise, and it was awesome to see this pal after so long.  her daughter is adorable and beautiful and might love swinging more than any other kid ever.  the rest of saturday was spent in a food and football coma.  our friends m&k made pulled pork for the ut vs. rice game and we always eat waaaay too much when they cook.  ut looked very unimpressive in this season opener, so we had to deal with our sorrow over that fact with snacks....anyway, then we went to watch lsu vs. unc at w&d's house, where they made delicious grilled burgers.  needless to say we were stuffed to the gills.  lsu looked great the first half and then things went a little awry (especially considering unc's lack of starters), but they managed to pull it off, which i guess is all you can ask for?

anyway....sunday we got busy on nibs's room and made a ridiculous amount of progress - yay!  jb tackled the pack n play set up.  here are his notes (there's a whole section for notes in the manual - a bad sign for the level of complexity of a project):

somehow, he managed to prevail, so we have an officially set up pack n play now.  woo hoo!  there are several less appropriate pictures of jb dominating this piece of equipment, but here is an internet-suitable one to show the victory:

we still hadn't screwed all the face plates back over the light switches and outlets, so we managed to get that done with the smallest screwdriver available.  nothing like finding the right tool for the job....

all in all, we're really excited with how everything turned out.  we'll be picking up the real crib this weekend (it will go where the pack n play currently is), and then we've got a few adjustments, etc, but everything is feeling pretty good to go.  i washed all the clothes and blankets and whatnot, so all we need is a bebe to put in them....

changing table, cloth diapers, blankets, gear

corner area where the glider will eventually go

high shelf with books and cute stuffed animals

whole room view.  i know it's blurry and overexposed.  justin is trying to teach me how to use the manual settings on our digital camera but my brain isn't functioning quite as well these days...

this is his exasperation with my inability to take an in-focus, properly exposed shot, despite the fact that i know how to use a manual film camera....

so all in all, very productive.  we got the glider ordered and it will be here in 8-12 weeks, but we're hoping for sooner since nibs will likely make an appearance by then.  

monday was a day of picnicking and poolside hang out at deep eddy, an awesome spring fed pool near town lake.  we topped the weekend off with a lamb feast going-away party for a classmate and his wife who are moving to cincinnati.  our friends d&e cooked and it was a delightful evening.  

now it's on to the next adventure.  it's been raining for like 14 straight hours and i think that means a nap is in order....