our partyingnest weekend

What a crazy fun weekend! Friday I had several friends pop by and we had fried fish with Big Buddy across the street- always fun, always a treat. The fish was great, but it inadvertently caused a sleepless night. The good news was that Dominique slept about 7 hours straight. The bad news is that Ivan was thirsty from the fish and came into our room at 2am, 4am, 5am, then I got up to feed Dominique at 6am. So we were still up every couple of hours or less, but Dominique is sleeping more and more at night, much better than Ivan ever did. I think the Lover is having mercy on me and knows my limits, so He's given us a sleep loving baby.


Saturday was so fun too. I hosted our first ever baby boast. I facilitate a water aerobics class at the YMCA for pregnant women and there were about 6 or more of us due in July (3 of us the same week). We all wanted to see each other again post-pregnancy and most of all see all those precious babies, the fruit of our labor, that were there with us in class as unseen participants the entire time. Saturday was our grand day. Two of the babies were born in the spring (March and April), the rest were born end of June to end of July. We had such a blast seeing each other and seeing our babies together that I think we'll have another. A few ladies didn't make it and I forgot about a couple who had their babies several months ago, so we'll see who can come next time. But there is something precious about sharing experiences with others who have been there, sharing expertise and tricks and memories, what has made us strong or sad or ecstatic or silly!

Right after the baby boast we headed out to Angie's farm where Ivan and I swam in the pool and we shared friendship and roasted hotdogs. It's always so relaxing to be out there with our friends and the water was so refreshing too. We even stopped by the lake on the way out since Dominique had a feeding emergency.

Sunday we had barbecue with our neighbor and her friends. It was good to hang out. Ivan danced to the Spanish music and ate up their chicken, tortillas, corn, mashed potatoes and drinks (there was more food, that is just what he ate, he loves the way they cook here in Texas- lots of meat!!) We were outside which was a good thing because he spilled 2 or 3 drinks on himself, fell once in the dirt and got down and sat in the dirt too. Daddy got that clean-up job for bath time!

We are so thankful for friends and parties!!!