Is it the weekend yet?

Or moreso… is it next weekend yet? 

I am so BLEHHH this week.  Porter has been an absolute crazy man for the past week or two. I think he’s getting some teeth in.  Its about time… he only has two bottom teeth. Maybe he’s just planning on doing the whole "hillbilly" look his whole life…  Anyhow, along with his nasty cold he’s had, he hasn’t been a happy camper.  He isn’t interested in eating, isn’t sleeping well, and is just plan CRAZY. I’m ready to ship him off to Baby Boot Camp until he gets back to normal.  Today he had some really early naps, so he was in bed this evening by 6:20.  Woah, huh?   

Needless to say, I’m ready for a break.  And next weekend I am sure to get one.  Heather and I are going on a "Girls Weekend"… no kids… no husbands… lots of girl-talk…  lots of shopping (or maybe just window shopping… depends on the budget).  It was originally supposed to be a "real" girls weekend… with Maria, Katie and Leslie, but for one excuse or another, Heather and I are the only ones actually going.  Oh well, we are sure to have a great time together- kid-free, whine-free, work-free, hopefully stress-free.  We haven’t worked out the details yet on where we’re going, but we’ve toyed with the idea of Chicago for a day, which I think would be awesome… Heather has never been to Chicago and its been about 3 years (oh, almost exactly 3 years!) since I’ve been.  It’d be fun to go "just girls"…. with no whiney husbands who don’t want to shop and browse all the cool shops and stores that Chicago has.  Can you tell I’m excited? 

Since I haven’t posted in… oh… a week (??????) here’s the run-down of whats been going on lately…

Last weekend we went to Sawyer’s 1st birthday party.  I can’t believe he’s ONE!  Donnie is up next… January 11th… then PorterMan’s on February 21st.  Oh my gosh, I almost have a ONE YEAR OLD!!!  What the hell?!?!?!  Soon we’ll have to be thinking of baby #2… scary.  Scary.   Anyway, Sawyer’s birthday was so cute… the theme was "puppy dogs" and Heather and Savannah made little dog houses for Sawyer, Porter and Donnie. We tried to get them all inside to get a picture… no luck.  They’re wild little men, with minds of their own.  Speaking of wild men… check out our attempt to get a picture of the boys in their U of M wear…  melt-down city!  Sawyer and Porter were royally ticked, and Donnie was taken back at the behavior.  I think Porter was just rebelling on the U of M wear… he wants to be a Sparty like his momma.

Hmm.. what else… we’ve gone out to dinner a few times this week… once Porter was a maniac.  He was "That Kid"… the one you hear screaming and throwing a fit.  In his defense, he was very tired and had hardly had an afternoon nap, so it was kind of understandable.  We at at PF Changs… awesome atmosphere but the food wasn’t really worth it. I won’t go back, but mainly because I’m not a huge fan of Chinese food.  My mom was the one wanting to eat there because my aunt had raved about it.  Last night we ate out with Ryan’s parents, and Porter was an angel.  He chowed on tons of food… my chicken, some bread, some cucumbers, his food.. and he behaved well also.

This weekend we’re having Game Night… can’t wait.  I love hanging out with friends and having a good laugh all night.  We always have a great time together, and its been awhile since we’ve had GN.  I think the next one we have planned, after this, is for me, Heather and Don’s birthday weekend.  Yep, we’re going to throw ourselves our own birthday party HAHA!  The three of us have the SAME birthday… isn’t that ironic?  So, of course we have to do something fun.

I guess this is enough of an update. I’m just trying to fill in for my absense.  I’ll leave you with some pictures from Sawyer’s birthday…