Our weekend

Our weekend started off a little rough. Our Gracie dog had a knot on her chin that was getting bigger quickly. Thursday night she didn't eat and I knew it was getting bad. Friday morning her face was so swollen her left eye was almost swollen shut. I knew it was time. John Clay left work early and took her to the vet to be put to sleep late Friday afternoon. We still have Jake and are currently trying to figure out what to do with him when we move. Drew and Anna Kate noticed she was gone right away which I think is odd. They like to stand at the door and look at the dogs, especially when they are eating but I didn't think they would notice one of them was missing. They have mentioned her a few times and say she had to go to the doctor (that was John Clay's explanation to them as to why she was gone). I know the seven years she had with us were good, even though she didn't get as much attention as she used to over the last couple years (since Anna & Drew came along).

Gracie, our sweet pound puppy

I went to dinner with some friends Friday night and Drew and Anna Kate went to dinner and Aaron's softball game with their Mamaw & Papaw.  When I got home at 10:15 they were just getting out of the bathtub.  They fell asleep watching Barney on the couch which only happens when they super tired.

 I think Drew might have missed his Mama.  He wanted to lay with me while watching Barney (he drooled all over me too!).

 Out cold! Look how long she is! When did she get so big?!?!

Also, another big story from last week/weekend.  We are rid of the pacis!!!!! I told them after they left DotDot's house last Wednesday they we must have left them there. They mentioned them a few times but didn't make a big deal out of it so neither did I.  To my surprise, they went to bed just fine without them Wednesday night and slept all night without them. I am shocked at how easy it has been! They do still ask for them pretty much every day but I just tell them I don't know where they are and usually we move on. 

Saturday afternoon we went to Hudson's birthday party at the Little Gym.  Anna Kate woke up crying from her nap right before we were supposed to leave and said her belly hurt. I had about decided to stay home but she started acting okay and said it didn't hurt when we asked her about it. I'm not sure what that was all about but she was okay so for that I am really glad. We were about 30 minutes late but had time to play a bit in the gym and then have cake. They had a good time and never even knew they had missed out on the first 30 minutes of the fun!

 Swinging on the rings like a big boy!

 Hoarding the balls.

 Drew loves jumping off of things. The floor at the gym was springy and soft and made a great place to jump. Hudson and Anna Kate played ball together and I think had a lot of fun.

Our Sunday was the typical lunch at DotDot and Grandaddy's house with Aunt Ashley. It was rainy and we didn't get to go outside much but had fun visiting.

Sunday morning. Since John Clay is gone most mornings working, if he is at home when they get up, Drew and Anna Kate get really excited. John Clay was playing trucks in the floor with Drew and Anna Kate came and sat right on his back. I think this picture is hilarious. The princess cannot sit on the floor.

The closing on our house has been delayed a couple of weeks due to slow paperwork. I feel pretty confident it will still happen, just not in two weeks like originally planned. We were originally going to move to Hubert and Katherine's last weekend and spend next weekend moving our things to storage but it looks like we are going to be staying in our house for a few more weeks. I'm not super disappointed.... I have been a little sad about moving as it was getting closer so to me, it isn't the end of the world that we have stay a little while longer.