Our long weekend...

Friday was ultrasound day, so Mike took the day off. That was nice.. we got to go for lunch, get a few things from the mall, take it easy. He went to Chiro that afternoon, we got Ben and had dinner. Saturday morning he made us breakfast (I got to sleep in a bit!), Ben needed an early nap so Mike and I got busy outside: I raked the leaves in the back yard, he mowed it and tidied. Then he put up our new LED Christmas lights and I did some more gardening until Ben got up.

It is so exciting to be decorating for Christmas in our OWN house! I can't wait to put up the tree, start baking and just enjoy it all. Start our traditions!

Sunday was grocery shopping. It started to get quite windy and you could tell that a storm was coming. We came home and after Ben went to bed Mike said "You know, we aren't really prepared if the power goes out!". So I dug out the candles, then Ben got up and BAM! The power went out! No sooner did I put the candles on the counter did it go out.. that was freaky. Ben got a candlelit diaper change and I had to lay with him to get him to fall asleep. It weirded him out a bit.. no nightlight or music. Plus the bushes were scratching on the house (which Mike pruned back the next day — thanks Daddy!). The power came on a bit during the night, but was out in total for 25 mins shy of 24 hours. That was a LONG 24 hours! I am SO thankful we bought a house with a wood stove — and to have married a guy that a) chops wood and b) knows how to start a fire!

So that was our weekend. Ben was sure happy that the power came back on! He kept trying to blow out the candles during dinner LOL!