Well, that was a mad dash of a weekend! Saturday morning we went to Lowe's and bought our Jacuzzi tub, drain kit, faucet and in-line heater. Then we went to Direct buy and ordered all our appliacnes. Check and Check off the to-do list! Late that afternoon we went to Grandpa Dan's house. He was off on a quick motorcycling vacation (overnight) so we visited with Uncle Mathias while Kris went to work. Then, Kris arrived and we had dinner. We were staying at Grandpa Dan's house because it was close to our Sunday morning plans. Sunday morning was the triathlon that our friends Jon and Michelle were competing in. Kris and I were going to cheer them on and watch their kids while they raced. Since it's an hour drive from home, we stayed overnight at Grandpa's house instead of waking up early. Uncle Mathias joined us at the race but spent most of the time with friends of his. Annika LOVES Uncle Mathias. She went to him right away and played with him most of the night. Then, when Uncle Mathias was ready to leave the race, he came over to say good-bye and get his keys and phone back from me since they were in my purse. Kris had put my purse in the car so I handed the keys over to Mathias so he could go get them. Annika wanted Uncle Mathias and practically leapt out of my arms to get to him when he walked over. Uncle Mathias tried to give her back to me so he could go get his stuff and Annika didn't want to, so he brought her with. Usually, she doesn't like to be very far from me so I was a bit surprised. She's getting to be so independent. When we arrived back home last night we packed a couple boxes before crashing for the evening.

Yesterday, Annika had a late nap, sleeping from 3-6pm. I was worried bedtime was going to be rough so we delayed it until she was getting sleepy. At 8:15, Kris gave her a bath and then I nursed her. By 8:45pm, she was sleeping but woke up when I put her in her crib. She stayed there and fell asleep with little intervention, by 9pm. At 10pm, as I was getting ready for bed, she woke up. Kris comforted her and she went back to sleep in her crib. AND SHE DIDN'T WAKE UP UNTIL 5:30AM THIS MORNING! That's 7.5 hours of sleep! That's her longest stretch yet! Of course, I woke up 2-3 times but whatever. I think she might be getting the hang of this sleeping longer thing. I also think it helps to have her in her crib rather than by me, as much as we both like it. I think my and Kris's movements during the night wake her as she is a fairly light sleeper sometimes. Since she always starts out sleeping in her crib, now if she starts sleeping longer, I think things will be okay. Yay for sleep! So why am I so tired today? It couldn't have anything to do with moving in 2.5 weeks with no home to go to, right? :)