What? It's been a week again already? Where does the time go? Work has been insanely busy. It's been so busy that I only have enough time to eat lunch before I'm in another meeting. I've literally been in meetings from 8-3:30pm the past few days. That leaves no time for blog post thoughts at all. And in the evenings I'm either busy or tired and don't write then either! Anyway, here are a few highlights from the last week.

Last week I uploaded a bunch of pictures. I'm current now as of May 31st. Enjoy! On Saturday Kris got the second tier of the garden completed. It was supposed to rain and I was worried we (ha!) would get partially done and then have to stop for the day. The rain held off the whole day though here and we got the whole thing done. It looks great! I picked up some more plants and now we have cucumber, cilantro and red, green, orange and yellow bell pepper growing. That goes with the tomatoes, basil, oregano, strawberries and three kinds of hot peppers growing in the lower garden. I'm so excited for us to actually bear some fruit and vegetables! While Kris was busy working, I was playing with the kids. Annika actually took a nap that day and so when James feel asleep in the afternoon, I laid down with him and actually got about an hour and a half nap myself! It felt really good!

Saturday night Kris and I had our first date since James was born. We dropped the kids off at Dale and Shelly's house and headed to dinner with Krystle and Pierce. I had a really good time out although I did have my cell phone out and on the table just in case. There was no need for that though as James did just fine. I should have expected that as he really is an easy baby. And of course Annika had a great time. She absolutely adores Uncle Fuzzy Face (her nickname for Uncle Dale who has a mustache and beard) and Auntie Shelly. We visited for a few minutes when picking them up. At one point Annika was sitting on Uncle Dale's lap facing him and stroking his beard. Then she picked at his mustache and said "Grandpa Dan has one of those too!" I just love it when she puts things together like that. Yes, Grandpa Dan does have a mustache my smart little girl! When we told her it was time to go she got really sad and weepy. She didn't want to go even though she had been with them for over four hours by that point! We convinced her to get in the truck though under the condition that Auntie Shelly would carry her out. And after we got her buckled in and the door shut she got weepy again and said "I want that girl." She wanted Auntie Shelly again. I think we might have to ask Auntie Shelly and Uncle Dale to babysit again soon. I think they enjoy it and I know that Annika does.

Sunday we spent the whole day at home, just the four of us. It's been a long time since we've done that! And James laughed for the first time Sunday! He's tried laughing in the past, grunting out a "heh, heh" but on Sunday it was his first real laugh. Annika, James and I were all in the bathtub together and Annika was being silly, splashing and falling into the water. James was floating on his back (me holding his sides with his head on my stomach) watching her and he started laughing at her silliness. He did it two different times too! I called for Kris to come in and of course James wouldn't repeat it. I haven't heard a real laugh since but there are always lots of smiles from my baby boy. I wish I could make him laugh though. Maybe he'll get the hang of it and give me some laughs soon.

Today is my birthday (happy birthday to me!) and it was so nice receiving a bunch of birthday phone calls, e-mails, facebook messages and e-cards. I felt so loved today! Thank you all! Kris and I and the kids went out for dinner. Even though James wanted to be hold through most of it and not sit patiently in his carseat, it was still nice to eat out. We don't do that very often now of course so it's always a treat.

OK, enough rambling. I have to fill out some paperwork and then get to bed!