Shopping, Lights, and Saying Uncle Brad's Name

We had another busy weekend this weekend. So much for trying to clean house and keep up with the laundry, which is now 2 weeks overdue!

On saturday, Stephen went home to work on the tree farm, and Sarah and I headed out to do some Christmas shopping. First we went to Walmart, where, SURPRISE, Sarah was actually GOOD for mommy! Usually she is terrible there and will not sit in the buggy, and wants to get down and run away from me, but we've been really working on "hold mommy's hand", and to my delight, she is finally starting to get it. It's really stinkin' cute, too. Then, we headed to Bed, Bath and Beyond. Sarah fell asleep in the car on the way, so I just plucked her out of her carseat and laid her right down in the buggy--no pillow or anything. Can you believe she slept that way on the hard buggy for almost 40 minutes??? When we were done there, we went to Grandpa's house and took him to the grocery store, then came home for Sarah's 2nd nap. While Sarah slept, I took advantage of the free time to wrap some presents, actually all of the presents. Have you ever tried to wrap with an 18 month old, who wants to "help" by stealing your scissors, your tape, and walking and dancing on your crisp paper? Needless to say, I learned that wrapping and Sarah don't mix!--so it was nice to get it all done while she was sleeping.

About 6pm on Saturday, Aunt Becky, Uncle Matt, and cousin Jordan and Jennifer came over and we went to dinner and to the Lake Lanier Christmas Lights. Sarah seemed to enjoy the lights, but I really think she just enjoyed hanging out with her cousins, too. It was a late night and Sarah crashed hard on the drive back to the house. I still can't believe she stayed up until 10:30! I think that is the latest she has ever stayed up!

Sunday morning we went to Stephen's parents house for him to work on the tree farm and for Sarah to visit with her Aunt Jennie, who hardly ever gets to see Sarah. She had a full day of visiting aunts (and uncles) and Nana, and was a total stinker because she wouldn't fall asleep to take her nap. We had a wonderful 2nd Thanksgiving meal for Aunt Jennie, and then Stephen and I took Sarah home. Oh, forgot to mention--I have been working with Sarah on family names, and so we went around the table saying each person's name. When she got to uncle Brad, she plain as day said his name! He was really happy about it, but Suzie was so touched she started crying! It was really sweet.

We'll be heading back to the DeWeese farm this coming weekend for Stephen's parents 40th wedding anniversary party, hosted by Suzie and Chrissy. Its crazy to think that everyone has gotten to see Sarah now for 3 weekends in a row.