Keeping Busy

For not having any plans originally, this weekend has been pretty busy.

I have a long list of errands to run mostly involving preparing for Noah's birthday. When I headed out on Friday, it was overcast, but not terrible. I made it to two stores and after realizing that the down pour wasn't likely to be letting up any time soon, I ended up heading home. That was of course after spending about 30 minutes in the car in the Hobby Lobby parking lot waiting for the rain to let up so I could feel safer driving. Noah was very patient and decided to take a nap. Friday night was game night with my sister-in-law Kim and her sister made for a late but enjoyable evening.

Saturday, I set out again in the morning. No sign of rain so that was good. I didn't make it far. A stop for gas and one store later, I got a text from Kim about going swimming. We had talked about it the night before so I wrapped it up with what I was doing and headed back home. Sadly, right as I was getting to the pool the lifeguards were kicking everyone out because they heard thunder. We tried back about 45 minutes later and everything looked promising, so we got Noah all lathered up and got in the pool. The sun even came out. About five minutes after we got in the pool though, thunder was heard again. They ended up closing the pool completely. Sigh. We went back to Kim's house and played a little Wii before Noah decided he was ready for a nap.

I still have errands to run and an empty pantry. We are going to try to go swimming again today. I'm pretty sure the forecast shows the rain going away.

Noah has been standing quite a bit today. He's still unsteady, but he's trying. I've discovered that if I don't try to make him walk or help him practice, he's much more likely to do it on his own. I guess he feels that my assistance is rushing him. Oh well. I'm cool with that. He took a few steps yesterday, the first time he's repeated it since Taran and I got him to take a couple steps a few weeks ago. We'll see if he takes another time out or decides he wants to learn more. In the mean time, his climbing habits are keeping him busy.