Another fun weekend

Whew! We are totally booked every weekend in April--mostly social things, but still... So this past weekend we went to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, which is about 30 min away from us. Its amazing that only a short drive from us and we are in the middle of farm land. Pretty crazy for a city girl like myself. Anyway, we took my inlaws with us and went to a tulip and daffodil farm and let Lana run wild. She stopped to smell every single freakin flower--no lie. So we have tons of photos like this one:



She had a great time and the weather was so nice. Here is another:



On Saturday night we went to our dear friends house for dinner. They have 2 kids, ages 3 and 1 and Lana just loves them. Lana enjoyed playing with their toys and petting their anti-social cat, until he scratched her--then she was none too pleased with the cat.

Sunday we went to Lana's friend's birthday party. He turned 2 and his mom threw a really nice party. She is like Martha Stewart though, so no big surprise there. Here are photos of Lana enjoying her cupcake:



Then we went to the Costco Home Store! What a fun place! How did we not know about it before? We ordered some shelves for our office that matches our other office furniture and get this--it will be delivered on Friday! Wow! No waiting 6 weeks, like everywhere else. I cannot wait to get our books unpacked and our office organized. I hate that room right now--every time I walk in there its such a mess it gives me a headache.

After our shopping we went to my inlaws for dinner. Since they moved here we swap Sunday dinners. One week at our place, the next at theirs. Its nice to get together once a week for a meal and a visit, even though we generally see each other more often than that.

All in all the weekend was fun, but busy. We are still not sleeping efficiently here. It takes Lana forever to settle down--sometimes up to an hour. And over the weekend, she did not nap--we missed her normal nap time and she would not go down later until we put her in the car--then she passed out instantly. I am at my wits end with the sleep issues. I want her to go to sleep by herself!!! I will keep repeating my mantra of motherhood, "Its a phase. Its a phase."