Company, blood and the lake

What a wild week! I feel like I have just been going non-stop and am so excited for my last two finals to be done tomorrow evening. I really should be studying for those two finals, but I NEED a little break. And I've been thinking about how badly I need to write a quick update!

Pat and I both had one final last week, and the rest are this week. Pat's final was in his Phlebotomy class. This whole semester I have been telling myself that I need to get to one of his classes to let him practice drawing my blood. He came about every other week last semester when I was taking the same class to let me poke him. Last semester, however, we only had 1 child and that child was taking naps still... so taking her to a 7:30pm class was no big deal.

I finally mustered up the courage to drag Zoe and Landon along with me to his last class and he got busy sucking my veins dry. I let him prick me 4 times, and he did great. I love how interested Zoe gets as she watches Pat and I draw eachother's blood. I can't imagine what is going through her little head. Haha.

Last week we also entertained 2 different groups of friends/family. On wednesday night we had the Biggs over. Pat had met Willy last semester in his EMT class and we have enjoyed getting together with his family. They have 3 cute little boys that are so sweet to Zoe.

Then, my brother and his family came and stayed with us for a night this past weekend. We had been so excited for them to come visit. Zoe had been counting down the days for weeks. She just loves those cousins of hers.

The "twins", Zoe and Brynley

And now, Zoe has been asking if she can have her cousins over again. I'm sure it's confusing for her. Eight months ago, we lived just down the road from them and now we are a few hours away. She doesn't understand why we can't just call them up and have them over. It makes me sad. :( But we're so happy they came to visit us!

Another exciting thing that happened this weekend... Landon got to enjoy something other than a bottle! I can't believe how fast he's growing up. Pat and I had been counting down to the 4 month mark so that we could start giving him something a little more filling before he went to bed, hoping that he might sleep more than 2 hours before waking up for a bottle. But--we were wrong. He's still alwaaaaays hungry! Oh well. He sure is cute.

I think the last thing worth writing about is our fun trip to the lake. We had been wanting to go for awhile, and finally got around to it. And I'm so glad we took a (another) break from studying to go for a little family outing. I have bright pink shoulders that I am hoping will turn into a nice tan to match the rest of my family. But... probably not.

We started off with a little hike to get nice and toasty, since the water in the lake was a little chilly. I didn't plan ahead and bring a hat for Landon, so luckily he was a good sport and didn't mind wearing Zoe's pink one. ;)

It's hard to tell in that picture. But we're up on a mini mountain (I can't call it a hill. I got too worn out climbing up to admit that it's just... a big hill) overlooking the lake. Pat and Zoe are standing on the edge, looking out. Pretty view.

Then it was time for the lake!

Landon was not very happy about having his feet dipped in, so we went and sat on the "beach" together. This is the part where the hot pink shoulders showed up. Good thing he was tucked away in the stroller.

Zoe and Pat played in the water for hours, which made me a little sad that I only brought the bottom half of my swimsuit. But it was still fun to watch.

And now, I will force myself to end it here and get back to cramming my little brain.