What a weekend...

We had quite a crazy, busy weekend. I am exhausted!

Friday I had a doctor's appt. and Mom-Mom came down to watch Max. Originally we were going to go to a movie but we were both so tired that we decided to just stay home and relax. Mom-Mom watched Max out in the camper so we could sleep baby-less (Thank you Mom-Mom!).

Saturday Karl and I got up early and after so much needed coffee we headed to Home Depot to get some insulation for our attic. I am not really sure how old this house is or when it was built but if I had to guess I would say about the last 50's, maybe early 60's and I don't think any insulation has been put up in the attic since it was built. The stuff that was up there was so compressed after years of neglect that it was only like a 1/2 inch thick and basically doing nothing for our heating cost. Which by the way is outrageous.

We moved out here last March and for March and April we had an $800 heating bill. Because the house is heated by oil we pay an arm, leg, and foot. So when the cold weather started to arrive this winter we decided that we were going to try and eliminate some of our money going up in smoke. We put plastic up on the windows and Karl asked Boss Man if we could insulate the house- his expense but our labor. Because Boss Man is the best he said yes and he also said that we could re-finish the floors! That will be an upcoming project.

So Saturday we came home with the machine and 50 bags of insulation. The machine goes on the outside of the house and a 100' hose is fed up to the attic. I was outside in the freezing cold feeding 50 bags to the machine and Karl was in the Sweltering attic blowing it all in. I can honestly say it was not my most fun thing to do but it's done and it only took us about 3 hours total. Which could have been much worse.

Afterwards we both took much needed showers and decided to head into town and see a movie. The last movie that we saw was Harry Potter and that was right before Max was born. We decided on Beowulf. I was actually pretty excited to see this, thinking that it might be as good as Lord of the Rings or other related fantasy movies. I was highly disappointed.

Now the effects were amazing but the plot was very poor. It started out really good and then about 1/2 way through it was just like the writer didn't know what else to write about and just threw some crap together. It was soooo not worth paying $9 for. I would recommend it to anyone.

This morning we got up and took the insulation machine back to Home Depot, said a huuuuggggeee thank you again to Mom-Mom for helping out with Max and now we are just relaxing for the rest of the night. All in all it was a very productive weekend.

A Great Weekend!

Karl and I had our 2nd official date night which actually extended into a date weekend! Karl's mom came down Friday for the weekend, we had our now traditional Chinese food from I have to say the most awesome restaurant. Saturday was our day at the orchard....soo fun!


Later that afternoon we packed up Max and headed out to the camper (they have a 5th wheel they parked at a local campground near us for the season), for an over-night evening with Mom-Mom (that is what Karl's mom prefers to be called.)


Karl and I went out for a night of dinner and drinks and we came home and got some much needed "us" time, as well as some sleep! HE HE!

We were planning on picking Max up the next morning but thought we might need just a little more alone time so we called up Mom-Mom to check on Max and they were doing great so we headed down to the Cape...Cape May that is and we had a great day! We checked out one of the local lighthouses, strolled around through the cute stores (got a few Christmas presents for family!), and we went for two long walks on the beach, oh and we had a yummy lunch at a place called The Ugly Mug. Here is a shot of us being all happy and baby free on the beach.



Don't get me wrong, missed Max tremendously but it was nice to just be a wife again for a little while, we both laughed and said that we felt like we were dating all over again! Soooooo much fun!

Date night...

Karl and I have decided that we are going to try and have a "date night" at least once a month...maybe more but we are starting slow! This Friday will be our first night out since Max arrived. MIL (mother in law) is going to baby sit him...woo-hoo!

I am nervous and excited all at once. Nervous about leaving him, although I know that his mom is completely capable, but excited to get out of the house. We are going to go out to a restaurant here in town that we have not been to and it looks really cute. It looks like an Italian place right out of the Italy, or what I think it would look like! :) Friday seems so far away!