Weekend, OH weekend, where did you go??

It is insane how our weekends just keep buzzing by.
Lately, we reach the end of the day on Fridays dragging our feet home and aching for R&R. Saturday morning begins and with very little sleeping in, we launch into chores and a list of to-do's. We are after all less than a month away from the impending arrival of our baby girl - so time to get those last minute to-do's in is fleeting. By Saturday late afternoon, we realize we've somehow added to our to-do list and by doing so, we extended our 'get-er-done' time to absorb most of what would have been our much anticipated play time. Our heads hit the pillow on Saturday night with a heavy sign of relief and exhaustion and we count the sheep leading us to Sunday morning. Sunday mornings start early with church and fellowship usually taking us until noonish. From that point on - we finish up what couldn't be done on Saturday and put every last ditch effort and every ounce of energy into taking it e-a-s-y. Of course, as we apply said effort into easiness, we realize it's 9PM and it's time to start shutting down and preparing for the impending Monday Madness. Can I get a witness?

This weekend was no different than the madness of the last few. Our Saturday included what was hopefully the last and final pre-baby trip to Babies R' Us, installing our car seat (which earned an entire blog entry in itself), catching a soccer game, cleaning, laundry and having a quiet dinner/movie at home. Sunday was a day Dana has been anticipating for a year. No lie, a YEAR. Battle Of The Imports came to Woodburn Dragstrip in OR - and it was Dana's version of heaven in more ways than one. We got up early enough to catch some coffee/pastries together and his parents came and picked us up to go down and catch the car action. We spent the day watching suped up cars and insane drivers (no really..people that do this are a few clicks short of CRAZY)rally their way to get the quickest time on a quarter mile straightaway. Dana was able to get a press pass and got to get right down in the action off the starting line to take pictures. He LOVED that!! He got some pretty amazing shots too. (He will be posting a couple later.)

I'd like to say our lives are slowing down a few notches in preparation for Peanut, but I as much as we've tried to make that happen - things only seem to be a combination of crazy and poorly timed madness!