Back In the Saddle

I'm guessing that weekends could be a slow time for this blog. I don't always get away to the computer, especially in the daytime. This weekend was fairly busy, which kept me away from this section of cyberspace. Well, busy might not be the right word. Occupied, maybe?

Saturday, I spent most of the day taking care of Benjamin so my wife could go do some scrapbooking with her mommy group. She's an avid scrapbooker, or at least was until the baby came along. Now she doesn't have too much time to do it, which is a shame because she's very talented at it and has some great pages made up. (Plus she has a lot of supplies in her scrapbook room that need to be used! :D) Anyway, so Benjamin and I played on the floor while I watched some Alias. It's always a lot of fun to watch him crawling all around the house.

Saturday night we went out to eat with my parents since my dad's birthday was Sunday and we weren't going to be able to go out with them then. Benjamin got to try a bite or two of catfish, which didn't seem to impress him that much. He's not had much real table food, so the whole texture of real food probably throws him off as much as the taste does.

He actually slept almost entirely through the night Saturday night, so the wife and I got some good sleep for once. It's newsworthy enough that you have to note it when it happens!

Sunday after church we had a potluck, which is always a fun time. The food didn't last too long this time! Our attendance has been probably 20-30 people higher than it had been the last few years since Blake arrived, and I think more people stayed for the potluck than normal. We'll have to make sure everyone fixes more food next time around!

Benjamin fell asleep on the way home from church, so he slept on my wife while we watch some Arrested Development, then she got sleepy and passed him over to me so that she could go take a nap. I didn't expect that he'd stay asleep much longer, but when she woke up at 4:30, he'd only been up for about 10 minutes, giving him around a 3 hour nap, which is unheard of for our little guy! That let me finish my third season of Alias DVDs. Agonizing cliffhanger! Should have known--every season has been like that. Glad that Season 4 comes out on DVD soon!

To wrap up the weekend, we had a neighborhood church meeting. Blake has organized these to have some small group discussions on how people came to the church, what is good about it, what should we change, etc. The meeting went very well. Blake had some good ideas and the discussion was fruitful. The organization and purpose of the church leadership was a bit lacking in the last pastor, so it's nice to see that kind of dedication.

Benjamin had to be the star of the meeting as well, though, crawling around on the floor, chasing the cat, etc. He pulled himself up on his mom's leg and stood without aid for probably his longest time ever--maybe 20 seconds. He's continuing to work on that and it's getting longer and longer. By this time next month I bet he's at least standing. Don't know about walking--if he's got his mother and father's coordination, that could be aways off!

So another work week has begun. I'm taking tomorrow off for my birthday--I still can't believe I'll be 30! You'll probably get my "I'm so old" breakdown in tomorrow's edition! PK tonight, which will be fun as well.

Cards take on the Marlins for 4 games in Busch. Should be some good pitching with Carpenter, Mulder, and Morris along with Willis, Beckett and Arkansas boy A.J. Burnett. Hopefully the beat-up Cardinal lineup can hold their own!

Had to trade Scott Rolen last night in my fantasy league. That just about killed me, trading off one of my favorite players like that. But I got back Jim Edmonds, another Cardinal, and I saw a phrase that has summed up my season recently: Flags Fly Forever. If it'll help me get over the top (I'm 4 points back, and I'm starting to get concerned about Robert catching up to me), then I'll do it. And try to get him back somehow next year!

That's enough for now. Maybe more later, if not, I'm sure I'll sneak a post in tomorrow.