Weekend of firsts....

This was one of the best weekends of the summer. On Friday we decided to head to Town Lake for a picnic. We stopped at a food trailer and ordered some amazing cuban sandwiches and fried plantains, the sandwiches were huge but I enjoyed every last bite. Then we parked the car and headed down to a nice grassy spot and came upon the splash park. Daddy and Elias meandered in and out of the water spouts (not sure how amused Elias was), but it was so much fun to watch them splash in the water. We hung out for a while and imagined many fun water days in the future as we pictured Elias running around with squeals of excitement. Then on Saturday we went to my friend Brooke's apartment and Elias swam in the pool for the first time (I use the word 'swam' very loosely). He wasn't too sure what to think of the water, but I like to think he enjoyed it. We hung out with the other babies and watched them look at each other with curious eyes. This was also the first time that Elias fell asleep in my arms outside and we laid him down to sleep in the shade. I guess we are finally over the assumption that he will only sleep after we have rocked him for 30 minutes and lay him down in his crib while tip toeing around so he does not wake up. It was an amazing feeling!

Then we went to buy a new car! YAY!! We bought a 2010 Dark Silver Honda, Civic (sidenote: as I write this, we have since returned that car due to the mechanic's opinion that the car needed all new tires since it shook past 70mph...ummm, no thank you). We were bummed but knew that this wasn't the car for us. A few days later we went to Round Rock Honda and purchased a 2009 Royal Blue Honda Civic from Terry from Scranton, Pennsylvania (I wonder if he knows Michael Scott?)