Hoffman Family: 4 day weekends are wonderful!

I have enjoyed a 4 weekend and head back to work tomorrow. River spent the night with Nana and Pap on Thursday night. Friday I was off and I ran some errands and got some things done that are hard to do with River. I took Callie and Bobbie to the vet, washed the car, went to Walmart, AND got a hot stone massage! The massage was wonderful. Nick gave it to me for Christmas. I really enjoyed it. Friday night we ate in Palestine with Nick's family for Kathy's birthday. Friday was also Dad's birthday. Saturday we just stayed around the house and I worked on cleaning out River's closet. It's crazy how fast he outgrows things. I put a large tote in the attic with things he has outgrown. Crazy how fast time goes! Saturday night we went to the Neeley's for pizza and a movie. We enjoy spending time with them so much! Sunday we went to Waco to see Jeremy and Meredith's new house. Tyson and Jenna also came to visit for the weekend from Big Spring. It was great to see all of them! Today was a "get back to normal" day for River and I. I wanted him to get back in routine from being out late every night this weekend and catch up on his sleep. And he did. He slept until 9 this morning and took a 2 hour nap and 1.5 hour nap.

River

River ran a fever on Saturday and Sunday, but really didn't have any other symptoms besides a stuffy nose. He felt good today and didn't run a fever. The last couple of nights we have had to give him a bottle at night. He hasn't really eaten good during the day, so I guess he is waking up hungry. I hope we are not starting a bad habit of feedings at night. He hasn't had feedings at night in a long time. He is so fun and Nick and I feel so blessed every time we look at him. Tonight we took the middle insert out of his bathtub. So instead of leaning back, he can sit up and play in the water with his toys. He loved it!

Nick

Nick is getting geared up for stock show season. Nick loves the stock shows, but it does pull him away for several nights from now through then end of March. He is usually extremely exhausted by the end of it. Usually I try to go as much as I can, but this year it will be a little more difficult with River. River and I are planning to spend a couple of days with Nick in Fort Worth, 4 days in San Antonio visiting Angie, and I don't think it is going to work out for us to go to Houston this year.

Nick and I have also started budgeting. We feel like we need to be saving more than what we are. We have started using mint.com, which is awesome. We just started this month, so we are still tweaking it some. Hopefully, it will help us to save up better than what we have been and to be more conscious of where our money is going.

This morning, while River was napping, Nick and I went outside and took pictures of all of calves from this year. Hopefully, we will be able to sell some of them. He posted the pictures on facebook to "advertise".