  This weekend Eric's mom came to visit. nbsp;  We had a nice weekend. nbsp;  Friday she got in before we made it home for work and hung out on the deck for a bit. nbsp;
 When we got home we chatted for& nbsp; a bit and then had dinner at The Melting Pot. nbsp;  She loved it,  and it was fun to get to share a new experience with her.
nbsp;  After dinner,  we headed to Wal- Mart to walk off dessert and then went home and watched& nbsp;  a movie.
nbsp;  I fell asleep during it,  and then decided to crash for the evening.  & nbsp;  Saturday,
 Eric had to go into work for a quick appointment. nbsp;  The appointment got pushed back,  however,  so we met him and spent some time in a scrapbooking store nearby. nbsp;
 Donna wasn't feeling well ( headache)  though,  so when Eric had to go back to the office,  we went home and took a nap. nbsp;
 I wasn't complaining,  I love to nap! nbsp;  Eric came home and woke us up and we did some shopping. nbsp;  We went by&
nbsp; a car dealership that was advertising some deals and test drove a Chevy Equinox. nbsp;  We were interested,  but in my car and didn't want to subject Donna to an evening of haggling,  so decided to meet up with the salesperson Monday to discuss.
nbsp;  Then we headed downtown to check out the Jazz & amp;  Rib Fest. nbsp;  We parked in my building (
for free)  and started walking to the festival. nbsp;  A big storm came up though,  and we had to duck into a covered opening of a building to wait it out. nbsp;
 When the rain started letting up,  we decided to head back to the car and skip the festival. nbsp;  We then went to Texas Roadhouse and had dinner. nbsp;  After dinner we drove by another dealership to price some SUV's.
nbsp;  After that we decided to go browse at Babies R Us. nbsp;  I can't wait until we get to register. nbsp;  It will be so much fun!
nbsp;  I'm starting to feel like I belong in that store now. nbsp;  I saw some bigger bellies than mine,  but I count! nbsp;
 We also have decided on a theme for the baby's room. nbsp;  We are going to decorate in ducks. nbsp;  If it's a boy,  we'll paint the room blue and stencil yellow ducks on the wall.
nbsp;  If it's a girl or we can't teel,  we'll paint the room green. nbsp;  Either way,  we'll do plain yellow bedding and make some yellow curtains.
nbsp;  We'll use other duck items to decorate. nbsp;  It should be really cute. nbsp;  We also stopped by Baby Depot inside of Burlington Coat Factory.
nbsp;  After they closed,  we headed home and watched another movie.  & nbsp;  Sunday morning we got up around 9:
30 a. m.  and just visited until Donna left around noon. nbsp;  After she left,  Eric and I went car shopping again.
nbsp;  We went back to the Toyota dealership and test drove a used 2001 Chevy Tahoe they had on the lot. nbsp;  While the price looked nice,  it seemed like more vehicle than we need and I couldn't quit thinking about the gas prices. nbsp;
 Then we moved over to a 2001 Toyota Highlander. nbsp;  I love Toyota's and after driving it,  we decided to do some paperwork. nbsp;  Eric is leasing his car and when they ran the payoff versus his appraisal,
 his negative equity was close to $ 6, 000! nbsp;  We knew we might have some to deal with,  but that amount put the Highlander (
and every other SUV we'd been looking at)  out of our price range. nbsp;  So,  we decided that an SUV may not be a viable option right now. nbsp;
 We then drove over to the Dodge dealership and ended up buying a 2004 Intrepid. nbsp;  It's used,  but still under warranty,  etc.  and we got a great deal.
nbsp;  It's also pretty loaded ( leather seats,  etc.  so it's a really nice ride. nbsp;
 Eric's happy and now we have 2 family cars,  so we should be set for a while.  & nbsp;  That's about it for the weekend. nbsp;
 I'm really excited about the nursery now. nbsp;  I haven't really seen any duck bedding patterns,  so I think this idea is fairly original. nbsp;  I'm ok with using solid color bedding and getting the theme in other places,
 so it's going to be fun to really put the nursery together. nbsp;  I do want a mobile though and I haven't seen any with only& nbsp; ducks at the baby stores. nbsp;
 I did some E- bay research though and found one I'm bidding on. nbsp;  Three more days and it'll be mine!  & nbsp;
 On another note,  less than a week until I get to see my best friends! nbsp;  I'm so excited. nbsp;  I thought things were turning around for Erica on the baby front,
 but it looks like today that may have changed. nbsp;  Darn it! nbsp;  I know she'd be a great Mom,  so I want her to get to start soon.
nbsp;  I haven't got updates from the other girls I'll be seeing next week,  but I'm sure I'll be completely caught up by this time next week. nbsp;  One of my other friends that can't come to our weekend get together,  just told me she may be moving up her plans for starting a family.
nbsp;  They aren't going to put any effort into it,  but they are going to start letting nature take it's course next month! nbsp;  I just want all of my friends to be pregnant too. nbsp;
 It would be so great if all three of us could be pregnant together for a few months at least!  & nbsp;  Ok,  I better end for tonight. nbsp;
 I'll update this week if anything good happens and next week,  you'll get the scoop on GWO in Chicago!
