We had lots of fun last night! We went to Carnival Thrillz in Canal Park. It was SOOOOO cold here and Hayden was being a bit of a pickle. We all had fun! They have a little kiddie land with a big blowup bouncy thing and slides and tunnels and a place to run wild! He very much needed it. Their was some little rammy munchkin that was doing naughty things, i was REALLY hoping he didn't teach my son bad things. He thankfully didn't and Hayden was a little afraid of him. We taught him how to play Skee Ball. This game is how Jason and I spent many nights when we were dating! We both love a little competition, and we are almost equal in skill. Hayden got a little frustrated and we let him stand on the ramp and put them in!
We watched the Superbowl at Smith's house. Yeah Colts! Hayden was more busy eating cheese dip. Well it was a good weekend, I even got in a nap today with Hayden!(One of my FAV things, and i miss from when i didn't work!) Have a great week everyone!

Yeah Hayden!

Yeah Hayden! He is doing SUPER good with the potty this week. He LOVES his new big boy pants. So if he goes on the potty he gets to wear them. He has even told us when he was to poopie! He's gone 3 times this week on the potty. So everyday except tuesday. We are really proud of him! Yeah Hayden!

I had to crop it for a proper picture!

Miss Jessica

I just had to post this picture of Jessica. Isn't she beautiful!

What A Fun Weekend!

Oh wow. We had so much fun this weekend. It went by soooo fast too! Hayden was a pretty good boy and Jess played SO nice. I was pretty lucky on Friday i worked for my co-worker Sue, who's son was in the hospital w/a broken arm. So i got down at 2:50 on Friday and we were on the road by 3:30. Hayden slept the majority of the way, and we watched Elmo for the last 30 mins, and we stopped for a push up! He loved it, but he thought the stick to hold it was a straw and kept sucking on it to get the sherbet out! We got to Lisa and Nick's at like 5:45 and had yummy pizza! The kids played and played and got really worked up! It was hard to calm them down friday, but they played great!
Saturday started early by getting up and getting everyone ready to go by 9:20. Elmo started at 10:30. We were really lucky with parking and everything we got in and out super quick at the Target center which makes life a lot easier. Elmo was awesome. It was not cheesy or super kiddish. They had good music(If you like the whole Sesame Street Tunes like i do! Lisa too!) and kids were sooooooooo good. They sat pretty great the whole time. I loved our seats because we had comfy folding chairs on an upper lower level platform and we could have as much room as we needed and the kids could stand up and dance. The show had all the characters and was so jazzy and upbeat. Jason couldn't help himself and bought Hayden a ridiculous expensive light up toy from the show. Hayden of course loved it! Boys! Then after the show we had two sleeping beauties and the mommies and daddies brought food from Chipotle home. I have been wanting to try it forever! It was great. I want one up here! Then we went to IKEA! We didn't by much but we have more of an idea for what we want for our future desk/entertainment center. We ate Swedish Meatballs( Hay's favorite) at Ikea and walked around some more. Then it was home and we went to bed.
Sunday started out slow. We were all tired i think. Jason made us all breakfast and then the boys took the kids outside. They had so much fun outside and came in with very rosy cheeks. We spent the rest of the day trying to get Hayden to take a nap, playing and then we drove over to Eden Prairie to their indoor plaything. Its all foam and the kids can climb and what all. It was nuts there. A TON of kids. Hayden who was SUPER crabby didn't really enjoy himself, but boy did Jessica have fun. It was kinda funny when a little African American girl came up to Hayden and put her fingers threw his hair. He had a funny look on his face, but you know those flowing curls are very had for people to resist. Hayden slept the whole way home so we had a nice and peaceful drive!
All and all it was so much fun. We don't know what were are going to do next weekend without Jessica!
Have a great week


Before the show waiting to sit down!

Hayden watching and loving the show!

Hayden actually took this picture.

After the Show. They were too busy

looking at all the people walking by.

Jess loves to push, Hayden loves to ride.
They make a good pair.

Going outside with the Daddies! It was cold.

At the indoor park, he had fun for
a little while!

HayHay and Jess enjoying pizza

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Sesame Street Live here we come!

Okay, I HATE things with characters on them. I never put them on Hayden, unless they are super cute. Jammies are one thing. I also don't do light up. But i broke down and bought Hayden an Elmo sweatshirt, and Zoe for Jessica! It just seemed appropriate for him to wear it to the show on saturday. I snapped a picture of them with Hayden's help! He loves to take pictures.

Hayden can not wait to go to Jess's house. All week long that's all he has talked about. He got really mad at me today when i told him he was going to Jake's house. He started crying and said "No, I want to go JESS's house!" But he knows we are going tomorrow, so he wants to go to Jake's now.
I am excited because i get to go to IKEA! Yeahhhh. But there really isn't anything i need. But that usually doesn't stop me. I am going to look at some pictures for my walls. I also think we are going to try and get a Wild Rumpus stop in, since we didn't make it last weekend. The kid doesn't need anymore books, wait no you can always need more books! But its the experience there. I also hope the kids get a lot of playing in!
Wish us luck for a quick, peacefully ride there and back. And that Elmo isn't too insane. For the mommy and daddy's sake! Have a great weekend!

Wanted!

Wanted: Lots of pictures from Jessica's Birthday Weekend. Pictures of Cookie Monster, Princess Jessica, and Hay Hay. Will pay with disc for photo burning. Please help!

Okay. I very very stupidly left my memory card at home in my computer this weekend! I was SO mad. I brought a ton of extra batteries and everything, but no card! So if anyone can help me out i would really really appreciate it.

We had SOOOO much fun. Jessica was great! She was so in to her presents and party, and no tears! She tried on most of her clothes as she opened them, too cute! She is such a little girl. Hayden spent most of the party attached to Jessica's kitchen. He loves to play kitchen. It has all sorts of buttons and doors Hayden's favorite! If i could only talk Jason into buying one for Hayden!

The waterpark/hotel was a blast. Hayden decided this weekend that he can swim, by himself, for like 2 feet. But he finally was able to balance in the water and keep his head above and kick! He is such a fish. He has always loved water from day 1. One of my favorite NICU moments was the first time they let me give him a bath. He just was calm and cooed. The nurse said she had never seen anything like it and called a few other nurses over to see. He is just a natural in the water. Then he was water sliding like crazy. He didnt even go down with us at all, it was all by himself. Up and down up and down. Grandpa chased him a lot! Then when we were in the pool area guess who came in. Cookie Monster! That was pretty cool. He wasnt so sure but he has been talking about it since. We just had so much fun. It was pretty relaxed and just had fun!

The ride home was a breeze too, Hayden fell asleep before we ever got on the freeway and slept until we got home. Then my parents took him sliding at Valhalla in Washburn. He loved it! He even went alone. So i guess I'll be going sliding this year! (I am not a huge fan, i ache for DAYS afterwards! And i always seem to hit the biggest most unwanted bump and go flying through the air. fun huh!) But i hope everyone else had a great weekend we sure did. And we can't wait until next weekend when we get to see "Elmo Live in Concert"