Wyatt's First Kiss

I know I'm behind on posting part 3 of our trip, but I have to get this one up.

This morning while the mommy's were in Bible study, the kiddos were playing together. One of the wonderful ladies in the nursery caught these pics on her phone.

From left: Not sure of the name of the first baby, Wyatt, Eli, and Culley all playing together.

Then Culley, who is now mobile, scooted over to Wyatt. They tell us she held his hand and then this picture was snapped right before she went in for the kiss on his cheek. Oh. my. TOO sweet! I'm so glad they're all going to be good friends!

Buying Stock

I think I should start buying stock in Swiss Miss, Bigelow, and Lipton. I've always been a coffee/hot cocoa/tea drinker in the winter, but being at home everyday makes me feel closer to the cold. Today I'm back in my office (coldest room in the house) listening to the cold wind blow, and thinking I could go for a cup of each. Yesterday I had four - one coffee, two tea, one hot cocoa. Yum.

On another note...our Bear is SITTING!!! Last Saturday he went from wobbling and tipping right away to sitting 20 minutes by himself. He still has no desire to roll over from his tummy to back. "I love being on my tummy, Mom. Why would I try rolling over?" Oh well...eventually.

He's doing great eating solids. He loves squash, carrots, sweet potatoes and bean. Applesauce is questionable, but he'll eat it. Avocado and banana both had him red-faced and screaming by bite three. We laughed. I did sneak banana into his cereal this morning. He wasn't extremely impressed, but he ate it.

Naughty

Naughty naughty...whoever it was that started my annual autumn addiction.


It was one of my college roommates, but I don't remember exactly which one, who brought home a bag of candy corn and a tin of honey roasted peanuts and mixed them in a bowl. One candy corn to two peanuts is my preferred ratio...and I can't stop. I don't even like candy corn on its own. But mixed with peanuts its an addicting combination. Errrrr....yum.

Part Two

We're all better! Still a few sniffling noses, but far better than last week!

While I have a few minutes, here's part two of our trip. Thursday we left Jeff and Lindsay's and headed down to the Cities. We've been there twice before on quick weekend trips, but this time felt different. I got to show Randy a few more of my favorite spots...including a day trip up to Duluth.

Favorite Place #1 - Grand Old Creamery
MMMMMmmmmm...homemade waffle cones. You can smell them down the street. Yum. And the ice cream isn't too bad either. I spent a few dollars here in college...Sunday nights with the ICC - Ice Cream Club (we even had a secret handshake).


Favorite Place #2 - Canal Park and Park Point in Duluth

Wyatt & me in front of the Lift Bridge

I could not believe how surreal it was to go up to Duluth. I had MANY good times in high school driving the hour and fifteen minutes southeast (yes, I grew up NORTH of Duluth) to Duluth. It has been five years since I was there last, and it was good to be there and really fun to show Randy and Wyatt the lakefront.

Family pic on the lakefront

On Canal Park Dr.

Wyatt smelling the roses (and reaching for the thorns) in Leif Eric Rose Garden (And yes, his sweatshirt does have the most adorable ears on it! Our Bear). The garden was in gorgeous full bloom right on the lakefront. Would have loved to have Randy's rose-growing family there with us!

A taconite ship headed out to sea, a common sight in this city so close to the Iron Range. It felt funny feeling like a tourist in a place that was once so close to home. We almost headed up Hwy. 53 to my old hometown, but we were getting plenty of car time as it was.

To all our MN friends, we're sorry we didn't have time to see all of you!

Part three - Taylors Falls and Bonnie's wedding still to come.

Our trip...Part 1

So I've been canceling meetings and not going to Bible study this week because my Bear is still sick. And since I had less on my to do list and more time at home I thought I just MIGHT get the blog updated with our trip pics. However...Bear is sick and in need of lots of extra cuddling. So I'm going to do this in quick bites.

Here's Wyatt with cousin Addie, who is three months younger and has the same size feet as Wyatt. Well, the same length feet. Not that she has big feet...Wyatt has small ones. Her's are beautiful, slim, long feet just like her fingers. Wyatt's are short and a bit chubby. :-)

Cuddles before bed with Uncle Jeff and cousin Ella. I got to read to Ella and Jackers every night before bed. They're into chapter books and Black Beauty was the choice.

Jack, Wyatt-Bear, Ella, and the Adster before we left. We had a great time at Jeff and Lindsay's! Thanks for having us! We just wish Fargo wasn't 11 of the most boring hours away!!! I really don't mind boring...I do mind 11 hours. I can't complain though...they're usually the ones that travel here.

Wyatt is a good traveler, which is good because this was just the first third of our trip...he had a lot more hours in the car yet. But that will have to wait for another day.

More (Not-so-fun) Firsts

It has been a very busy week since we returned from vacation on Monday. We have been getting up at 5 AM (thank you, Wyatt) and have been going until late (for us) in the evening. Thankfully, I've gotten the necessary things (work) accomplished (thank you, Lord, for knowing Wyatt is more effective than my alarm clock!). I'll post pics of the trip soon.

Today, however, we had another first. Our first sick trip to the clinic. Is he teething? Ear infection? Common cold? Taking forever to recover from vacation? All I knew was that my happy little boy was not so happy. Turns out he has a cold...just like his daddy. And hopefully not just like his mommy. He does have a little swelling on the gums, but no teeth are imminent.

Today he was 15 lbs. 6 oz. and in the 33rd percentile for weight.

Here's a sneak peek at our trip...

Daddy only wishes he were actually sitting on his own.

Hiking with Daddy in our matching hats.