The Farm

I think Adam was born to be outside. Then again maybe all little boys are hard wired this way. Last weekend my family (minus my little brother Henry) were at my aunt's farm outside of Madison. She has a huge farm house and a ton of sheep and goats. When we got in the car to make our long trip there Dave asked me if I packed toys. I said yes, but I didn't think we would need them. I was right on Saturday Adam woke up and was ready to go outside.

We watched the sheep and goats. But Adam called them puppies. There were kitties to meow to and doggies to chase (we left Brockway in Minnesota though). And a much bigger yard to explore. Adam was very, very happy to spend the weekend outside.

My cousin came with her kids on Saturday afternoon. I tried to get Adam down for a nap, but no luck. Vanessa's daughter Analise is about a month younger than Adam and also was in need of a nap. So all of us women decided to go for a walk in the woods. Analise took a nap on Vanessa's back in our Ergo Baby carrier and Adam slept in his stroller. Vanessa's oldest daughter Bella had a great time on the walk and Shar captured some awesome pictures (like the one to the right).

My dad cooked great food. Jem herded sheep for us. And it was just a great time to catch up with family. Thankfully no one got H1N1 afterwards, because that was no fun last year!

Bedtime Reading

Big Boy is starting to read to me at bedtime. It's not like I understand what he says, but he enjoys pretending to say the words. The book in his lap is one of his favorites- Barn Yard Surprise. The first time I read it to him he was just six months old and only let me read two pages before he started to cry. Now I purposely pick this book when he's fussy, because he loves it no matter what mood he's in.

Nap Time

Friday night we went out with a large group of my coworkers and their kids. The Mexican restaurant we went to was a little slower than usual, but thankfully we were at a very long table against the back window. We were able to cage all the little ones in and let them run around and play. I was also lucky that I brought Adam's diaper bag stocked with tons of church toys- enough to share with 8 little tikes. It was tons of fun and when we got home Adam went straight to bed.

Saturday was a busy day, too. We drove into the cities for Adam's great-grandma's 82nd birthday party. So by Sunday we were ready to spend the day at home and veg. After church we ate lunch and then Adam was being his normal nap ready whiny self. So Dave asked him, "Adam do you want to take a nap?" And Adam said "yep" and walked into his bed room. I could get used to this!

Happy Anniversary

Four years ago I married my best friend. Thanks for being such an amazing husband and father!

No Smiles

We couldn't get any smiles from little Man last week at our family photo session. I was hoping that maybe our photographer had managed to capture one but the best we got was the half smirk. Otherwise it was all serious face for Little Man.

Even Brockway couldn't pull that elusive smile out of Adam.

We got some great family pictures. I'm not going to share them all, yet. (Spoiler alert some of the pictures will end up in our Christmas card!) I will share my favorite Twin's shirt shot because right now I'm trying to avoid turning on the first playoff game. Dave is at volleyball so we are DVRing it and I don't want to ruin the surprise. When he left the Twin's were up 2-0 and I really hope they are still wining. Go Twins!