I got home on Friday after work to find Brady walking even more than the night before! I couldn't believe it! Usually he walks about 10-15 steps and then will fall . I went upstairs to get my bags packs and could hear Ryan and my mom getting excited in the living room/kitchen. I went downstairs and watched Brady walk quite a ays! At the ripe old age of 10 months and 1 day...my little pumpkin is toddling all over! Addie is up to about 10 steps as of last night and Colin...well..he isn't too sure about the whole walking idea! Not too many steps for him but I'm sure it won't be long!
The Girls trip part...
After lots of hugs and kisses, Gma and I took off to visit Auntie Samantha. I was a little nervous/very sad to be gone for 2 nights. I've only ever been away for 1 night at a time. Ryan's family came to help Ryan with the kids. Definitley made it a lot easier to get away! I don't think I'll be going anywhere again until our ski trip in March--2 days away is too much!
We spent Friday evening-Sunday morning in Ames and Des Moines. We shopped all day Saturday and met my aunt, uncle and 2 cousins at The Cheesecake Factory!
The shopping was GREAT....and I found my weakness. BABY GAP. My goal was to find them winter coats and hats and outfits for their 1 year pictures. I found all of this at GAP.......and to my surprise...they were having the best sale they've ever had. 45% off of EVERYTHING!!!!! Holy crap! So basically I got about $500 worth of stuff for $250! (I did get myself a few things at GAP too for work!) Doesn't get much better than that! It was so nice to see my sister and her very nice apartment! Such a nice little get-a-way! We've decided that we are going to make it a tradition from now on. October 5th is Samantha's half birthday and the 23rd is my half birthday so we thought that would be a good excuse for a weekend away! Addie will get to join next year!!
NICU Reunion
On Sunday, we took the kids to the NICU reunion. This was for kids that had "graduated" from the NICU. It was so fun to see some of the nurses and a doctor that the kids had! The kids had to wear a nametag that said that number of days spent in the NICU. Our number was very low compared to some others! One boy's number said 99 days........Colin was in for 28 days and Brady and Addie were in for 35 days. Here are a few pictures from our days in the NICU--Look how small they were!!
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I didn't realize your 1/2 birthday was my birthday. So my 1/2 birthday is your birthday! How fun!
ReplyDeleteMy mom, sister & I have always taken an annual shopping trip in March, though we missed this year. Its a great tradition!!
They are so stinkin cute and getting sooo big!! I can't wait to see them and you in less than 2 months! They are going to be walking all over the place..LOVE IT!! Miss ya Emmma
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