Fall Weekend Getaway

Last weekend I surprised Matty with a weekend away at a bed and breakfast. I ended up telling him about a week in advance so he knew he wasn't going to be at work, but I had all the details planned. The biggest thing was this was our first overnight away from Case, and it was actually two nights away. After church we headed up to drop Case off with my dad so he could stay with my parents for the weekend. Then Matt and I headed off to Cold Springs, MN - a tiny cute little town outside of St. Cloud. There was a little mix up in the bookings, so we ended up getting upgraded to the biggest room with a jacuzzi tub and a little balcony - it was great! On Sunday we took naps, read and watched some tv and then headed out for dinner. We came back, relaxed and watched Ghost - we hadn't seen that for years! On Monday morning we slept in!! And then enjoyed the delicious breakfast at the inn and relaxed a little before heading out for a bike ride along Lake Wobegan Trail. It was one of the few real "fall" type days we've had. We went out for a movie that evening and then ordered pizza and watched some football. Tuesday morning we ate the amazing breakfast again and then packed up to go to Cambridge to get Case! He did GREAT at my parents house which was so nice! I did miss him but it was actually a little easier than I thought - the time just went so fast. It helped me be able to relax knowing he was doing so well. And relax we did - I finished the book I was reading and Matt got at least half way through a Johnny Unitas book he started. We enjoyed leaving things out that he would normally get into or make a mess of, but of course nothing beat sleeping in! But man when we walked into my parents house and Case started making all of his happy/excited sounds to see us, it was so great!

Birthday Party - Part 2!

Last Sunday we celebrated Case's birthday with a great group of friends! Thanks so much everyone for coming - we had a blast and we're so grateful to you for celebrating with us. We had the airplane theme again going for the birthday party. I got a bomber jacket off of Craigslist, and I know I'm biased but I thought he looked adorable in it! I didn't make a big cake this time, but I made individual airplane cakes for everyone (way easier than it sounds!). The food highlight for Case, however was not the cake this time but the cheese balls! Who knew? He just walked around from person to person taking one off of their plate. We have so many left, I have had to hide them from him! We had a paper airplane contest, it was incredible how many of us forgot how to make them! Matt won the contest, I was a contender for last place until Brenner threw - his seriously landed a half inch from his toes! Then we played a more competitive version of pin the pilot on the plane. We blindfolded two people, spun them around and then they had to race to the poster. Here's Beth and Beki! It was hysterical, we managed to run into just about everything in the Eikum's back yard. Bert won! Here's a picture of where some of them ended up - now if you went about 25 feet to the right of this picture, that's where Bret's ended up. It was amazing!

Then Case got to open his presents - thanks so much everyone - you were so generous! He's been having a blast playing with all his toys and reading his books!

Here's Case and his buddy Turner!

Here's Case and Hazel playing in the tent Nachelle gave him!I was amazed Case fell asleep that night, but I after all that fun he crashed!

Last Days of Summer...

We had a BEAUTIFUL September this year- usually it starts to feel like fall in September, but this year it was still so warm. So we took full advantage of it! One Monday Matt and I headed to the zoo with Case. It was really fun! We've taken him to zoos a couple of times, but this time was one of the firsts that he was super interested in all of the animals.He also really loved all the animal statues!

After the zoo we headed to Toys R Us to pick out his birthday gift - it was so much fun, we played with all the toys and he walked away no problem. I know it will be all too soon when he realizes he wants to take all of the toys home so we enjoyed this peaceful and fun afternoon at the toy store. Here's some pictures of Case helping Daddy put together this birthday gift.

On another beautiful day, Nachelle took the afternoon off and we took Case to the Teddy Bear Park in Stillwater - it is probably the best park I've ever been to! We had so much fun.
Nachelle and I had some fun of our own...