Busy Busy Busy

We had a really busy weekend. Friday after work we headed for Jasper and what normally is a 2.5 - 3 hour drive took us around 4.5 hours. The reason for this is because we had to stop every 30 minutes or so for Emma to use the bathroom. Then because of having to make so many bathroom stops we ended up stopping in Loogootee to get supper before going the rest of the way to Vince and Linda's.

Saturday morning Drew's cousin had her baby shower so Linda and I went to that while Drew stayed with Emma while she took her nap. After that we stopped over at Chris and Christine Sander's house(Christine is one of Drew's cousins) because they were making soup and having a party there. From there we headed out to Patoka to visit with Mom,Dad and some of Mom's family and let Emma do some trick or treating. We had a really good time visiting with family out at Patoka and were able to spend some time with Barbara and the kids as well. Emma had a good time trick or treating.

Emma and Aubrey were playing Peek a Boo using the screen door on mom and dad's camper. It was really cute until Emma pushed on the door and it came open. Thankfully I was able to catch her before she hit the ground.





On Sunday my cousin Dana had her bridal shower so I meet Mom and Barbara at Mom and Dad's house and we all went to the bridal shower. It was really nice getting a chance to see Dad's family at the bridal shower and being able to spend some time visiting them. Once the bridal shower was over with we headed back to Indy so that Drew could get some sleep before having to go to work yet Sunday night.

There was also a Schroering hog roast on Saturday but with everything else that was going on we did not get a chance to go to that. We would have liked to go and visit a little bit more but it just did not work out.

While it was really busy and we spent a lot of time in the car we had a really good weekend in Jasper.

Drew had his hat, lanyard, and keys sitting on the table and Emma got them and put them on. It was really cute because she then went of over to the door and started telling us Bye Bye.

Good Surprises

I received two very good surprises this weekend.

A couple of weeks ago Drew said something about wanting to go out just the two of us sometime. Little did I know that he had already started planing a night out for us. Drew was being really secretive and even tried to get my coworkers to convince me that I needed to get dressed up for work on Friday and stay quite a bit later then I normally would. My coworkers told him that they could not come up with anything to get me to dress up and stay late. On Friday Linda came up to babysit Emma and Drew took me out to eat at Beef and Boards (Dinner Theatre). They had a great dinner buffet and the show was a comedic take on Camelot. It really was a very nice surprise and something that both of us would like to do a little more often.

Linda had brought one of her niece's along because she had been begging Linda to come and see Emma. Alli is 4 years old and just adores Emma. She still has not quite gotten the fact that Emma is growing up and can do a lot of things for herself but otherwise they had a good time together. We took the girls to the Zoo for a little bit on Saturday morning and then Linda and Alli headed back home.

Sunday I received another very nice surprise when Barbara called and asked if it was okay if they came up for a visit. I was wanting to see Kaden and have just not been able to find the time to get down there so I was really happy that they were able to come up. We had a very nice time visiting with Barbara and the kids while Wes went to pick up a piece of gym equipment. The kids played pretty nice together and Emma really did not make a whole lot of Kaden. We tried to get a picture of her holding Kaden but that did not go very well. After an early supper they headed back to Louisville.

I have a few pictures for the weekend but forgot to grab the camera this morning so I will try and add them later.

On the down side we have started to have a lot of trouble with Emma and potty training. She knows when she has to go but is not holding it long enough for us to get her to the bathroom. She has been having a lot of accidents every day which is getting pretty frustrating for us and the babysitter. One of my coworkers told me that she has heard that it is harder to potty train in the winter because when a kid is cold they have more trouble holding it. I'm not sure how true that is but I really hope that we can get her back on track before long.