Great Weekend

We had another great weekend here in the Crumb household. On Friday, my girlfriend from work came by to see Molly and Brody. She was so sweet to bring gifts for both kids. Brody was a little hesitant to see her at first, but once he realized she had gifts, he was loving on her! :) She brought him a Mr. Potato Head, which I can not believe that we had not bought for him before. He loved it and he hasn't stopped playing with it. Thanks for stopping and hanging out Melissa! On Friday night, Molly slept for 5 hours, which she really hasn't done before. She has come close, but Ted had to somewhat wake her up to feed her. She started stirring and he went to feed her and she had fallen back asleep. Chances are, she would have woken up soon anyway.

So on Saturday, we had gorcery shopping to do so we decided to try and get it done in the morning before Brody's nap. We typically stay in the house in the morning times since he goes down for his nap around 11:00-11:30 but we thought we would be adventurous and get it done in the morning. Well, may not be such a good idea. You know the kid in the store that you hear screaming over all other noises? Yep, that was ours! We had a successful trip through Sam's with no problems. The kids were in the double stroller and all was well. We headed to Wal-Mart and it all went down hill when we decided to just put Molly in the stroller and have Brody ride in the cart. Brody wanted to ride in the stroller and not the cart, but we were already heading in. Well, the trip was somewhat short because Brody threw a fit and was not happy. I finally took both kids out to the car, while Ted checked out. Not even 5 minutes after I got the kids in the car, I started driving around the parking lot and adjusted the rear view mirror to see Brody and he looked right at me and said, with a big smile on his face, "Hi Mommy!" I couldn't help but smile! God, I love that kid! :) My parents came by that afternoon for dinner and Brody was good the rest of the afternoon.

On Sunday, it was supposed to be a bit warmer so we decided to take Brody to the zoo. Alot of the books we have been reading have animals in them and he can identify all of them and we thought it would be fun for him to see them in person. Over the summer, Tab and I took him one afternoon and it was a bust. It was hot, I was uncomfortable, and Brody didn't seem interested. This time was different. He loved it! The best part was when we got to the elephants and the giraffes. They were indoors getting fed and clean and there is a hallway where you go inside and the elephants were through the windows on the left and the giraffes were on the right. Brody was running back and forth yelling "Elephants, giraffes, elephants, giraffes!" Then there was another little boy looking at the elephants and Brody was instantly glued to him and trying to talk to him. My social little butterfly! :) It was really cute. I have some pictures that I will post later....Ted has the memory card with him at work.

All in all, we had a great weekend. This weekend coming up, I am flying solo on Saturday. It will be my first time with both kids by myself for longer than a couple of hours. It should be interesting. It will give me a preview of what life will be like when Ted leaves for his work trip at the end of February. He will be gone for almost a month and will hopefully be back right around Brody's birthday. I can't believe he will be 2 in less than 2 months....where does the time go?

Hope everyone has a great week!