Monday Monday!

Happy Monday everybody!  I woke up feeling a little under the weather this morning, which takes on a whole new meaning when you have to care for someone else besides just yourself.  Needless to say, we'll just be trying to get through the day.

We had another excellent weekend, and I'll get to sharing that with you later this week (assuming I start feeling better!).  We had lots of fun and were busy as ever.  I tell you, we are making the most of these beautiful Fall weekends.

In other fun news, The Voice and The Blacklist are back tonight, two of my favorite shows!  We will definitely be tuning in.  I can't wait!

And finally, Happy Happy Birthday to my middle sister, Bri!!  We love you so much and are so excited that we get to see you this weekend.  It's going to be so much fun.  Hope your day is perfect!  These are the best years of your life! ;)

Monster Books!

For Drew's first birthday, he got a book called "Tickle Monster" from his aunt and uncle.  It's written by Josie Bissett and illustrated by Kevan J. Atteberry.  From the first time I read it, I knew it would be one of Drew's favorite books.  The rhymes are clever and the story is super cute (and believe me, I've read my fair share of not so great children's books!).  It's about a monster, the Tickle Monster, that goes around tickling anyone and everyone.  The book comes with two Tickle Monster mitts, that the reader can wear to tickle the child while telling the story.  It's probably the cutest book that I've read to Drew yet, and he loves it!

Well, after loving "Tickle Monster" so much, I was curious if Josie had written any other children's books.  I found out that she wrote another book called "Boogie Monster," that was in the same vein as "Tickle Monster," but was about a dancing monster.  I knew right away that Drew had to have it since one of his most favorite things to do is dance! How perfect!

His grandparents were kind enough to get him "Boogie Monster," which comes with Boogie Monster leggings and a CD of music to dance to.  Drew has loved it just as much as "Tickle Monster."

Both of these books are incredibly cute, well-written, and fun.  If you're in the market for a new book, I highly suggest trying them out!  I know that Drew has loved them both.

Wednesday Wisdom - Motherhood

Sometimes I just look at him and am overwhelmed with a love that I didn't even know existed.  He can drive me wild, and in the next second melt my heart.  There is truly nothing better than being a mom and experiencing this love that is inexplicable.

Although my life is a little different now, I wouldn't change it for the world.  He's brought so much love and meaning to my life.  I've gained more knowledge, patience, understanding, and love from him in this short year and a half than I think I have in the previous 29 years of my life.  I love being a mom, and more importantly, I love being Drew's mom!

Weekend Rewind!

What a great weekend it was!  We packed it in and had a lot of fun doing it.  It sure was a good one!

Friday night we went to a friends' house for dinner.  They made us homemade pizza that was absolutely delicious, and we all know how much I like pizza.  It's my favorite!  Yum!

After dinner we headed downtown to go to the Art Walk. We had a great time checking out the art, having some wine, and of course, watching Drew dance.  He had quite the crowd gathered around him on main street while listening to a couple of guys playing on the street.  It was pretty cute.  He's a good dancer, and it's fun to watch him put a smile on so many faces as they watch him dance without a care in the world! Children are the best!

Saturday was a busy day.  Doug went for a bike ride in the morning and I stayed home with Drew and made my very first breakfast quiche.  As soon as Doug got home from biking, we had a little breakfast and then got ready to head to the football game.

We got to the tailgate about two and half hours before game time.  We chatted with friends and had some refreshments.  Both Doug and I were expecting that I would be leaving shortly after game time with Drew because we just didn't envision him doing too well being cooped up in the stands.  To our absolute surprise, he made it the entire game.  And I think he had lots of fun!  I should have known he'd like it because it's really just a bunch of people doing his very favorite thing.....yelling!  He loved watching all the adults yell, especially dad!  Anyway, the game went so much better than we were expecting as far as Drew being able to attend, so we were pretty happy about that.  The Bobcats won too, so that was great!

It was a bit of a later kickoff with the game starting at 3:30, so we didn't end up getting home until almost seven.  Drew was hungry and tired by then, so we fed him some dinner and put him to bed.  I had started some crockpot chili before we left for the game, so Doug and I ate after putting Drew to bed.  It was nice to already have dinner ready when we got home because those games really take it out of me and I never feel like cooking, or doing much of anything really, when we get home.

Sunday morning we decided to give the Sacajawea hike a go.  It takes quite awhile to get to the trailhead and you have to drive about 7 miles down a pretty rough road, but we finally made it.  It was a pretty nice day, but a little windy.  We made our way up the mountain, and we got into a little snow, but it wasn't too bad.  We made it to the ridge and had about a mile left to the peak, but it was so windy up there, and a little cold, that we decided to head down after reaching the ridge.  Drew was not liking the wind, so we figured it was best to head down.  We had a yummy picnic lunch about halfway down, which was fun.  We've sure liked having so many picnics the last month and a half!  After getting back down to the car, we checked out Fairy Lake, which is a lake right at the trailhead for the Sacajawea hike.  It's a beautiful mountain lake, made even more beautiful with the dusting of snow on the mountains!

After hiking, we had to do some messing around with Doug's phone (he broke the screen again), which is never pleasant, but we made the best of it.  We treated ourselves to dinner at Ale Works after the phone fiasco, and then had a quick cider at Lockhorn Cider.  Once we got home, Drew crashed pretty quickly because he was exhausted from the big weekend.  After he went to bed, Doug and I enjoyed a camp fire on our back patio.  What a great way to end a great weekend!