3 Days and Counting...........

Hello my fellow bloggers, sorry for the long delay since my last entry. Life has been busy, but we haven't been taking too many photos lately, so I apologize for the lack of good photo footage with this entry. As most of you know, we are finally in the home stretch until Erica's cast removal on Tuesday, the 20th--so I guess I am saving up my camera batteries until the big day and weeks following when she takes off again! We are dying to see her roll, crawl, walk, and climb again! Heck, we are just dying to see her legs, put normal diapers on her, cuddle her, and give her a bath in the tub again. It's really the small things that you miss most when your baby is stuck in a body cast.

Here are a few photos from our trip to Como Zoo last weekend. It was a beautiful fall day, and we hadn't been to Como in a really long time, so we packed up a picnic lunch, and headed out for the zoo and conservatory. It was a really fun day--despite a lot of the outdoor exhibits being shut down for the winter.

Two of our favorite zoo animal sightings............

Last night the four of us attended the opening of "Frog and Toad" at the Children's Theater. It was magnificent! The acting and singing were superb, and the scenes and sets changed frequently enough that it kept both Hayden and Erica's attention for two hours. We didn't get home until close to 10pm, so H & E actually slept until almost 8am this morning. Yea Haw!!

We got Hayden's Preschool photos back this week, so thought I'd share.....he's such a big boy, and learning so quickly. We love the stories he tells, and all of the hilarious things he says. Just as an example....the other night I was taking him on a date to see the Bee movie at the Southdale theater. When I took his winter hat off, his hair was sticking up all over, so I did the typical mom--lick my hand and try and get his hair to lay down with a little spit. He pulls away from me and says "Ah mom, you just put lick in my hair....lick off your tongue." Yep, yep I did....I started laughing so hard, I had to call Jon and tell him what had happened. Oh the things you do as a parent......it's a little embarrassing, really. What's even worse is that now Hayden is old enough to call me on it!

And finally I will leave you with a photo of Erica's cute little legs--just in case you forgot what she looked like without a Spica Cast on.....I know we have!