The Busiest Weekend Ever...

Ok, not really. We didn't do much this weekend. After a nice cool week, it warmed back up on Friday which makes Luke and I both exhausted. (My excuse is pregnancy...) Friday we got lunch and walked around Ikea. We used to love to go to ikea and walk around and talk about what we would do with a house someday. Well, now we have a house, but no money and a baby that doesn't love walking around a store for hours, so the experience has changed. Its still fun to get out, and they have toys set out in the kids section which is half way through the store. Those smart Ikea people! We got a few small plants that were on sale. I feel better about buying plants that cost 2 dollars because I know at some point I will forget to water them and they will die. Its just so nice to have some green plants around the house when the long Minnesota winter hits....

Saturday we drove to Como zoo. It's a great free zoo thats about 15 minutes from our house. Unfortunately, every other person in the twin city area had the same idea as us. After looking for a parking spot for 15 minutes, we decided to go to the mall. Eden loves to ride in the stroller and people watch, and we thought the air conditioning sounded nice.

Luke was gone both Friday and Saturday night for band practice and a concert, so Eden and I got to go to bed early both nights. Today we went to church but left early. Eden has been teething all weekend which means she has not been napping. On top of no naps for 2 days, she got up an hour early. So, but 10 am she was in no mood to sit around. She did fall asleep on the way home and took a 2 hour nap! We had dinner with the Dohertys (the youth minister at our church) and Eden had a great time playing with their girls...they had about 20 dolls so Eden was in baby heaven! Now its back to a busy week of work and then we go to Kansas City on Friday for Ric's wedding! It will probably be our last weekend away for a while, so we are both looking forward to the road trip!

Sprocket in a Magazine...

I have been trying to put this up for a week now, and it looks a little small, but I don't know enough about computers to fix it! Oh well...

I was looking at a magazine which had a collie in one of the ads. I showed Eden and she has become obsessed with it. I took this video about two days after we found it, so some of the newness has worn off, but she still gets pretty excited! She has started to look through other magazines, but so far no more sprocket sightings!

15 months old

Eden just had her 15 month check up and is doing great! She is 21 pounds, some inches (I can't remember!), and her head is huge! She is in the 25% for weight and height, and 95% for head size! Her head has always measured big, so the doctor isn't worried about it...just more room for her brain to grow! I think she got her giant head from her dad.

At 15 months, Eden is:

-saying mama, dada, meow, fly, ball, wow, uh-oh, up, down, bubbles, wo-oh for cars, and signs all done. She also makes herself known when she is worried with lots and lots of "uh-uh"s

-sleeping in her new crib which will soon be converted into a toddler bed!

-sleeping from 8-7:20 every night without waking up.

-still taking 2 naps, unless we are out-then she just goes to bed a little early!

-going to bed without any milk while we rock her! She was getting crabby about giving us back her sippy to go into her crib, even when she wasn't drinking it. We stopped bringing it upstairs and she has been totally fine! I love this baby....

-running!

-loving stuffed animals. She has her daddy wrapped around her finger and he bought her a cat at target after she rode around the store saying "meow" and giving the cat kisses! She has been carrying her cat and any other animals she can find all over the house. They get to sit at her table with her, get kisses and cuddle time, and she even gives them rides on her car.

-finally getting some teeth! She has 8 in front and at least 2 molars that have started to come in!

(watching cookies bake in the oven...yum!)

I was so worried about having another baby so soon, but she is learning so much every day and she seems to understand everything we say to her...I think in 2 more months she will be an amazing older sister!

We went to the Minnesota zoo today and Eden LOVED the petting area with the goats. She even got to brush some of them, which she thought was hilarious!