I am SOOOO behind! We went to Minnesota at the beginning of OCTOBER and I am just now blogging about it over three months later!
Jordan and I took a trip to visit our wonderful friends. They used to live in Montana but moved back to Minnesota to be near family especially with a little guy now. Their dream came true of celebrating Brayden's first birthday in their own house in Minnesota with all the family! I am so excited for them but yet at the same time I "lost" my best friend! Not really lost though because we still talk all the time and follow each other's blogs to keep up to date AND we make random trips to visit each other kind of. This trip was really spontaneous. One evening Kelley and I were talking on the phone about how much we miss each other and ended up planning this whole trip. We tried not to get our hopes too high but just couldn't help it! By the time we got off the phone I was thinking "What did I just DO?! There is no way I am going to be able to go to Minnesota. Here I am trying to quit my job to stay at home then I start planning this vacation and getting not only my hopes up but Kelley's too?! I am crazy! BUT I have to ask Brandon anyway because I'm too excited about it!" Needless to say he said we could go. Within 24 hours I had my plane tickets in hand! This was my second plane ride (my first was to our honeymoon destination!) and Jordan's very first! Both my first and second times are very special to me. Jordan did SO well on both flights!
I did have trouble on the way there getting her to take a nap but she finally got worn out enough that she zonked out. It was such a blessing to have an empty seat beside us both to and from MN so I could just lay Jordan on the seat beside me while she slept.
Right before getting off the plane I got the very nice and very helpful flight attendant to take our picture.
We got to visit the Mall of America, which, before going there myself, I never realized what the big fuss was about. But now I realize how neat it really is! Am I the only one who never knew there is an amusement park in the middle of the mall???? Look at Lego Land inside the mall (below). Everything is very intricately designed with LEGOS!!! Very neat.
Jordan and Brayden shared pretty well...
Well...maybe Brayden shared pretty well...Jordan...not so much! You can see her eyeing the ball in the above picture then going for it in the one below.
Brayden even let Jordan use his Johnny Jump Up!! Since Jordan practiced walking while we were there we thought she would really enjoy it. Yes, Jordan, at 7 1/2 months old, started "walking" while we were there BUT as it turns out she was only teasing us. She took six steps more than once so we thought for sure she would be walking up a storm by the end of the month but I guess she was just showing off for Brayden since he could crawl and she couldn't. After we got back to Montana she completely put walking behind her (unless she was holding onto our hands then it was, and still is, her favorite thing to do) and picked up crawling.
Another Minnesota discovery: cat beds are a blast for kiddos! Here Jordan was using Peanut's cat bed to be spun around by Kelley! She had tons of fun! Thanks Peanut and Kelley!!!
This was at Walmart the day after teaching Kelley and her mom a few coupon tips I've learned from Money Saving Mom. She was really excited to put the tips to good use and start getting lots of groceries for super cheap! (I hope this is still working out for the two of you and that you are able to pass the knowledge onto someone else!) Jordan had so much fun playing with Brayden's cart cover.
Jordan's first bath with someone other than Momma.
Kelley holding both babies!
Bye Brayden! Thank you for sharing your home, your parents and your pets with us! We miss you SO much! I can't believe you are a BIG one year old now! I hope it's not much longer before we get to see you again! Thank you Kelley and Jeremiah for such a fun visit! We had a great time and wish we could have stayed longer. Although we were quite excited to be home and see Brandon again. Your house is beautiful and I am totally in love with the yard and super jealous of your garden-to-be!
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