On Saturday we got up early & Brandon made breakfast for the family. Pancakes & waffles. Why are pancakes the husband thing to make? My Dad always made the pancakes when I was a kid too. We headed over to Monkey Joe's for Owen's birthday party. Owen is Freddy & Katina's son. They were our old next door neighbors. We met Owen when he was 3 days old and have loved him ever since. I used to get to watch Owen when Katina would have a Dr.'s appointment. And to say that Owen & Brandon have always had a special bond is a true understatement. Brandon has always loved that kid. Owen would wait by the window & when he would see Brandon's car come home from work he would run & tell his Mom. Then the 2 of them would play together almost every night. I truly think that the only reason Brandon agreed to move out of our old neighborhood was that Owen was leaving too. I can't believe he is 5 and ready to head to kindergarten. Katina... stop crying! We had a great time at the party.
Saturday night Brandon's parents came over to babysit & we headed out for the evening. We went to Season's 52 for dinner. They change their menu depending on the what food is in season. Every entree on the menu is under 450 calories & sooo good. Later we headed to White House Black Market (my favorite clothing store). I had a 30% off coupon & couldn't let it go to waste. Brandon slept in a changing room while I tried on clothes. I got 2 dresses & some other stuff. Then it was time for the toy store to buy Connor's birthday gifts. We had so much fun shopping for him. I will post pics of all the gifts after his birthday.
On Sunday we went to church & then headed over to our friends Brian & Michelle's house. We really like Brain & Michelle but we just never seem to get together. Brandon has known Brian since high school, but now that we all have kids we have really bonded. They have 2 adorable daughters. Morgan is 2 months younger than Connor & Madison is 8 months younger than Hudson. They are great parents. It is hard to find couples whose parenting style really matches with your own, so when it does it is exciting. We went to the pool in their community. It was beautiful. Connor swam about 25ft across the pool. Then he jumped in, swam to Brandon, rolled over onto his back floated for a count of 10, and rolled back over and swam back to the wall. Even we were amazed! He has come so far since swim lessons. He told us on the way home that he is a fish! After the pool we headed back to Brain & Michelle's for a great lunch. The kids played so nice together. We headed home & all 4 of us took a nap. We were beat! I can't remember the last time we all took a 2 hour nap, but it felt good!
Can you believe we had such a great weekend and I didn't take one picture or 1 minute of video. We are going to get lots of video this week as Connor is going to turn 3 on Saturday and we want to be able to say he did all of this cool stuff before he turned 3!
