These last couple weeks we have had some visitors. We had so much fun with everyone that came. This last weekend it finally caught up with us. I'm pooped!
First off Kyle's mom and brother came for a night a couple weekends ago. Cameron goes to school in Duluth and Kathy was up there for a parents weekend I believe. Since Duluth is only an hour from here they asked if they could come for a night. We ended up playing Friends Scene It, which was really fun. The next morning we had cinnamon rolls for breakfast. After we hung out and relaxed. Later that day we of coarse watched the Packers game.
Hailey and Uncle Cameron
Watching the game with Kyle
Tired after a long weekend
That next week my good friend Katie came up for a couple days during the week. We have been friends since high school. I think we laughed about 90% of the time she was here! We always have so much fun. Hailey really liked her too. They haven't seen each other since Hailey was 2 months old. Katie loved hanging out with Hailey and also Flurrie. She ended up calling Hailey "Boo".
Katie with her buddies
Katie teaching Hailey how to text message
Katie and Hailey
Flurrie got jealous and had to get in on the fun
While Katie was here we pretty much just laid around and relaxed. She is so busy at home that she needed time to unwind. She did request two things while she was here. My chicken noodle soup and spaghetti. Oh and lots of Mountain Dew! I had no objections there. :) While she was here Kyle thought it would be a good idea to show her a couple movies she hasn't seen before. So we decided on Clifford (not the big red dog). The one with Martin Short. Look it up if you need to. Also Drop Dead Fred. Both really funny yet really weird movies. You have to have a certain sense of humor to laugh at them. Well Katie didn't like Clifford at all and Drop Dead Fred was just ok. I guess Kyle and I are just weirdos! Besides movies Katie and I just watched cooking shows, Ellen DeGeneres, The Doctors, 18 Kids and Counting and other random TV shows. Again this was Katie's time to unwind so we didn't do much at all!
So over the couple days she was here we went through a whole 24 pack of Mountain Dew! Yeah Katie had 17, I had 4 and Kyle had 3. Yikes!
Here she is showing off her tower of MD
When it was time for Katie to go, neither of us wanted her to leave. She wants to come visit again very soon. Hopefully we will see her next time we go to the cities.
Our next and last visitors were my friend Rachel and her 10 months old daughter Olivia. I was friends with her hubby and knew him from a place I used to work at. Rachel and I started sending messages back and forth online. Since our little ones are so close in age we had that to talk about first. Then we started talking more and more about a lot of stuff. Since then I have met with her twice (not including shaking her hand at her wedding for about a second!). We went out to eat lunch then last time I was there we went to her house. I posted
here about it.
After having so much fun hanging out I thought I would invite them up for a visit. They came on Tuesday and left after dinner on Wednesday. We all had so much fun! Hailey and Olivia were so cute together. Seeing them interact it so interesting. Rachel and I had fun too. We got along really well. I think we are a lot alike. We laughed a lot!
On Wednesday after the girls got up from their morning nap we thought we should treat ourselves to some McDonald's. So we packed them up and headed into town. It was so cute seeing the girls in their cute McDonald's bibs. They each tasted a little hamburger, chicken nuggets and some fries. Hailey of coarse just put a bunch in each hand and didn't eat much. But maybe that's ok! I don't think McDonald's is the healthiest thing for her.
While we are sitting there this older couple with their grandson walk behind us to get to their table. The guy, no joke, looked like Grizzly Adams. Olivia kept staring at him then she ended up getting a little scared. So as we are eating they start talking to one of the workers about how they think the little boy may have the flu. Rachel and I both look up at each other. I said, "Alright lets go!" We tried to finish up as fast as we could. Both the boy and the grandparents were coughing. We were so grossed and freaked out. We grabbed the little ones and ran to the car! I just don't get why you would go to a public place like that knowing you are sick. That really irritates me. Here we are with two babies and they are walking around with the flu. (sigh) We did end up laughing about it but we still were kind of freaked out. Hailey has had a flu shot but Olivia, Rachel and I have not. So hopefully we will all be ok!
On the way back from the germ infested... I mean lovely McDonald's, we headed to the scrapbook store. I needed more tape but ended up getting a couple other things of coarse. Oh and I am not sure how long we were in there but my arms felt like they were about to fall off from holding Hailey the whole time! I need to get some type of baby sling or carrier. She is just getting too heave already. I can't being the stroller in everywhere. Anyways! Hailey also decided to make a really weird noise as we are walking around. It almost sounded like a motor that wouldn't start. It was in her throat and was just weird! Rachel and I couldn't stop laughing. She also decided to yell a couple times. All while the woman running the place was on the phone.
When we got home we put the girls down for a nap. Hailey decided she didn't want to sleep at all. I think she thought she was missing out on stuff. So when they were both awake Rachel had Hailey open up a present that she brought for her. It was fun seeing the girls ripping the tissue paper and crawling on the bag. They didn't care what was inside. But I did! Rachel got her two really cute outfits and a cool toy. She also got us these finger paints that are clear at first then when you put them on the paper it makes the colors. We ended up trying those out next. The girls didn't really care about them. Rachel and I ended up having all the fun with the paints! Hailey did manage to crawl across both out papers and get a paper cut in the process.
Hailey and Olivia
Miss Olivia... Isn't she cute??
Hailey opening her present
After that fun Rachel put in a DVD of the Mickey Mouse Club House while I made dinner. The girls continued to play and watch the movie. After dinner Rachel and Olivia decided to head home. We again had so much fun with them! We all decided to do it again soon.
In the "Mickey Zone"
Hailey had a few firsts while they were here. Nothing big...
1st sleepover
1st taste of jello (I ate most of it!)
1st paper cut
1st trip to McDonald's
Phew... So that has been our busy couple weeks! We really miss everyone who visited but we will see them all again soon. We are so thankful that they are all willing to drive here to see us. We promise we will be in the cities soon.
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