A car!!

Nolan's newest obsession is CARS.  All I wanted was a quick picture with his grandma and grandpa Jefferson but then he saw the cars going by...

 

And no matter how we turned him he refused to take his eyes off them.

 

Definitely decided to give up.

Baby sleepover

Nolan & Jada got to have a sleepover last Saturday...
 
Nolan: "Ok Jada lets ham it up for the cameras..hold my hand!
Jada: "Please get your leg off me."

 

Jada: "Please get this over with..my leg is going numb."

Nolan: 'Hey is everything ok? you seem depressed?"

Nolan: "Hey I'm talking to you.  Can you hear me?"
Jada: "OMG he's touching my ear!"

Jada: "Maybe if I don't move or give him any reaction he will leave."

Nolan: "What the heck..she's moving now..hey watch the elbow!"

Nolan: "See this isn't so bad."
Jada: "Maybe for you..why can't you understand this is not a date. And I can't see! I think I'm blind!! All this flashing has made me blind!!"

 Nolan: "Just relax honey boo boo..they are going to put us through this for the rest of our lives..might as well get used to it. Plus we might get cheerios afterwards if we're cute."

Hoteling it!

Hans, Nolan & I spent last week in Chicago.  Hans was training for his new job and Nolan & I came along to house hunt!

Nolan was helpful from the very start pushing our cart of bags to our hotel room (Disclaimer: He actually did push this all by himself quite a ways..we made him stop when we saw people coming down the hall towards us in fear of child labor laws)

To my horror we didn't have a pool in the hotel.  Which meant Nolan and I got to spend 10 hours together during the day in our cramped hotel room.  Luckily we found things to do..like spend countless hours by the air conditioner unit because he loved the air blowing on his face.

We also wandered to Panera where Nolan had a lot of fun playing with their cups.  I had a lot of fun chugging their coffee.

 Nolan also enjoyed some rest & relaxation time on the nice comfy hotel beds.

Finally Hans got back and we got to go out to dinner to an amazing place (whose name I can't remember). Here's Nolan playing his favorite peekaboo game with me accross the table.

 
The chocolate Motherlode cake..we were too full to try it but next time I will OWN this!

Quick trip to Target..I'm still searching for that perfect Halloween costume for Nolan.  I was thinking "Dopey"... but I could tell he wasn't feeling it.

Here's some pics from the last morning in the hotel.  Nolan got a goodnight sleep with all his baby sleep jabbering. However, his parents did not.

Oh and in case you were wondering..we haven't found a house yet!

Funny poses!

Here's some cute pics of Nolan and his cousin a couple weeks ago. The theme for these pictures was to pose funny:

                          Since Nolan was struggling Natalie decided to help him out a little bit! :)

Nolan & Bennett!

  Nolan got to play with Bennett in Wisconsin last week. Bennett is younger than Nolan but he was determined to see and do everything Nolan was doing.

Nolan says.. "Umm whose this baby smiling at me like he's going to pounce me?"

A moment of awkward eye contact..

Buds!

 

Da bears just lost to the Packers!

This is what I came home to the other day...And yes I was scared.

 Nolan thought it was pretty hilarious.

I think he was aiming for Chris Farley in da Bears SNL skit..and unfortunately came pretty close.

Nolan's first brewery!

We met my parents at the Potosi Brewery a couple weekends ago for dinner.  And while we didn't actually attend the brewery it still counts as Nolan's first brewery experience.

 I love the scenery around Potosi, Wisconsin but that day it was pretty cloudy out.

Nolan had so much fun at the gift shop with grandpa.  I was checking out possible Halloween costumes for him. The Grouch from Sesame Street?... Maybe if he didn't smile so much.

Definitely a no go on the giraffee!

Maybe a cow..Although is that suppose to be the cow's udder???

We saw this in the gift shop and I found it to be pretty funny.  Hans was slightly offended.

Grandma & grandpa Jefferson before getting attacked by a swarm of bees!

And a rainbow on the way back to Iowa! Perfect little road trip!

Visit from the in-laws!

Miriam & Alan came to visit Labor Day weekend.  Nolan had lots of fun with his grandma and grandpa Gustaf! It was also Miriam's 39th birthday the day she arrived (yes that would mean she had Hans' when she was like 11..remember she is from Arkansas).

Note: If you go out for a birthday dinner go to Granite City! They give you a huge free cookie!  Not sure if Miriam even got any since Hans and I chowed down.

 

Heres a video of Nolan screaming at the restaurant: http://youtu.be/o5TET_Eq1P0

Had to get a picture with the beautiful sunset after dinner!

Nolan having fun at Toys R Us where grandma and grandpa bought him some new toys!

He giggled all weekend at Grandpa Gustaf.

 Clapping for the Packers!

Thanks for visiting!! AND FOR TAKING OUR DOG HOME WITH YOU!!!