Birthday Weekend!

 H & I celebrated our birthdays this weekend at my Uncle's wedding in Wisconsin.  Actually, I celebrated my birthday the day of the wedding (23rd) and H celebrated his birthday Sunday (24th) on the drive back as I complained about my birthday hangover.  My poor husband. Regardless, I had the most amazing time. And I had a ton of niece and nephew & family time which made my birthday that much better!

My adorable nephew..

My dad in aviators..(His birthday was March 25th!)

Mom and Grandma Z.

Cousin love on the dance floor.

Cousins!

Their "hangout" was in the hall of the bathrooms for some reason.

It was really hard to keep them still and to stop them from doing the "wave".

My little man and I. 

Sister-in-law, niece & I

My uncle made sure to have a birthday cake for me at his reception. So thoughtful.

My cousin's daughter waving a black flag..I just found this really random & entertaining.

Pure chunk of sugar anyone?

Baby B and mom.  He turned two on the 24th!

My cousin and I with our boys.

 My cousin is the ganham style MASTER. N was impressed!

Family!

My mom with her two grandboys.

N finally called it quits..

The whole family!

And then Sunday it was H's birthday...Not  QUITE as eventful as my birthday but there was chinese food & cupcakes! His last year in his 20's!

Here's a video of  N dancing at the wedding with his cousins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0bEtOahd90&feature=youtu.be
(While his main goal was to run off the dance floor and into the bathrooms he still had some good moves throughout the night).

hide & seek

N loves to hide from me.  He thinks its funny when I freak out and can't find him.  

You also may notice he likes to put everything he can find in our laundry baskets.

Luckily he doesn't pick the best hiding spots and usually gives himself away in less than 5 seconds.

Cars!

N loves to watch the cars go by on the road behind our house. It is great distraction for him when I'm making supper.

This is what happens when he hears a police or ambulance go by..

Don't worry I heard it coming too so I was able to safely sit him down again . :)

First & last baby swim class

At story hour this week I overheard other mom's talking about their babies in swim class, so I felt obligated to give N the opportunity.  I like swimming but I'm just not good at it.  I tried to be a lifeguard in High School but failed the swim test after about 3 laps (Which means I was 22 laps short of passing the test).

So given my background it was not too much of a surprise that N didn't excel at swim class. I was secretly thankful he hated it too because the class is really expensive. Plus all we did  in the class was blow bubbles in the water. I followed along with the others and blew bubbles without thinking and immediately spit the pee water out of my mouth. N didn't even entertain the idea of putting his mouth in the water as he was too busy whining and pointing at the door to leave the entire time.

Whenever the instructor would get within 2 feet of him he'd start screaming and baby cussing. (She dunked him within 5 minutes of meeting him..what did she expect?) I was terrified of her too. However, a snack helped him feel better in the dressing room after his traumatic class..

"Mom, don't EVER make me swim here again. Just let me eat graham crackers at home."

"Seriously, mom."

St Patrick's Day!

We tried out the Colonial Cafe on St. Patty's day..

As usual N snubs us and starts out the meal wishing he was sitting at another more fun table.

Paying attention to our table again (only because we have food now).

After the meal we met the cow in the lobby area.

 It would make sense if N became a veterinarian someday the way he loves animals.

Not sure if it was meant to ride but we did anyway.

"Moooooo!"

A grandma passerby commented that she wished she had some of N's "pep."

Saying goodbye to the cow. Which is always a hard thing.

Cowboy..

Nolan decided to try on T.J.'s cowboy boots last week..

"Now I just need a horse!"

"Mom, these are different than the high heels you had me in last week!"

"Lady, this ain't my first time at a rodeo!"

j