The Wedding

Score: 7 Grandsons, 1 Princess

Uncle Colin and Aunt Kathy got hitched!  The big event took place at the Union Depot in downtown St. Paul.  Auntie Camille, Uncle EJ, Aunt Cookie, and all the cousins were in town from Memphis so we decided to shack up at the hotel so we could see them as much as possible.  It was a lot of fun having a little "staycation" for a couple of nights in downtown St. Paul.

Corey was a member of the wedding party so Grandma was gracious enough to be our stand-in staycation nanny.  She was a godsend, especially when it came time to dress three little boys in suits.  Jack and Jamison were troopers all the way - they even granted me a cooperative little photo session.  Joshua, on the other hand, was a mess.  So much for my much anticipated suit pic. 

So cute, so sad.

The wedding was beautiful - from what I hear anyway!  Unfortunately, I didn't even get to see 5 seconds of it since the mini's were already antsy before the stunning bride walked the isle.  I spent the entire ceremony trying to keep Joshua's fingers out of the very large, suitcase shaped, chocolate grooms cake.  Now if you know about Joshua's sweet tooth you would know that this was equivalent to keeping a 98 ounce T-bone from a tiger who hasn't eaten in a week.  We escaped with only 3 minor, non-conspicuous finger holes.  "Adds character, right"... that's what a Mom says in defense of her rabid 2 year-old anyway.

Patience, patience.

After the ceremony, everyone gathered for some vino and a delicious Greek dinner consisting of gyros, potatoes, some kind of chicken concoction, salad, and of course, cake.  The boys had good 'ol fashioned cheeseburgers and french fries while Mom had a large, much needed and cherished, glass of red wine.



Dancing with Aunt Cookie



Finally, it was time to dance.  Jack had been waiting patiently all day to tear up that dance floor so as soon as those first dancers hit the floor, he assumed it was time.  Those first dancers happened to be Uncle Colin and Aunt Kathy's romantic first dance as the beautiful new couple.  Jack, in his true innocence, took a running start and slid onto the dance floor on his knees with Joshua close behind.  I missed it but from what I hear, he busted out some break dancing moves as well.  Their aunties had scoop them off the dance floor but not before some good laughs.  

It was such a fun and beautiful night!  I'm embarrassed to say I didn't get a single picture of the bride and groom (except for the little glimpse of her in the pic below) but they were the picture of perfection.  Welcome to the family Auntie Kathy!     

Mosh's Nose Job

Little Mosh got a nose job!  No, it was not at the hands of a plastic surgeon.  Instead, it was the result of tipping his little red cars chair over and right into the wooden toy chest.  At first glance, it just looked like a bloody nose but to our horror, you could actually lift his nose off his face in a very un-normal manner.  Quite gross actually (this picture does not do it justice!)

Off to the emergency room... again.  Corey was the lucky taker this time - and it happened to be his Birthday.  The Doc literally glued his nose back on and sent them on their way.  Fortunately, we had already had our big birthday celebration with cake, presents and the works before our little clutz decided to give himself a nose job. 

"Just a Virus..."

Our baby JR has been having some lung problems for a month now.  He is wheezing and has "junk" in his lungs.  He has spent a night in the hospital, had two different chest x-rays, and too many nebulizers to count but nothing seems to be doing the trick in getting this kid on the road to recovery.  They started him on a new nebulizer med yesterday and referred us to a lung doctor at Children's.  Doc is certain it is "just a virus" but it shouldn't be lasting this long.   If I never have to see another one of my children in the little torture chamber of an X-Ray machine, it will be too soon.  Poor little man! 

Fall Fun

80 degrees in October?!?  It doesn’t get any better than that so we decided to venture out and do one of the many fun fall activities.  Linders October Fest happened to be on the news that morning so we decided to give it a shot. 

It was a typical fall festival with pony rides, games, jump house, and a “real horse” hay ride.  For some reason, Joshua was not feeling the fall spirit so he was not interested in doing anything but holding his sucker.  

Jack on the other hand, rode a horse (you wouldn’t guess from the pics that he was happy about it), had his face painted, and rode with Mom on the hay ride – a very scenic tour of the parking lot.  Luckily, the cowboy driving the ride was scenic enough, for the ladies on board anyway. 

After our fill of fall, we headed over to Champps for a nice, relaxing lunch.  Just as we sat down and

opened the menu, Jack announced “I have to go poopy.”  Corey and I looked at each other and thought oh no, there goes lunch.  Daddy and son headed off to the bathroom while Jamison, Joshua and I ordered lunch and had a nice in depth conversation about crayon colors.  The food arrived and we were half way done eating before the boys emerged from the bathroom - so much for the nice relaxing lunch.  With a baby, two and four year old, who were we kidding anyway?