Uncle Todd and family Visit

Oh to sum up the visit in Omaha. Jill really enjoyed snuggling and holding Bryson. I am lucky I breast feed or I don't think I would get to hold my baby much when she is around. Isabella is really into Bryson and very curious when he eats. She states she wants a baby sister, but I convinced her she wanted a baby brother like Bryson.

Jordan painted toes and nails including Mason's. She decorated them in Auburn colors, but the orange could pass as red and the blue is dark, but it could pass as KU colors if one wasn't looking too hard. The kids were really excited. The girls later headed out for real pedicures where Jordan got her nails painted in bright green with a flower bling. Jill and I laughed we were not offered flower art on our nails, they must put an age limit on it and we clearly didn't make the cut off.

Isabella really enjoyed chasing the cat. She could be playing and mid way through her play she would stop playing to go find or chase the cat. She at least referred to her as DC this year, unlike last year where she was known as CD.

I could ramble on and on, but I will contain myself. I wish we lived closer to this bunch. I think I need to start job searching for my brother so he can move closer to us!

A Trip To the Zoo

We hit the Omaha zoo today with the family. Our zoo really is amazing and a lot of fun. The highlight of this trip was seeing a Bernese Python eating a white bunny rabbit. We missed the initial feeding. We didn't get to see if bunny was alive when put in the cage or the capture. We did however get to witness the squeezing of the bunny and the jaw unhinge to eat the bunny. It was a mixed emotion moment. Initially I wasn't going to let the kids see or explain what was going on, but they were really into watching the snake eat. We went with the survival of the fitness explanation with emphasis on everyone has to eat and that snake eats bunnies. I don't know why I keep saying bunny it was a full grown rabbit. We watched until all we could see was two bunny feet sticking out the mouth of the snake. I think everyone really enjoyed the zoo experience. We also had a duck that was interested in trying to eat everyone through the glass.

KU vs Nebraska Football Game

We headed to our yearly game at Memorial Stadium. I am so sad that they are leaving the Big 12 because we won't be able to watch our team as easily. We know our team doesn't excel in football, but we are faithful fans. We did have good company at the game and fun was had by all. I was impressed that Jill handled the cold so gracefully being from Alabama. It wasn't as cold as we thought it was going to be. It felt like someone turned up the ac a little too high, cold but bearable. My team lost, but we wore our blue with pride and we were easily to find when separated from the group. On our walk in an old man asked me if I was going to college at KU. I immediately gave him a "Bless You" for thinking I looked like a college student and told him I was old enough to have 3 small children at home and was done with college. Old men have always loved me and I think he was hitting on me or he was just a foolish Nebraska fan.
On a crazy note: When we came to the game last year we saw people wearing the white hat modeled above by my brother Todd. We looked and looked for them, but were unable to find the vendor and settled for a different white fleecy hat. I have peeked for them over the past year, but not very hard. We spotted a man wearing one off in the distance. I joked with my brother and told him we could scout him out and offer to buy it off his head. He laughed and joked with me about it, but when I went to the bathroom I went and scouted the man out and bought it literally off his head for $20. He wanted $25, but I got it for $20. I had to remind him that it was "used".

Bald and Bald

My brother and his wife are in town visiting. I asked my brother to put the baby down, one might mistake Bryson as his. I was surprised how much oogling and googling my brother did over him. Very sweet.












I couldn't keep the baby out of Jill's arms. I will have to jillerizer Bryson after she leaves. He would barely make a peek on his playmate and Jill would scoop him up in nothing flat. I don't think Bryson cried much. It will be a hard does of reality when she leaves and I have no choice but to put him down to cry to tend to the other children. He sure is our cuddlier.

Visitors from Alabama

They plowed our street early this morning and just in time for my brother to get here with his family from Alabama. Nana was supposed to arrive this evening as well, but she hit some ice on the way up and ended up in a ditch. Luckily she wasn't hurt and pulled out quickly, but she decided to stay at a hotel for the evening and is coming up in the morning. A little too much action for my taste, but we are happy she is ok. My brother and his family were excited to see so much snow and really enjoyed playing in it. The things we take for granted and are soooo tired of they are excited for.