TMX Elmo

No folks, your eyes do not decieve you, I currently have in my poession an authentic TMX Elmo (English speaking even)! I have been on the waiting list at KayBee Toys for over a month now on a preorder / prepaid list and today the shipment arrived. For those of you that have no idea what this is, here is a video: Elmo in Action. They run about $40, but are going for about $100 on EBay right now. Hoever, this one is all Jaden's, unless they go up to $500 before Christmas and then it goes to the highest bidder! ;-) Enjoy your weekend!

Thanksgiving Lunch

Today we went to meet Jaden at school for his Thanksgiving Lunch. We had big fun while we were there. They even provided us lunch as well. Turkey, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy and a roll. Mmmmmm, good. Jaden had his bottle and some cereal, but we did sneak in some mashed potatoes and gravy and he LOVED them! This kid is a freaking garbage disposal when it comes to food. Anyway, we had a great time and I thought you might enjoy some of the pictures!

Mommy and Jaden at school for "Thanksgiving Lunch"

All set up and ready to chow down!

Daddy, why are you over there and not over here feeding me?

Ahhhh, much better. A full belly and a happy boy!

Camp Jaden

Welcome to "Camp Jaden". These are a couple of Shannon's purchases from Babies-r-us (a.k.a. The Evil Empire) in which they have found another way to manipulate us out of hundreds of dollars. I guess this shows me not to go out and watch college football on a Saturday anymore. ;-) Anyway, this is Jaden's new "fort". There are actually doors on each side of it and it can be connected all the way around, be we chose to open it up to the ottoman, where he likes to hold himself up and stand and watch television. As much as I joke about the fort, it really is helpful. With the little Guy crawling around like crazy, it was tough to keep him in one area and away from the t.v. and iron end table. He seems to like it and it makes mommy happy, and isn't that all that really matters. So what if daddy has to take on some part time work to pay for all of these luxuries. Also, the froggy chair in the picture, is for Jaden to pull himself up on, NOT TO SIT ON!!!! Yeah, no one told daddy that until after the second time he sat Jaden on it, only to watch him fall off of it onto his face. It seemed to upset mommy more than it hurt Jaden, but apparently daddy "should have known" that chairs are not for sitting on anymore. Well, I'll quit rambling now. Have a great day!

Weekend Update

Well folks, we had a very nice long weekend. We got to spend a lot of time with the little Guy and even had our friends Michelle and Kevin over with their three boys on Sunday to watch the Colts game. It still went by fast, but I am certain Jaden was looking forward to getting back to school to see his friends today. In fact, I think we were all a bit happy to get back to our little worlds at work today. As great as it is to have a few extra days off, it's still a lot of work with Jaden being so young. We really just kinda hung out in our sweats and sweatshirts for 4 days playing with Jaden. I think Shannon even showered each of those 4 days. I really have to thank Shannon for everything she does with the little Guy. I actually got to sleep in on Monday until 11 a.m. That's not something that happens often, so thank you honey! Oh, Shannon DID get to do a little shopping for Jaden this weekend, but I'll show the purchases on another post. Enjoy your week!