Freedom Weekend

I suppose it's a little late to blog about last weekend as if it was yesterday, but better late than never. Freedom weekend, as I'm calling it,occurred last weekend because Ross and I took off to Mpls on our own....no car seat, no pack and play, no 8-bags full of clothing, diapers, food, bottles, etc....no toddler, it was just us and a couple bags with comfy sweatpants and sweatshirts!

Gus had his own version of a freedom weekend, too. Grandma and Grandpa Vickie and Dave came down and stayed Thursday - Sunday. Basically Gus got to play and play and do whatever he pleased which means he was happy.

So I think the only people in this situation who didn't have a freedom weekend were his Grandma and Grandpa. But I think they had fun and we appreciated it a TON.

The reason we took off for Mpls on Friday was because of the birth of little Gabrielle Marie. Our friends Mike & Michelle welcomed her into the world last Wednesday, October 29th at 7:51pm. She is precious. I can't believe she is this small (7 lbs 13 oz). She seemed way smaller than that. She is adorable and is a really good baby. Here's some shots of her cuteness.




Meanwhile, Gus was busy with G & G.

Picking out the best book.

Heart-to-heart with Grandpa Dave.

Trying to escape from Grandma Vickie.

Didn't work.

Still trying.

Extreme close up.

And finally, a blog post wouldn't be a blog post without sharing Gus's latest trick. G & G taught him how to show everyone how old he is. He's 1 in case you can't see his little hand and the sign for 1.

On second glance it looks as if he's going "right back at cha."