We're not in Kansas anymore...

Last night I slept like a rock, it was amazing. I went to bed around 12:30 because Chris was staying up late writing a paper and I was just staying up with him doing some cross-stitching, yes I am young and I love to cross-stitch! I am not ashamed! So eventually I got too tired to wait up for him anymore and I went to bed. I must have fallen asleep like a normal person, because I was exhausted and I don't remember laying there much at all. Then I didn't wake up until 5am! That was awesome! I'm used to waking up several times a night for Elijah, but usually I wake up at intervals just to look at the clock and find out I definitely shouldn't be awake... So anyway I got up to feed Elijah at 5 and then he went right back down to sleep as usual and this time is even crazier... This time I slept until 9am! Completely conked, I don't even remember Chris kissing me goodbye when he left for school in the morning, I have no idea if he did or not I was so out of it. And I feel great this morning, I am just really hoping the sun comes out soon because cloudy days tend to make me sluggish...

We had our trip to Wisconsin Dells this weekend, it was lots of fun. We left on Friday and met up with Alex and Krista and had a picnic lunch. It was 85 and sunny on Friday so we couldn't have asked for better weather. Then we walked around the town and saw all the tourist shops and stuff. I found some Minnetonka sandals that were the most comfortable shoes I have ever had on my feet and I wanted them so bad, but they were out of my price range :-( Then we headed back to the hotel and bummed around and did some swimming and called it a night. Since Alex works in a hotel restaurant in Minneapolis, he gets really good discounts at certain hotels around the world, including the Hilton, which is where we got to stay :-) It was a very nice hotel, something we would not have been able to afford without the discount, so thanks Alex and Krista! Saturday we woke up and it was cold and raining, big slap in the face compared to sunny and 85 the day before, so it was a good thing that Saturday was waterpark day! Our hotel gave us a discount at one of the resort waterparks, so we went there and the place has 3 different indoor waterparks! Pretty crazy. The first time we went Alex and Krista went before us and we never could find them there so Chris and I each went on 1 or 2 rides since we had to hold Elijah the whole time. Elijah played in the kiddie area and at first he was a little overwhelmed with all the people running around, especially the kids, but he caught on real quick and ended up having a lot of fun. By the time we decided to leave, he was totally conked out in Chris' arms. So we left and had some dinner and then went back to the waterpark with Alex and Krista this time and then we took turns watching the babe so that everyone could go on some rides, it was lots of fun :-) Sunday we just went to an outlet mall for a while (found some cute sunglasses for Elijah) and then out for lunch and then on our way home. It was so nice to get away for a while and it was a pretty cheap vacation considering all the discounts we got. Someday when we have a little more money though I would love to go back and do so much more, I feel like there is a ton of stuff we missed out on. Plus next time we are bringing a babysitter!

So the craziest thing to happen on the trip was probably the drive home. The weather was gross, but nothing too bad, but as we are driving we start to notice that the sky to our right is seriously dark and creepy, while the sky to our left is just plain cloudy. It got to a point where we realized maybe we should turn on the radio and see what's going on. So we turn on the radio and there is a guy talking about tornado warning in Grant County, about to be above the city of Lancaster. And we're thinking, "ok, we have no idea where we are right now..." Then we pass a sign saying "Grant County" and we're thinking, "hmm, well at least we aren't in Lancaster..." Then we pass an exit sign for Lancaster and we're thinking "hmm, that's probably not good." And at this point it is so windy that Chris is having trouble keeping the car straight and the people on the radio are warning everyone to seek shelter and telling people not to try to outrun the tornado and it was at this point that I realized how much being a mom changes your perspective. A few years ago I would have been totally stoked to be right next to a tornado, I would have considered driving after it, the dummy that I am. It was all about thrills and that would have just been too cool if we actually saw the tornado that close to us. Instead of this reaction I immediately start contemplating our options to either keep driving and pray that we outrun it or pull over and get out of the car, grab Elijah, and run into a ditch and wait it out. There was no way I was going to let any force of nature harm my son. Fortunately as we kept driving we could see that we were approaching calmer looking skies so we kept going and listening to the radio counting down the minutes until the tornado would be right above the city. It was crazy...

So enough of that doom and gloom, let's see what's new with Elijah. Well he has started to catch on to the sign for "more." We've been doing it during mealtimes and he occasionally will do it back when he runs out of food. Sometimes though we will sit him down and before he even has any food he will do it, so I'm pretty sure he gets that it means he's going to get more to eat :-P Also, he has officially pulled himself up to standing a few times now. He can do it in his crib now no problem because the railing is easy to grasp. He's having trouble with couches and such since they are so cushy. But he knows how to do it, that's for sure. It's amazing to see how quickly he has been picking up on stuff lately. Such a smart little guy I have :-P

Well he just went down for a nap, so I'm going to take advantage of that and go get ready for the day. Ciao!