weekend get-away

Who needs the cereal when you can drink the sugary milk??

Our little Emma is becoming quite the snuggler.  She loves to be held, talked to, and put in the sling...a combo of all 3 is the best when she's fussy :).

So, this past weekend was labor day weekend.  The first half of it we spent at Norris with the family.  It was our first night (Liv, Emma, Chad, and I) sleeping in one room together...didn't go too bad.  Livie woke up once (and stayed up for an hour)...but other than that, we all slept good.  The next day, Livie played and played with her cousins in the morning, then took a 4 hour nap in the afternon...I guess they wore her out!

And then Sunday, after church, the four of us headed to St. Louis for a little weekend get-away before Chad leaves on his hunting trip.  It was SO good to just GET OUT together.  It went so fast, but it was so worth it.  The girls got some good dad time...

We were laughing hard at these next 2 photos.  We brought a laundry basket for Emma to sleep in for the night :).  Poor little girl.  As the second child, you've been dropped and then forced to sleep in this:

The blanket makes it better :)...at least her feet can't get stuck in the slots...

On labor day, we headed to the St. Louis Zoo.  It was a GORGEOUS day and so fun!  

 Emma slept most of time in the stroller...such a good girl :).

She woke up just around noon, just in time to eat lunch and head home.

 So, our car ride home looked like this on one side...

 And this on the other...

And besides hanging out as a family (that was the best part)...here's my other favorite part of our trip to St. Louis.  Ted Drewes frozen custard.  Back in junior high and high school, my swim team would travel to St. Louis every summer for a swim meet.  When we weren't swimming, we'd always stop here to get a treat.  It has the best frozen custard of ANYWHERE!  So, I introduced Chad...he was easily sold on it as well.  We ended up getting a little somethin' both Sunday and Monday :).