Raegan is three!

I can't believe that my little girl is three!

She had a very good birthday with her Nana. Nana came and picked her up on Monday afternoon for a sleepover. They made crafts, went to Dunkin' Donuts and saw Horton Hears a Who. When Papa got home, they went and had pizza and chocolate milk at Raegan's request. After pizza, the waitress brought her a canoli with a candle and sang to her. Needless to say, she was very hyper when she got home that evening.

Today, Bob and I took her to Toys 'R Us. We weren't really sure what to get her so we thought we would just see what she played with. She fell in love with this keyboard! It's very cute with a working microphone and everything! She also stocked up her Dora kitchen with pots & pans, dishes and more food. Now she is just upset that her kitchen is still in the garage and she can't play with it until we get the new carpet in our basement.

Saturday is her party with her friends. We are taking 5 of her little friends (and her baby cousin and some adults) to Chuck E Cheese. Sunday we will have a dinner at Nana & Papa's house to celebrate Raegan and her Papa's birthdays (his is 4/10) with the family.

She has really managed to turn her birthday into birthweek, but she sure is having fun!

Trip to North Dakota

After much debate and discussion, I took both kids to North Dakota to celebrate my grandpa's 80th birthday. The only reason that I was crazy enough to do this is that my uncle Doug and cousin Jamie-Marie flew into Detroit to meet up with me to get to Minot. We got in on Friday, March 28 in the late afternoon. My brother and dad picked us up and took us all to Mark & Nikki's house to wait for my mom, grandma and grandpa. Grandma & Grandpa didn't know that we were coming so they were pretty shocked to see all of us sitting there. Luckily both kids were still in a good mood and Gavin didn't have his stranger anxiety.

Saturday my parents had rented out the local indoor pool so we had it for two hours all to ourselves. Raegan was in the pool the whole two hours! Gavin got tired after the first hour so my mom and I took him back for a nap. After lunch and a nap, we took the kids up to the drug store for a whirl-a-whip, the local specialty. Saturday night, we went out to dinner with my brother's in-laws, who happen to be my parents good friends, and then had a birthday cake for Raegan.

Sunday, we got up and drove over to Williston for my grandpa's party. Unfortunately, there was a really bad snow storm the night before so we had a long haul! We were able to see most of my aunts and a lot of my cousins and their spouses and kids. It was really fun! Sunday night my uncle and cousin came back to my parents house to stay.

Monday the trip home was ok. Gavin had a little stomach bug that caused many messy diapers and a change of clothes before we even got on the plane. He was fine until we were about 20 minutes out of Detroit, when he threw up all over me, himself and Raegan! Ugh! Raegan left the plane in panties and a t-shirt and Gavin in a onesie. We looked (and smelled) awful and a pretty white trashy!

I forgot my camera so am hoping that eventually my family will send me some pictures!