A Weekend To Remember....

This past weekend we took the kids to Deanna Rose Farmstead here in Overland Park. It was honestly the most wonderful family outing we have had so far. First off, it is incredibly inexpensive. $8.00 for the four of us to get in. Then we just walked around for the next few hours and watched Harper as she saw all the chickens, cows, goats, fish, horses, turkeys and pigs she could take. She was so brave and got closer to the animals than I expected her to. The place is set up wonderfully where she was able to walk around the whole time (unlike the gigantic zoo) and I have never seen her so happy in her entire life. It really made me step back and realize how lucky I am to have a this little girl that finds happiness in such small things.

 Harper went into the petting area and said "hi" to all the baby goats! We considered buying a bottle so we could feed them but since this was her first attempt at getting this close we didn't want to ruin it by the goats being a little over excited for milk and jumping on her. Harper likes the be the one to make the first move in life.

 After seeing most of the animals we all treated ourselves to ice cream cones. This was Harp's first ice cream cone and she obviously loved it!

 Paxton was a champ the whole time too. He failed to sleep but was so happy to be outside and hanging out with us that it did not even phase him! I am excited that we will get to experience the fun all over again when he is big enough to walk around and check things out for himself!

Now how can I not be the luckiest lady ever to have these 2 handsome fellas in my life?

After we finished there we went home and put two very sleepy babes to bed. It started getting a bit cloudy and so we picked up some food for a late lunch and relaxed around the house. That evening I made a childhood favorite dinner of mine which is hardboiled eggs & gravy on toast. Not a healthy dish but ohhhhh soooo delicious!!!!! We watched the Thunder game that evening and just hung out together. It was perfect.

Sunday morning started of a dreary rainy morning and we unfortunately experienced our first heart stopping moment as parents. Harper and J had just gotten back from grabbing some breakfast and she was running around being her silly self in the living room. She still had her shoes on and was carrying her blanket while running, slipped on it and hit her forehead on the fireplace. I am not sure who cried more, her or I! I was really proud of J and myself for not freaking out too much. I immediately got on the phone and called the nurse line for our pediatrician to see what we needed to do. She hit right between her eyes on her forehead and had a big ol goose egg that was black and blue within seconds. The nurse was so helpful and told me the signs to look out for a concussion. She explained that where she hit was actual the ideal spot to hit with all things considered.  Needless to say Harper was babied all day long getting to watch all the Rugrats and SpongeBob she wanted, she had countless books read to her and cuddled with us on the couch with her favorite blanket & paci. Within no time she was acting as if nothing had happened and was running around again. If I wasn't bad enough about gasping when something happened before, I am a million times worse now!! She has a nice boo boo on her head now. Josh told Harper's little 4 year old friend, Cooper, last night that she got mad at someone at school and head butted them. Haha!! Thankfully she is perfectly fine and not phased at all!

Oh and Paxton turned 4 months old on Sunday!! We are starting him on some rice cereal to hopefully help his acid reflux because so far neither Zantac or Prevacid is doing anything for the amount of spit up he has going on. Fingers crossed it will help him sleep through the night too. He is still waking somewhere between 4:30 & 5:30 for a feeding then I get him back up at 7 to start our day. I am ready for some all night, uninterrupted sleep!!