Happy Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving with Brad's family in Hoffman this year. We had such a nice time and ate sooooo much good food!

We have a friend who has a "Weigh In - Weigh Out" contest with his family each year for Thanksgiving. When they arrive at the door for Thanksgiving, they have to weigh themselves before they start to eat. At the end of the day, they weigh themselves again to see who gained the most weight. I think we'll try this next year. They hand out a prize to the biggest gainer in their family each year!! I think the winner gets to take home the scale. Too Funny. :)

On Friday evening, Brad, Christy & I went to a comedy show in Alexandria. The comedians were Scott Hansen & the Stagebenders.

The Stagebenders, a comedy improv duo based part-time in Las Vegas and part-time in Minneapolis, bring big bodies and big laughs to each show they perform. Armed with their great sense of humor and non-stop dialogue and actions, these two guys can make just about any word, situation, or prop turn into a top-notch comedy skit. They have appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and NBC’s America’s Funniest People.

Scott Hansen is the unprecedented, 5-time winner of the Minnesota Comedian of the Year award. This is not an easy task in a state that is the comedy home of Louie Anderson, Tom Arnold, and Al Franken! His national reputation has earned him a spot as a regular fixture appearing in concert with superstars Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld and Drew Carey. The award winning comedian has made millions laugh with gut-splitting national TV appearances on HBO, Showtime, A&E and E!.

I would highly recommend seeing these guys! They were totally awesome!! :)

Emmy stayed home with Grandma Debbie & Great Grandma Bev. She had fun playing with Shelby, Maya & Madisen. They played so well and pooped Emmy out.

On Saturday, we celebrated grandma Bev's birthday & my birthday. We ate at Whiskey Creek in Alexandria and had a nice time with the big family. There were about 25 of us at our table. Emmy even got a little taste of ice cream from mommy's birthday cake.

Emmy enjoyed playing in the exersaucer at Grandma Debbie's house. She giggled & played so much in it this weekend.

Emmy loves to sit on daddy's lap!! They look a lot alike!

And her new thing is to suck on her two fingers.

Back to Front

Sarah & Richard stopped over last night with their little guy, Max. Emmy & Max were both on the floor playing when all of a sudden she rolled right over and looked at me with a huge smile on her face. She's such a doll.

We've been trying to give her some baby food lately. She's tried rice cereal & now carrots. The carrots went over well. She really liked them, but when she got tired of eating them, she got upset and spit them out of her mouth all over mommy's face.

Santa & The Reindeer

Today we went to see Santa and his Reindeer in Maple Grove. It is getting pretty cold here so I bundled Emmy up in her new snowsuit & hat. We laughed so hard because she reminded us of the little boy from the movie, "A Christmas Story." Emmy was all bundled up in her snowsuit and when I lifted her up, her little arms stuck straight out. :) It was pretty funny!

We didn't want to wait in the long line to see Santa. I didn't know that he was going to be outside. It was too cold outside for Emmy, so we just got a quick picture next to the reindeer and then went back home where it was nice & warm.

Maybe next Friday I'll take her to the mall to get a good picture with Santa.

Triple Espresso/Nye's

My mom came to town this weekend. We had so much fun. I bought front row tickets for her and I to see Triple Espresso.

Triple Espresso tells the story of three guys whose bid for showbiz fame and fortune ended in 4-minutes of magnificent failure on national television. Hugh Butternut, Buzz Maxwell, and Bobby Bean tell their rags-to-rags story earnestly, with hysterical results. Butternut is a musician, a vulnerable soul with a lounge lizard smile; Maxwell is an uncertain magician with an attitude; and Bean is an irrepressible, all-over-the-map entertainer with big dreams. The laughter is infectious and the comedy appeals to everyone from first graders to college students to baby-boomers to grandparents.

We laughed so hard...it was a really neat comedy.

After the comedy was over, we went to Nye's Polonaise Room. I've been telling my mom about Nye's for so long and I finally dragged her into the place. Nye's is located in Northeast Minneapolis. It hasn't been decorated since the 60s. When you walk in the front door, you see the old school lighting, shiny gold vinyl booths, and sweet Lou playing the piano at the sing-along piano bar. Their polka band, in the back, is the "World's Most Dangerous Polka Band" and their youngest member is in his 70s. They just replaced the drummer who drummed his way to heaven...His replacement is soon to follow. Ruth is the accordionist and is missing some teeth. The best part is when Ruth does the "barking dog" song. The crowd ranges from 20s to 80s. The dance floor is about the size of two postage stamps. But if you're lucky enough, veteran Polka King Roger will dance a mean polka with you any night.

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Emmy stayed home with Brad. She did not have a very good night away from mommy. Brad was almost ready to take her to the hospital because she was crying so hard for two hours. He tried everything, but couldn't calm her down. He called our neighbor Noel and he came over to help. When we got home from Nye's she was fine and was as happy as ever!

Baptism

Emmy Kristine was baptized on Sunday, November 9th at Lord of Life Lutheran Church. Emmy wore the same baptismal gown that I wore almost 32 years ago. The dress was hand made by my grandma Gort. Emmy was such a doll and didn't fuss at all during the service. We had lunch served at our home after the service and enjoyed having everyone over to our home.

My niece Sam holding Emmy before the service.

First Snowfall

Last Friday we had our first snowfall of the year. We didn't get much, but we woke up to a little dusting on the yard.

Rolling Over

Emmy is rolling over from front to back now. She gets those little legs kicking and then she rolls over and has this very shocked look on her face. We were so excited for her and then she gave us a huge smile. She also loves to grab onto our fingers and pull herself up. Her favorite thing to do with daddy is to pull herself up and then Brad gently bounces her & lifts her up as if she's jumping in the air.

She loves to babble and talks the most when she's on her changing table.

She definitely does not like to miss out on ANYTHING. She wants to see what everybody is doing and take it all in. She's very alert.