Goodbye parties

The house got all packed and loaded and on its way to Minnesota.  We closed on our Colorado house on Jan. 27th.  Everything went smooth.  I, of course, cried though.  Robert left on Saturday morning with Nadia and my Jeep to drive to MN.  Megan and I get to stay an extra week in Colorado while Robert takes care of closing on our new house and unloaded the moving van.  We get to stay with my mom and dad and have some going away parties.  My girlfriends had a going away party for me at Canvas and Cocktails.  We all got to paint pictures and take them with us.  I figure I can hang it up at my new house and always remember the good times I had with them.  Megan had her going away party at Chuck-E-Cheese.  All her friends gave her books for her going away presents.  That was perfect since they can easily be packed and provide some airplane entertainment.  We have lots of friends we are going to miss dearly.

Lisa, Ashley and Erin ready to paint

Patricia, Karey, and Jen

My amazing friends

Riding the rollercoaster ride at Chuck-E-Cheese

Riding the school bus with her friends

Opening her presents....lots of books!

Some of Megan's friends.  Wyatt and Aiden and Grady had to leave early.

 

Christmas celebration with Roessing's

Yea!  Robert is home to help me finish up with packing and to make sure everything goes smooth with the moving company.  Dad is out of the hospital and feeling better.  Each day he gets a little bit stronger and doesn't hurt so much.  So, it is finally time to celebrate Christmas with my family.  The Baxter's came over and we all enjoyed a nice breakfast and then opened presents.  Here is a cute picture of Megan and her cousins. 

Megan's first haircut

It is time.  Time to get those cute little curls cut.  I can't believe she is 3 and we haven't had to do this yet.  Her curls helped from seeing those uneven, straggly ends.  But brushing that beastly hair has become just too much.  Megan is excited to get her hair cut.  First she told me she wanted it cut like Daddy's, but thank goodness I was able to talk her out of that.  We decided on just taking off a couple inches off the ends.  Nothing too fancy.  Here are the pictures.

Sitting in the firetruck, ready to go.

Now a lollipop in her hands...even better.

After a couple inches have been cut off

She decided she wanted pigtails in the end.

New Year's 2012

We are celebrating the New Year in Minneapolis.  Megan and I flew out to be with Daddy and to house hunt.  We spent Thursday and Friday house hunting.  Megan did really well getting drug in and out of houses.  She loved all the ones that had swing sets in the backyard.  She also really liked one that had a pink potty.  We had to talk her out of that one!  We finally agreed on a house that all of us like.  It has a swing set in the backyard for Megan, and nice big kitchen and laundry room for me, and a 3 car garage and a big yard for Robert.  We put an offer on the house and if all goes well, we should close on January 30th.  Now that the house hunting is done, it was time to enjoy the rest of the weekend.  On New Year's Eve we went to Mall of America.  We had a wonderful dinner at the Rain Forest Cafe (of course Megan made out with some new things) and then we rode the rides at Nickelodeon land for awhile.  Megan had a blast and wasn't ready to go home even though it was getting late.  Robert was staying at a lovely apartment that I found for him for temporary housing.  He loved the diverse neighborhood and was so excited that I got to see his little home.  I didn't think it was all that bad (especially since he travels every week and is mostly there on the weekends.)  Here is a picture of the house we put an offer on as that is the only pictures I have of the entire weekend.  Sometimes that darn camera just doesn't make it out of the bag even though I packed it with good intentions.