What a Great Fall Day!

It is an absolute beautiful fall day here! The sun is out....finally:) We got back from Bloomington Illinois almost a week ago. We had a great visit with Matt's family! Unfortunately, I caught Ava's viral infection and laid on the couch for 2 days! The last time Matt's family other than his mom and dad were able to see Cooper was when he was 4 months old! And he wasn't at his finest then...lots and lots of crying! Matt and Ava went back last spring but I stayed back with Cooper because he was really sick. So it was a much needed visit. Here is a picture of him with Gigi and Grandpa...so cute!

Matt also had his 20th high school reunion! I think he would say he is glad he went even though it wasn't ideal. The best part was being able to catch up with a few friends that we hadn't seen in awhile. It was fun seeing Matt laugh and reminisce with them about the good ole days:)

Matt was sad that he didn't get to watch a Bears game on Sunday with his dad because they weren't playing but they still seemed to have some football fun. If you can't tell from the picture, yes, that is a Bear on Matt's head!

123 Imagine with Elmo!

Ava has loved watching Sesame Street for a while now. When I heard that Elmo was coming to Dayton, I decided to check it out. I actually took Ava about a month ago over to get the tickets at the box office and she really thought we were going to see Elmo then! So...it's been a long time waiting but Ava finally got to see him and the whole gang! She was so excited that night! She couldn't wait to get to our seats and get the show going! Unfortunately she was just coming off of being sick for several days and towards the end of the show she was not feeling good again. As we were leaving, she wanted to know if she could come back the next day to see Elmo again:) Matt seemed to enjoy the show as well...his comment was this is so much better than Barney!!! It really is such a joy to see our kids be delighted. Of course, we got sucked in and bought an elmo light up toy that is now deep in our toybox somewhere! At intermission they were selling Elmo balloons and Ava wanted one. Matt and Ava walked down to get one...I was thinking $1 maybe $2....nope $10!!! I could not believe it. So an early lesson for Ava that we can't always have what we want but she was fine with it.