We had a busy MEA (I know it is not called this anymore, but I will always refer to this weeend as MEA) weekend. Jake had his 6 month appointment. It was a good visit. He did a good job, even when he had his shots. I went into school for a bit on Thursday, so Jake spent some time at Grandma's with his cousin, Paige. I had an eye doctor's appointment on Friday, so Jake went to Cheryl's for a little while. It was nice for him to have some consistency. We gave Jake some meat (Sweet Potatoes and Turkey) on Thursday night. He LOVED it! He is done with the boring rice cereal! On Friday night, we all met my side of the family at the Mall of America. Nickelodeon Universe has an indoors Halloween event for kids. Jake's two cousins were there in their costumes. His aunts and uncles on mom's side were there, along with Grandma and Papa. It was a late night, but he was a good sport. He did not mind his lion costume, either. He was just too cute!
On Saturday, Jake had his first friend birthday party. Kamryn turned 2 last week, but her mom is a teacher, too, so MEA weekend worked out quite well. Jake goes to daycare with Kam and her sister, Jenna. The Allen boys (Jacob and Bryson) were there, too. It was fun for Jake to see familiar faces. We were only able to stay a little while, but Jake loved the inflatable monkeys that Michelle used to decorate.
Later that night, we took Jake to his first, of many, Gopher hockey game. We had him dressed in maroon and gold. We have been working on spelling Minnesota, too. We need some more practice. Jake was a bit, okay VERY scared of the yelling when the Gophers scored. Needless to say, we took turns hanging out on top for the rest of the game. Joe was able to get him to fall asleep in the second period. We brought him back down to the seats in the third period. We were nervous when there was another two goals scored (they took one away, though). Jake slept through both of them. He did wake up when Goldy was close to our seats. We hope to have a picture taken with him next time. It was another late night, but a fun one!
Here was a picture from last weekend at Joe's grandparents' house. Jake is with his dad, his grandpa, and his great grandpa.
