The Elves, The Hennum's and The 4 boys!

This past weekend was filled with lots of friends and good times!

Friday evening Luke and I had a date night! Bishop's daycare set up a "date night", so Bishop got to hang out with his friends and play, while Luke and I snuck away for dinner! We are so thankful for a daycare that allows us to do fun things and Bishop had a blast--he didn't want to leave when we picked him up!

Around 5:30 Friday night, Luke was swinging Bishop around by the arms. The minute I saw it, my heart sank. Bishop's right elbow has come out of the socket twice now (Nurse Maids Elbow). The first time was at daycare a few months ago and then it happened again Thanksgiving weekend when he was playing on the playground  in Owatonna. Of course, he started crying and was in a lot of pain, because it popped out again. Thankfully, it has always popped back in on its own. The only time I took him in was the first time, since it happened at school, I wanted it to be documented and to know for sure what was going on. It's just so hard to see him in pain and to not be able to help him (until it goes back in). He did settle down and we were able to go out for dinner!

Saturday morning we went to Macy's "A Day in the Life of an Elf"! This was Bishop's first time and he was in awe of it all! He of course, loved the puppies and the animals and he tried to crawl up to see them....but all in all, he did great and was wide eyed the whole time! There wasn't a line (we got there right as it opened) and we were in and out in about 20 minutes! I thought it would take until lunchtime, so we didn't really know what to do! We walked through the skyways downtown and Bishop RAN....he loved it! The skyways were empty on Saturday morning, so it was perfect for him to burn off some energy. We walked to get some brunch and then we came home for the afternoon.

Bishop LOVED riding the elevator with Daddy! 

Bishop couldn't quite make it to the car before falling asleep!

Saturday evening our friends, The Hennum's, came over for dinner. Bishop and Maia (3) played really well together for the most part, but it's always very obvious to me that Bishop is "all boy" and Tim and Liana aren't used to crazy boys. Regardless, they had fun and we tried to keep Bishop from being too crazy with the girls! Siena is so good to Bishop and she kept telling me how much fun she was having--she is such a sweetheart! Tim lifted Bishop up by his arms and his elbow popped out again. I saw it from the other side of the kitchen, but it was too late to say anything, as the damage had been done. Thankfully, Tim and Liana are both PTs and Liana taught us how to pop it back in, if it should happen again! It's so hard to see him in pain, but at least we know it's nothing TOO serious and he'll be back to normal once it pops back in!

Sunday morning we picked up some CC skis for Bishop and stopped at a really neat coffee shop by the Riverview Theater in Mpls. They had a really neat toy area with tons of toys for kids to play with....Bishop even gave me his cookie so he could go play! After that we walked down to the Moore's house to have brunch and play with the boys! Bishop, Danny, Johnny and Leo had a blast together! Danny and Bishop screamed and screamed and screamed at first--they were so excited and needed to let out some energy! They all played really well together, and it was fun for us parents too!

Bishop and Danny

They were hugging and "cuddling" together!

Leo, Taya and Bishop reading a Thomas Book

I took a ton of pictures to try to get one of the 4 of them all looking, but these were the best I got!

Someone said "Say Cheese, Show us your teeth", so Bishop is showing you his teeth in this one! :)

Leo has a baby sister, Aliyana and Bishop was excited to "play" with her and hold her hand! :)

Bishop and Johnny walking home together in the snow!

We are very excited for Christmas, and I still can't believe it'll be here in less than 2 weeks!

I am 30 weeks along in my pregnancy and things are still going well! I'm getting a little nervous that my Dr will put some restrictions on, but I'm SO thankful to have made it this far along! I go back to see my Dr next Monday (the 19th).