We went to Benihana for dinner the week before to avoid the craziness of this holiday. It was good as usual.
The kids and I made Randy a sunkist and rice krispie cake. We had fun making it "together".
For lunch, we went to Red Lobster. It was pretty good. We tried their stuffed tilapia. I would just get the regular tilapia next time.
Talan has been telling us for the last couple of nights that he didn't want to sleep in his "baby" bed anymore. We had already decided after tax season that he would move to his room. Since he has been talking about it, I figured I should take advantage of it now. We went to lunch with Randy today. Talan told him what he wanted to do. So, with that we decided we would also take down the crib and move Kendall to a toddler bed. We went to Babies r us and bought Kendall a Minnie mouse bed. We then went to Walgreens to get Talan a light pillow that he had talked about. We came home and the transformation began. Troy helped me put together Kendall's bed. When Randy got home we took apart the crib and moved it out of our room. I told Talan with us moving his bed out of our room he was going to have to sleep in his big boy room from now on.
I'm not sure who this is going to be harder on, Talan or me? I keep telling myself he's not a baby anymore. He will always be MY baby, but I guess I have to let him go a little bit. I know this must sound silly to most, that we are finally moving him into his own room at almost 5, but I remember when we brought him home. People would say that I shouldn't hold him too much, and we shouldn't let him sleep with us. He's almost 5. Do you know how fast this time has gone by? He wasn't always going to be a baby, I wasn't going to be able to hold him allday everyday. He was going to be too big to sleep in my bed someday. That someday has come and gone.
Talan,
You are one of my greatest accomplishments. I love watching you grow everyday. I love the little man you are becoming. You light up my world. Good night sweet boy!
Love you to the moon and the stars and Pluto and mickey and goofy to infinity and back. Mommy
Baltimore vs San Francisco. Who cares right? Well, I decided we would have a party this year since I had no real interest in watching the game. We had plenty of good food, family and friends. Baltimore ended up winning after a comeback attempt by the 49ers after a power outage. It ended up being a decent game. Peyton should've been there, but we will do it next year.
On Saturday, we drove to Daytona for Randy's football game. It was about 1.5 hours from where we were staying. Randy had to be there at 1:30 so we dropped him and Troy off and headed to see the beach. On the way, we saw the Daytona Motor Speedway and thought it would be cool to take a tour and spend our time before the game at 4. Well, our timing wasn't so great. We thought we would have enough time to go down and take some pics at the beach, but the clock in the car was a little fast and caused us to miss the tour. So, we headed to the game. It ended up not starting on time, so we could've done the tour. Oh well. Once the game started and we were down 21-0 going into the second quarter, we thought to ourselves, we definately shouldve stayed to do the tour. The game was pretty ugly. Randy scrambled for his life twice trying to punt the ball. The team definately has some work to do. We lost 30-7???? I think.
After the game, we went down to the beach to eat at Bubba Gumps. It was pretty good. I drove home and we got there about 11:30. We had to pack and wake up early for our flight home.
We woke up at 515am to head to the airport. We had to return our rental and get breakfast before boarding. Talan's last soccer game this season was at 1:00 and we didn't want him to ha e to miss. The kids both slept the whole flight home. We were all in one row on the way home, so it was much more comfortable. We got in a little earlier than expected, so we headed to soccer.
We were playing a really good team today. We were pumped for this game. The boys had improved since the first game. It was super intense. We ended up losing 22-12. I know the score says one thing, but we were thoroughly impressed with the boys play today. They passed well and made some great shots. We could see the improvement from the first time we played this team. The boys on the other team were 6 and our boys are 4-6. If we can keep improving like this, we are a force to be reckoned with as well.
Talan scored 6 goals, I think. I am soo proud of the little player he has become. He amazes me every game. I truly enjoy watching him.
