September GP Omaha Awesomeness

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So glad Alice was born early! That meant we got an extra bonus visit from the GP Omaha's. It was so delightful for them to see their newest edition when she was a little further along. It also gave me a reprieve from the madness/magic of motherhood. Aren't grand parents seriously THE BEST?!!

I'm so disappointed that Alice didn't repeat the picture that Brock first had with Grandpa, spitting up!

OMG. Yes, we bought a house!!! Holy cow. It is a big deal. Here we are, UNDER CONTRACT. Brock thinks it is so awesome he wants to lick it.





G-ma Oh accompanied us on our walks to Brock's new school, Pritzker. We had to do an obligatory mushroom shot along the way.



Julie had tipped us off about the Windy Kitty, a cat cafe just a couple blocks from our house that we had been curious about but never really gave it its due respect. A perfect special date for Brock and G-Ma Oh! 







We decided Whiskey was our favorite kitty (not featured, I think this is one of the presidents, yes Julie? Taft? Lincoln?) but we were sadly not taking him/her home. Nope. No. Nada. No way. Step away. Walk it off. But so nice to visit. 

It was also G-Pa Oh's b-day! Let's celebrate with hyphens!  Brock thinks that Jim's bowling ball routine for gift opening is hilarious and was very excited to roll it back at him.




Of course Brock got stuff for Jim's birthday too. 

 and a special guest for the birthday boy, brother Den!! Whoa!! 

That night we made ribs and lava cake and celebrated on the roof. It was a joy and the big boys stayed up there all night long till the party got moved downstairs and I rudely called Matt to inform him that it had been Sunday for hours.


A final G-Pa Oh snug.


This happened while I was at the craft fair (thank you GPa's!) We had a great time, and it was even better that our goodbyes would not be for so long... with Den's wedding right around the corner (that means 2 months in blog years). Thanks for the pics, good times, Alice holding, Brock playing, and taking stacker Uno draw 10's like the champs you are. 

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