Eli Walking & Covered Bridge

Last week was a super hectic week!  I had parent-teacher conferences on Wed. and Thurs.  These kept me busy in St. Charles from 7:15 AM-8:00 PM both days.  When I got home, the kids were ready for bed and I was exhausted.  I had to pack up on Tuesday night because Kristin and I left town on Thursday after conferences to head to Indiana.

We went to the Covered Bridge Festival with Brandy Nieters and Krystal (Smelcer) Blattner.  We rode down there and met up with Nick's mom, Aunt Jody, and a bunch of other campground ladies.  There were 12 in our group total.  It is a giant festival/flea market/craft bazaar the size of a town.  It's HUGE!  We went up Thursday night and slept.  Friday, we shopped all day and watched Game 5 (IT WAS AWESOME!!! COMEBACK OF A LIFETIME!!!!).  Then we left Saturday morning.  Normally, we would stay Saturday and shop, but Kristin and I were really missing the kids after last week.  We were gone for a day and a half, and had a blast.

In 16 months, I have been gone roughly a day and a half.  36 hours.....and Eli started walking while I was gone.  Are you kidding me Eli?!  I was incredibly sad to miss this big event.....  Here's a video of him that night:

I really cannot believe that I missed his big moment!  However, I am trying my best to focus on his success now.  3 days after learning to walk, I got an awesome video of Ella and Eli dancing in the kitchen to "Pontoon" by Little Big Town.  (Dancing is one of their favorite activities after all.)  I have tried my best to post the video here, but for some reason I can't.  It's on my Facebook page, so you can see it there, but kids, in the future if you're reading this, thinking, "What is Facebook?"  Sorry.  Rest assured it was an ADORABLE video of you guys. <3

Also, last night, I found him kicking a balloon all over the kitchen!  I guess he was really ready to get going. :)