Well, Friday night didn't go exactly as planned. Annika and I had dinner with Auntie Krystle and Pierce and then went home. After Kris arrived home around 10pm I quickly got my things together and left. I was at O'Gara's by 10:40pm to see the gb leighton band which started at 10:30pm. Not too bad, I thought. Until I saw the line to get in the bar out the door and all the way down the block. No problem I thought. I'm going to the Garage section which is a separate part of the bar with it's own entrance. I walk up to the door only to be greeted by a security guard saying this entrance is closed and the bar is at maximum capacity. No one else can get in, not even all those people waiting in line. Lucky for me, Pierce was standing near the entrance at the cash machine. He sees me and goes and gets Krystle for me. She comes out to talk for a few minutes. G.B. Leighton is all sold out and there's no way for me to get inside. I give her a Happy Birthday hug and then get back in my car and drive home. I'm home by 11:30pm and in bed sleeping at 11:31pm. Oh well.

Kris and I were able to go out Saturday night. Grandpa Dan came over to babysit so we could go out and celebrate Pam's 30th birthday. We went to the Mediterranean Cruise Cafe for dinner. The food was excellent, company was wonderful and the bellydancers were fabulous.

Yesterday was a busy day for me. I met Mary, Amanda and Amanda's fiance Dean at the Minneapolis Convention Center for the wedding fair. We spent a few hours walking around there finding photographers, dresses, cake, receptions sites, etc. for Amanda. Then I hurried home to pick up Kris and Annika so we could head to dinner with Grandpa Dan, Grandma Marcia, Uncle Mathias, Auntie Krystle and Pierce. We were celebrating Krystle's birthday (again - see a theme here?) :) Annika was acting funny at dinner though. I'm not sure if she was not feeling well, if her teeth were bothering her (her two eye teeth are coming through) or if she was just really tired. She only wanted to be by her Mom or Dad though. No one else was good enough. Little stinker. She was happily playing with Grandpa when we left on Saturday night and didn't even want to stop to say good-bye to Mommy and Daddy.

Two cute Annika anecdotes to finish up this entry. 1 - Yesterday morning Annika and I went to her room to change her diaper and get her dressed for the day. After finishing, I was throwing her diaper away and her pajamas in the laundry hamper in her room when Annika came up behind me and kissed my back. I thought oh how sweet, my baby loves me, she wuvs her mama, etc. etc. Then I told her to follow me to my room so I could change clothes and get ready for the day. She did. She followed along kissing the wall, the door, the shower door, etc. along the way. Yeah, apparently I rank right up there with doors and walls. 2 - Annika can say a lot of animal noises. Her funniest to date was the duck because she uses the back of her throat to say "qwack". Well, Kris has taught her to do the elephant and I think it's my new favorite. She puts her hand to her mouth (instead of her arm like Daddy does) then lifts her head to simulate an elephant moving it's trunk as she says makes a high pitched humming noise. Okay, so I can't describe it very well. It's hilarious as everyone at dinner last night can attest. We, of course, make Annika show off all her tricks whenever anyone is around. My Baby. I've only been at work an hour and already I miss her terribly.