Out and about with my best buddy.

Yesterday was an absolutely fabulous day. Why? Because Keaton and I spent most of the day in Norfolk, Nebraska birthday shopping! (I cannot even believe my baby boy will be 2 years old in just one more week!) There is really no where to shop in Columbus, Nebraska (only Walmart, Dollar Tree and a few other stores that wouldn't really be too helpful in finding stuff for Keaton) so, yesterday morning after breakfast Keaton and I headed out to Norfolk (which is about 45 minutes from our house) to go shopping at Shopko and Target (I love Target and miss so much not having one close by!). We also made a quick stop at Hobby Lobby and Hastings. :) Keaton and I had so much fun together and Keaton was such a good boy the entire time we were shopping. :)

After shopping at Target I decided we would check out the little "mall" that is connected to Target and was quite impressed and excited! Inside this teeny tiny mall there is a Rue 21, a Buckle, Famous Footwear, Maurices, JcPenney, a store called Herbergers (which is kinda like Macy's?) AND, a Bath and Body Works! I was so happy in that moment to realize that although it wasn't much it was something and decided that Keaton and I might be making some trips to Norfolk a little bit more frequently in the future even if its just to window shop. :) (There are sooo many things I miss about being in Orem and Utah in general and one of those things is having more places to go shopping!)

After sitting in the cart for a couple of hours I decided to give Keaton a break and let him walk around the mall. (He loves to walk and absolutely loved the freedom.) And, I was super impressed with how well he did! He was such a good little boy and held my hand and listened to me the whole time we were walking around and looking in the different stores.

And, oh my! I about died when I saw all the super cute Halloween stuff they had at Bath and Body Works! I am so excited for Fall and with it Halloween!

And, just when I thought my day couldn't get any better Keaton and I found a Pretzelmaker in the mall's food court! YUM! I love Pretzelmaker!

My little shopping buddy and I had such a great day together! We looked at toys and clothes and books and movies, we walked around the mall, got lunch together, and just had a super fun time just being together. I cherish days like yesterday. (Even if it might seem a bit silly?) I felt so happy and content with my wonderful little boy just spending the day out and about. :)

And, on our way home Keaton took a little snooze while I talked to my mom and sister over the phone and listened to the new EFY 2012 cd and quietly sang along.

(The cute fall clothes I found for Keaton at Target.)

Once home, I was wishing I could live the day all over again. The only thing that could have made the day better was having Justin with us. :) (Although I guess that could be debatable- Justin isn't the greatest when it comes to shopping, so I would have loved to have him there if he could have just enjoyed walking around the mall, but most likely he wouldn't have been lovin' it too much... ha ha.)