Monday, February 6, 2012

Lately, I think I could name my posts...

...it's been a while.

Sorry for the delay, folks.  The desktop computer is just not in a good location these days.  Reid is super mobile - not cruising just yet, but he sure is a fast crawler.  I barely have time to plug the camera in before someone is following me and VERY interested in pushing the blue button (on the tower).  By the way, sweet Reid is 9 months old today!  He is 20 lbs, 2 ounces, 29-1/2 inches tall, and an eating machine.  He still loves his mama more than anything - and his brother and dad come in a close second.  He is the sweetest boy ever.  Everyone we know tells us that.  They ask, "Does he ever cry?"  Our answer, "Not really.  He'll fuss if you put him in the carseat, but he gets over it pretty quickly.  He'll fuss if you put him in bed and he's not ready."  He really is an angel.

Our Aunt Judy turned 70 last month, and two days later our nephew Paul turned 5.  We all met downtown for dinner at Buca di Beppo.  It was fun!  We hadn't gotten the whole family (Mike's mom, aunt & brothers and their families) in public since 2003.  It was time - - and there are a few more of us now.   

It snowed a teeny bit.  It seems to melt as fast as it comes.  Evan and I lament on our way to work/school each morning that our beautiful snow has gone away.  But, there's nothing like the joy on his face when he sees that it has come back - briefly or not.

The sick bug has grabbed Evan lately.  We actually got an illness credit at his school because he had to stay home so many days.  He got a 5-6 day stomach flu and Strep Throat twice.  Thank goodness for Grandma Mary.  She saved the day more than once so we could go to work.

The Superbowl was also in town last week.  We took Evan downtown on an unseasonably warm day to check out the festivities. We went to the NFL experience and had a nice time.


































Monday, January 16, 2012

Evans is getting old (and big!)








Evan helped us take down our Christmas decoration on Epiphany this year.  He can label boxes!  It was so cute - it took forever - but it was adorable.  Evan weighed 45 pounds at the doctor last week (we had to go to make sure his stomach flu was just a stomach flu).  He even went to a birthday party for a friend from school.  His latest thing is quizzing Mike to see who his best buddy is.  If Mike says Reid or me before he says Evan (even though it's a tie), drama ensues. The boy is also a cold weather kid.  He LOVES the snow and gets very sad when it melts.  It barely snowed the other day, and he begged us to go outside - it was so cold, we only let him go out for 10 minutes.  He even wore my scarf that had sparkles in it because he wanted to go out so badly.  Hilarious.  :)

8 Months Old

Big Reid is 8 months (and 10 days) old!  Here are his most recent tricks:  He can pull himself up and "cruise" a little bit.  He is eating food that has some textures - namely Mum Mum crackers and Yogurt melts.  (He's still trying to get the hang of eating without gagging.) He jabbers all day long.  He has 3 teeth now!  He's still the sweetest stinkin' baby ever.  He smiles even thought his poor gums hurt a lot. 









Monday, January 2, 2012

The Last 6 Weeks Re-cap (with Mike's phone pics)

 Evan was the King at Burger King.
 Reid fell asleep on the floor on Thanksgiving Day.

 Tubby time with Reid - we've come a long way - he loves it!
 Evan with some of his cousins - making treats at Grandma's.
 Evan and the tree. 
 Evan and Santa

 Reid and Santa
 Nap time
 Reid and I are at BW3 for the Bears game...
 ...with Evan and Mike
 Evan insisted on rolling out the dough for Santa's cookies.
 Evan getting the cookie tray together for Santa
 Posing with the snacks
 Evan: Mommy's Angel!
 Evan and the first snowman of the year
 The boys


Sunday, January 1, 2012

"Noon" Years Eve

We decided to stay in last night, so we went to the Mexican restaurant about a mile from our house for lunch yesterday.  Can you tell the Butler Bulldogs played later in the afternoon (and that we're looking forward to baseball season- - Go Cubbies!)?