Nice weekend

Ashly and Christopher are buddies. Ashly loves to spend time with him and loves making him laugh. It's great to see them bond. We had a nice weekend. Friday night we took Ashly to a pool party and Chadd and I had a mini date night with Christopher. We went out to eat at a restaurant we had never been to. Then Saturday and Sunday was catch up on projects around the house. We went grocery shopping, got a ceiling fan for Christopher's room, Chadd finished the details in the bathroom downstairs (towel rack, toilet paper holder, picture). Chadd grilled burgers and brats for us. We love Chadd's grilling! Last night we were just hanging out on the deck while Chadd grilled supper and we saw a deer in our back yard. Cute little guy. Ashly got bored and she kept asking for ideas what to do, so finally I came up with the idea that she should ride her bike to McDonalds in Wyoming and buy herself a couple of Redbox movies. Well, she did just that and we got a call from her because it started pouring out all of sudden. It was beautiful outside up until then. So Chadd had to go pick her up. I guess my idea was so great afterall!

Kiddie Kandids

Here's our pictures from Kiddie Kandids at Babies R Us. They turned out FABULOUS!!! I love them! They did a great job at getting Christohper to smile as you can see! Enjoy those yummy dimples!

Ashly goes to daycare

Ashly volunteered at the daycare today. She said it was fun. She helped take the little ones on a stroller ride and read some books to the older kids. Everyone have a good weekend.

Turtle Derby

Christopher, Ashly, one of Ashly's friends and I went to the Turtle Derby today at the University of Minnesota. The turtle race is a fundraiser for the hospital and I used to work there, so I thought it would be a fun thing to do with the kids since I had the day off. It was hot out! I saw a few of my old coworkers at the lab there too.

June Updates

Yeah! We have a computer again. It's been over a month, and let me tell ya...it's hard to live without technology when you are so used to it. So, I have a lot of catching up to do. Here's a quick summary of the last month.

Ashly has been enjoying the summer. She has managed to find a friend to play with and run around the neighborhood with everyday. One thing I don't have to worry about is her becoming a couch potato. She'd rather be playing with friends, than watching TV. That's a good thing! She did a carwash last weekend for a church fundraiser and she spends many hours playing with Christopher.

Christopher is doing wonderful at daycare! He got his first "communicable" disease from daycare...a double eye infection. Luckily, we had to go to the doctor for his four month checkup so we were able to ask the doctor about his eyes. There was green goop coming out of them for about a week, but doc thought it was viral so no eyedrops, and it cleared up on its own. At his four month checkup he got more shots. He weighed 16 pounds 9.8 ounces (73 percentile) and height is 25.5inches (67 percentile). He's a big boy, healthy and happy!

We started feeding him rice cereal with his last feeding of the day. The first two nights he cried. He would suck on the spoon and cry when he realized it wasn't the bottle. But after that he got the hang of it and he does really well. After we do this awhile, we will start with veggies. Some more big developments is he rolls over from his back to his tummy. It's cute and exciting, but causes a problem in the crib. He gets stuck on his stomach and cries. Needless to say, I didn't get a lot of sleep last night because of that. I have a plan to use the wedge again to keep him on his back. I hope that works...we'll see. Both Chadd and I are sleep deprived right now. Christopher is grabbing toys or anything you put in front of him. Every week he is changing so much.

Chadd went to the NASCAR races in Milwaukee last weekend with his dad and brother-in-law, Mike. They had a great time. Christopher greeted his dad for Father's Day with a onsie that said "Daddy is my super hero"

We are getting Christopher's pictures taken at BabiesRUs tomorrow (finally!)

Wisconsin Dells

We had a great trip to the Dells this year. We left Friday after work and returned on Monday. We stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge - the best place we've stayed at yet. It had an awesome "Howlin Tornado" waterslide, three indoor waterparks, a wavepool, a lazy river, and lots of pools and hottubs. We ventured downtown and Chadd and Ashly did some Go Kart racing and Ashly "panned for gold (or rocks)". We shopped at the Tanger Outlet Mall which just happened to be within walking distance from our hotel!

We went to a Buffalo Phil's BBQ Bash and Ashly rode a mechanical bull. I think she lasted 8 seconds! And now Chadd had some competition as you see...Buffalo Phil won my heart! They had a live band and craft show. And you can see in one of the pictures Ashly and Christopher got their picture taken by a Texas Longhorn Cow AKA Big Jake.

Christopher slept well the first two nights in his pack n play, but the last night he screamed and screamed and screamed, so I sent Chadd out at 3am to find some tylenol. By the time Chadd got back, Christopher took a bottle and slept for 3 hours, then it was morning. He was fine in the morning, so I'm glad he was ok, not so glad we were all tired. Ashly and Christopher were buddies on the trip, she helped keep him occupied in the car and loved to take him swimming. I look forward to going again next year!