Summertime

Joshua and Wolfie, whom I'll be watching starting at the end of August


I love watermelon!


Flying man!




Train ride with Nana at the Rosemont picnic


Splash Pad fun



Awww, love for my brother



Doing tummy time with evie




The boys doing tummy time



Daddy time!


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Adventures take two!

Our summer continues to be very busy. Michael spent a week as a counselor at HUG Camp at Tower Hill in Sawyer, Michigan. They had a great week weather wise and from what I've heard, things went fairly well. Joshua, Raegan, and I went to pick him up on Saturday and spent a little time at the beach. At first, Rae didn't want to get in the water, but eventually made her way in for a little swim. She had more fun playing in the sand with Nana and Uncle Alex. Joshua didn't seem too bothered sitting in the sand and getting splashed by waves. Hopefully he'll be my little swimmer.

One Friday night, we decided to check out the Joliet Slammers baseball game. It was Disney night and once Raegan heard that, she was ready to go! Auntie Julie joined us and it turned out to be a great night for Joshua's first baseball game. We sat in the lawn and cheered the team on to a win. Raegan didn't seem to be too scared of the mascots, but they also didn't come too close to us. After the game there was a great fireworks show. Not too bad a night for just $5 a ticket! We plan on going back and bringing more people with us.















Another baseball related adventure was to U.S. Cellular for the Grinder Bash, which is a party for the season ticket holders and we were invited as guests to go with Grams, Auntie Julie, and Uncle John. We got to walk the field, sit in the dugouts and see the Sox home (as Rae put it). It was a warm day, but we managed to survive.















As the summer winds down (yikes...) we are looking forward to having many more trips and adventures. Hopefully we will make the most of the time left before school starts. My brother Scott is getting married in 5 weeks so we are preparing for that. Raegan is going to be the flower girl and both Michael and I are standing up.

Michael is busy with cross country practice in the mornings and after that, he heads to school to get in a few hours of work. He recently was offered a he position as the programmer. He basically schedules all the classes for the kids at his school. It's not so much of a promotion, but it is something that every school needs, so something of a job security. He will still be teaching yearbook, which I think he is really happy about. This means no lessons to plan or papers to grade; just one deadline that hopefully won't come as so much of a surprise this time around.
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Three months young

How quickly the time flies when you are sleep deprived and super busy chasing around a two year old! Our little man is now 13 pounds 8 ounces and around 25 inches long.




He is a ticklish boy who giggles whenever touched. It is such a cute little laugh that spreads a smile across Michael's and my face. Joshua is full of stories to tell, especially to his animal friends. He has discovered his hands recently and is now able to pull toys towards him in his car seat and bouncy. Sleeping through the night is still not a regular thing, but he's a good napper during the day, so I still manage to get a break in there. As I am typing this, he is working on rolling over and even got up on his knees for a second; this little guy is gonna be trouble! He even managed to flip over while in the sleep positioner, which is suppose to keep him in one spot. So much for that!









We also tried a little rice cereal with him to see if that might help him sleep a little longer at night. He was quite happy to try it, but really was unsure what to do with it. We'll try again in a week or so, but he is actually sleeping a little longer at night lately.

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