"I'm handsome. And smart too."

Dylan's first time at a real barber's shop. No steam towel or straight razor shave, just a good wholesome haircut at the local shop.

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Our New Look

I thought it was time for a fresh look. Hope you like our new "Grungy" template, which you can find here. I really like the "Natural Essence" template too, maybe I'll use that one next month. I am still learning about this blogging thing and having lots of fun in the process.

I am still tweaking the colors a little, I can't seem to get them right.

Check back for Joe's post on the school bus races. Yeah, only in Indiana.

Mr. Cheery-O

Matthew loves to pull himself up on anything he can get his little hands on. He especially, likes to climb on this little chair (it's in the shape of a baseball glove) and then tries to stand up on his own. He is pretty good at it now but eventually takes a tumble. 

He also can get up the steps pretty good.

Don't let the above photos fool you (they were taken awhile back) it was another rough week of very little sleep for me and lots of crying and general fussiness from Matthew. He had a 103.5 fever on Wednesday. I stayed home with him on Thursday, which was wonderful for me. Even when he is sick he is still so dang precious. He has been sick since before 4th of July weekend. His ears are healing but he still is taking medicine for the thrush and he has a red sore throat. We also suspect that another tooth is breaking through on the top. So he should have two front teeth and two bottom teeth soon. The sooner the better and then we can all go back to sleep. 

Here is Matthew's first experience with Cheerios. 

This video was taken last weekend when he was feeling a little better. He loves the Jumperoo. Turn off the sound so you don't have to hear my awful voice!

Dylan's 1st T-Ball Game

After a rained out weekend, and several weekends of uh "training," Dylan's YMCA league finally had their 1st t-ball game today.

Here is a little comic relief for you, or at least I found it funny.

Here he is getting to 1st base. A base hit with his first time at bat!

Running from second to third base. I was laughing so hard, I could barely hold Matthew and the camera while taking this. The kid isn't fast, but at least he has good posture.

"Running" to home plate. There is a little confusion at first because Dylan got side tracked and went running to get the ball instead of running to home plate.

Our 3 1/2 yr. old MVP, nice and sweaty. And very happy that it is all over.

Matthew is finally feeling better now. He had a double ear infection, thrush and 3 teeth breaking through last week. Open this photo up and you can see Matthew's two bottom teeth. He also has one coming in on the top.

4th of July Weekend

Warning: this might be the longest blog post you'll ever read, or at least there are a lot of photos.
We had a really great 4th of July weekend.

We started the long weekend with a party at Tara & Sean Kingston's house and the Highland 4th of July parade, which is becoming a tradition for us.
Then Friday we checked into the Hyatt Regency Chicago for a few days in the city. The weather was perfect for riding our bikes and doing the outside thang.

Highland 4th of July Parade

Tara and Evan

Along the marina, Chicago Lakeshore.

We had our bikes and a bike trailer (which also turns into a stroller) for Dylan & Matthew. It was good exercise for us and a great way to see the city and enjoy the wonderful weather.

As an employee of Hyatt Corporate Office, we get free entry into Chicago's Children's Museum. There was so much to do there we will definitely have to go back.

Fireworks at Navy Pier

MAJOR crowds

On Saturday we biked over to the Lincoln Park Zoo and also checked out the Farm-at-the-Zoo.

Lots of farm animals to pet and big tractors to explore.

Picnic at the Zoo

We also went to the beach later in the afternoon.

So many people were entertained and amused by our two kids in the trailer. It was like they never saw sleeping kids before. When we finally stopped I realized what was so amusing.

Dinner Saturday night at Gino's East. It was good pizza! (and spaghetti for Dylan, he doesn't really like pizza, can you imagine!?)

We had gelato for dessert at the Rockin' Roll McDonalds. Lots of hugs too.

Except for Matthew, who pooped out on us.

He was sick all weekend and will be going to see the doctor tomorrow. Poor sweetie.