More beach

Noah has been begging for floaties and goggles since borrowing his friend Jude's.  He keeps reminding me right when we get home from Target that we forgot to get floaties!  Well, we finally remembered last time we went and bought some so we had to put them to the test at the beach.  He was in heaven and loved them...until one of the lifeguards came over to us and said "no floaties allowed at the beach."  Buzz kill.

 

 

 

Happy 4th of July!

Six months

6 months is my favorite baby age.  Their little personalities shine, they are sitting, little puppy teeth are popping up, and the laughing is the cutest thing ever.  This big guy is 6 months today!  He weighed in at 19 lbs 5 oz and wins for cutest and happiest baby around.

 I love his thighs so much.  I just can't get enough!

 Noah was a good big brother and held his hand while he got four nasty shots.  Poor guy took them like a man though!

Happy 1/2 birthday big guy!

Weekend in the Chi

I'm trying to take advantage of all that Chicago has to offer during this nice weather, and before we leave for our summer trip to Montana/Utah.  So here is Noah on the Thomas train at Navy Pier.  Check out that huge yacht.  I love the boats around this city, they are pretty amazing.

 A few pictures from the huge ferris wheel at Navy Pier.   A view of the city from both both angles.  Oprah says it's the best city in the US, and I think I will agree, until winter comes, of course.

 Grant and I did a 9 mile run yesterday morning along Lake Shore Drive yesterday (you can see in the pictures, it's the road that runs parallel along the lake).  It was so beautiful.  Towards the end of the run, I thought I was talking to Grant next to me and I look over and it's a stranger...Grant was behind a little ways and I was cracking up.  I had to tell him to meet me at our finish spot as I left him in my dust.  He is a little sore today.  :)

 We also hit the farmer's market yesterday by the zoo.  I was a little dissappointed with the market yesterday, maybe because we got there close to closing time, but this guy was blowing crazy huge bubbles and Noah was in heaven chasing them around.  Grant says it was the best moment of Noah's life.

 Noah has mastered the bike on training wheels.  He cruises around our living room/kitchen on days when it's too chilly or too hot (or when I'm too lazy to take him down the street).

 Noah rode his bike down the street to our neighborhood park that has a great little free community pool.  The water was a little too chilly to stay for too long though!

I love summer!  I was telling Noah my love for flip flops the other day, and he told me they are his favorite shoes too.  Why?  Because it means it's summer!  :)

Celebrating the upcoming arrival of Marianne's baby girl!

Celebrating the upcoming arrival of Lauren's baby boy!  Both Marianne and Lauren look like they've swallowed a cantaloupe... they are so tiny and due so soon!!

 Davis enjoying some more swing time.

 Noah downtown with Jane and Jude at Millenium park.  He loves all of his friends!

 Slobbery Davis has two lower teeth now, can sit up, and is still the sweetest baby around!

 Noah still loves to jam on his guitar.

Dang you, Costco!

The funny thing about Costco, well not so funny, is that I was just running in (can you ever really just run in to Costco, or Target for that matter?) to buy some more formula for the little big guy.  Well, let's just say that I walked out with a few more things than formula.  Camera, matching hanna anderson jammies, wipes, an addidas track suit for Noah, soda, and apples.  Man, I love that place, but it is dangerous!  And it is oh so close to our place.

Grant thinks the matching is totally cheesy, but I can't help myself.  How cute are these two?! 

I swiped up a new camera on sale at Costco today ($120 for a 12 megapixel Canon powershot!.. if you're in the market for a new, cheap still-shot...what a steal!) so I took a bunch of pictures of Davis while Noah napped and managed to get a few more shots at the park toady.

 

 

 

 



What was I just saying about the lame Chicago weather?!  It was scorching hot earlier this week, and this weeked it has been in the low 50's and cold again!  What the heck.  Oh well. 

Grant is at his last "live-in" week for school before letting out for the summer (YAY!) so I've been trying to stay busy with the kiddos this weekend.  Maybe once he's done with school he'll finally take a break from getting up at 4:30 every morning.  He is totally crazy.  Anyway, yesterday we went to Kung Fu Panda 2, which Noah didn't love (I'm thinking it was a little old for him), but he was pretty good until close to the end when he told me he was ready to go.  Today we hit up the park until it was too cold and I couldn't last anymore.  I'm still a wimp!

In other news... I had a root canal done about a year and a half ago and apparently you're supposed to get a crown right after the procedure.  Well, I put it off because it was not cheap, until earlier this week the tooth was killing me.  I didn't want to go to my dentist because I know he'd be telling me "I told you so" but we went ahead and got the tooth ready for the crown.  I told him I didn't want the numbing shots and to just go for it.  Oh my gosh...I was dying and he sent me home with a vicodin prescription.  Luckily I've been fine and haven't had to fill it.  I just can't believe I waited so long.  Ah well.

Chicago haps

Noah had his last session of Mr. Singer's music class before letting out for the summer.  He's going to miss jammin with his buddies every week!

 Holy Hannah.  We completely skipped spring and it is Hot HOt HOT!  We hit Millenium Park on Saturday and it was packed.

 Typical mom..."Noah, don't do that!"

And off he goes.

 Seriously, it was hot.

 Today I took the kiddos to the aquarium (the bldg. in the picture off to the left) since we have a year pass.  It's great having a pass because we can stay for an hour and call it good and head home without feeling like we need to stay all day and get our money's worth.

What was I thinking though?!  We left at 5:00 this evening, and I'd say it's about five miles from our place.  Well, it took me over an hour to get home since I left right in the heat of rush hour traffic.  My car said it was 102 degree outside and I was hot, stinky, and starving, from being downtown in the heat all day so I was happy to get home.  What a great view of the city though, huh?  I really do love this city.  The weather here just totally blows.

for my record

Today I took Noah for his three year checkup... a couple weeks late, I know. Of course I had to weigh Davis while I was there as well since I always get the biggest kick out of his weight each month.

Noah at 3 years:  33 lbs... skinny guy

Davis at 5 months:  18 lbs 12 oz.  big, big guy 

Davis has one lower tooth that has popped through the last couple days and the second is not far behind.  The poor guy is usually so happy and easy going and I knew something was up when he stared getting a little fussy last weekend.  He is an early teether, that's for sure!