According to Danny

This is 'Jeff's face, elf ears, and Heidi eyes."

His ears don't look quite so elfin anymore but I do agree with the rest.

Brown and Cream

I love this sweatshirt.


I love that it cost 50 cents. Plus or minus 50 cents, can't remember.


I love when he keeps the hood on.


I love when it stays on through his nap, even if he did wake up crying. Which, I can assure you, had nothing to do with the hood.

What happened to my happy boy?!

a-camping we have gone

I have decided to post again to avoid being reported for blog neglect.

If my crabby toddler will allow it, I would like to share some pictures for our latest camping trip with Jeff's family.


There were a lot of firsts for Adrian during this trip: first piece of corn on the cob, (ha! And he loved it!) first real mohawk (thanks to sunscreen hair), first boat ride, first time tubing, first time driving a boat...okay so maybe not but he has certainly never been on a boat before! I think he loved all of the above except for the part where I put a lifejacket on him. When I took him tubing he was so tired but I wanted to get him on the water before he went to sleep or we would miss our chance. Jeff was pulling the boat, going pretty slow and Adrian wasn't making any reaction. We went a little faster, still basically crawling, and he still wasn't doing much. I think he was smiling but then after a minute or so he starting closing his eyes! Jeff and I both thought he'd be bawling for sure (aren't we nice parents?!) and here he was falling asleep! So much for that.


There must be more photos out there that aren't completely focused on Adrian but they don't seem to be on my camera. I know there are some on facebook from my fellow campers but I kicked myself off of there until Wednesday so I can't get to them just yet.


We did our usual garage sale excursion while we were camping. Who goes garage saling when they're camping you ask? Have you met Jeff's mom?? We didn't find too much but I think our best find was Adrian's lifejacket. I completely forgot about getting him one even though I had fully planned to take him on the boat. We found one for 10 cents! You just can't beat that price! Or timing for that matter.


The boys didn't catch any fish again...if I was bummed about that I'm sure they were pretty upset. I feel bad considering this trip is all about the fishing! They are planning on heading back in a few weeks to try again, this time it'll just be the guys. Maybe they'll have better luck this time around!


Oh man, Adrian is threatening to delete this entire post by way of one tiny little finger...


OH MY. He just did. Seriously. Luckily, I caught it fast enough so that it didn't autosave again with everything gone...yikes. I don't even know what he pushed...

Speaking of Adrian, does anyone want him for a few weeks?? He has a few teeth coming in and he has been craaaanky. I'm just glad I am able to get a full nights sleep each night to calm down and refresh before the whining and crying starts all over again. Cannot wait until those teeth pop through. I've been using Hyland's teething tablets up until now and they had been working wonders but not anymore. If you know of any natural and effective teething remedies PLEASE let me know. I think I'll be running to the co-op tonight to see what else they have to save my sanity--I mean, to help my poor little dude.


Besides the crankiness, he has been so much fun lately. He's at the stage where, even though he can't talk, he understands everything I say to him. I love it! He loves books right now too. He is constantly bringing me books, shoving them in my lap and then holding his little arms up for me to pick him up. How can I resist? Oh yeah, maybe because I've read Wag my Tail 17,293 times. But still, it's so cute when he tries to move the tabs with his little fingers...and 'barks' with his mouth closed.

Anyways, that's all for now, I have about 15 more posts in my head, 2 of which you might or might not see. Until then, enjoy this rainy day!

A Few Visitors

My sister Gretchen stopped by on her way up north the other day. Dan and Jean were tagging along and they all spent the night. Yay for us! We love to get visitors! It was really hot in our apartment so we had the grand idea to go to Lake Superior to swim. (It was only 70 out there at 8:00 but the water was pretty warm.) Since we had to take two vehicles and I wasn't ready to leave yet anyways, Jeff took Danny to his work before heading to the lake. The next morning (Jeff was working) Danny told me about 4 times, "Make sure you tell Jeff I said 'Thank-you' for taking me to his work. It was so cool, I could just stay in those airplanes forever! I could sleep in there!" He now has grand plans to move up north and work at the airport with Jeff. "I can work there and help Jeff. I can hand him his tools back. And then I can move in with you guys and live here." Yeah...about that...Needless to say, he thought it was pretty cool to check out all those planes.


I had a dentist appointment the next morning so the kids babysat Adrian. Boy was that nice! :) I had planned on bringing him to a friend's house but that was much easier to be able to walk out the door!



Thanks again for stopping by Gretchen, Jeanie and Danny! We LOVE when people stop in ESPECIALLY our family...nudge, nudge. ;)

(These pictures are from another evening swim in the 'The Lake' after one of Jeff's softball games.)

I must be crazy

But then, she is too. ;)

My friend Kate and I went blueberry picking this evening. With our boys. Yes, it probably would have been more ideal to go alone but our husbands went golfing and knowing how close we are to the end of the blueberries, we went anyways. The boys did fine for the most part, Kate's baby sat in his stroller (he's 7 months) and Adrian tromped along behind me. I brought a few sand toys for Adrian to play with but I think that lasted all of 23 seconds. He figured out pretty quickly that I was carrying around a bucket of blueberries. Adrian loves blueberries. He would stumble over, reach his grubby little hand in, pull out 17 berries, 2 of which would make it to his mouth. I ended up picking one-handed so I could hold out berries in my hand. I figured slower picking would still bring home more berries than if I let him self serve! After a mere 40 minutes, the mosquitoes chased us out of the woods. They were horrid! I think we'll try again in a couple days. Without the boys this time. And maybe with some bug repellent.

Apparently I still don't look my age...

I just had someone come to my door to sell me an area discount card benifiting the local high school football team. By a member of the team. As in, a boy in HIGH SCHOOL. He said, "Hi...is your mom or dad home?"
You should have seen the look on his face when I said I live here. Good thing I didn't tell him I was married with a kid...

His Latest

A's friend gave him this chair for his birthday. (Isn't it cute? It even has an umbrella with his name on it!) He loves to sit in it, althought I'm not sure if he's figured out how to get into it by himself without tipping it over.


He loves to sit in his chair and look at books.


And chew on books.


And throw books on the floor so he can pick them up again.