Grandparents via Motorsicles

This past Thursday thru Saturday my grandparents came to visit me. They rode over on their motorsicles and had good weather the whole way. They got to spend some time with my mom and I, as dad had to work. 

Here's a picture of them taking off to Milwaukee

My Grandma and me...sleeping of course.

My Grandpa and I, can I go for a ride?

New look for the blog

We are going to now allow Addy to post on her blog. She is pretty smart at this computer thing. We hope she doesn't get too carried away.

Lunch at the Kists'

Today Addy had her first "girls luncheon" with her mom, grandma, and cousins Tricia, Kennedy, Madison, and Mackenzie. We had so much fun! Thank you Tricia for sharing your home with us when you had so much other work to do (hosting a party for fourteen people tomorrow!!!) and to the girls for sharing their toys with Addy. You guys are the best! We'll have to do it again soon. :)



It seems I wasn't the only photographer around.....



Future babysitter KiKi perhaps???

Houston, We have a Smile.

Well Adelyn is starting to smile. Which I am finding to be the hardest thing to catch on film. This is the first attempt while playing on her mat.

Peoria Birthdays

Well we drove down to Bryan and Emilys for the August birthdays. The weather was really great this weekend and with 4 dogs in attendance we had to let them get some of that energy out.

The dogs getting ready to swim. Can you throw the thing already?

Wylie and Gibson doing what retrievers do.

Dad and Adelyn watching the dogs swim, well one of us was interested.

Brady had to get in...can't let the youngans show him up.

Adelyn enjoying the deck.

And of course Owen had to catch a nap
from all those bigs dogs wearing him out.

Out for a hike

The weather has really cooled down around here lately and we decided to go for a walk. Doing things on a spur of the moment don't really happen anymore but we made it out none the less.

Rock Out Addy's 1 Month Old

Well it's hard to believe a month has already passed by. We have Addy's 1st month visit today with her pediatrician so I hope that goes well. We have been introducing Adelyn to socks this week...they seem to not mind her so we got greedy and figured she could try a pair of shoes on. They are a little big yet for her but they do rock, thank you auntie Erinn ;)

Our little alligator

Well everything is going well on the home front so far. Adelyn enjoy's her evenings and loves to stay up late. Not sure how long thats going to last. We have found a new trick to get her to sleep and it's one that is favorable for me. I start playing my guitar and she is out. I am not sure if she is just bored by my guitar playing but it works.

I love this series and it shows quiet well what happens if I stop playing. I am running out of songs here...

Addy's New Swing

To celebrate Addy's three week plus one day birthday and to bring to life our last shred of hope for a few hours of sleep at night, Derek went out and bought her the new "Cadillac" of swings. It swings frontwards, backwards, sideways, in an arc, and upside-down. If this thing doesn't work, we give up! JK :)

Here's a sample of how it's working. It's too early for us to uncross our fingers just yet, but we'll see.



I couldn't resist adding this picture either. Look at those lips! I just want to eat 'em up.


Derek also caught some pictures with Addy's eyes open. What a goof ball.


I also forgot to mention Derek couldn't resist picking up Adelyn's first jersey. She is ready for Sunday football.