Just the Three of Us

The Last Week of Our Lives

This last week hasn't been the best for our little house. We have all, including my parents and brother, experienced some sort of illness, most of us having the stomach flu. Unfortunately, my turn with the stomach flu, started the run of it that spread to the family and that's how I spent my first Mother's Day. I have no pictures of Mother's Day with my baby boy (who won't be a baby boy in 6 weeks) but fortunately, my Mother's Day gift is a session with a photographer for family pictures (I'm so excited!). So, that will make up for it.

As my 12 hour flu ended and I started feeling better and human, Kenny came down with it and a few days later added a bit of Charlie's cold to it. Then poor Charlie, already dealing with a cold and his 5th tooth in 7 weeks, added an ear infection to the mix. As I write this, I think we are all much healthier after a week of illness and we hope for a better week to come. This was one of those weeks I just felt like nothing could go right for us and we just couldn't have a "normal" week, but maybe this IS normal sometimes when you have a VERY active little germ carrying kiddo in the house.

This weekend has been much better as I actually got to clean our house, free it of all of the germs and enjoy some deal finding shopping trips and a great day today with friends. Kristine and Danielle brought their daughters, Camryn and Reese over to play with their favorite boyfriend Charlie. After some time playing inside and lunch, we enjoyed the warm, sunny weather at our neighborhood park.

Charlie and Reese swinging!

Camryn in a swing.

The twins...not really, but they ARE only 24 hours apart.

Reese, Charlie and Camryn.

Reese staring at the swings!

Charlie and Cam

Charlie wasn't sure where to crawl to in the grass!

Here's to a healthier, happier, less hectic, good week to come! Including a day off to enjoy time as a family for once!!

Bath Time is More Fun Now

Remember back to Charlie's infant days and the SCREAMING bloody murder bath pictures?! Not so much anymore. He enjoys them now. Loves to play with the bath toys and only really wants out when the water starts to get cold.

Our cutie

Dunking the toys so they will spray water when he squeezes them.

And chewing on the toys...another favorite part of bath time.

First Swing Ride

A few weeks ago we decided to check out the park two doors down from our house. It's just some swings and a picnic table, but it works for us. This is Charlie's first ride in a swing that is sized right for him. I'm not sure what he was interested in, but it wasn't swinging at first...

Hmmm...what's going on??!

Maybe this is fun.

This is FUN!!!

A little swing drunk, maybe?!

Just chillin'

Let's do it again guys!

Meeting Sami

My cousin Sam was recently up here and she and I got to spend an afternoon together shopping. Charlie and Sami hadn't met yet, so this was a great opportunity for them to spend some time together.

A Beautiful Gift

One of the many wonderful gifts Charlie received for his baptism was from my Aunt Donna. She had this hand drawing done of Charlie from a few pictures of him. We think it captures him so well!!

Goodnight Gorilla

One night recently, Charlie decided to take reading his bedtime story into his own hands. Goodnight Gorilla was his choice and he quietly sat "reading" the story, flipping the pages and ooohhing and aaahhhing at all the good parts. We hope this means he will love to read as much as we do.

A Car Day

A few weeks ago, we enjoyed a Saturday with the Packard Club. This was the first official sort of outing we had been on together in awhile and it was nice to enjoy the day.