Monday, August 18, 2008

Millenium Park


Friday Owen and I went with our neighbors, Andrew and Liane, down to Millenium Park. We had so much fun. First, we went to a concert by the Wiggleworms. There was a woman with a guitar who sang and danced. The boys liked it, but I think the big crowd made them a little nervous!

Owen liked it, but wanted to sit on my lap.

He wasn't too into dancing. He finally got up for the bubbles, though. They had a bubble machine. It was the best!!! I wish we could get one for our living room this winter :o)

Andrew enjoyed the bubbles, too!

We then played with books, bubbles, and blocks in the same pavillion.


It was so much fun! Who knew they had all of these free activities everyday.



Then we got some lunch and ate it in the grassy concert pavilion area. The symphony and opera were practicing because they were having a concert there that night. The boys loved the music and were dancing around in the grass. It was so funny!




Next, we headed over to the fountain for some more fun!!! I didn't think to bring more clothes for Owen to change into.

He started out in his shorts, but we quickly realized they would end up soaked. We ditched the shorts and he had a great time in his very soggy diaper!

The boys had a great time! On the way back to the car, they both pooped out!


New shoes and more climbing


Owen loves shoes. Because he outgrew all of his tennis shoes and these were such a great deal, we decided to get him some little converse. Here he is checking them out...


Here is another climbing video...

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Weekend fun


I couldn't resist... at least I cropped the picture! "Mom!"


Here's Owen in his little chair at a cookout we went to. He loved the bbq chicken!


Mike and Owen being silly. Owen's saying "cheese!"


Watching the Olympics with Dad


My sweet boys brought me flowers when they woke me up Sunday afternoon! What a fun treat!



Here is a little video of Owen climbing on the couch! It isn't the world's best video, but we hadn't posted a video for awhile...

Maria Gutierrez's wedding festivities


My good friend Maria got married last weekend to Erwin, her boyfriend of 10 years. It was a beautiful day! It was such a fun party. It is always great to get to hang out with your work friends away from work! Congrats to Maria and Erwin!


What a good looking couple!


Special thanks to my cousins Leah and Paul and Leah's boyfriend Matt for babysitting Owen. You guys are the best!!!

Here are some pics from the bachelorette party. Obviously, it was very tame. It is a pretty quiet group...









If you would like to see more bachelorette party pics and I will email them to you!

Beach babies


Last week, we met our friends at the North Ave. beach in Chicago. As I have said in the blog before, we need to go into the city more.

Owen's hairdo courtesy of sprayable sunscreen. How could we have lost another hat? Seriously!


Ready to get down to business...


Isabel


Abbie


Donovan


Owen was a little tired, so he decided he would lay down and rest!

Owen and Donovan were checking out Abbie's baby doll. I don't think either of them had ever encountered one before. They were both perplexed at first, but after a couple of minutes they were taking her away from each other and giving her kisses!

Here is the sand man. Aren't you happy you didn't get to put him in your car and take him home?! :o)

The future's so bright...


Though we didn't get to spend too much time with Grammy while were in KC, she left Owen some great treats. Check out his new shades.

Monday, August 4, 2008

An Update

Hi everybody! Just wanted to let you know that Grandpa is doing much better. He was transferred yesterday to the Madonna rehab hospital in Lincoln. They put in a biventricular pacemaker on Thursday (or maybe Friday) and that seemed to do the trick. If everything goes as planned, he'll be home by Thursday or Friday. Here are some pics from my Uncle Mike and Aunt Mary.


Mike, Owen, and I had a nice normal weekend. I worked and it was very pleasant. I had a couple of nice deliveries and it wasn't too crazy for a change. Sunday we met our recently engaged friends, Nick and Sarah in Greek town for lunch. They were in town to visit family and it was great to see them. And, you gotta love Greek town. Mike and I decided we need to go into the city more! Afterwords, we went out to Palatine for my cousin Paul's birthday party. It was great to see him (he lives in NY) and the rest of the family!