First trip to Illinois

I've been waiting for a long time to post about our first trip to see where mom and dad first met in seventh grade and where dad grew up all his life.  I think I've delayed it because I didn't take many photos while there because other people were.

Our trip was so much fun; we got to meet great grandma, aunts, uncles, and cousins galore.  We also got to visit the Johnsons in their house and do some more squirming.  Our sister in law threw us a huge Meet Augie party where people could meet him and cuddle him, but I think there wasn't enough time to hold him per person...sometimes mom and dad had to steal him away to pass him off to someone else.  We are so blessed to have such an awesome family.

Gym time at Gram's

Bottles by Gram

Squirming with Ainsley

Hanging out with the new kid on the block, Max!

Just a typical Saturday morning making pancakes

We had amazing light one morning.  B tried to capture it.

I was trying to convince A that he loved lying on the kitchen island

He didn't.

Gone fishing

We had our first family fishing outing!  We didn't catch anything, but we looked good anyway!

Catching raindrops

A can't wait to start making his own fashion decisions.  Until then...

Photo Dump

Not a themed post...just a bunch of photos I don't want to lose track of!

Our friend LJ from California stopped by for a visit!

Our first trip to the park

Hey dad!

Hey mom!

Introduction to fine brews

Morning of his first sleep through the night night!  14 weeks to the day.

He moves the rattle so fast you can't see it!

Right after rolling over the first time

Then spitting up.  He's learning from Nanaa that it's best to do on the hard floor instead of blankets or carpet.

A happy morning feeding

His eyebrows in this one kill me.

Hasn't outgrown the milk coma

Haven't gotten a cuddle like this in awhile!

Thought it might be my last one so I made sure to document it

Napping, or disco dancing?  Also, he's perpendicular to how we put him in the crib

Practicing sitting

Slash yum mom, your hand is tasty!

A couple more videos

Man, did dad ever get him laughing the other day.  He didn't want me to take a video because he'd just gotten back from a run, but I couldn't resist.

He has finally gotten rolling over down.  Or at least, he had the evening that I took the next video.  But by the time I was taping, he'd probably done it 10 times and apparently had gotten a little tired.  But he made it.

Video Dump

Giggles.

Talking to his mobile from Aunt Wanda

Talking to his mobile and trying to roll over at the same time.

Phantom pacifier

Actually holding on to toys

Hero in a Half Shell

A friend of mine sent A a TMNT outfit as a gift.  We took advantage of the cooler weather to put him in it.  It's a very large 3-6 month outfit; if anyone wants to have it for Halloween, please let me know!  It's a cozy sweatsuit.  Don't worry, the nun chucks were padded.