Kevin meets Becky & Dan

Our good friends Becky & Dan were visiting from Colorado this weekend and they were finally able to meet Kevin! We love Colorado, so we hope to take Kevin there to visit next summer.

Pool party!

For today's Mom Group Carrie hosted a pool party for the kids. Kevin is one of the younger ones, so he wasn't able to sit up by himself in the pool. I was soaked! I should have worn a bathing suit too. All the moms & babies had fun :)

Kevin with Jacob, Mia & Luke:


Kevin (on the right) with Luke:

Feed me!

Kevin's pediatrician has suggested that we start giving Kevin rice cereal. So, I whipped up a batch yesterday and tried to teach Kevin to eat it. I think he only swallowed one taste. He had more fun licking it off his arms...

Baptism Weekend

Kevin's baptism was today so we had lots of family here to visit him this weekend. On Friday, Grandma Becky arrived from Colorado. She has not seen Kevin since he was 2 months old, she was surprised with how big he had gotten! Saturday morning Kevin met my Aunt Susie & Uncle Dick from Philadelphia. The baptism was this morning & Kevin did great. He did not cry during the entire service - we were very proud. Aunt Nicole & Uncle Joe are his god parents. After the service everyone came back to our house for brunch. Thanks to everyone who helped me with brunch & for the lovely gifts - you are too generous!

Kevin meets Aunt Susie!!!

Uncle Dick is funny!

Kevin was still sleeping afterwards when we took this photo


our first attempt using the timer on the new camera!



Kevin's photo shoot:




Kevin is learning to find his voice. He spends a lot of the day making these noises & blowing bubbles. Lucky for me, Kevin is learing to entertain himself. On Sunday, he decided to give everyone a show:

Weekend Getaway for Mom & Dad

Last winter Nate won the grand prize while attending a Chicago CFA social event. The prize was a free one-night stay at the Fairmont Chicago hotel. I wanted to use it before I went back to work, so we spent last night at the fancy hotel. We took the time to be tourists in our own city. We explored Millennium Park & went out for a great dinner. This was the perfect combo celebration of my birthday and our upcoming anniversary. It was also my first night away from Kevin. It was a nice break, but I was sure ready to come home & give him a big hug & kiss this morning! It was much easier to leave him for a fun night out with Nate than it will be to go on some lousy business trip - maybe beginning again in September :(

Aunt Nicole & Uncle Joe willingly agreed to their first overnight babysitting gig. I am so happy to say that Kevin was on his best behavior & Nicole & Joe had a great time with him. They took him for a walk to the park (twice), and of course to Starbucks on Sunday morning. Nate & I were betting on what time Kevin finally went to bed last night, I guessed 9:30 (which is 2 hours later than normal). But, Kevin gave them no trouble & was asleep by 8:00. We are so grateful to have them close by to spend time with Kevin!

The BEFORE:



The AFTER:


They are pros!!!

Mom's Group

Today I hosted the Mom's Group. There were 9 moms, plus 9 babies in our little space. It was chaos. Fun, but chaotic. It has been really great for both me & Kevin to join this group. I have enjoyed watching all the babies grow and it has been great for both me & Kevin to make new friends. Kevin shared all his toys, but was happy to roll around once everyone went home.

Roll Over!

The other exciting news from our trip; Kevin rolled over! I was so excited when he did it that I think I startled him so he won't do it if we are watching him. We have spent the last few days begging Kevin to do it again! Maybe next time I can catch a photo of it.