I guess it’s my fault. For the past few weeks, things have been going well. So well in fact, that I was starting to get a little confident – maybe too confident.
Sunday I got sick. Whenever someone gets sick our routine goes out the door, as well as our ability to keep up with the kids. Susan handled herself well – even getting all three kids to sleep on Sunday night.
Now I am better, and it is time to clean. . .
I put up a few new photos in our 2007 I gallery and some shots from our trip in the new 2007 Vacation Gallery.
At the Dr’s office, the hospital, Northside, KY, Onalaska, Duluth, Minneapolis, Clive.
Elliot had his 4 month check-up in late June, where things went well. At the end of the visit he got some vaccines and the Dr said that he may act sick/have a fever for a couple days, which he did. After 6 days the fever had not gone away, so we went back to the Dr, who told us to go to the hospital to get some tests.
We got some blood tests done, an x-ray, and finally a urine culture. Finally, we figured out the he had a urinary tract infection. We got him on an antibiotic, which made him a little fussy, but his fever went away.
We were supposed to skip town the morning of July 4th, but due to Elliot’s illness, we decided to take a day to gather our selves. In the morning, we made it to the Northside 4th of July Parade, which is pretty cool.
Not leaving on the 4th also made it possible for us to make it to our 4th of July family party, which was a lot of fun.
Finally, we made it out of town and hit the road. It took us 11 hours to traverse the 600 miles from Cincinnati to Onalaska, WI, which is right next to LaCrosse, WI. We visited with our friends Sarah, Kevin and Samuel for a few hours, and then it was back on the road.
On Friday, July 6th, we hit the road again and travelled a few hours farther North to Duluth, MN. We got settled into our cottage, and then headed to Hope and Jeff’s pre-wedding party. We got to hang out with a lot of Susan’s friends and had a good time. The wedding was on Saturday night. Sunday we hit Gooseberry Falls, and then headed south to Minneapolis.
In Minneapolis we stayed with Susan’s friend from high school, Maribeth, and her husband Erik, whom we hadn’t seen since our wedding. While in Minneapolis we visited Susan’s college in St. Joseph, MN.
Tuesday evening we left Minneapolis and headed to Clive, IA, just outside Des Moines, to stay with Susan’s parents. We stayed in Des Moines for a few days, and had a grand old time.
Now, we are back in Cincinnati, trying to get settled back into a routine. It always takes a while for everyone to get back in line after some time away from our normal existence.
Hopefully I will get some pics up soon.
I will try to keep you updated. . .
We just got back from a 10 day vacation, and here are some random videos. I was not sure if any of them were good enough to make it alone, so I combined them all into one super-video.
Yesterday we celebrated Mari’s second birthday. Susan’s parents are in town, and my family came over for some sandwiches, presents, and dessert. The party was fairly low-key, with simple foods and a lot of playing. It seemed to me to be a lot of fun. I think that Mari is now old enough to consciously have more fun than ever before, as is Andrew.
For those of you who don’t get to spend much time with Mari, she is a very interesting little girl. She is very dramatic in everything that she does. She likes to be wild and have fun. Last week at the Y we were playing in the baby pool and I was spinning her around as fast as I could and dragging her all over the pool, similar to when you are water skiing and you lose a ski. She was having a blast and could have gone all day. She loves to play with Andrew, and loves to try to play with Elliot. She tends to be fairly quiet when things are going on, but when things slow down her mouth runs faster than her two little feet. She likes to talk and sing, usually making up her own songs.
Happy Birthday Mari!
Heading into birthday season (Erin won the pre-season tournament), we have put a fun couple of weeks behind us. We have had a lot or get-togethers and a lot of fun time as a family. This has been aided by the fact that all of the kids have been relatively healthy and Elliot has been a gem. He is happy most of the time when he is awake, and when he is not happy he needs to go to sleep. He has been letting us lay him down for his naps, which makes the day a lot easier for Susan.
I put up a few new pics.
Not much action on the house.
My eye is looking & feeling a lot better, but I fear I may have to have it drained because I am just about done with my medicine and I still have a medium sized bump.
This blog is over three years old now.
We joined the Y.
Later. . .
In keeping with anniversary tradition, we (Susan, the kids, and I) ordered some Larosa’s pizza last night and had a little picnic at the park where we had our wedding reception. It is always nice to go there, even though the kids can be a little hard to contain.
The kids were still really tired from the camping trip, which turned out to be a nice blessing, as they went to bed a little earlier than usual.
In a totally unrelated event, I added a few pictures to our 2007 photo gallery. I also put our pics back under password protection, so let me know if you would like the login info. I think it may have changed slightly from the old one.
I’ve fallen behind. I didn’t mean for it to happen, but it did, and I am sorry.
I think that is it. I will try to stay on top of things.
I put up a few new pics from the past couple weeks: 2007 gallery.
What a fun weekend! We started off Saturday morning at the Cincinnati Waldorf School. They have an annual May Fair which the kids (and I think the adults) really enjoy. It is kinda’ like a church festival, but a little more chill. I like it because I don’t get to interact with the Waldorf families as much as Susan does, so it is nice to get to see everyone.
After the fair we went home, rested, and then hit the road again, headed for our friends’ child’s first birthday party. We were a little late, and the rains came soon after we got there, but I was glad to be able to congratulate them and glad to get to a city park that I have not been to yet. There was a light rain most of the time we were there, but the kids weren’t phased, so a good time was had by all. We capped off the day with our nightly walk.
Sunday we were up early and off to cheer on the runners of the Flying Pig Marathon. One of my friends from work was running, as was one of Susan’s La Leche League leaders. We managed to see them both, a couple friends we didn’t even know were running, and some cool outfits. After rest-time, we headed to my cousin Dawn’s baby shower.
It was a fun weekend. Now all we need to do is out away a lot of laundry and clean our house.
Later. . .
Elliot has his first ear infection, which would explain why he has been a little fussy the last few days. Looks like he takes after me & Andrew, and will have plenty more ear infections to come.
Later. . .
We are the the point now where we are close to two milestones:
1. In two days Elliot will be two months old. Amazing, huh? Seems like the time is flying by. I know that Susan and I both feel that way.
2. In about two months Mari will be two years old. When people ask I still say that she is one-and-a-half, but she is acting a lot more like a two-year-old now. She insists on doing many things herself and knows how to throw a good fit.
Later. . .