Mother's Day 2018

We went over to see Pau Pau and Bak Bak on Mother's Day! We picked up lunch on the way over. We haven't seen Bak Bak in a very long time!  James was a little grumpy and did not really enjoy the visit so he looks a bit sad in these pictures.  We were able to get a picture of 4 generations of family!

 

We didn't realize Maddie had candy in her mouth during this picture.

4 Generations!

James Monthly Photo (8 Month)

James is 8 months old!

Riding a Fire Truck at Otto's 3rd Birthday Party!

On Sunday we went to our friend Otto's 3rd birthday party! They had the best surprise for the kids - a real red fire truck!!  It was a hose truck that had been converted with seats at the top! The driver took us on a surprisingly long ride! We drove all the way to Comiskey Park (Yes I still call it Comiskey Park!) and back to our friends house. It was a very chilly and windy ride up there!

April 2018 Pictures & Videos

Sleeping baby

James has started to sit up by himself so well! Here's a cute video of him sitting up and then he falls backwards.

Maddie wanted to get into James's crib

It's not always smiles around here!

James absolutely LOVES bath time!!

Messy hair after a bath

At Wicker Park with Pau Pau, after a 3 hour nap!

Maddie sat down to eat her snack and I thought she looked like such a big girl!

Doesn't she look like a teenager here? Complete with attitude too!

Before bedtime giggles with Daddy

Spring Break Fun - Pictures & Videos

Maddie had spring break this week so we did a few fun things!

Joseph took her to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum on Wednesday. She had a lot of fun and got a pair of butterfly wings!

On Thursday I took her to my office with me for a little while. She loves coming to my office because she gets to pick 1 sweet and 1 salty snack from the vending machine. Our office secretary also gave her a bunch of toys, coloring books and crayon to play with. We got McDonald's happy meals for lunch and she got to watch her favorite shows on the ipad while I got some work done. Just before we were about to leave so she could come home and "rest" she found a box full of packing peanuts in the corner of my office and proceeded to make the biggest mess! She thought it was hilarious!

And on Saturday, a local church had a family fun festival at the elementary school a block or so away from the house so we decided to go check it out. They had SO MANY inflatable jumpers! And also free hot dogs and hot chocolate!  Maddie had the BEST time, she went on almost all of the inflatable jumpers, the inflatable obstacle course, and also a really tall inflatable slide. She was kind of slow going up the slide so a line would form behind her, but she did it and was so proud of herself.  Joseph stayed with her to play while I took James home to nap - we didn't realize it would be so much fun! We are so glad we went!

March 2018 Pictures & Videos

Pictures & Videos of the kids from March 2018!

We took the kids to a restaurant for lunch! James did SO well!

Aw, sweet sleeping Maddie

Reading at breakfast!

Eating (burnt) artichoke!

I got a double stroller as Joseph was going to be out of town, and I needed a way to get the kids to and from
music class on Saturday. They LOVED it! Maddie even wanted to sit in it just to watch TV!

Having fun at Mr Dave's music class!

"Hi, I'm Doctor Wagner!"

Happy baby! He just woke up!

Kids playing together!