Pictures of the Kids while we were on vacation

Here are some pictures of the kids Pau Pau and Grandma sent to us while we were on vacation!  We sure did miss them!!

May 2018 - Road Trip to Tulsa to see Family

We took a road trip down to Tulsa to see family! We left on Thursday 5/17 and wanted to make the trip in 1 day.  We brought Maddie to school in the morning so she could work some energy off and also so Joseph could pack the car. We picked her up from school and really hoped both kids would nap in the car on the way... Unfortunately Maddie did not nap but we quite content to do activities and watch shows on the iPad.  James did not take his second nap until about 5pm and then napped only about 45 minutes. He was also quite good though on the trip. We made the trip in about 12 hours which included all of our stops.

We enjoyed ourselves in Tulsa and got to visit with family. Most importantly we got to see Nana Mary Ellen one last time.

We headed back home on Sunday late morning and made it back to Chicago in 11 hours. This time we made more frequent stops but they were shorter in duration.

Lots of pictures from our trip below and a little video of James playing with Grandpa.

James finally napped!

Maddie playing with window clings

3 Generations of Wagner men!

Visiting Bak Bak!

We had an unseasonably warm day (in the low 40s!) and haven't seen Bak Bak in forever, so we drove the entire family down to Chinatown to visit!  Bak Bak loved seeing both kids and was amazed at how big they both had gotten in just a couple of months!  Afterwards we walked to a nearby restaurant for some lunch (and both kids were great!) and stopped off at the park on the way home.

Christmas Dinner 2017

For Christmas dinner, we headed to Chinatown to spend the evening with my extended family! My cousin who moved to Hong Kong was back for the holidays with her husband. There are a total of 8 grandchildren of my generation on my mom's side, and we had 6 of the 8 of us under one roof! The other 2 are overseas.

Maddie had a lot of fun playing with her cousin Emilie, and everyone loved watching and holding James. We had a yummy Christmas dinner, followed by gifts for the kids.

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Tulsa Trip 2017

The entire family flew to Tulsa just after Thanksgiving! We spent about a week and a half and were able to also go to cousin Jordan & Trent's wedding on December 1st!

We had Thanksgiving dinner Friday early evening after we arrived.  We got to see lots of family during the trip and also visited the Tulsa Zoo!  Maddie also got to do some shopping and we also got to see Santa!

Maddie had lots of energy after our flight from Chicago landed. She was running back and forth in the terminal while waiting for Joseph to get our luggage.

I love this look of determination on her face!

This was her "Roar!" face!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?

Shopping!

Happy Thanksgiving 2017!

We had a nice relaxing Thanksgiving Day at home!  We played in the morning until Pau Pau and Uncle Jeff came over for Thanksgiving lunch. We took it easy as we were going to leave the next morning for a week and a half visit to Tulsa to visit family!

James loves his big sister Maddie!

So thankful for these two!

I love this picture! Taken before dinner. Maddie reading quietly on the couch while James naps.