We're heading out...

FINALLY... vacation! After months of talking about it, we're finally heading out this morning for Myrtle Beach. Pictures and fun details will be making it on here in about a week :)

Saturday Tea

It was a great day on Saturday! Barb, Terri, Annie, Mom and I met at The Ruby Pear to celebrate Mom's birthday and a late Mother's Day. We were able to chat, enjoy tea (5 different kinds) and fill up on sandwiches, scones and fat rascal cookies. It was a great time. It's been a long time since I've been able to just escape for a couple of hours without the boys... in fact, it's probably been over 2 years!! Ack! I'm not even going to tell you how long it's been since Brian and I have set foot in a theater for date night... oh but that's another story.

Anyway, it was a great time and I'm so happy that we were able to make it happen... we missed you Lisa :)

Mom, Mom, Mom

What can I say... I love my Mom! She's one tough little cookie.

Dad... another tough cookie and a great big heart to go with it.

I love you both to pieces!!! :o)

Fun week so far

Wow, we've really had some awesome weather these last few days and have taken full advantage of it.

Monday I took the boys to a sprinkler park in Westfield. They had a blast! After getting tired of that portion of the park they moved over to the playground and continued to run around and get rid of some of that lovely, loud energy they seem to have lots of. Nathan was enjoying the view from his stroller...thumb in mouth. I'm sure he'll be right there with them when he starts walking.

Tuesday the boys helped me wash the van and then we met Liz, Fiona and Sean at Forest Park for a couple of hours of fun. We always have a great time when we meet up with them. Nathan got to swing for the first time and he nearly fell asleep. He was so relaxed in there while sucking his thumb.

And lastly, today I was able to mow the lawn while Nathan napped. I truly love mowing the lawn... especially when I'm getting a tan :). After lunch the boys and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. It's a fun workout for me and since they ride so fast, I have to walk fast to keep up with them ~ all the while Nathan is sitting in the stroller... with thumb in mouth. Brian took Zachary out again tonight after dinner but this time, Zach was out on a real road. I was a little apprehensive about it but just thought "no, I have to trust Brian. He'll watch out for him". And lo and behold, Zach did a wonderful job. He was only on a road, road outside of a subdivision for maybe not even a quarter of a mile.

For Joey!

You wanted lasagna.... you got it. This is the best I can do ~ enjoy the view!! :)

Our weekend

What a fun weekend! Saturday morning, Brian took his annual Father's day out to just relax and do some of the things he can't fully enjoy with the boys in tow. After lunch Zachary and Joshua put on a little puppet show titled "My Dad is Special". Each one of the boys, even Nathan, had a puppet and said why they think their Dad is special. Zach spoke for Nathan :) I'm going to try to get the video on here because the boys' did such a great job. They worked on it for a couple of days. So then it was off to Cincy. Brian's Mom and Dad were visiting so we wanted to see them to celebrate Mimi's birthday, Megan's birthday and Father's Day. It was nice seeing them all again... we just don't get to see them often enough.

Today is going to be a day of relaxing and getting Nathan back on his schedule. All day yesterday in Cincy, he fought a nap and to top it off, he hadn't pooped :/ so today I'll be giving him lots of juice and water to get his system moving again. He slept a little on the way home last night and then went directly to sleep once in his crib... thankfully.

Looks like this afternoon I'm taking the boys to a sprinkler park. It'll be our first real summer water activity this year and the boys are very excited. I'd like to take them to the pool, but I'm just not ready to watch all three without Brian. I'm sure I'll get brave after coming home from vacation.

Touch A Truck ~ Westfield

I took the boys to the Touch A Truck today. It was another great day, hot but low humidity so the drip factor was minimal :) Joshua's favorite was sitting in the police car and Zachary's was the cement truck because it had the loudest horn. Both boys agreed that the best part was watching the medic helicopter take off. This is our third time visiting the Westfield one and we've been to the Carmel one a couple of times. It's amazing that little adventures like this amuse them so much.... I think it's kind of fun too.

Little Nathan

Well, you've seen Zachary, Joshua and Brian, now I suppose it's a good time to see a picture of me and Nathan. He's coming up to 10 months on June 17th. Time has flown by way too quickly.

I'm doing pretty good. Finally seeing weight come off and I think I'm down 17 lb just by "wogging" (jogging and walking) or cruising around the neighborhood. Taebo makes it into our DVD player occasionally as well, but not near as much as it should be.

Brian's trip to the Indy 500

That's right, Brian and John, a very good friend of his, went to the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" this year. He had the time of his life and hopes to go again.

What a beautiful day

This weeks weather has been craziness! Lightning storms, thunder-boomers and rain, rain, rain. It's even been to hot to go outside with the boys. Thankfully today is sunny and beautiful. We were able to get out to the store, Zachary and Joshua had a nice little "picnic" on our screened in porch and then they played outside for an hour or so. I won't go into detail, about the dirty tracks Zach brought in with him though... grrrr.

Nathan and I stayed in and played a little. He's getting so big! I wouldn't say that walking or even cruising the furniture is in the near future but he's readily pulling himself up on things and eager to scoot across the floor.

Now to figure out dinner...

I've finally decided to join the rest of the bloggers! It's going to be a learning process for me so hopefully after a few posts, I'll be more comfortable with what I am doing. Be patient... I'm hoping this is going to be a great way for our family and friends to join together to learn about the happenings in the Leapin' Lamantia home as well as sharing special moments from yours.