Non-Stop Weekend

Connor lifting his head up

Austin and Daddy riding the rails at the train festival

Swimming in the pond at Aunt Anna's house

Austin and Connor dancing to music from the Little Mermaid!

What a busy weekend! We had originally cancelled all our weekend plans because Allen was going to be working on Saturday and Sunday but after getting home really late Friday night he told us he wasn't going in over the weekend. Yea!

On Saturday we went to Anna's house to celebrate Nana and Kylie's birthday's. Austin had a blast! He was running around with the kids, feeding the fish, swimming in the pond and eating lots of ice cream cake:) We all had a really great time and didn't get home until around 9pm. Sunday was the train festival in Owosso. Grandma and Grandpa came with us and we spent the morning and afternoon checking out lots of trains, riding on small scale engines and helping Austin pick out the perfect souvenir! Connor slept like a champ in the baby carrier all day even with all the loud noises from the train horns and whistles. After we left the train festival and said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa we rushed home to refresh our diaper bag and headed out to look at several houses for sale in Clarkston and Oxford. We looked at 5 houses! I had thought we were only looking at 3, which would have been plenty with the boys being with us, but we squeezed in 2 more since the boys were both doing such a great job. And then on the way home they fell apart! I don't blame them, it was a long, long day and busy weekend. We didn't end up getting home until 9pm again.

We have another new addition to our family this week. Allen's sister Amanda had a baby girl yesterday. Her name is Lily and she weighed in at 5lbs 14oz. Mom and baby are doing good and we can't wait to meet Lily!

We're Still Here:)

The Boy's having a loving moment:)

Holding that little head up!

Austin waiting for Daddy to start our fireworks show
on the 4th of July

Taking the new stroller out for a spin

It seems like it has been an eternity since I last posted on our blog. We've finally settled into a routine, sort of:) And Austin has been making great strides in being a helpful and gentle big brother.

The big news around here is that Austin has given up his Daden (pacifier)! Last week during naptime he bit the nipple of his last Daden in half and it had to be thrown away. It was a little rough getting him to sleep that day but ever since he has not even mentioned his Daden or asked for a new one. Allen and I were shocked at this smooth transition to say the least, especially because he was so attached to them at bedtime and he has no other comfort item that he is attached to at bedtime. He continues to amaze us every day!

I can't believe that Connor is a month old already! He still has tons of dark hair that sticks up all over, Daddy and Austin love to put it into a mohawk after his bathtime:) Connor is quite the hungry hippo, it seems like he is constantly eating. He is batting at toys that hang on his playmat and is rolling up onto his side, and he is working out that neck trying to hold his head up!

We finally got our house up for sale again. We will hopefully be having an open house soon. I told Allen that if someone ever calls our realtor and wants to see our house that same day I would die laughing because it is nearly impossible to keep the house clean with an active toddler and a newborn. They would be wading through dirty dishes, piles of laundry, trash full of poopy diapers, trucks strewn all over the floor and who knows what else:)