Chicagoland round 2

Thanks to my wonderful and generous Mother who came to watch our oldest 3 kids (and Healthcare REIT) I got to go with Steve to Chicago for 6 days & 5 nights!! It was wonderful!

Some of the sights


The bean...

The Lego Store

The moving water Scuplture in Grant Park...the kids would have LOVED this!

It was so fun just having Maggie...I got to catch up on some picture time!
I just wish I had a better camera!!

We also tried to get in a little tummy time
(we don't do much of that at home since there is a likely chance she'll be bothered!!)

As you can see she got a little worn out towards the end!

On Friday we got to go out and take a look around the city a little...a very little...we only made it up Michigan Avenue and then we were excited to go meet up with friends!
This is us in front of the Tribune Building!


Steve was worn out....from his long week so Maggie & he took a quick nap before we hit the road!

We went down to the lakeshore and had a little Marshmallow Roast with our dear friends the Dowdles!

coaxing a fire out of some wood...doesn't Steve look like a little kid

...it started to rain so we had to make a hasty departure...but not before I clicked a quick shot....PS...we got SOAKED! but the hotdogs and marshmallows were delicious!!
Thanks to the Dowdles for the cozy accomodations and good times!

Maggie's "play place"

Oscar loves to "do things" for Margaret! One day I left Maggie on the floor to play look at her gym thing and came back to this luxurious set up! Thanks Oscar!

PS she's a spitter!!

Madsens come to visit

We had the pleasure of having the Madsen Family in to visit us...
Paul, Danielle (Steve's sister), Brooklyn, Maya & Garret all came from California for a family camp in Michigan and we were the lucky ducks to see them!
Brooklyn couldn't get enough of helping out with the little girls, Maya and Gordon were inseprable, and Oscar & Garrett were Best Friends from the start! All & all We had a great time! I was a little slacker on pictures and these of Maya and Margaret were all that I got! Whoops!



We loved having them here even though it was for such a short time! We're excited to see them all again in California for Uncle Matt's Wedding!! 'til next time!

Margaret's Blessing Day

We were so lucky to have both sets of our parents here to celebrate with us! I wish we had gotten a picture of the whole group of us but Go-Dad had to take off earlier than planned!

This is our little princess in her most beautiful dress...it's the same one that Grandma Munns made that Eleanor wore!

(sadly this is the best shot of her we have...she could not be bothered to co-operate for pictures...all she wanted to do was eat and go straight to sleep!)

This was her right after I woke her up from her nap...(she slept in her dress because I was determined to get some pictures)...a little dazed and then......

...THIS and a whole lot of it!!!

But isn't she so cute even when she's crying...the ones of her crying are some of my very favorites!

Some attempts at family pictures!

I tried to quickly snap a few pictures of my parents before my dad had to leave but this is the only picture that is half way descent! Again Maggie was so co-operative (she was in her fussy window typically from 5-8pm!!)

I am really sad not to have as many pictures as I got from Eleanor's blessing day but I guess I'll just have to stage some of her in her dress later...but not too much later since her dress fit her perfectly!

Later that night...
The boys love to hold her...they both wanted her...so they split the difference...good night kiddies!

I just found some more pictures from that great day!

Oscar LOVES Preschool!!

The newest student at Grace Preschool!
Oscar Donald Ward

Otter started his first day of Pre-School today!! He was SO excited for today! He is growing up so fast, is becoming so brave, and is such a good little friend!

WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!

He is also probably the CUTEST kid in his class...but of course that's coming from his mother!

This is our backdoor neighbor Reagan...Oscar loves having her in his class...and I love the carpool!

This is worthy of a post!

I was just checking in on some of my favorite peoples blogs...lots of great things have been going on but this is one I just HAD to post about myself....here is a link so you can get the real deal!

This is my brother Daniel...yes, he's a full on red-neck but not in any of the bad ways!!

http://dsmunns.blogspot.com/2009/08/florida-grand-slam.html

ENJOY!

Indiana Jones

Gordon went through a little phase here where he LOVED Indiana Jones...he came up with his own outfit and made a home-made whip to carry about...then Grandma found a little set at Walmart and turned him into the real deal!! Here he is....

Indiana Jones LOVES babies....so he can always take a break to hold his "favorite baby EVER!"