More from Ohio (the first trip)

One of the great things about getting out of Chicago and visiting Ohio, is that we can spend all day outside in the backyard. Lillie loves to be outside and realized that she can have fun with Quinn too. She felt like such a big girl being able to push him in the swing!

Nine Months

Although I'm writing this very late, at nine months, we were just getting ready to head back to Ohio for the birth of cousin Camden! Quinn is getting very used to all the long car trips, and is very patient with mom's driving. He loves to stand and look out windows (in the house, not in the car!), still says no to anything on a spoon, and just can't stop moving for one second.

MJ Would Be Proud

Lillie visited a house with a keyboard and microphone over the weekend. Dance lessons? Not needed, but certainly in order!

Beep Beep

We've had quite a bit going on the past month or so, and I'm way behind on the posts. Here's something to get you through until I can get back to regular updates.

Lemons

Conor got his new iPhone last week and has already been busy doing fun things with it. This morning, Quinn had his first lemon, and Conor took the video, edited, and uploaded it all using his phone. Check it out, so fun!

Memorial Day

We spent Memorial Day in Ohio and decided to have a BBQ and spend the day outside...it was great weather. When cooking out on the grill these days, our go to main entree is grilled chicken marinated in this barbecue sauce. It never fails to turn out delicious (even when the master griller starts a fire and they get a little charred....ahem, ahem...not mentioning any names). Anyway, we make a good team, I make the sauce, and Conor cooks the meat.

As hard as we tried, we couldn't get the pool up and running for the holiday. Turns out it wasn't on flat ground and kept collapsing once it got to a certain depth. What a happy accident that was because it ended up making a perfect wading pool for the kids to be in by themselves.

Quinn didn't get to play in the pool with the big kids, but he got his turn with playing with Lillie. It's so cute to see them playing together - now that he's getting bigger.

After a wonderful day of playing outside and spending time with family, this is how the day ended. About as perfect as it gets.

Summer Grillin'

Can't it stay warm all year long? We're loving being able to make breakfast outdoors and eat it there too. There's nothing better than eating warm, syrup-y hotcakes on the deck while being in our jammies and feeling the wind blow all around us. Hello summer...won't you stay a while?