Happy Birthday Mom!

Well I know it's a day late but...

Happy Birthday Mom!

Hope it was great and I can't wait for the big party :)

We love you!

First Pool Time

Today was really hot outside, so we thought it would be a good day to stick Jack in the pool for the first time. We went outside, put a few inches of water in kiddie pool, and slowly put him in the water. It's a lot colder than the bath water he's used to, so I thought he would start crying almost immediately. But surprisingly, he seemed to like it! We started just with his feet, and then slowly sat him down. The water was only deep enough to barely cover his legs, so he had fun kicking. He was fine with the water being on his lower body, but when we put some on his bare stomach, he didn't seem to like that as much. We were only out there about 15 minutes, but it was really fun getting in the cold pool on a hot summer day with him.

Tummy Time

We have started to have tummy time with Jack this week so here are a few fun pictures of him playin. Enjoy!

St. Louis Trip

This past weekend Kyle and I went up to St. Louis for a little vacation. Jack stayed home with my family. We stayed with a friend of Kyle's, Rick, in Southern Illinois and drove up to St. Louis for the day on Saturday. St. Louis is right on the Mississippi River.

While we were in downtown, we went to see a Cardinals game. They were playing the Dodgers that day and our seats were the first row right behind the Dodgers bullpen. They are working so hard...

This was the view from our seats. Not bad really. Of course the camera always makes it look farther than it really is. It was 93 degrees but on the field it was 111 degrees with the heat index! We were just off the field so we were EXTREMELY hot! We were definitely drinking tons of water that day.

Here we are at the new Busch Stadium. Home of the Cardinals.

The Gateway Arch!

Under the arch there was a little museum with the history if it.

We actually went to the top of the Arch! I can't believe I survived. It's 630 feet tall!

Here is the view of downtown St. Louis from the top of the Arch.

Metropolis...home of Superman!.
We stopped in Metropolis on the way home just to take a few fun pictures. There is a Superman museum too but we didn't go in.
Super Kyle!

Overall our trip was really fun. It was just for the weekend but it was a much needed break. Even though it was a lot of driving and really really hot it was all worth it.

4th of July Celebration at the Lake

Since the 4th of July was on a Sunday, we decided to really celebrate it the next day. Kyle, Jack, and myself went up to Percy Priest Lake that afternoon, sat in the shade by the water and just enjoyed the good weather. No, we didn't get in the water like most of the other people were, but we had lots of fun just being out there. And to top off a fun little trip, we got some icees for the ride home. Fun fun day :)

Happy 4th of July!

Today was quite a day. It was Jack's first Sunday at church, which meant... no morning nap! With only about 3 hours of sleep last night, to say we were tired is quite an understatement. We went to church and did survive. And we even survived taking a few family pictures and eating lunch after church. But once we laid down for a nap at 2:30, it was all over. Apparently when dinner was ready, my parents knocked on the door and even called us on my cell phone to tell us it was ready. Well I guess I answered the phone, but when we woke up at 6:30, we didn't remember a thing. You know you were tired when you don't have any idea what you have done the last few hours.

Then once it was dark outside, we went out and watched the neighbors shoot off some fireworks. So for Jack's first 4th of July, it was pretty fun. (But I have to admit that taking a nap was the best part!) So everyone have a Happy 4th of July!