Chicago Wedding

The whole fam flew to Chicago last month to attend the wedding of an old family friend. We lived next door to the Krema family for 13+ years and as it turns out, my brother moved to near Chicago just a few months before. Double whammy- get to see the family and attend the wedding. And best of all- a baby sitter for Lincoln during the wedding festivities! Lincoln had more fun with his cousins that he would have with us anyway.

Jenny is the oldest Krema daughter and she got married last October. We were like sisters growing up and it was so much fun to see her!

 The wedding was at Loyola University and it was a beautiful setting right on the lake!

 The beautiful bride, Ali, and her new hubby Mike.

Lincoln and his cousins at the park enjoying a little sunshine before we headed off to the airport. I got to spend a little bit of the day with my dad on Father's day.

A quick trip to the city- what a fun town!

4th of July

We kept things pretty simple for the 4th this year. With an impending hurricane, we weren't really sure how the weather was going to turn out, but after a rainy morning, the day was beautiful! We spent the long weekend at the beach, bbqing with friends and we even made it to the fire works with Lincoln. It was a relaxed family-fun weekend.

Family Fun in Minnesota

Lincoln and I spent last week in Minnesota with my family and Some of Glenn's too. Minnesota in the summer is wonderful and seeing family and friends was the icing on the cake. Love it there. Here are a few pictures!

Outside fun

This video is from the spring after a rain storm. He clearly doesn't mind a little mess or water. He's a boy through and through!

Lots of Updates

It's hard to believe the summer has gone by so quickly! We've been busy around here made obvious by my lack of posts!

Lincoln is as busy as ever and since he only takes one nap a day, it's hard for me to get on the computer. We spend a lot of time outside playing and in the water as much as we can. Our little fish loves the pool and the beach. If I'm not looking, he'll just sit down on the edge and hop in to the pool. Needless to say, one of us is always looking!

We are hoping our little man will be come a big brother one of these days, but not how you might expect. Glenn and I have talked for a long time about adoption and in March we started the process. As of this week, all our paperwork, background checks, profiles, fingerprints, videos and everything else is complete! We are so excited about the possibility, but know that things are out of our hands at this point. We will wait until our time is right and the right family comes our way. I'm sure I'll be posting on what comes next as it happens. As of right now, we wait. :)

Lots more changes coming - my last day of work is Friday. For various reasons, I've decided to be Stay At Home mommy for awhile. I can't wait to spend more time with my little man, Lincoln! I'm looking forward to lots of play dates and fun together. Maybe I'll even start cooking again. :)

Lincoln and I are headed home to Minnesota on Friday. Glenn has to stay behind for work. I'm not looking forward to the flight by myself, but I can't wait to see everyone!!! It's going to be a busy busy week, but hopefully I get a chance to see all my favorite people and rub Blair's baby belly.

We found out tonight that Glenn made Lieutenant Commander. Still not sure what our future plans will be exactly, but I'm very proud of him for getting promoted! Congratulations, LCDR!

It's been a fun summer so far and I can't wait to see what comes next.

Rubber Ducky!

For the opening of the newly remodeled art museum in downtown Norfolk, the Chrysler Center brought in the world famous 4-story rubber duck to downtown. Some people thought it was silly (I only thought the $22 replicas were silly) but a certain one-year old thought it was pretty awesome. There were some tears shed when it was time to leave! We still had to run the rest of the way home though!

Homearama

My girlfriend and I spent the Saturday before Mother's Day up in Richmond. We are both avid Young House Love (a home design blog) readers and were super excited to see the house they designed along with 6 other custom built homes. We were dreaming of our future custom homes all day. They had some fun ideas! Here are some of the random pics I took. Makes me want to buy a fixer upper wherever we move next!

Sink in the pantry?

My favorite outdoor space.

Loved this kitchen!

Best idea ever! They pushed down to disappear into the counter.

Easter Pics

My girlfriend Janel took these for fun and because she's fabulous. Love my little guy!