Summer is here!!!

Summer has finally arrived in Chicago.  Well, kinda.....we've only had a few truly hot days and we've had quite a bit of rain.  At least it is warm though!  Scorching hot weather would just make us want to hit the pool which wouldn't be ideal right now considering Zach has a cast on his arm.  Yep, we've had a lot going on over the past few weeks.  Zach fractured his arm over Memorial Day weekend, I took a business trip to Vegas, the boys found another nearby park to play in, Nana came back for a visit to help us out with the boys while Gloria was on vacation, I competed in my first triathalon and survived, and the boys have had plenty of play time.  Oh, and yes.....Rich is actually around and doing well although you would never know by the pictures below.


Our first broken bone and trip to the ER wasn't fun for any of us but Zach was all smiles after he got comfortable with his blue cast. 

My trip to Vegas mostly consisted of a convention center, restaurants, bars and casinos but I did get to snap a shot of the water show outside of the Bellagio.

These boys are turds......

Father's Day brunch with Boppa Jim sporting some awesome sunglasses.

Zach had a "wardrobe" change and came home with a purple cast last week.  Only a few more days until he is out of the cast for good!!

Yes, mom thinks I'm insane, but I competed in my first sprint triathalon.  It was a race that Rich's company put on so I thought I'd give it a shot.  I survived!

And lastly Nana and Zach had a hay day shooting marshmallows.  You should have seen the two of them cracking each other up!

Only a couple of weeks until family vacation in the southeast!!  Can't wait to see everyone!

G-Man is ONE!!!

Well, as promised here is Gunnar's series of photos leading up to today.  He is ONE!!  I really can't believe he is already a year old.  And..........guess who decided to start walking on his own today?!  Yep, Gunnar decided he could do it on his own!  I will try to post video soon.

Can you believe how much he has grown?!  Here is the link to Zach's 1 year so you can see just how much the boys are truly their own person.

 http://www.zmakesthree.blogspot.com/2011_11_01_archive.html

 We can't keep this one still.........

                                                                   PEACE OUT!

Spring update

Ok, so almost a full month has gone by since I last updated and we have had a lot going on.  I'm not going to dive into great detail with everything but I'm at least going to post some photos for a visual update.  I think our boys have been have fun and so have we!

I somehow lost the photos we took at Gunnar's first haircut so when we went this time we just pretended it was a first.  They even gave him a little certificate with his photo and lock of hair.  

Here is Gunnar cook up some dinner in the boys' kitchen.

Zach has been spending his Friday mornings at the gym with Coach Scott.  Coach Scott works with them on basketball and soccer skills.  Zach seems to be excited to go each week and has a lot of fun however he isn't always fully participating.  It is really fun for me to watch him give something new a try and of course I have trouble containing my laughter when Zach stops to randomly wave or give a thumbs up.

Next came Easter!  The Easter Bunny was good to the boys and the weather was perfect.  And yes...Zach insisted on wearing his Santa pajamas that night/morning.

 Zach has declared this as the "fastest shirt he ever weared!"

Now, has time flown as fast for you as it has for us?  Gunnar will be 1 tomorrow!  We had a family birthday party over the weekend to celebrate.  We had lots of food, fun, and of course presents/toys. 

 Oh, and G-man went all out and wore his party shirt!

 And tried out some party glasses....

 All of the cousins played really well together with the new water table.

Did someone say "birthday cake?"  Gunnar had no problem digging in!

Stay tuned for tomorrow's update with Gunnar's 1 year photo!

11 months!

Hello!  I guess it has been a month since I last posted since I just saw that my last post was about Gunnar being 10 months old.  Sorry for the lack of updates.  Rich and I have both been super busy with travel recently so the blog hasn't been at the front of my mind.  Zach and Gunnar got to spend a week in NC with Nana and Boppa but I'll have to put photos up of that adventure later.

Here is Gunnar at 11 months!

Remember Zach at this age?
http://www.zmakesthree.blogspot.com/2011/10/11-monthsfor-real-this-time.html

10 months and counting.....

My little brown eyed boy is 10 months old today!  I can hardly believe it really.  It seems like it was just a week ago that I was trying to figure out what to do with a potty training toddler and a wee little baby in the heat of the summer.  Now Gunnar is on the move!  He has a decent army crawl down but is really more interested in walking rather than perfecting the crawl.  He constantly wants to stand and walk but hasn't figured out that leaning backwards and moving his feet forward isn't exactly the best method.  Gunnar really just wants to be able to run around with Zach.  It frustrates him to see us get up and move so easily sometimes.

Oh, and Gunnar has 1 tooth!  He cut this tooth roughly 2-3 weeks ago but now it is a full tooth sitting there every time he smiles.  I wish you could see it in the photos.  I'm sure this isn't that exciting to you but as Rich can tell you, I'm horrible with putting anything into the boys' baby books so I've got to keep a record of these things somewhere.  Someday maybe I'll actually go back and write them down. 

Anyway, onto the photo........happy 10 months!

Here is Zach's 10 month blog post.  These boys certainly look different now.
http://www.zmakesthree.blogspot.com/2011/09/10-months.html

My blue eyed boy is growing too fast!  Here is a shot of him and Rich after lunch at our favorite place for corndogs.  Yay Herms!

The boys and I will be in the southeast in a couple of weeks and would love to see those of you that live in the area!!

First Haircut and Some Outdoor Fun

Well, I was hoping to make it to the year mark before getting Gunnar's first haircut however I just couldn't wait any longer.  The boy was getting shaggy!  We tried to get in at the kids place where he could sit in a cool car and watch a movie but they were booked so we ended up just having him sit on my lap at the place we typically take Zach.  In fact, all three of the boys got a haircut although we didn't take any picture of Rich in the process.  :) 

Here is the after shot but my computer has mysteriously hidden the photos we took of the process.  Ugh!  Technology sucks sometimes.  When I find them....I'll post them.

Zach spent some time outside this weekend.  The weather has kept us indoors for so long that when the sun came out and the temps were in the 20s the boy couldn't get enough.  And yes....we got more snow this weekend.

Gunnar stayed in with me but it didn't stop him from getting into some trouble of his own.  He is on the move now (scooting and trying to crawl) and getting into everything.   Waffles anyone?

And this was a few weeks ago but I had to take a photo of my attempt at making Zach some of the infamous teddy bear pancakes that my mom makes.  Not too bad for my first try!  Andi and Molly....do you remember these?

We hope you are all doing well!