Pain in the patootie

Just finished getting all the documentation together for our passport applications. Well, almost all. Aaron's out with Pete and I need to make a copy (2 actually) of his DL. We're going to try and get this done at the post office tomorrow before heading down to Murphysboro. I'm expecting great delays and frustration. Our post office is ridiculously bad. I'm having a glass of wine tonight as a preemptive strike.

Sad to say that Pamela and Harper will exit Chicago tomorrow morning. So, instead of moping around all weekend, Aaron decided to take us down to his hometown. I don't want to write too much about their exit, because I'll get all weepy. Maybe next month I can write more about it. :)

We actually had a pretty good day. Went to a much better story time this morning. It was at our localish Barnes and Nobel. It was fun. The boys both seemed to have fun too. Waylon would have fun anywhere right now, he just crawled and walked all over the place. Bryon actually sat and listened to the stories. Both boys even got to pick one out.

I'm very excited about our weekend getaway. The weather here is so awful, and I am going stir crazy not to mention the boys.















Bye for now!

Hola Cancun!

That's what we will be saying in 3 months and 3 days or so. Aaron got accepted for a conference in Cancun this May so we're tagging along as his entourage. He really needs supervision at all times. He he. I am so excited. Instead of a view of this.....

It will be this.....(photo from http://www.marriott.com/)

Ahhhh.

15 mo Checkup

That's what we did this morning. Waylon had his 15 month checkup with Dr. Deitch. Everything went great. He's 22lb 4 oz, 21.25 in tall. That puts him in the 25th and 50th percentiles respectively. Although, I think there might be an error with the height. He was in the 95th percentile for height at his year check up. It's not really an exact science though and our nurse was an obvious newbie. He got 3 shots, and is doing great (one was the dreaded MMR). He didn't even cry very long. We hit subway on the way home and he devoured 1/2 of a cold cut combo (6").

The little guy is doing great. He's so happy. Here is a video of one of his favorite tricks with dad. You have to visit the blog webpage here to view the video.

He loves to play this game. He'll back it up again and again. If you take too long to catch him, he'll turn around and tackle you. Such a ham.

Off to watch the Bachelor. I will definitely lose a couple million brain cells in the next 50 minutes.

Chicago today: 34 and snowy
Savannah today: 68 (ah!)

Tres Hombres

Dragons

"Mom, Dragons aren't scary. They just walk around looking for friends. They don't eat babies or anyone."

Brotherly love

Nothing says love like a zerbert to the butt. (Sorry, no pic!) Will have to remind Bryon of that one in 10 years.

House hungry

Dear real estate agent,

Will you please be our realtor? I am looking for a house that two boys (+ one someday??) can play in, one dad can relax in and one mom won't kill herself keeping up. We need one room for the boys and one room for their toys. Dad needs a deck. Mom needs a jet tub.

We hope that our dog won't drive the neighbors too crazy barking at 6 am...

..or our boys running wild at the same 6 am. Maybe something with a big yard is needed and a 12' high security fence.

We would like something close to good schools, good food, and water (of the salty kind).

Oh, and by the way, we plan on having massive amounts of company at almost any time. Excepting July and August which we're told is just too hot to do anything except hang at the pool or beach. We would like them (the company) to have their own "suite", be it one room or two, but always feel comfortable and never need to leave due to claustrophobic feelings. An extra doggie suite for visiting canines would be great.

We'll be there in March, so get ready!!!

Sincerely,
The Pedersons