Bad Blogger!

I can already tell I am going to be a very bad blogger moving forward. We have been home almost three weeks and have been very busy with events that were planned earlier this summer and have not focused on blogging.

Danny is doing well. He is still waking during the night a few times and needs to be reassured but usually goes back to sleep quickly. I have been reassured that many of the babies react to the changes and grieve at night so this is not unusual. He has mastered cereal on a spoon (if you consider half staying in his mouth mastering like I do!) and have moved on to orange veggies. The rice crackers (from Walmart) still remain his favorite food. He is sitting up really well now which is remarkable because he could not do this three weeks ago. He loves the baby jumper and will sit in that for the longest time. He is generally happy which works well because we have been busy the last few weeks and he has been held by most of the family by now at some point.

Last weekend we picnicked at Pipestone Lake in Michigan with a college friend and his family and friends. This is an event we look forward to each summer. (Thanks Scott & Amy!) Kyle tubed this year! (See photo above with his cousin Sean) Ed and I also tubed and probably should not have because my arms were very sore the next day. We spend the remainder of the weekend in St. Joe Michigan and at the beach there. (The photos are out of order- sorry!)

We celebrated by birthday last week (yes, it is 40!). The picture below is not the best because Danny went right for the cake when he saw it.

The photos (right and below) are of a present that came in the mail that was just the perfect size for Danny to play with for a half hour! This adorable pillow has a music box in it and is hand painted. It is special for several reasons. Paige and Kyle also have them from when they were babies but if you look carefully you will see that Danny's has the flag of Taiwan and the US flag on it. Thanks Amy & Family!

We also went to Kiddleland last week. Danny was a trooper and woke up to ride the merry-go-round with Paige while Kyle was on the roller coaster with his cousins and aunt. I am proud that we typically have a diaper and bottle when we leave the house for long periods of time, but unfortunately I can't seem to remember the camera so photos of many events are missing.

Danny saw his first fireworks Saturday night at Nana's house with his cousins and family friends. Once again, a nice night without a camera. Sunday we went to our annual family picnic. This year it was a Pine Lake in Indiana. It was a hot day so everyone enjoyed the swimming, tubing and eating. Kyle went on the banana with the big kids, Danny was very happy in the baby boat riding the waves and loved the attention from the teenage girls and Paige was very brave jumping off the Island. Again, no camera!

I'm sure we have done a few other things this week but those are the highlights.

More photos below: In St. Joe

Birthday celebration