Gone Fishin'

 Isn't this just too cute?!

Saw this on my friend Emmalee's Wooden Moose Creations site (see link on our blog) and just had to have one!  Can't get over how adorable and fun it is! And, Emmalee made and burned it herself!

Know our boys will enjoy this for years, and hopefully their kids as well!

 She even monogrammed the handle as well!  The perfect touch.

 If the pole & fish weren't cute enough, she made this carry sack to go on their little shoulders.

 E has a blast learning his colors every day ;)

Now our boys can fish just like Mommy & Daddy.



"Domas da dain!! Choo-Choo!!"

Since E is at that age when little boys are infatuated with trains, I couldn't resist taking him to the Illinois Railroad Museum to see 'A Day Out with Thomas'.  We went on August 27th, but I'm just now getting around to posting pics of our fun day.  Even C. got to join in on the fun, along with our good friends, Tiffany and Eli!  There isn't a day when E doesn't want to watch Thomas on tv, or have me drive him downtown to see the Metra trains arriving at the station and the Union Pacific freight trains crawling along the empty lines.

"Deam!!!!!!"

Oh did E love seeing the steam coming from the smokestack.

Other big, 'real', trains.

 E meeting up with this buddy, Eli.

 Waiting in line for their Thomas train ride.

 It was one hot, steaming ride.  Thank goodness the windows were open!

 Loved the vintage advertisements in the passenger car, especially this one.

Reminds me of a frame we had up in our laundry room.  I'm the ironing goddess- ha!

E is now an official Thomas Jr. Engineer!

2 Sacks of Potatoes

Oh, Boy!!!  BIG BOY!!

We finally just bought a new scale, for the main purpose of getting an updated weight for C.
WELL.......
....there's an explanation why the little cutie is: starting to wear 12MONTH clothing, outgrowing his infant carseat, aching my back just lifting him out of his crib, no longer nursing and chowing through 8oz bottles, ......

20.5lbs  and  27.5in tall

at

4 MONTHS OF AGE

 

How big is he going to be when he IS 12 months?!?!?!
(Whatever happened to the petite and short babies we were expecting??)

I could just cry at how fast our 'baby' is growing.  I feel like I'm already missing out on his baby year just because of what happened, but now I can't even enjoy/cling on to his adorable baby clothes or baby gear.  Oh, so sad.

Off to the Races

We took both our boys for their first train ride AND first day at the track for an afternoon of horse racing!!  It was so sweet to take both the boys together to share 'firsts'.

 Happy Baby....

 ...then brother comes around...

 ...and the tears flow.

(Just keeping things real ;)

Within 2minutes of leaving the train station, this little one was fast alseep. 

What a FUN day.