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July 2, 2017 ~ 6 weeks

What a cutie! A lot more of the same going on here this week. Eating, sleeping, diaper changes, coffee, playing, baby snuggles, brotherly snuggles. You get the idea. We also FINALLY got our replacement carpet installed in the guest bedroom so now 2.5 months later our carpet upgrade is complete!

Griffin loves to help dress Reid after he chooses his outfit for him.  Brutus loves to be where we are at all times.  Matter of fact if you leave him inside and not in his crate he often scratches at the doors (which has added yet more to my “to do” list of projects, now I get to repair the door frames!). He is getting to be a big boy, not just in height, but he is really filling out. His tail remains a strong weapon. Here he’s watching Grandpa, Finn, and Kevin play hockey in the driveway.  Amy and I met at the new IKEA this week with the kiddos. It was a pretty busy place and I was able to get the bins to organize our new loft playspace.  Friday when Kevin got home from work we decided to call my parents to see if they were up for visitors. It’s their annual hosta sale which we normally try to be there for so we quickly packed up our things (one small suitcase for the four of us!) and the dogs and headed north. We picked up pizza for ourselves (which I ordered from the incorrect location, ugh!) and then later Finn, Mom, Reid and I went to Whit’s for some frozen custard. Finn got the “dirty worm” kids sundae and I had the grasshopper (mint swirls and chocolate pieces in vanilla custard) and mom got her traditional half and half.
Sunday after church we picked blueberries at Blueberry Valley. We got about 5 and a half pounds in not too much time. I forgot to pack the baby carrier so I ended up holding Reid and not really helping pick too much, oops! But we all had a good time (other than when Finn got upset that I took his bucket without asking him and he gave me the rolled eyes look and a bit of sass). He even found a toad and picked it up.  We are so proud of Finn for having the courage to walk from our car to the farm stand at the blueberry farm all by himself and purchase a half dozen ears of sweet corn! He and Kevin had already gotten peaches and blackberries when we decided we wanted sweet corn too. So Kevin gave him money and he had to go talk with the lady and take care of the whole transaction. He did great and was really proud of himself on the walk back to our car.
Later on Sunday evening we joined the Bethune’s and met up with the Eilerman’s for our first Sunday on the Scioto concert of this summer. We enjoyed our regular Jimmy John’s on a picnic blanket and also took our fresh blueberries to share 🙂 This weeks Brutus destruction includes Lily’s collar which he chewed through WHILE she was wearing it!  Ugh, this boy!  And we were treated to batches of cookies this week compliments of Debbie and Griffin. Chocolate chip and peanut butter batches were made on a rainy indoor kind of day! It’s kind of dangerous for me to be home with all these sweet treats, quite honestly.  I’ve lost all self control!

June 26, 2016

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I’m loving my summer schedule! It involves working less and having more fun! This week Kevin went on a week-day trip with a couple of friends to Chicago, so I figured I would take a couple of days off to spend with Finn. We had lots of fun and adventures including a trip to Mansfield (a post Father’s Day trip) and yet another day at Zoombeezi.  I love that we can go to Zoombeezi for the whole day or a few hours since it is so close Finn has fun and it wears him out!

Finn and I surprised Mom and Dad with our trip to Mansfield. Dad was busy planting hostas, so Finn helped him finish up by doing some watering. Then Mom, Finn, and me headed to the Carousel Park and rode around a few times. We also shopped at a few new (to me) shops in downtown Mansfield and hit up the local coffee shop for an afternoon treat, yum! Later that night Dad and Finn played some baseball. I’ve included a video that just gives me the giggles. Finn is at a state where he sometimes listens and sometimes is pretty defiant – but he listened really well when my dad gave him the signal for a “changeup”. You’ll hear me giggle in the video. IMG_7054 IMG_7056 IMG_7057We had a fun pillow fight too. IMG_7059 IMG_7061 IMG_7070 IMG_7073 IMG_7075 IMG_7078 IMG_7079 IMG_7081 IMG_7085 IMG_7086 IMG_7099 IMG_7109 IMG_7111 IMG_7112Dad had put out a lot of the plant markers we gave him for his birthday too – I took these photos to send to Kevin while he was on his trip :).
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The Wednesday that Kevin was returning there was a really big storm predicted – starting basically in northern Illinois and moving toward Ohio (essentially following Kevin home!). I was really worried as there were tornadoes associated with the storms and they were projecting huge winds during the night after he arrived home.  Thankfully, no tornadoes near them during their drive and they all arrived home safe and sound. And of course, we made Daddy some of his favorite chocolate chip cookies to welcome him home.  IMG_7125 IMG_7126IMG_7133On Friday we went to the annual Powell Festival and met up with a couple of our neighbors. We had fun listening to live bands, enjoying the food trucks, and Finn loved the kids zone play area. IMG_7162 IMG_7165 IMG_7171 IMG_7176 IMG_7185 IMG_7186 IMG_7191

 

On Saturday we headed to Lowe’s for the “Iron Man” kids workshop. Then up to Mansfield for Mom and Dad’s annual Hosta Sale. It was a nice and warm day, so Finn basically put his suit on and played in a small bucket of water.  It doesn’t take much! Finn was assisting with sales too, when one customer was looking for a yellow one, he took it over to her to show it to her.  Starting him early! After the sale was over we helped them pack it all up and put the plants away. Then we headed out to dinner and stayed in the air conditioning!IMG_7192 IMG_7201 IMG_7205 IMG_7219 IMG_7230 IMG_7232 IMG_7234 IMG_7237 IMG_7242 IMG_7244 IMG_7246And even though we are already well into summer, this year we’ve been talking about putting together a bucket list of summer time activities. So one morning I wrote it all out – we’ve got fun plans ahead!IMG_7157