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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Happy Birthday Luca!


Happy Birthday big boy. I love you.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Birthday Celebration

The Birthday Boy!
Dinner at the Nitty Gritty again this year -
trying to get Luca a collection of mugs for his 21st birthday.
Cuddling with Daddy and adoring Buzz Lightyear.
Being goofy on Luca's new Toy Story bed set.

Buzz Lightyear!!!! Luca's favorite gift - given to him by Ava.
Proudly showing off the table she set for Luca
Ava making brownies


Gentle Luca, Gentle


Don't lay on Bella. Don't sit on Bella. Don't pull Bella's Tail.
Don't poke Bella's eyes.
Luca, leave Bella alone.
Every day. All day long.

Swimming


Thanks for the picture Beth!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Welcome Bella

My dad's dog Bella came to stay with us. She had knee surgery a week or so ago and can't do stairs for awhile. I think she's a month older than Ava and about 4 times her weight now!
She is HUGE, beautiful and a calm sweet dog. She is not supposed to run or jump so we'll be working hard on not letting the kids excite her too much. Should be a fun few weeks/months/undetermined amount of time :)
Maybe we wont want to give her back...


Monday, March 22, 2010




i know, enough of the bath pictures.
so damn cute though.

Dora Pillows



Ava wanted to pick out the fabric for her closet curtains. I just couldn't imagine staring at a wall of bright yellow Dora the Explorer fabric so we made pillow cases with the fabric instead. Both kids loved the pillows and thought it was hilarious to pretend to go to sleep on the kitchen floor. Dustin even got into the floor pile on.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Visit to Aunt Corey and Uncle Thad

5 years later we finally make a visit to Corey and Thad's
place in Schaumberg.
We taught them about childproofing, how much clutter kids create, reasons to not have white carpet, why unrestricted sugar intake is a bad idea and how fun it can be to
sleep with a squirmy child.
Although a Saturday night out at Chucky Cheese sounded like a rockin good time we passed, let the Aunt and Uncle be the fun ones and met up with old friends in Chicago...where we discussed that we are now old. Adult conversations, adult beverages...we had a great time.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Friday, March 12, 2010

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Train Tracks and Cowboy Hats





mud, puddles, temps of almost 50 degrees...
welcome spring!


Later Snowman

The remains of our snowman...
Please don't snow. Please don't snow. Please don't snow.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Naps For the Boys

Happy Birthday Stella!




Good friends, an amazing cake, presents, playing and Luca terrorizing the cats. Good times.
Happy Birthday Stella - thanks for inviting us to your party!


Tuesday, March 2, 2010

"Mom, I'm ready for summer...
cuz winters kind of taking a long time".