Cedar Point - Take 2!

So we decided to head to Cedar Point again over the weekend. We had so much fun the first time. We did the after 5 thing again, but this time we were even smarter. We brought in our own food (well snuck it in). It was so expensive last time for all of us to eat dinner. Savannah had a great time again. We rode a few rides with her. She even rode the "big" roller coaster. CJ hung out as usual and just took it all in.

The story Jim wants me to tell is when he and Savannah were standing in line for the cars. They were standing over this sewer grate and it kind of smelled. So Savannah grabbed Jim's behind and asked him if he pooped. Kind of funny because that is always what we are doing to her. I am sure the people standing around them in line got a good chuckle.

Bath Time!

Well I haven't posted in a while. Guess you can tell I went back to work and am not sitting around all day at home.

CJ took his first bath in the tub. Savannah thought it was so cool that her brother was joining her. And he really enjoyed not being in a cramped sink! He was kicking all about.

I even found some of Savannah's letters that spelled out CJs name!

Girls Weekend in Chicago

Savannah and I headed to Chicago this past weekend for a girls weekend prior to me heading back to work. We headed out to visit friend from college. We left the house mid-morning on Thursday. I wasn't looking forward to the ride with Savannah, but she did great. I thought with the potty training we would have to make more stops.

When we arrived, Paychek greeted us. We found a spot on the street right outside her condo!! We unpacked and hung out a bit. We then headed out to dinner. We went to a place called Flattop. Where it is a make your own stirfry place. Yummy! Savannah didn't eat much, but what else is new. We were pretty tired so off to bed we went.

Friday morning we decided to head to the beach. Savannah had a blast! She could have stayed there all day. We thought the water was going to be cold and it was much warmer than we thought it was going to be. Oh and the best part of the beach I think for Savannah was we got to ride the train there. She kept talking about how many "buddies" kept getting on and off the train. It was pretty funny. We headed to a little mexican place for lunch and then back to Paychek's for nap time.





After nap we decided to head out to Kiddyland! It was a little amusement park for kids. And of course Savannah had a blast. She loved rides. We did the roller coaster, the ferris wheel, the merry go round and even some water ride where Savannah and I got soaked. Once again off to bed! By the way sleeping with a 2 year old on a blow up mattress! Yikes. That girls moves around a lot. She has never slept with us so I had no idea how much that girl moves around!





On Saturday we headed to the zoo. We stopped off first to get Kristin's new iPhone (which is really cool by the way), and then we were off. We had a nice time at the zoo. It was a really cool zoo. Much different than the one we have here. We had a little accident at the playground so had to leave somewhat quickly.







We drove around a bit because Savannah fell asleep in the car. I knew she wouldn't go back to sleep. That night we headed down to a festival a few block away. We took the bus there (another cool thing for Savannah!) and walked back. It was nice, but pretty crowded. A stroller trying to go through a bunch of drunk people :)

We went to brunch on Sunday and then back to Cleveland. The ride home was great too. Savannah slept for over half of it. We had a great time in Chicago. It was about time for us to visit Paychek! She is always coming here. Hope we can do it again sometime. Maybe the whole family the next time.

Oh and PS - CJ went for his 4 month check up on Wednesday. He was 16 pounds 7 ounces! Still a little chunker! 89% for weight and 99% for height!

Cereal!

We tried rice cereal for the first time tonight. I am not sure how much CJ actually ate, but he didn't seem to hate it. So we will keep trying.

Smuckers!

Jim and I had our first night out without the kids (well 1st overnight). We headed to the Indians game and the kids went to Jim's parents for the night. It was a very nice night and the kids behaved! So that is good! We picked them up on Saturday morning and wanted to do something. Jim's parents mentioned heading down to Smucker's. So we headed down there. There really isn't much other than a store, but it was a nice trip. We bought a few things and had a grilled PB&J. That was tasty. Nothing like a good old peanut butter and jelly sandwich. We then headed to a few Amish furniture stores. I was looking for a console table for behind the couch. They were all a little bit more than I wanted to spend. We then headed home and ended up stopping at the outlets in Lodi because CJ woke up and was hungry. While Jim fed CJ in the car, Savannah and I headed to the Carter's store to buy them some fall clothes. Savannah proceeded to pee on the floor! Boy that was great. They were really good about it. Since this was only day 2 in underwear I did have a change of clothes. We then had two more accidents that day! Let's hope this isn't a trend.

The kids are getting so big!!!

So this weekend we were finally in town. We have been out of town the last 3 weekends. So Friday night we went to the pool party up at Five Seasons. It was very crowded, but ended up being fun. Savannah played in the pool and went in the bounce house. We were getting ready to leave and she said she wanted to go off the diving board. So I said ok. She had her swimmy arms on. I went in the water and our neighbor Patti helped her on the board. She walked to the end and went right off. No hesitation. So of course we had to do it again. By the third time the lifeguard was actually paying attention and said we couldn't go off with the bands. That resorted in some crying, but I was so proud of her going. It might be a while until she can do it again, but maybe not!!!! Sorry no pictures! I was in the water.



Then our little boy decided he liked the exersaucer. He had so much fun in it. He was chatting up a storm. As you can see in the video below.


He had so much fun he fell asleep! He takes after his mommy. He can sleep anywhere!



Then last but not least. His daddy took this pisture! Need I say more?

Swim Lessons

Savannah has been going to swim lessons the last two weeks. She took them at a friend's pool. It was 8 days for 30 minutes each day. I really did see an improvement at the end. While she isn't swimming, she is much more comfortable in the water than she was before. She will go under. And yesterday she had her swim wings on and would jump in the pool without me holding on to her. She did this for about 30 minutes straight! Wore me out just watching her. If she got listening to the teacher and waiting her turn out of it I would have been happy. Hopefully I can work out her doing them again next year when I am working.

CJ had a long day!

CJ after a day at the pool. Fell right asleep in the Bumbo while I cleaned our room.

CJ went to the Dr. last week to get a shot that they were out of when we went for his 3 month well baby visit. I put him on the scale and he was a whopping 15 lbs 6 oz. He is still a growing boy!

4th of July in Frankenmuth

We headed up to Frankenmuth, Michigan with my mom, sister and her husband for the weekend. We left Thursday afternoon and got there around 5. We checked into the Drury Inn and headed down for the free happy hour! Can't pass that up. Then we headed down to the pre-race party. We were doing a 5 k the next morning. They had packet pick-up, activities for the kids and a spaghetti dinner. It was a nice little event. After that we headed back to the hotel and put the kids to bed. Jim was tired from a long day so he stayed in the room with them. Jen, Neil, mom and I headed down to the park for the fireworks. We got great seats and they were wonderful fireworks for a small town. The next morning we got up and headed down for our free breakfast and then went to the race. Jen and Neil ran the race. We had both kids and a double stroller so we were lucky we were even able to walk. I carried CJ in the Baby Bjorn for about a mile until my back just started killing me. So into the stroller her went. Jim pushed the stroller the whole time which is no easy task! We were happy to complete the race in under an hour. One of these days maybe I will run! We stuck around for a bit afterwards as they had tons of stuff going on. This was a pretty big race. They had a 20k, 10k, 5k and a 2k for the kids.





After that we shopped for a bit, went to lunch, and then put the kids down for a nap. Lunch was huge. We weren't expecting this big dinner, but when we sat down it was the dinner menu and it was family style! It was a good German meal, but way too much food. After that Jen, Mom and I headed to the outlets for a couple of hours. We got back and headed to putt putt golf. Mom stayed back with CJ. That was a lot of fun.


On Saturday we got up and went to the Farmer's Market. This wasn't very exciting. After the market we headed to the Riverboat cruise. That was a really nice little boat ride. After that we headed over to Zehnder's for lunch. They had a great little cafeteria in the basement. We all went and took naps after that and then headed to Bronner's Christmas store once Savannah woke up. It is the world's largest Christmas store. it wasn't really what I was expecting. There was a lot of stuff in there, but it was all still pretty expensive. So we didn't buy much. We then went to this Brewery for dinner and then back for ice cream!


All in all it was a great trip with the family! Back down to Dayton this weekend for Dad's golf outing!




CJs 1st Beer!

CJ turns 3 months old!

We took CJ to get his first professional pictures today. They turned out great!!