Random Cuteness

Just wanted to post a couple pics that didn't really fit into the other posts, but were adorable.

Finn just loves to sit and play!

A smooch from dad.

Hi Riley!

Love this face!

Finntastic Summer #1

For those of you that know Wes and I well, you know we are super goofy. At the end of our first summer together after we started dating, Wes and I started referring to it as "The Magical Summer." Yes, sappy I know, but like I said, we're goofy. After that, each summer was referred to as Magical Summer #2 and 3. Now as we started our first summer with Finn, Wes dubbed it Finntastic Summer #1.

We've already had a lot of fun this summer that I've already blogged about - baseball games, fun with cousins. Here are some other summer pics.

Strolling through the Taste of Champaign.

Visiting Great Grandma Eagan.

Rocking my bubble mohawk.

Reading books with cousin Maddie.

Having lots of fun splashing in my little pool.

We leave Tuesday for a trip to Seaside, Florida. We will be swinging by Atlanta on the way down to catch a Braves game - we need to check Turner Field off our list. We will be spending a few days in Seaside with Amanda, Corinne, and Kandy. Looking forward to some beach time.

Father's Day

Wes's first father's day was busy and I hope enjoyable. Finn and I got up and while Wes slept in we made him french toast. Then Finn gave his dad his present - a baseball scrapbook where they can keep pictures, tickets, and scorecards from all their games together. After a relaxing morning at home, we headed back to the Taste of Champaign (more on that in the next post) to spend the 3 tickets we forgot to spend the night before. Of course, we had to buy some more tickets so that we could have a full meal. We then headed to Springfield to visit my dad. It was nice to have the family together.

Playing with cousins Austin and Donoven.

Snuggling with Dad on the floor.

Walking with Grandpa Will.

All the Dads and sons.

Grandpa with all the grandkids (minus Josh).

Sorry Sweet Aidan!

Okay, so apparently I have a spelling problem when it comes to my nephews' names. First was my brother's son Donoven. It took me forever to get the spelling right. Now poor Aidan (Wes's brother Jeremy's son). I don't know why I couldn't get it right, but now I've got it. Sorry Aidan!

The Great Purge

Most of last week was spent in St. Joseph with the Miller family. The goal was to sort through 40 years of "stuff" and determine what should be kept, sold, and thrown away. Jeremy, Emily, Maddie, and Aidan got to town late Friday night. Wes and I were actually in St. Louis staying with Amanda. She watched Finn while we went to a Cardinals game. By Monday afternoon everyone was gathered in St. Joe and the work began. I spent the week taking care of Finn and therefore pretty much avoiding all manual labor - not sure I could have done too much anyway since I had zero decision making power. The Miller family is a sight to see. Even extended family from 4 states came to town to help out. They really pulled together to get an amazing amount accomplished which culminated in a yard sale on Saturday. What a blessing to have such a great family!

Finn really enjoyed watching his cousins, although I think their constant movement, noise, and close proximity overwhelmed him at times. Somehow we missed getting a picture of all the cousins together (missed sweet Corinne).

Aidan and Finn

And Maddie, too

Loving the Baby Bjork, as Wes calls it.

Taking a bath at Grandma Kandy's.

Looking tiny in that big 'ole tub.

Six Month Check Up

Although we know that when it comes to smarts and good looks Finn is quite advanced, he seems to be average when it comes to size. His weight (17 lbs 4 oz), length, and head size all fall in the 50th percentile. He is healthy and on target developmentally.

Finn is still loving his rice cereal and has started eating it for 2 meals a day - usually his second feeding around 9:30 and before the bedtime routine at 7:00. In about 2 weeks we will start introducing some fruits and veggies. I am debating making my own baby food. We have a Magic Bullet so I think it could be done pretty easily, but I'll have to do a little research to figure it out.

Bath time is Daddy/son bonding time. The other night Wes yelled for me to hurry to the bathroom and to bring the camera. I came in to find Finn leaned back and relaxing. Wes found Finn's laid back demeanor to be quite entertaining.

Happy Six Months Sweet Boy!

Finn turned 6 months old on May 30th. It has been an amazing six months. Finn is still the happiest little guy ever. He's full of smiles and giggles and laughs. He has no problem sitting up and loves to sit and play with his toys. We took the bumpers out of his bed because he's been so close to rolling over fro his back to his tummy. Just in time...He rolled over twice at the babysitters on June 3rd (his last day) and then did it for us when we got home that night. He used to flip right over to his back as soon as we put him on his stomach, but now he lays there and tries to kick his feet a little. I'm sure he'll be crawling before long.

Finn loves his Exersaucer and swing. Here he is enjoying his Exersaucer wearing his cute "Crabby" t-shirt from the Konopacks. Sheryl bought it to commemorate Finn's in eutero visit to New Jersey last summer. They took us to a seafood festival.

Now that Finn is six months old, we plan on him watching lots of TV. Okay, so of course that is NOT the plan, but I was trying to clean the house the other day and was changing sheets on the bed so I popped in a Baby Einstein and let Finn watch it.

The Sickly Millers

After our ER experience, things got even more sickly in the Miller house. Wes ended up at Convenient Care the following Tuesday because he hurt hus back playing softball. He was prescribed muscle relaxers and something for the pain. Then I came home Wednesday feeling awful and had a temp of 103. I went to Convenient Care and was told it was a viral infection and that I should go home take some ibuprofen and lay around until the fever went away. So I guess Finn really was sick when we went to the ER. If he felt anything like I did, the poor little guy was miserable. Thankfully, we're all feeling much better now.

Finally, Part III

Yes, more computer drama. Wes accidentally broke the cord. We bought a replacement from Best Buy ($90!), but it didn't fit our computer. We had to wait for one that we ordered online to ship to our house. We now have it so I will try to get back to blogging soon. We've been very busy...