This weeks worth of videos!

We've tried to catch all the new words and things Justin learned in Vegas on camera. There's more coming, we just haven't uploaded them yet!

Justin doing a little flying!



Justin using his words



Justin playing tennis on the Wii



Justin beating on the dogs with their own toy!

The Hills 1-10-08

Here are a few pics from this week! We're so happy to have him home with us!!! It seems like he left a baby and came home a little boy though :( He learned new words - bye-bye, piggy (when you burp!), hello and some others. He's so funny....

The only problem since he got back is bedtime. He forgot how much he used to like bedtime! Now he's been crying at night for a while; he does eventually go to sleep - but only until about 12:30am. Then he CRIES and CRIES! He won't go back to sleep. For the last two nights, we have taken him back in bed with us and he goes to leep right away and sleeps until we wake him up. I know that we can't keep doing it, but we're not used to him not sleeping through the night. It's almost like he wakes up and thinks we are gone again. He screams in a way we haven't heard..... Then we feel bad :(

Oh - and today is my 3 year anniversary at Thermosystems!!! I am so glad to have a job I enjoy, customers I like to work with and a great employer!






Playing in the cupboard. He won't be fitting in here much longer!














Fall on out!












Daddy and Justin eating their nightly frozen Go-gurt













Justin with his new racing PJ's from Gramma & Papa - Size 4T!!!!














His new big boy cup with a straw - he loves it!

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...my latest addiction. Before last week I had never seen an episode, but wiht the writers strike I started watching it online. I can't get enough and want to know what happens!!!! I have a lot to catch up on.....

Videos & Pics tomorrow - I PROMISE!!!!!!!

Is it really January???????

It hit 68 degrees here today and now we're under a severe thunderstorm & tornado watch!?!?!?! What's going on????

The Hills - 1/6/08

Hello! Nothing too exciting to report here, but I thought I'd check in :) Here are a few random tidbits....

• JUSTIN COMES HOME TOMORROW!!!!!! YEAH!!!!! Rob and I miss him like crazy and can't wait to see him. I know that he had a lot of fun with Gramma, Papa, Uncle Ry and Aunt Manda - thanks so much for sharing your vacation with him!!!!!
• Peoria broke a 101 year record today with 65 degree temperatures. It was BEAUTIFUL out! It was even sunny to go along with it. I was outside cleaning up dog poop for 2 hours and didn't even get a chill :)
• We went to Kobe Japanese Steakhouse and then to the riverboat casino with Katie & Josh last night. It was really weird to go out with another couple and not have to clean up the floor around a highchair before we left!
• Rob and I stayed pretty late at the casino (and with more money than we walked in with!). When we got out to our car, Rob's driver door was not shut tight...okay, we didn't think much about it. Then when we started the car, it said that the rear driver side door was ajar. Rob reached back to shut it tight and it was not even latched - totally open. We think we locked the car before we went in, but maybe not? The strangest thing is that if someone did get into our car, they did not take Rob's cell phone, the Sirius radio or Garmin Navigation System that were all in plain sight. We also did not notice any papers missing. Me being the worry wart I am figured that they just wanted our address so they knew where to go rob our house while we were on the boat, but we got home and everything was safe. I still made Rob go in first :)

Hope everyone had a nice weekend - more later!

I LOVE Illinois!!!!!

As of January 1st, the WHOLE STATE is smoke free in public buildings. People even have to be 15 feet from an entrance, exit or ventilation intake. It's so nice to go to a restaurant, bar, casino, etc and not feel like you have to go home and shower immediately to get the ashtray smell off of you!!!!!

More Las Vegas.....

Thank you Aunt Manda for keeping us up to date with pictures - we miss him so much, but it's fun to see what he's doing everyday!



Uncle Ry and Justin at the Mirage















Mirage














I am guessing he's pointing out a "dog" since everything is a dog :)
















Dolphins - who are probably dogs too!












Gramma and Justin playing the fishing game at the Excalibur arcade after dinner at Dick's Last Resort

Look at the concentration on his face - him and Grandpa Kent make the same face even though Grandpa won't admit it!







Showing off their prize!














Papa and Justin













Dick's Last Resort is one of those restaurants where they are mean to you on purpose. Justin's hat says "The one that Brad and Angie wouldn't adopt" :) I love how he's looking up at the hat like what is on my head??











I know him well enough to know that he's probably saying "ball" becuase he always makes this face when he does!













Wack-a-mole doesn't stand a chance against our monster!










Justin and Aunt Manda singing in the car :)

Las Vegas

Uncle Ryan and Justin on top of the Hoover Dam














Hoover Dam - I've never even been there an my 16 month old has!!!!















Lake Mead













Enjoying the windows down and the sun roof open instead of negative wind chills and snow!














Uncle Ry and Justin















I'm a stud - I know.














Playing at Mickey D's














Bath time!













Come on Uncle Ry and Aunt Manda - Time to wake up!!!!!













Coloring with Aunt Manda

L-O-N-G Journey to Las Vegas.....

I dropped Justin off at DTW on Monday afternoon. I don't think Ryan and Amanda knew what they were in for when I unloaded him, a stroller, car seat, suitcase, diaper bag and the DVD player bag :) They are so good with him though and I knew they could handle it!

They ended up having a much longer journey than planned though - all flights at O'Hare were grounded and they had a layover there. They were supposed to get to LV at 7:20 pm and instead didn't get there until 11:45pm! Plus Justin threw up all over Amanda.... good thing she loves him so much! They told me that he was good on the plane and slept the whole way, so that makes me feel better. He can be a handful!

Oh, and Ryan called me from Detroit and said that they had just run into Erica, Indy and Ian in the terminal - what a small world!!!!!




Uncle Ryan and Justin















My angel!














Justin loves his Aunt Manda :)













Uncle Ry and Justin watching a movie in the airport - those penguins are headphones that he got with his DVD player from Gramma & Papa...so cute!









This might have been after the puking incident? His cheeks are all red and he's in a new shirt!













This is what other patrons love to see on a long flight....

Visit with the Fossitt's

Uncle Ryan and Aunt Manda took Justin out to Las Vegas to visit Gramma and Papa. I drove him to Michigan this weekend to meet them because they flew out of Detroit. Justin and I drove over on Sunday and stayed with the Fossitt's. It was so good to just hang out and relax with them! Justin and Jalen didn't play very nice together though - they always wanted the same toys :) Thanks for letting us stay with you guys!!! We had a great time!




Jalen, Justin and Odie















Justin riding Jalen's pink Caddy - he liked the horn!











Jalen riding the water jug! Justin was lifting up one of these with each hand! I think we have a little body builder on our hands!