Hello! Sorry; no new pictures today....it's been a really busy work week! Just a few updates:
*Grandpa Metzler's surgery went good today. I talked to my brother this afternoon and he said that everything went well and he was on his way to recovery. We wish you a quick recovery Grandpa - I want to beat you on the golf course yet this summer :) Love you!
*Rob started his new job today - he thinks he is really going to like it! Nice people, new projects, etc. They have their company picnic next Wednesday evening, so it's perfect timing for me to get to meet all of his new co-workers and for him to show Justin off...
*The bar where we play softball had a big fire this morning. The bar is closed indefinetly, but starting next week they are going to resume the softball leagues. I don't think it's going to be the same....
*I am supposed to run the Steamboat Classic this weekend, a 4 mile race. My legs feel a little better, but when I squat down or run they don't feel great. I might just do the race and walk/jog - it's only 4 miles...I can handle it! I just don't want to start and not finish....
*I just found out that there is a 4th of July festival in a town less than 2 hours from here that Chuck Wicks will be playing at! It was supposed to be another band, but they backed out and so Chuck is now playing - yeah! It's a free festival and he plays before the fireworks start. I think that Rob, Justin and I are going to go...plus its in the same town as the closest Coach outlet :)
*I am sure there is more, but I can't think of anything right now - I'll try to post pics soon!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Monday, June 09, 2008
Life is not fair.....
.... I have started this blog about 10 times and don't even know what to say.
I got a call around 8:30 this morning from Katie. As soon as she sat down at work this morning, she got a call from her mom telling her that her dad died last night in a car accident. Please keep her and Josh and their whole family in your thoughts and prayers. They are flying from Peoria to the UP today and will be there all week. I will keep this short and let Katie blog about it when she is ready. My heart hurts so much for her right now; I can't imagine what she is going through or what she will be enduring in the coming weeks, months and years.
Katie - when you do read this please know that I am here for you anytime. I hated leaving you this morning, but you have Josh to lean on and the two of you will get through this. You are such a strong person and you amaze me with the way you handle difficult situations. There are no words to express how sorry I am....
Love,
Rob, Melissa and Justin
**Edit: Katie knows that this is on my blog. She said that she can not compose the words to post anything right now, but still wanted people to know what is going on....
I got a call around 8:30 this morning from Katie. As soon as she sat down at work this morning, she got a call from her mom telling her that her dad died last night in a car accident. Please keep her and Josh and their whole family in your thoughts and prayers. They are flying from Peoria to the UP today and will be there all week. I will keep this short and let Katie blog about it when she is ready. My heart hurts so much for her right now; I can't imagine what she is going through or what she will be enduring in the coming weeks, months and years.
Katie - when you do read this please know that I am here for you anytime. I hated leaving you this morning, but you have Josh to lean on and the two of you will get through this. You are such a strong person and you amaze me with the way you handle difficult situations. There are no words to express how sorry I am....
Love,
Rob, Melissa and Justin
**Edit: Katie knows that this is on my blog. She said that she can not compose the words to post anything right now, but still wanted people to know what is going on....
The Hills 6-9-08
This weekend started out pretty good -
Friday night: Went to Kohl's with our 20% off coupon and got Rob 6 new work shirts, Justin a new bathing suit and 3 shirts and 3 shorts and I got 3 new pair of undies - woo hoo! After shopping we decided to let Justin run around at Chuck E. Cheese for a while...he had fun! I have some videos to upload, but I'll do that soon. After CEC we went to Circuit City (same parking lot) looking for a new kind of memory card Rob saw online where it wirelessly dumps your pics onto your computer if you have the camera within range of the computer - I want one!
Saturday: Justin and I met Katie at 8am to go to rummage sales! I spent $17 and got a new wooden picnic table for Justin, a new folding camping chair for Justin, an art easel (wooden and brand new!) and one of the old school metal Tonka trucks that is in great shape! After we were done, Justin and I went home so he could take a nap and then we went to the Metamora pool with Katie & Josh - the weather was crazy! It was really hot, but then it would monsoon and then it would be sunny....all in like 5 minutes! No lightning though, so we were able to stay! After the pool we went over to a little Mexican restaurant on the square in Metamora and had dinner. Turns out this is the sister restaurant to Josh's FAVORITE mexican restaurant that they go to in another town; looks like they will be there a lot! When we left the restaurant, Justin would not even look at Katie or say goodbye - he was mad she was leaving him. He had the most straight, expressionless face no matter what she did; it was really funny!
Sunday: We were supposed to go to the Chiefs game for Rob's company picnic (the old company that he is done at in 2 days), but Justin threw up around 9am and then about 9 times after that. Around 8:30pm he was feeling better and we gave him Tylenol, a cup of applesauce and a piece of toast - he wanted more, but we wanted to let his stomach see if it could handle it. Then he went to bed around 10pm with no problems and slept until 5:16am when I heard him crying. I went in there and got him and it was only a few minutes later that he got sick again - but his food had already digested; it was just gross bile :( (Sorry for the descriptions - hey; it's my blog!) I felt so bad for him. He slept yesterday almost all day when he was not up getting sick. He did not touch a stick or ball from 9am until 8pm if that tells you anything. I got more cuddle time than I have in the last year!
Here are a few pictures from the weekend:
Bad Parents! We let him ride on Rob's lap from CEC to Circiut City (literally in the same parking lot)
How does Katie keep him happy while rummage sale-ing? Skittles!
He put way too many in his mouth!!
Katie eventually had to get them out of his mouth because he could not swallow the big wad he made :)
Hey; why is everyone running for the umbrellas? It's just a little rain!
Playing in the kiddie pool
mmm...danimals! This is out of order; this was Friday night.
Poor baby....
Q&T wanted some blog time too!
Still sleepy; watching Little Einsteins with daddy
OMG - I got this on Saturday and I love it. I don't know if it's becuase it's Oberweis or because it's in a glass jug, but it tastes so much better than normal milk!!!!
Have a great week :)
Friday night: Went to Kohl's with our 20% off coupon and got Rob 6 new work shirts, Justin a new bathing suit and 3 shirts and 3 shorts and I got 3 new pair of undies - woo hoo! After shopping we decided to let Justin run around at Chuck E. Cheese for a while...he had fun! I have some videos to upload, but I'll do that soon. After CEC we went to Circuit City (same parking lot) looking for a new kind of memory card Rob saw online where it wirelessly dumps your pics onto your computer if you have the camera within range of the computer - I want one!
Saturday: Justin and I met Katie at 8am to go to rummage sales! I spent $17 and got a new wooden picnic table for Justin, a new folding camping chair for Justin, an art easel (wooden and brand new!) and one of the old school metal Tonka trucks that is in great shape! After we were done, Justin and I went home so he could take a nap and then we went to the Metamora pool with Katie & Josh - the weather was crazy! It was really hot, but then it would monsoon and then it would be sunny....all in like 5 minutes! No lightning though, so we were able to stay! After the pool we went over to a little Mexican restaurant on the square in Metamora and had dinner. Turns out this is the sister restaurant to Josh's FAVORITE mexican restaurant that they go to in another town; looks like they will be there a lot! When we left the restaurant, Justin would not even look at Katie or say goodbye - he was mad she was leaving him. He had the most straight, expressionless face no matter what she did; it was really funny!
Sunday: We were supposed to go to the Chiefs game for Rob's company picnic (the old company that he is done at in 2 days), but Justin threw up around 9am and then about 9 times after that. Around 8:30pm he was feeling better and we gave him Tylenol, a cup of applesauce and a piece of toast - he wanted more, but we wanted to let his stomach see if it could handle it. Then he went to bed around 10pm with no problems and slept until 5:16am when I heard him crying. I went in there and got him and it was only a few minutes later that he got sick again - but his food had already digested; it was just gross bile :( (Sorry for the descriptions - hey; it's my blog!) I felt so bad for him. He slept yesterday almost all day when he was not up getting sick. He did not touch a stick or ball from 9am until 8pm if that tells you anything. I got more cuddle time than I have in the last year!
Here are a few pictures from the weekend:
Bad Parents! We let him ride on Rob's lap from CEC to Circiut City (literally in the same parking lot)
How does Katie keep him happy while rummage sale-ing? Skittles!
He put way too many in his mouth!!
Katie eventually had to get them out of his mouth because he could not swallow the big wad he made :)
Hey; why is everyone running for the umbrellas? It's just a little rain!
Playing in the kiddie pool
mmm...danimals! This is out of order; this was Friday night.
Poor baby....
Q&T wanted some blog time too! 
Still sleepy; watching Little Einsteins with daddy
OMG - I got this on Saturday and I love it. I don't know if it's becuase it's Oberweis or because it's in a glass jug, but it tastes so much better than normal milk!!!!Have a great week :)
Thursday, June 05, 2008
The Hills 6-5-08
Hello! Not too much new here, but I thought I would post a few pics! Grandpa Kent had to go to Canada for work and he found Justin a real hockey helmet - sure it's for probably a 5 year old, but it fits my punkin's head :) On Tuesday night, we were going to go to the zoo only to find out that it closed at 5pm....so Justin and I went to McD's in Metamora to play and have a flurry. Katie met us there too! It was nice to sit and chat and she went in the tubes with Justin since my legs are not really feeling up to contorting around the corners of the playland! Justin loves Katie....when we got in the car to go home he cried almost the whole way "Kaaaattttiiieeeee" :) This weekend we might all go to the Tremont Turkey Festival and he can get his Katie fix!
There were some tornados in Central Illinois last night - luckily we didn't get them, but they were not too far away. It was a pain because everytime they did a weather alert or put the map in the corner of the screen the hockey game lost the HD and was really fuzzy. Oh well - Wings won and we didn't get a tornado...it's a win-win!
There were some tornados in Central Illinois last night - luckily we didn't get them, but they were not too far away. It was a pain because everytime they did a weather alert or put the map in the corner of the screen the hockey game lost the HD and was really fuzzy. Oh well - Wings won and we didn't get a tornado...it's a win-win!
Monday, June 02, 2008
The Hills 6-2-08 - part II
Two posts in one day?!?!?! - don't get used to it :) I know how much my family loves reading this, so I try to keep everyone up to date as much as we can :)
Since Rob and I are the only ones in Peoria, nobody in our family has seen Justin's daycare. When I went to pick him up today, everyone was on the playground so I took a few pics without anyone thinking I was crazy!
This is his new classroom....
His cubby with his report and art project waiting for us everyday! How appropriate that today there was a purple octopus and tonight is the Stanley Cup Final game (hopefully.....we'll know in 2 minutes!!!!!)
Justin got to move up with some of the other younger toddlers from his old room, so it's not really much of a difference for him which is good!
Throwing the ball for Tuck-dog
Apparently he wanted to go swimming! Rob and I turned around and he was sitting in the middle of the pool....
Okay; so these are actually the leftover kabobs from last night, but don't they look pretty? They tasted really yummy too! We put too many onions on though...oh well; learn for next time!
Okay, the Penguins just tied it up with less than a minute to go - time to go watch overtime! Good night :)
Since Rob and I are the only ones in Peoria, nobody in our family has seen Justin's daycare. When I went to pick him up today, everyone was on the playground so I took a few pics without anyone thinking I was crazy!
This is his new classroom....
His cubby with his report and art project waiting for us everyday! How appropriate that today there was a purple octopus and tonight is the Stanley Cup Final game (hopefully.....we'll know in 2 minutes!!!!!)
Justin got to move up with some of the other younger toddlers from his old room, so it's not really much of a difference for him which is good!
Throwing the ball for Tuck-dog
Apparently he wanted to go swimming! Rob and I turned around and he was sitting in the middle of the pool....
Okay; so these are actually the leftover kabobs from last night, but don't they look pretty? They tasted really yummy too! We put too many onions on though...oh well; learn for next time!Okay, the Penguins just tied it up with less than a minute to go - time to go watch overtime! Good night :)
The Hills 6-2-08
What a great weekend! The weather was beautiful, no major plans, very relaxing! Here is the weekend in the Hills - a pictoral :)
Tucker supervising the puzzle time....
Friday night we (read:Rob) put up room darkening curtains - WHAT A LIFESAVER!!! Saturday he slept in until 8:08am and Sunday until 7:30am and today we had to wake him up for daycare....why didn't we do this months ago???
Here is what they are like with them open, but we need to take the blinds off of the window...I figure they are just navy blue so that will go with any theme we do when he gets a big boy bed - probably sports!
Saturday Justin and I went to Jen's baby shower - here are Justin and Madison playing with the balloons. Little did we know that Lincoln Patrick Adler would be here less than a day later - congrats Jen!!! He was born at 4:11am on Sunday - only about 5 hours after we got out of the Sex in the City movie! We told her to have him there and she might be on the news :)
Justin and Madison again - he tries to say her name, but it gets shortened to "Madis" :)
He was asleep before we were even out of Erin's neighborhood! It was 3:30pm and he usually naps at 12:30!
Sunday morning we got up and went to Menards - daddy needed a drill bit and Justin needed a little pool! It was 86 here yesterday and it is not supposed to be highs below 80 in the 10 day forecast - looks like summer is here!
I had the camera out and he was doing whatever face I told him to make - he's such a little ham!
Sidewalk chalk!!!!
Justin loved the Elmo that daddy drew for him - who knew I was married to an artist :)
Justin in his new pool with the net (there are little toys that sink). One of the toys is a pink starfish and there are also pink starfish on the bottom of the pool - he saw them next to eachother and pointed them and said "match" - he's a genius :)
The wacky sprinkler - it's kind of cool; little balls float up on the water stream that shoots straight up. The hose water was pretty cold though, so he found ways to get between the water streams!
Hanging out in the bath water warm pool after it was in the hot sun for hours!
Quincy and his favorite toy ever! It's a ball that squeaks a lot...he drops it by us to play catch with him, he has not chewed it to shreds, he loves it!
Brandon and Jenna (the next door neighbors) and Justin swimming. By this time the water was pretty gross with grass and suntan lotion, but whatever....he's a boy!
Naked baby! He wanted the balls to come out, but didn't want the cold water on :)
Okay mom....I'm ready for a towel now!
Thanks for the new Tigers shirt Grandma Sue! I wore it for my first day in my new classroom at school - I'm an "older toddler" now...Mommy doesn't want to believe it.
The Wisleys came over for dinner last night too, but I apparently forgot to take the camera out of my purse! We had a great time with them - Shiskabobs (sp?) on the grill, Justin and Samantha played until 9:30pm and Beila was a little angel! She was awake almost the whole time and only cried when I held her :( We sat outside and ate and were out there for hours - it was a perfect end to a great weekend!
What else? Oh, The guy I work with who drives me nuts is gone this week - so it will be a nice peaceful, relaxing week in the office! Yeah! My legs are still hurting pretty bad, but I can at least walk. The left leg has a really gross bruise on it (pretty big!). I have never had a bruise when I didn't even get hit or anything; just tried running to first base! The weird part is that the bruising is not even where it hurts the most...any ideas Stephie??? (it helps having a sports team trainer read your blog!!! :)
Tucker supervising the puzzle time....
Friday night we (read:Rob) put up room darkening curtains - WHAT A LIFESAVER!!! Saturday he slept in until 8:08am and Sunday until 7:30am and today we had to wake him up for daycare....why didn't we do this months ago???
Here is what they are like with them open, but we need to take the blinds off of the window...I figure they are just navy blue so that will go with any theme we do when he gets a big boy bed - probably sports!
Saturday Justin and I went to Jen's baby shower - here are Justin and Madison playing with the balloons. Little did we know that Lincoln Patrick Adler would be here less than a day later - congrats Jen!!! He was born at 4:11am on Sunday - only about 5 hours after we got out of the Sex in the City movie! We told her to have him there and she might be on the news :)
Justin and Madison again - he tries to say her name, but it gets shortened to "Madis" :)
He was asleep before we were even out of Erin's neighborhood! It was 3:30pm and he usually naps at 12:30!
Sunday morning we got up and went to Menards - daddy needed a drill bit and Justin needed a little pool! It was 86 here yesterday and it is not supposed to be highs below 80 in the 10 day forecast - looks like summer is here!
I had the camera out and he was doing whatever face I told him to make - he's such a little ham!
Sidewalk chalk!!!!
Justin loved the Elmo that daddy drew for him - who knew I was married to an artist :)
Justin in his new pool with the net (there are little toys that sink). One of the toys is a pink starfish and there are also pink starfish on the bottom of the pool - he saw them next to eachother and pointed them and said "match" - he's a genius :)
The wacky sprinkler - it's kind of cool; little balls float up on the water stream that shoots straight up. The hose water was pretty cold though, so he found ways to get between the water streams!
Hanging out in the bath water warm pool after it was in the hot sun for hours!
Quincy and his favorite toy ever! It's a ball that squeaks a lot...he drops it by us to play catch with him, he has not chewed it to shreds, he loves it! 
Brandon and Jenna (the next door neighbors) and Justin swimming. By this time the water was pretty gross with grass and suntan lotion, but whatever....he's a boy!
Naked baby! He wanted the balls to come out, but didn't want the cold water on :)
Okay mom....I'm ready for a towel now!
Thanks for the new Tigers shirt Grandma Sue! I wore it for my first day in my new classroom at school - I'm an "older toddler" now...Mommy doesn't want to believe it. The Wisleys came over for dinner last night too, but I apparently forgot to take the camera out of my purse! We had a great time with them - Shiskabobs (sp?) on the grill, Justin and Samantha played until 9:30pm and Beila was a little angel! She was awake almost the whole time and only cried when I held her :( We sat outside and ate and were out there for hours - it was a perfect end to a great weekend!
What else? Oh, The guy I work with who drives me nuts is gone this week - so it will be a nice peaceful, relaxing week in the office! Yeah! My legs are still hurting pretty bad, but I can at least walk. The left leg has a really gross bruise on it (pretty big!). I have never had a bruise when I didn't even get hit or anything; just tried running to first base! The weird part is that the bruising is not even where it hurts the most...any ideas Stephie??? (it helps having a sports team trainer read your blog!!! :)
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