Chicago

Our final trip this summer was to Chicago to visit my brother Dan and his wife Carly. We went for a long weekend and made the most of the time we had with them! We had such a wonderful visit and loved seeing their new place. The boys hadn't seen them since Christmas (I can't believe we went that long!), but they acted as comfortable as if they had seen them last week. Of course Dan and Carly enjoyed spoiling them with toys and treats, and they also took us to Chuck E. Cheese (back-up plan due to rain), a local playground, and the airshow (although Dan spent his time in the car looking for parking...). I hope we can get back to visit them again next summer, if not sooner!

Catching Up

We've been pretty busy these last few weeks! Toward the end of July, Grant had an accident and fractured his collarbone. Our double jogging stroller (with Nolan in it) fell backwards on top of him. The poor guy was in a lot of pain and wasn't able to do a lot of his normal activities. The doctor said they would normally give someone a sling for this kind of fracture, but since Grant wouldn't understand that, there was nothing we could do except be careful. Luckily, it only took a few days for all of us to figure out how much he could do without hurting, and he was already feeling a lot better the next week.
Shortly after that, we took a trip to Ohio to visit with our families. We had a great time seeing everyone and being up there this time of year makes it seem not so bad afterall. Seeing the boys with their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins really does make us wish we lived closer...only we wish they'd all decide to move further south!

Nolan caught his first fish at Grandma and Grandpa Peresie's, and then we played some wiffle ball. Grant loved playing the game with his cousins, but Nolan was more interested in checking out the tractors  :)

Next we went to visit my parents, where we spent a day at the zoo among other fun stuff! Unfortunately, I only had my point and shoot camera for the entire trip, so most of these pictures were taken by other people!

School Starts

As soon as we got back from Ohio, school started for Nolan. He's in a new room this year and is very excited about it! He's also going 3 half days a week now. He absolutely refused to let me take a picture of him on his first day (I got a few of the back of his head), but one of the other moms got this one of him with some of his buddies.

I also started Grant in the same Parents Morning Out program that I used to take Nolan to. Right now he's going once a week and next month he'll start going twice a week. It's a big adjustment for him to be away from me and Nolan, but he's doing alright and crying has been pretty minimal. My little baby is growing up so fast!!