Look what we have here......

That's right, folks.  She's walking.  Our first milestone memory in our new house!!!

Easter

Yes, Easter was 3 weeks ago and I'm just getting around to posting pics.  Yes, we moved that weekend and things were complete chaos.  Heck, I was proud of us for just making it to mass in clean clothes and our own shoes.  Much to the kids relief the Easter bunny did manage to find our new house.   And we made it to an egg hunt the weekend before as a break from packing.  Whew!

 How does anyone ever get family pics where both kids are looking in the camera at the same time??  I give up.

AJ 1 Year Pics Sneak Peak

Come on now - does it really get any cuter than this!?!

Suburbs.

Well, we survived the move. Everything went smoothly, we had a lot of help from family and friends and the weather could not have been better. We are still completely overwhelmed and there are boxes everywhere, but we made it. The kids are sleeping very soundly in their new rooms and don't even seem to mind that most of their toys are still in boxes - they are just having fun exploring their new home and playing outside. The move has actually been the hardest on Molly which is completely unexpected. She's been so on edge about what was happening and where her "people" were. She slept soundly for the first time last night and seems to have adjusted to the fact that we are all in the same house again and all of our things are there. I'll feel more adjusted when the washer and dryer aren't sitting in the living room. That is our one hiccup of the move - the laundry room door is 26.25" wide and the machines are 27" wide, naturally. A contractor is coming sometime this week to hoist them through the window. Until then we keep our fingers crossed we don't run out of underwear.

I'm sure I'll use this blog for observations I've made of the suburbs in the next few weeks. We have never lived in the burbs. We both grew up in small, blue collar, middle-America type towns. We have lived in the city our whole adult lives (Chicago for me, Detroit for Jeff (minus 2 years in Erie, PA but he never saw the town outside of the confines of the medical school walls) and St. Louis for the last 7 years). Suburbs are a whole new thing for us. Observation #1 - even though the houses are much farther apart here in the burbs, the neighbors are much "closer". Everyone is all up in everyone else's business. Every one knows every thing about everyone else. Everyone is kind of "on display" for the 'hood. Well, us especially given we are 1. new and 2. without a single window treatment in the house. Here we are Glendale, see us as we are and get used to it. We are like a circus freak-show. And we are not changing for you.

Cardinals Opening Day!!

Spring Break 2012

I took advantage of Isaac's first-ever spring break from school and took the kids to WI to see my family for a few days. We usually drive north, but Isaac has been begging to fly on an airplane so I decided to surprise him with plane tickets! Like a normal nearly 4 year old boy he was suction cupped to the window the entire plane ride and loved every second! Simple pleasures. We had a great week. We got to see Auntie Laura and Uncle Tom's apartment and saw some extended family and wonderful old friends. We hit up the playground and put our toes in the chilly lake. We ate lots of ice cream. We did Chuck E Cheese and swimming at the YMCA. We colored Easter eggs. Bascially we wore Mimi and Papa out!! I'm summarizing all of this in words because wouldn't you know it - my camera died on day 1 and my parents camera is MIA. Boo. So here's what I've got to remember spring break 2012.....oopsie doodle (as Ike would say).

Reading the safety procedures on the plane....of course.

Tuned into his iPad at 20,000 feet.

Waiting patiently for our luggage.

Playing a tune for great - grandpa.

Digging at the park.

Beautiful girls.

Sliding fun.

GO!

Putting toes in Lake Winnebago.