Our Day Downtown!

On Saturday the 19th, Matt and I went downtown to finally celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary. We went to Navy Pier and rode on the big ferris wheel which was really fun for me, Matt was gripping the sides of the gonadal for his dear life, but the view from the top was really nice. We walked around Navy Pier after that and headed towards Lake Shore Drive to walk over the the Hancock Building where we were having dinner at the Signature room on the 95th floor.

It was a nice walk and when we got inside there was a line at the elevator (which was annoying because I really had to go to the restroom) but luckily because we had a reservation we got to cut in line and got right up to the restaurant (ears popping all the way up)

Our table had an amazing view, we were looking out at the new Trump Tower and the Sear's (yes I refuse to call it the Willis tower or whatever it's new name is) and the lake with a whole gaggle of sailboats out, it was really nice.

The food was amazing but for the amount of money we paid, it ought to be! Probably the best thing we ate was our appetizer which was Ahi Tuna Tartare, OMG I could have just eaten a huge plate of that and been happy. It had an avocado, cucumber and some other stuff salad on top and it was just to die for. We had lobster bisque next and all I could think of was the Seinfeld episode yada yada (ya know which one I am talking about? Elaine talking about a date and yada yada over the best part according to George, and she said no I mentioned the bisque...) yea I am weird. That too was really good. For main course Matt got the duck and I got salmon and both were very yummy. We skipped on desert because we wanted to get something down at Navy Pier. All in all it was one of the best meals ever, Matt wants to do there once a year now, we shall see if that happens, but damn it was really good.

We had a nice walk down by the beach back to Navy Pier and walked around and got some yummy roasted nuts (we always have to get some when we are down there), they were having fireworks that night, but we had to head home to relieve my Mom.

It was so nice to get out together and experience something new together and after all that is what marriage is all about. Love you sweetie!








Maybe for our 10 year wedding anniversary we can go back to Maui...hey a girl can hope!

Fun In The Pool!

Logan, Ava and myself took a nice dip in the pool on this perfectly hot day! Logan had fun swimming around and Ava loved her little bear boat, Logan and I took turns pulling her around the pool.

Then the clouds rolled in so we came inside, but we had fun, Logan would have stayed out there all day, but his blue lips said otherwise...

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's in our life, and a big Happy Father's Day to Matt. You are an amazing Dad and husband, we love you so much!

Update Time!

*First of all, Ava is officially a crawler, and climber! She is all over the place and crawling up stairs already. She pulls up to standing on anything she can and is even cruising already. I have a feeling we are going to have an early walker.

*Ava had her first finger food and she thoroughly enjoyed it, Logan insisted on having one of Ava's "cookies" he was not impressed, at least I don't have to hear him ask for one every time I give one to her now. We are going to start giving her puffs next, Logan LOVED those!

*Logan had his first dentist appointment, and let's just say it didn't go well. He was not happy about the whole experience and he has a couple of cavities that need to be filled, and because there is no way he will sit still for that, he has to be sedated, all the way. We are very nervous about having Logan go under for the first time and would appreciate any prayers or good thoughts you can send him and us. His appointment is at the end of July so we have lot's of time to worry about it. Hopefully he hasn't received my bad teeth gene, but I had the same cavities as he does at my first appointment when I was four. It was most likely caused by his prolonged binky use and his milk and bedtime habit, we won't be making that mistake again. Other than the cavities the dentist said his teeth look good, he has good spacing so fingers crossed no braces in his future.

*Took our first trip in the new van, and it was soooo much nicer and easier, so glad we have a minivan now, don't even care that I am a soccer mom now.

*We start our fun summer activity schedule this week. Logan is now in the child independent gymnastics class which starts tomorrow, I am excited to see how he does, Ava and I will get to watch from the viewing area. Logan is doing summer school at MDO for the month of June (I wish they offered it all summer) and he is going on Thursdays now instead of Friday's because they needed more kids for Thursday so I offered to switch him for the summer, Logan didn't mind because his best buddy is there on Thursdays too. On Saturday's we signed Logan up for a sports class where they will do t-ball, basketball, soccer, etc. He loves all things sports and this will give him a good chance to try them all out and see what he really likes. I skate on Tuesdays right now and I might try and get Ava signed up for a class, we may do swimming lessons for both of them, we shall see.

*For those that have been asking (my sister in particular) the pool should be up this week, although now the weather is all cold again...boo!

*Matt and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary last Friday. We were able to go out to eat, but because of my sisters graduation and family in town, we scheduled our real celebration in a couple of weeks. Spending the day downtown, heading to Navy Pier and then dinner at the Signature Room. We are very excited!

I think that is it for now! Here are some pictures for you of Ms. Ava a couple of days before her 8 month birthday!

Logan The Fish!

Still up in the Dells having a blast! Logan went down the "big boy" slide today he was so proud, and so was I! Here are some more pictures from today!