Father's Day

We had a nice day celebrating Dan today. He is such a great father to Isaac and Levi. The boys both adore him and love being around their daddy. Levi gave Dan a great gift today...he took a nap for over 2 hours!! We hung out in the backyard this afternoon, playing in the pool and sandbox. Levi had fun hanging out in the "pirate ship". We ended the afternoon by grilling steaks for dinner...yum!

Ozarks Family Reunion

We went to the Ozarks for a family reunion last week. It's about a 9 hour drive, so we decided to go down in 2 days. The reunion started on Wednesday so we drove to Springfield on Tuesday. We took the boys to the zoo...it was a little smaller than we expected but it was nice not having to fight the crowds or pay for parking! Isaac enjoyed seeing all the animals and being able to run around. It was interesting staying in one hotel room with all 4 of us. Dan and I ended up going to bed at 8:15 with the boys since there really wasn't anywhere else for us to go! Overall, the boys did well there. We got down to the Ozarks on Wednesday. Isaac was thrilled to see all the water and rocks. That is definitely one of his favorite things to do...throw rocks in the water. We shared a unit with my brother John and his family. It was a little snug in there with all the kiddos stuff, but it was worth it. Once the boys went down to bed at night, we stayed up and played Pinocchle. The first night we were there, we had mac & cheese and pbj sandwiches...we ended up running out of time and made do with what we had brought. I must admit, it was pretty tasty :) Later that night, the weather was bad and the sirens were going off. There was a tornado warning for our area so we had to go to a unit that was underground. Unfortunately, we had just put Levi and Jay to bed, so we had to wake them up and go out in the rain. We had a nice time seeing everyone and catching up with family. The last night we were there, we went to Mom and Dad's lakehouse for a cookout. It was delicious and fun hanging out at their place. We drove back on Saturday in one shot. I was dreading the 9 hour drive, but the boys actually did pretty well. Since we had kept the boys up late the night before, Levi actually slept most of the way. Isaac was content watching his DVDs!

Isaac's big boy bed

We moved Isaac to his big boy bed right after Memorial Day. When we were on vacation, he had to sleep on an air mattress and bed since we didn't have room for 2 portable cribs. Since he did so well there, we decided to try it at home. He has done really well and waits to get out of bed until we come to get him. It has been nice getting rid of one of the cribs! We also had a friend who gave us a train table so he is enjoying that in his room now too!

Levi is on the move!

Levi has become very mobile lately. He does the "army crawl" whenever he wants to get to something of particular interest, or he just rolls around until he gets to where he wants to go. He is getting close to doing the real crawl too...he will get on his hands and knees and rock back and forth. He just hasn't figured out how to actually move.

Levi crawling towards the vent.

Checking out Daddy.

Doing the army crawl

Mission accomplished!

Levi peaking out of his crib

when he's done with naptime!

Laughing with daddy

The boys love being tickled by Daddy! It's fun to hear them laugh and giggle!!

Guilty as charged!

We were attempting to get a picture of the boys and me on my birthday. Levi decided to grab the cake and try out the frosting! He got a taste of it before we were able to wipe his hands. He definitely seemed to like it. We'll see what he thinks in 4 months when he has his own birthday cake. :)