We're still here!

I know, it's been a little while. Things have been pretty busy for us lately. We traveled to NY at the end of July to visit my family for two weeks. It was the first time Jeremy and I had flown together since Kyle was born. I was so excited to finally be able to travel with someone and to have help, but unfortunately, we were traveling with two lap children and we couldn't sit together. There is only one extra oxygen mask per row on each side of the aisle, so we didn't get to sit together at all!! I was really bummed, but the boys did great, including Jeremy. :)

The first week we were there all energy was focused on getting ready for my sister, Missy's, wedding. It was a great time, but a wee-bit hectic. Kyle was the ring-bearer and he did a great job, except for when the church got quiet just before Missy came down and he decided to start singing his ABC's. Here he is trying on his tux before the wedding.


The boys are so much fun to watch together. They love to laugh at each other and play. Here they are watching Veggie Tales together and holding hands.

Kyle was able to go swimming a couple of times while we were there and he really enjoyed it. It rained almost everyday that we were there, so it was nice to have a few hours of sunshine here and there to enjoy the pool.

Bryce is getting bigger and is such a good baby! He is sitting up, rolling around, and loves to play with his big brother's toys. We're working on trying to get him back on a schedule for eating and sleeping. With all the craziness we had doing the wedding, he got used to falling asleep while eating and napping in someones arms.

While we were in NY, my parents treated us to a night out for our anniversary. Jeremy and I headed off to Lake Placid to browse the shops and eat at one of the Mirror Lake Inn's restaurants. It was such a blast and a beautiful evening to be out. It was the second time Jer visited there and we have yet to check out any of the Olympic venues (the games were hosted there in '32 and '80). Maybe next time...

One of the funniest things during our visit (there were many) was Kyle and this racing wheel that my dad got for his xbox 360. Jeremy really enjoyed racing on it and Kyle watched him a few times, often yelling "Go, Daddy." One afternoon we realized it was too quiet and we hadn't seen Kyle for a few minutes. He had gotten out the wheel and pulled it onto his lap and was saying "I racin." Over the next few days, if he disappeared, this is where we found him.

On our trip back we flew through Chicago and Kyle got to see dinosaur bones in the airport. He was so excited that when we came home I brought him to the museum on their "free day." I have since decided it is worth the admission price because there were so many people with strollers that waiting for the elevator took a while, and we didn't even get into the dinosaur exhibit because it was so packed. We did enjoy ourselves though. Kyle loved looking at all of the animals they had. One of his favorites was the bears.

I had brought some snacks for the boys when we visited the museum, but Kyle was more interested in snacking on his brother. Here he is, trying to take a bite of his brother's foot. Bryce looks a little concerned. (If you look close, you can see Kyle even has his tongue out!

Since then we've been busy moving our apartment around. We decided the boys need to share a room, so we swapped all of our rooms around, trying to maximize the space in our 750 sq. ft. place. Once everything has found it's place and I can get the camera battery charged, I'll post some pictures!