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Monday, June 10, 2013

Weekend of Fun

Thursday night, both boys were helping me out.  So sweet of them.  
Brody was helping me empty the dishwasher.



Mason helped make banana pudding for John's office.
Don't tell anyone at Mueller, but I went to the other counter to slice the bananas and turned around to see Mason with his finger in his mouth.  He looked up at me and said, "Did you see that?!?!  Did you see me stick my finger in there and eat it?!?!"  Ha.  He is world's worst at telling on himself!


Brody didn't sleep well Thursday night.  We were hoping he was just teething, but I had my suspicions since a little girl at Pat's house had been sick all week with Hand, Foot, and Mouth.  Well a couple of hours into work Friday, Pat called to say he was running a fever, felt horrible, and had little red bumps on him.  

Sure enough, he had Hand, Foot, and Mouth.  It is really contagious, but Mason should be fine.  The doctor said older kids have usually been exposed before and their immune system can fight it off.  Thank goodness.  But this is what it started as, just little bitty red bumps.  As the weekend went on, he was covered with big red dots which some even blistered.  =(  If course it is viral, so there is nothing to do besides give him Tylenol and Motrin.  



Friday night Mason and I headed to Las Delicious to meet Blake and Emily for dinner.  I love this picture.  He was pretty happy to be sitting between these two.

We all went to the park for a few minutes after dinner.  He had a blast.  



Friday was National Donut Day so we got donuts at work.  They thought it would be funny to send me home with the donuts to give Mason some extra energy.  But we continued the celebration Saturday and ate every last one of them.



John got some pretty awesome passes from work for the Fed Ex/St. Jude Golf Tournament this year.  We thought we only had them for Saturday, but turns out they gave him Saturday and Sunday passes for the both of us.  We weren't planning to spend both days there since we were out of town last weekend and it isn't exactly a kid friendly event, but we had to go so his bosses could see that we went.  

So before we headed out Saturday, we headed to Johnston Park in Collierville so we could have some fun with Mason.  The park is awesome and I cannot wait until we are closer.  We will definitely be spending more days there.  

Unfortunately, I think the sun started bringing out Brody's bumps more.  (We never took him out of his stroller, so he wouldn't give this stuff to anyone else.)



Next to the playground, they have a free splash park.  It is the coolest thing ever.  We hadn't planned on going, so we improvised and let Mason get out there in his shorts.  He didn't care one bit.  


It is a pretty big park with all kinds of buckets dropping water and big animal shaped things spitting out water.  He ran around like a mad man.  



John and I ended up having a blast at the tournament.  The FedEx cabana passes are nice.  The sun will wear you out and it was a relief to be able to walk back into the air conditioning with free food and drinks.  I could get use to that.  We walked around both days quite a bit with our friends.   

This was the view from the cabanas.  Right at the 18th fairway. 


Dustin Johnston


We got home on Saturday and I think both boys survived without us.  Ha


This is probably going to be one of my all-time favorite pictures.  They were playing patty cake and obviously they were both having a blast.  It is just the cutest picture EVER.  

When we walked in from the golf tourney, Mason said, "Oh man, I wasn't ready for y'all to come home yet!"  

What in the world?!?!  So his Mickey Mouse asked if he wanted to spend the night.  Now the last time she asked, he wanted to come home with us, but not Saturday.  He said he wanted to stay and immediately told us bye.  Guess we know who his favorite is now!


So John, Brody, and myself headed home.  We all went to bed early.  
But it was nice getting to spend some alone time with this little fella Sunday morning.  How sweet does he look here?!  And notice all these curls!  The back of his hair is soooooo curly.  


But his "little" red bumps weren't little anymore...
And goodness, they were everywhere.  But he actually felt a lot better.  


This was Phil Mickelson teeing off on one.  You aren't suppose to take pictures for some reason.  It is weird to me, but I kept getting caught.  I thought by the end of the day one security guard might tackle me, so I finally gave up.  We were so close to him too.  



Now this was weird to me....
This guy's wife was his caddy.  She carried this HUGE golf bag that was bigger than her!  They also said she did it for 36 holes on Monday!  He is one lucky guy because there is NO way I would do that. Sorry John.  


Phil made an awesome shot here on 18.  Stinks he didn't win but he sure made it close at the end.  


We headed back to get the boys and Mason was finally okay with coming home.  Ha.  But I think they wore him out.  He put on John's hat along with his sunglasses.  We couldn't see his eyes but his head started bobbing so we could see he went to sleep.  


He had a pretty fun weekend!

Thursday, June 6, 2013

30th Bday Celebration: Chicago

So this may be the longest post of pictures yet.  Fortunately, we only went to Chicago for three days or it would be much longer.  =)

In the airplane about to leave rainy Memphis. 


 We got to Chicago, checked in at our hotel and had lunch.  We had been a little worried about our tiny room that all four of us were going to share (turns out Chicago is unbelievably expensive), but the hotel offered us an upgrade to a suite.  It was on the top floor of the hotel and we had almost as much square footage as our house.  

We had tried to book the Chicago Pizza Tour for Friday but it was all sold out.  I'm not a tour type person, but I had read all these great reviews on it.  After that didn't work, we decided on booking the Chicago Beer Experience Tour because its reviews were great as well.  It was a blast and I would highly recommend it to anyone (beer lover or not).  We walked to 5 different bars and tried many different craft beers.  We learned a ton about Chicago history and of course the history of craft beer.  There were a total of ten of us on the tour plus the guide.  By the end, we were all mingling and the guide wasn't really having to do much...that could have been due to the beer though.  


The second bar we stopped at was a bacon and beer bar. They accompanied each beer with a different type of bacon.  Very different, but who doesn't love bacon?!



Paddy Long's, the bacon and beer bar.  



I'm ready to go back for the pizza tour now!  And I totally think we should start a Memphis BBQ tour.  




After dinner Friday night.  


We grabbed one drink at a bar near our hotel after dinner, but we were so tired.  I do believe we are starting to feel thirty as well.  Ha. 


Saturday morning we got up and shopped!  What else are you suppose to do in Chicago????  Becca and I racked up and then we all headed for some good ole Chicago-style pizza.  Lou Malnalti's was awesome. 


The Cubs played the Diamondbacks Saturday night so we headed to Wrigley.  


The Birthday Boys






The weather held off until right before game time and then it down poured.  There was a two hour rain delay, but it finally cleared and they played ball.  The only problem was with the rain came the cold. 





Sunday morning we had reservations for brunch at The Publican.  It was honestly the best food.  They serve a lot of their food "family style".  It was also one large table, so you sat next to whoever.  It was a   really cool place. 


We decided to do some of the tourist things before we caught our flight back home.  The only problem was the weather was horrible on Sunday.  The high was 59 degrees, no sun in sight, and it was misting rain...perfect.  

We took a cab to the Sears Tower and were then told you could not see a thing at the top because of the weather.  We decided to walk to "the bean".  Let me tell you, bad decision.  It felt like we walked two miles in the freezing cold.  Should have taken a cab.  

We made it!

Turns out the bean was not far from our hotel...


Site seeing on their actual bday.

***side note***
I promise I have pants on but they are orange and blend in.  Every time Mason looks at these pictures, he asks me why I'm not wearing pants...


We had the best time.  I just love Chicago, it is such a fun city.  

  Thanks a ton to our awesome parents for watching the boys.  It is so nice that we are able to get some time away and enjoy each other, but I think we were all ready to get back to the kiddos.  

Mom sent me this picture of Brody standing up.  He became a pro while we were gone.  



Mason was also very adamant about his Daddy needing a birthday cake and everyone to sing him the birthday song.  So what did they do?!?!  They made a birthday cake.  He was very proud.  


He also enjoyed some sprinkles.  


What a great way to end the birthday weekend.  Blowing out candles with the sweetest three year old.  =)

Monday, June 3, 2013

Brody - 10 Months

I am a tad behind on blogging.  

This little boy turned 10 months on the 28th.  He is such a joy in our lives. 
He will not stay still and this was the best picture I could get.  


Got a comparison picture of both boys.  Mason on the left, Brody on the right.  


He makes me smile.  He is just the sweetest little thing there is.  

Somehow, John and I were blessed with two perfect little boys.  =)


But really, he seems to be trucking right along.  

*He takes 4 bottles a day, eats three meals a day, will snack on anything whenever you give it to him.  (he gets it from his Mom)  

*Sleeps from 6:30pm - 6:30am.  

*Could probably win a medal with his fast crawling.  He can get to Emma's food bowl quicker than you can blink an eye.  

*Pulling up on everything

*Has 4 teeth


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Speaking of getting older, check out Mason. 

He wanted me to take a picture of him eating an apple like a "big boy".


Wearing his baseball cap backwards.  He looks so cute here....but wayyyyy too old!



And we have one more member of our family getting a tad older...

John turned THIRTY!!!!

He had to get a new license.  Ya think it was about time?!?!  He's a baby in the first picture!  

We headed to Chicago with Robert and Becca for a weekend of celebration.  We had a blast and I will do a separate post later this week!  

Where is the time going?!?!