To Grandmama's House He Went....

Mike and I decided we needed a mini-getaway so we spent the weekend with our good friends Jason and Shannon. They are getting married on October 17th (Tyler's birthday!) and Mike is in the wedding so it was a good opportunity for us all to bond beforehand. We both took a half-day at work and dropped Tyler off at him Grandma and Grandpa's on the way up to see them. It was rainy all day and night Friday so we stayed in Friday night and played Wii. It was much nicer on Saturday so Shannon and I headed to the pool. It was a pretty nice, big pool with a big waterslide. I realized that I'm not as young as I once felt because going down that waterslide was no where near as fun as I remembered it being when I was a kid! Saturday night we spent over 5 hours at Buffalo Wild Wings eating snakcs, playing trivia, eating more snacks and then watching the Ultimate Fighting matchs. It was a really fun time! Sunday morning we went out for a 9-hole course of frisbee golf. We were all a little rusty but we had a lot of fun soaking up the sunshine in the extreme heat! Then we headed back to get our little munchkin. Although it was really only a weekend and we didn't go anywhere more exciting than DeKalb, IL, we really needed and enjoyed our mini-vacation!

Tyler apparantly had a great time at him Grandma's and Grandpa's. We thought he was definitely teething earlier this week (we were just sure of it) because he ran a fever Monday and Wednesday and woke up in the middle of the night for the last two nights before our trip. So we were a little surprised (but pleased) to hear that he didn't really cry at all for them. Then I walked into the door and he cried everytime I walked away from him. Tyler is so getting to be so attached--he put on quite the show!

John and Sue sent us some pictures and I couldn't believe how big my baby looks! He is truely getting to be a big boy. And he is getting so much stronger everyday. He doesn't want to sit AT ALL. He's either crawling, pulling himself up, or his new favorite--using human bodies as a personal jungle gym. Here are some of the pictures they sent.....

Playing with his shopping cart/walker. He LOVES this thing--he will seriously play for hours.

Caught in the act of trying to climb over John--another something he will do for hours.

Sitting in Mike's old rocking chair (which is actually from Sue's childhood)