Busy month, Baseball, hotdogs, Hudson and the pool.

What a busy month we have had since last we chatted. Meredith's 8th month started off with a bang as she went and pulled the Cubs out of a five game slump (A grand slam in her first inning of attendance, maybe we'll make the series in her lifetime). Grandma D and Papa help us cheer on our beloved Cubbers. She really wanted to sample the cotton candy but we felt that she should actually have some teeth before she starts to try to ruin them. Next on the hit parade was a six day playtime extravaganza with 2 of Mer's favorite toys, Grammy and Poppy, topped off by a trip to the Zoobilee zoo (Brookfield). There we got to show them our new friend Hudson the baby polar bear, and Meredith's favorites the dolphins (complete with show). We also had a surprise visit from about a million or so 17 year cicadas, which was kind of neat. Today we swung by the pool for a little fun in the sun, baby's first swim. She seems to love the water and thoroughly enjoyed her car floaty. We think that we might become a more permanent fixture around the pool this hot summer. Tomorrow we are going to try an early morning dip. As for the rest of today, I'm thinking nap, lunch (I am marinating turkey breast fillets in hot pineapple barbecue and another set in soy sauce for the grill), and more napping this afternoon.....I don't know what Meredith is going to be doing? Have a great day!

7 Months

7 Months 25 Days 23 Hours 2 Minutes 20 Seconds, but who's counting? I can't believe our baby girl is almost 8 months old! Time flys when you're getting hugs and kisses from your baby.

Meredith is getting bigger every day. She now eats #2 Baby Food and Gerber graduate puffs! Bring on the puffs!!! She will scarf down anything but her favorites are Apples & Cherries and Blueberry Buckle (just like her Daddy).

She can pull herself up into a sitting position from a laying position with the greatest ease. She is just moments away from crawling too. She gets up on her hands and knees and almost goes.... but then she flops on her stomach and rolls. Who needs to crawl when you're a rolling machine?

We're determined to post at least once every 3 months----wait I mean once every one or two weeks. So stay tuned!

And so it begins.....

Today is the first day of our new blog, and we have a lot to catch up on. First and foremost the birth of our baby girl, Meredith Rose, and the adventure that she has started us on. Our intent is to break it down into sections so that the viewer can wade through the muck and get what their after, for instance a little section I like to call "A fat lady walked into the shoe store today". In deference to Al Bundy, these notes will contain many experiences from my daily life as a manager (a.k.a public punching bag) at Target (tm).

We have many stories to tell, much wisdom to impart and many rambles to ramble, so stay tuned and let us entertain you. (a collective you including friends, family, and poor souls who stumble upon us in search of the latest news from Grey's Anatomy) .

This, by the way is our kitty Ch. Sophicles Walking Cat, a genuis of a kitty who sits, stays, comes, and will give paw when asked to do so.....we just call her Sophie.