Winnebago County Fair

Aiden is growing up so fast, he is grabbing everything and wants to be in the middle of whatever is going on now!

We headed to the Winnebago County Fair this weekend to see the animals, eat some good food, and ride some rides of course :)

Taylor said this was scary at first then it was fun :)

She played a couple games and won some prizes for her sister

Aiden eagerly watched on :)

We all went on the ferris wheel

and had to hit up the carousel of course

They had a cool wildlife petting zoo with kangaroos, zebras, tigers, monkeys, camels, deer, goats, and a baby monkey and baby tiger.

Taylor's first camel ride, she did awesome :)

Aiden's new thing is to stick out his tongue while he's doing stuff.. think he learned this from his cousin Tyler :)

Hailey was putting on a show yesterday.. a little singing and dancing :)

4 Months Old and Last Swimming Lessons

Can you believe Aiden is 4 months old already?  He is teething something fierce but no teeth have popped through quite yet that I can see.  Aiden had his 4 month checkup yesterday and shots. He weighed in at 15 lbs and 25 1/2 inches, 50% for both.  Dr was impressed with his rolling both ways, jabbering, and half army crawling.  He is growing up in fast forward!

Grandpa brought his boat over last Saturday to go fishing with Ben. The girls played on the boat awhile :)

Taylor and Hailey had their last swimming lesson on Saturday, which was a "fun day".  They played on the slides and diving board.  Here's Hailey coming down the slide with her teacher Miss Annie.

and Taylor coming down by herself

Miss Emily swimming back to the side with Hailey

Aiden and Grandma watching in the shade

Taylor diving off the diving board with a life jacket on

They got a freeze pop for a free treat when they were done

We went back for a quick dip as a family later and this little guy loves watching his feet kick in the water!

Hailey was exhausted :)

I'm in charge!

Ain't that the truth with any baby?

We had another busy weekend, including a trip to the toy store for some baby toys, swimming lessons, a bridal shower and a 4 year old bday party! It was fun of course but another too fast weekend gone by.

The kids always have to have a little snuggle time before bed :)

Oh no, he has his first Packers jersey! LOL, jk. It's growing on me.  Anyone who looks that cute in it, it can't be that bad right?

He was squealing with delight.... or screaming for me to take it off, whichever you prefer :P  I'm happy with the name on it... so glad it wasn't the former quarterback.

Bath time fun

Goofy girls were making noises with their noises

Not an uncommon sight in the morning.. Taylor and her friend Grace playing her DS in Taylor's bed.

Some morning snuggles.. Aiden's been chewing on his fingers a lot, but at least it isn't sucking on them like Hailey still does.

We snuck in a quick swim at Menasha pool last night, always a fun time. Love that place.  Taylor has become quite the little fish. She got some new goggles and had to practically bribe her to take them off for one picture with Daddy. 

And this sweet little Hailey is getting braver every time she's in the water as well.

Taylor went down the big twisty water slide all by herself several times yesterday while Daddy caught her at the bottom!  Hailey went down a few times on Mommy's lap :)

Aiden did go swimming a little too but I didn't have the camera in the pool at the time, so here's a picture of him chilling in the shade for a few minutes.



Aiden goes in for his 4 month checkup next Wednesday the 3rd of August.  I am finally down to my pre-pregnancy weight! I have 3 pounds to go for my ideal weight, so maybe I should start exercising? I cannot bring myself to wake up earlier to do that yet while still getting up with the baby several times a night.  So, when/if it ever happens, then it will happen.

Taylor is getting super excited to go school shopping. I'm getting a little nervous but I'm sure she'll do great!  Just haven't left her in years with anyone not family!  Hailey is excited too, I'm sure she won't be as excited when she's missing her sister all day. Good thing she has other playmates to occupy her time.  That's all for now, hope you all are having a good week!

Rolling, rolling, rolling...

Hailey and Aiden snuggling on the papasan

Early morning tummy time with Mommy.. Aiden's really kicking and pushing with his legs. It seems like he's already trying to get up on his knees! Crazy kid :P  He pushes halfway across the room, he figures out how to get around :)

and he's rolling!  He hasn't gone more than one roll at a time or very often yet, but he's going! Caught him mid-roll here...

Sunday pictures and friends

The kids actually let us take a picture of them all smiling yesterday :)

We met Ben's parents and sister for lunch then went to some friends of the family for the rest of the day.. we had lots of fun swimming, feeding fish, eating and playing of course!

The girls loved feeding bread to the blue gills

Another weekend is gone, who blinked?  This summer is going by too fast.

Recent videos

Aiden figured out this rattle thing, but he'd rather have it in his mouth than shake it for long :)



Hailey's pretending to be an elephant squirting water out its nose :)