Hanging with Uncle Eric

Eric is participating in a journalism circuit to help promote policy across the state of Indiana. I probably didn't get that right... I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway, he drove through Cincy tonight to hang out with us and also pick up some furniture for his boys to use. While we waited for him to arrive, Reagan and I hung out with Mom and Dad for an hour or so. We walked down to their house about 6pm - Reagan was so happy. All you have to do is ask if you want to go there and she starts bouncing up and down shouting "mimi... papa".

Once he got there, we loaded up the furniture and played for a bit. Reagan started warming up to Eric finally. He just picked her up at one point and she actually stayed with him. It was nice. After a bit, we took off for dinner. Every time we go to dinner, I have to draw the whole family for her. TOnight, I got to draw "Uncle Eric". I drew him with hair, glasses and a go-tee (spelling). She cackled when she saw it and said "eeeiiicc". So now Eric has his own "look on paper" for Reagan. It's cute.

Before we left, she reached out for Eric asking for a hug. I think she finally warmed up!! Woo hoo

Busy day

Today was my first day of vacation. I decided to just take the week of this week and enjoy it with my family. It's a nice opportunity to just chill and get some needed rest - or so I hope.

My family showed up tonight about 600pm. Eric's family drove up from Louisville and Chris' family drove up from Mobile. I had already made plans with a friend of mine to go out, so I missed the inital insanity of "seeing the new house". After I got home, I walked down to visit for about an hour.

The kids were going NUTS! They were running around and screaming. I think this was the first time they had all seen each other in a year. Wow. Anyway, they were all exploring the Grammy and Grampy's new digs - I don't blame them. There is a ton of space for the entire family to sprawl out and relax. It is nice.

I walked back home about 1030pm to head off to bed. Jim was still playing video games with his friends online. How funny. Oh well. I'm beat.

Zach's Birthday party and skating

We had a big day and way too much to capture. But, we went to Zach's 10th birthday party at the skating rink. I was totally psyched because I was able to skate for the first time in almost two years. Woo hooo. Believe it or not, my parents got up on skates too. My dad ended up having a pretty bad fall though - he busted up his wrist. He's ok I think. I'll find out soon I'm sure.

Reagan is getting more attached to mom and dad. She was sitting in her stroller at the rink and mom and dad walked by and didn't pay too much attention to her. They said hi, but didn't pick her up or anything else. She did NOT like that at all and proceeded to yell out to them. Mom came back and said "is that because we didn't pick her up". I just looked at her and smiled.

Oh yea and Reagan broke mom's camera. Oooops.

On the drive home, Reagan played peek-a-boo with her snuggly and me. She'd pull the snuggly up over her face and then pull it down when I'd say "peek-a-boo".

When we got home, we had a neighborhood party to go to. We were able to get Lauren to watch Reagan while we hung out with the neighbors some.

Today I thought we would just hang out to get a little rest from the weekend. We were very busy and I wanted to give her some “down time”. She really enjoys playing on the floor, so we did that quite a bit today. She slept so well during her naps that I was able to get a really good workout in.

Grammy came over to see us today too. She was watching Eric’s two youngest boys for a few days while he and Tonia were gone. Reagan and I went down to meet Grammy at the model home to walk around and check stuff out. Anytime we go someplace new, she gets so curious. She cranes her neck around to look at everything she can. She watched Daniel and Joseph quite a bit while were there. Afterwards, we all came back here to relax and get some water. What a hot day.

Happy Birthday Brennan!

Today, we went to Louisville to help our nephew celebrate his 8th birthday!
Happy Birthday Buddy!!

Uncle Eric

We had a great surprise today – Uncle Eric came to visit. It was the first time I’ve seen him in a number of months despite how close they live. Mom, Reagan, Jordan and I met Eric at Max & Ermas for dinner. Reagan took her usual time warming up to him, but eventually did just fine. Thanks for dropping in Eric!