photo challenges.

i've debated playing along for some time.
thought it was time i bit the bullet.
anyone want to join me? pretty please?
it should be fun.
i could care less if i have the most votes for my pictures. just want to try something new! and with our schedule, i should have tons of photo ops!

here's the info.
;-)

weekend 5.29.10

i can't figure out how to label this suckers. bare with me!

i can't even remember what went on! and it wasn't even a super busy weekend. i'm in trouble.
maybe it was because we were all sick. ben's sickies attacked nick and myself. i didn't have a voice for three days. it was insane.

lemme see if i can remember...

friday.
lazy day at home. ben was a fussasaurus rex. can't really blame him tho!
we did do some yard work in the evening.
and ben helped swiffer. 

one of the garden boxes. which is completely out of control as of tonight. must get out there and get to some of the weeds that have found their way inside. otherwise, everything appears to be growing!

close up of my pretty flowers in a hanging basket...

replacement geeky beek. hoping this one holds up. 

ben playing with rocks!

saturday.
we slept all morning. so nice. then i ran and got my hair done. my hair dresser was nice enough to let beaner come by at the end and she cut his hair for free! love her!!
and she gave him a mohawk. unfortunately, he has my hair and it fell almost instantly. nick did snap this picture.

mister took a nap so mommy went outside to read. was a beautiful evening!

when he did wake up, he crawled around our not so clean deck. ended up in the sink for a quick wash. 

ben has never had a sink bath. he kept sliding into the sink fully clothed. we finally gave in and let him sit in it. i think he liked it!

sunday.
breakfast at the scrambled diner. i love it.

not sure why people insist on putting their sunglasses on ben. but he sure is cute. ;-)

then nick went and played frisbee golf with the boys. i gave him the point and shoot to take with. yeah, he forgot to take any pictures. he sucks.

sunday.
rained out beach day. had a good time anyway. company is all that matters right?
beaner napping. he was a champ all day long.

a few rounds of bullshit...
{nice face megan!}

the rain finally cleared and we made our way to the beach. it was a gorgeous evening.

can't wait to get back and enjoy a day there. ben seemed to like it. but it's sand. what boy doesn't like getting dirty?

family photo.

fun with bubbles.

a new favorite.

oh and all these are straight of the camera. i barely find time to upload here, i can't imagine trying to edit them first. heck, i haven't even printed pictures since december. which i must do this week... sale at wags for $0.10/print!

sytycd!!!

yeah, baby!
just got in. sitting down to watch. can't wait.
might come back and edit this with thoughts tomorrow....

i'm too old.

for sand volleyball.
well, at least to play threes. maybe?

trying to figure out if we're gonna do a sand league this year or just play some pick up games on a scheduled night each week. tonight was our first night trying out the no league thing... holy shit. i feel like i'm 93. we just played indoor. finished like 3 weeks ago, i should not be that out of shape. i'm not completely sure what my deal is. could have been the fact that we had three less people on each team and that you're running through divets.

have to say that despite all my soreness, i missed it. except those bleeping mosquitos. i cannot believe how terrible they are and it's may. 

looking forward to playing again next week. with more people!! at least four on a team would be nice for this old fart. ;-)

sick visit.

had to take wee man into the doctor today. i was completely nervous. i have no idea why. i think i was fearing another blasted ear infection{s}. we were rocking almost 2 full months of being infection free... was doubting our decision to pass on the tubes. wondering if he does have an infection, how long he's had it, could this be why he spiked a random temp last weekend... lots and lots of thoughts going around in my crazy, lil brain.

ben stayed home yesterday and today. had a killer runny nose, cough, and a random fever. the cough was pretty out of control last night so we made the executive decision to take him in today. i don't think either one of us thought he had an infection, but we wanted to make sure.

took him in today and he just has a cold! woohoo! no ear infections. i mean, poor wee man. but woohoo! for the first time in i can't even count {it's gotta be like 8 or 9}, we went in for a sick visit and no antibiotics. so exciting. ;-)

and in other random ben news.
these were his 12 mo stats:  22.8 pounds and  28.3 inches.
and at 14 mos: 22.9 pounds and 29 inches. 
{you think i need to sprinkle him with miracle grow?}

weekend pictures.

friday night. we stayed in! totally needed. working on that happy medium between too busy and not enough. trying to not have somewhere to be every second of every weekend. the month of june is going to be a marathon so we're resting up these next two!

beaner had fun playing on the water bottle.
seriously. he rolled over it a zillion times. total daredevil.

gotta roll the other way now!

 ahhh! so much fun!

a bath out of order. i think dinner was a bit messy. can't believe i can't remember what happened three days ago. sigh.

then he decided to help mommy with the laundry.

saturday. we were all up early for some reason. so we decided to hit the scrambled diner. soooo good. our new most favorite-est breakfast place.

ben enjoyed the home made bread and apple butter.

they also made their own sausage. yum.

ran a few errands and then back to the house for a bit.
played out on the deck for a while.
ben loves bubbles. i had a heck of a time using the giant wand.

then daddy thought it would be fun to play through the screen. yes, i know it's disgusting but was totally hilarious at the time...
i totally remember my brother doing this through his playpen when we were younger. i think there might even be similar pictures too.

then grandma came over to babysit so nick and i could hit illiana mayfest. 'twas awesome. we were total beginners. will be prepared with pretzel necklaces for the next one! 

chilling outside waiting for the rest of our gang to show up.

got awesome imprinted cups to sample with.
nick was excited!!

just because i like it.

had some pretty good micro brews. i think my favorites were figure 8 and brickstone. did have a killer blueberry beer. i just can't remember from where!

saw some 'hillbilly' nachos early in the evening. nachos with all the fixings plus some italian beef. not sure how that's hillbilly but whatever.  i knew that i would enjoy their tastiness before the night was over!!  they were delicious.

and then the group decides to go out to dinner?!? what. i just ate 3728 calories in my nachos. oh well...

went to the circle. sat outside. was a beautiful night and we had some fun company.
a lame shot of the clock tower. i ALWAYS think of back to the future when we're on the square!

nick's sides + a dirty martini = my dinner. ;-)

sunday. we couldn't decide what we wanted to do. kinda wanted to be lazy. kinda wanted to enjoy the weather. decided to stay home. pulled out ben's splash pad. he was a bit timid but i think he was exhausted!

a few of my favorites....

what's this?

oh thanks for showing me how to play with this stuff dad....

i like it!

can i play on the slide now? that water was too cold! {look at all that grass stuck everywhere!!}

the end. ;-)

grey's anatomy.

love that show.
was kinda thinking about giving it up a while back. so glad we didn't.
that season finale last night, pfwhoa.
i want to watch it again. our dvr'd copy was a bit sketchy. thank you stupid storms. yes, i know i just thanked the rain in my previous post. whatever.
was sooo upset when nick told me he was going to bed last night at 8. i was like, wtf... grey's finale? and then i passed out at 8:30! i guess we were both tired. and fighting off some sickies.
today we're both well rested and on the mend.
and totally obsessed with that grey's episode. have to make sure to record it when it re-airs in september. definitely going to need a refresher. that was serious.
had to check out the grey's blog. just to get a little insight.

some thoughts on the episode: {spoiler warning! episode and possible future episodes.}
- i love the chief. yes, i still refer to webber as the chief.
- callie totally should have knocked the gun out of his hand. i know it could have been risky but still.
- i like karev. heard a rumor that he dies. that would make me sad.
- also heard that mer and der's contracts are up... that one of them might go. if mer goes how would it still be grey's anatomy?
- bailey is my hero. i loved her where is this water coming from moment. and with the dying resident. so touching.
- i want a team avery shirt. he is my mchottie. those eyes are killer.
- happy for callie and arizona. i think jessica capshaw is just the cutest. and her being pregnant in real life might get to play into this...
- some of the logistics of a shooter in the  hospital and the swat team annoyed me. but i'm watching this for entertainment, i'll give them some leeway on the details.
- cristina is bad ass.

can't wait for next season!!