Family Day

Today we had a great family day!!! We were up early and out to the farmers market on a beautiful fall morning (if it were October and not August) We picked up some great peaches, blueberries and raspberries (hope to make some fruity pancakes and/or muffins tomorrow) plus some zucchini, corn & green beans. We tried some bubblegum plums... crazy but they really did taste like bubblegum...

Ramey had fun dancing and running around in the grass.

It was then off to breakfast and home for a nap. After naps we walked up to the Bucktown Art fest (Lefty too!!!) Ramey was doing her own performances on the walkway and was a real hit! Cooked up the zucchini for dinner (Ramey is not a fan but loved the blueberries, big surprise)

Both babies are sleeping... Ramey in her crib and Lefty on my lap (LOL)

Off to put my feet up and drink a Peroni

Dancing Queen

So I've just discovered the Toddler music station on Comcast and Ramey LOVES it. I was starting to notice that anytime a commercial with music (or any music for that matter) came on Ramey would start to do this little dance...



My favorite is when she starts to do the shoulder shake... LOL!!

Happy Birthday Grandma Cheryl

WE MISS YOU!!!!!!

Sunday was Grandma Cheryl's Birthday. We met up with Uncle Brendan, Aunt Donna, Uncle Bruce and Grandma Betty for lunch and cherry pie. We went out to one of her favorite places for lunch and were pleasantly surprised to see that they had cherry pie (her favorite) as their special for that day... It was meant to be.

Before lunch we all met up at Grandma Patty's (Thanks!!) and had an impromptu gather with my siblings and their little ones. Grandma Patty told me how she was having her morning coffee out on the back deck when she saw a butterfly fluttering by... Later that day while taking flowers to the cemetery, I saw not one, not two but 4!!! butterflies while we were there. I knew that Grandma Cheryl was there with us that afternoon...

11 Months

Not sure where we left off but Ramey hit a BIG milestone:

SHE WALKING!!!

A few more action shots:

My big girl!

The first of her three molars that have come thru

She now has 11 teeth, working on the forth molar plus all the incisors... and she's is generally a happy baby still

The Monkey Walk

One of my new favorites...

Ramey walking the monkey walk (arms up in the air for balance :-D )



Give her something to hold onto (cracker, toothbrush, burp cloth, toy, book) and she'll walk all day. She spent more time walking than crawling today. I'd say we have a new trend

Trouble with a capital R

Ramey... our little trouble maker

The other day I bought a box of diapers... Ramey LOVES to use anything and everything as a walker, so I took out the packages of diapers and gave her the box... She had a great time pushing it down the hall... that is until it got stuck, so she crawled back to the living room where she found the packages of diapers.

She then started to push them around... Before I know it I hear keys jingling, sunglasses dropping... uh oh, now what...

Well my little monkey pushed the diapers up to the table, crawled on top of them, stood up and began reaching for anything and everything off the table... I of course grabbed the camera!!

Oh and she has discovered the cabinets... she loves to open and close the doors and attempt to pull everything out (I say attempt as I close the door before that happens)

Time for some cabinet locks... although she gets a little pissy when she tries to open them and they are "stuck"

It's a double

Double ear infection that is...

I've learned that when ever Ramey gets a cold, I'll have to get her ears checked. She had a cold a few weeks back and has been running a low grade fever since then. I attributed it to teething as her bottom molars are still fighting their way thru. But the last few days I've noticed her rubbing/tugging on both ears. So thought better safe than sorry and got her checked out, especially since Ron had many ear infections while growing up... Onto our first round of anitbactics... hopefully this time it doesn't take two rounds. She took the meds pretty well last night but this morning it had to be mixed in with her oatmeal, which she still didn't eat very well and tried spittng out. I hope she doesn't have to get tubes, but I have a feeling they may be in our future.

Overall, you would never know she isn't feeling well. She is still active and happy. She is really getting a hang of walking, going 3-4 feet, she still prefers crawling but will "walk" to an object/person if close enough

And she's off

Each day she is getting better and better... going farther and farther

St. Louis & the long drive

While Ron was away on a boys weekend... Ramey and I made the long drive down to St. Louis.

We left Thurs afternoon and had an overnight layover in Bloomington. We spent the afternoon playing with Big G and Little G, then had an impromptu gathering for dinner with the rest of the family.
Ramey slept very well at Granma and Papa's house... 12+ hours!!! After a quick tire check, we were on the road... Ramey was asleep shortly after take off... we made it more than halfway before needing to take a quick break.

We had a great time with Aunt Donna, Uncle Bruce and the boys, Uncle Brendan and Grandma...
Ramey LOVES her new activity table

Grandma Betty and Coby helped give Ramey a bath

Our trip to the zoo was short and sweet thanks to the rain that refused to let up until we got back to the car. We really could have used an extra umbrella... too bad I didn't realize we had one in the stroller basket till I was putting it back in the car LOL Due to the rain, we didn't get our picture with the bronze gorilla... looks like daddy will be able to be there for that!!

Saturday evening was spent with more friends and family.

Sunday was a full day as well... breakfast, followed by meeting many of Grandma Betty's friends... nap then it was time to hit the road again. Ramey slept almost all the way to Springfield!! The rest of the trip was pretty quick with an extended layover in Bloomington again. We stopped at Brian and Kristin's again, Cindi and the girls stopped by too!!! We got jammies on for the finally leg of our journey and Ramey slept till we got off the highway. She then had some snuggle time with daddy...

It was a long trip but great to see everyone!!!

TEN Months

All I have to say is that is no baby... that's a toddler