Who Dey!

The kids have their first Bengals game underfoot. How exciting to have them there at the stadium, particularly for Madeline who is old enough to be amazed at the noise and all that was going on. Dancing around to the music and showing her all there was to see was so much fun. She loudly cheered for the wrong team at times "Get him!" "Boo!" and found a new best friend in Who Dey the tiger mascot. She was screaming at him from our seats trying to get him to say hi to her. Of course he didn't hear her, but when he looked in our direction I told her that he heard her. And what do you know, he waved up at the stands. She thought he had picked her out of the huge crowd to wave to. She was so excited and for days talked about how she couldn't believe Who Dey waved to her.

Jonny meanwhile, was so unbelievably good I was shocked. Actually, he's like that all the time so I shouldn't be shocked. He feel asleep in the midst of the cheering and deafening noise of the game. Thumb, check. Shoulder to lean on, check. Lights out.

Quite

The quite times are few and far between, but I love these photos because they are during those scarce moments.

This is inevitably what she comes home from every birthday party looking like...

Saturday we FINALLY went to the zoo. I say FINALLY because Madeline has been asking to go see the Komodo Dragons almost every day for the past month. "I want to see the kimono dragons mommy" over and over again. There are all these billboards around town for the exhibit and she has been so excited to go. So I say we finally made it because hopefully now she'll stop asking me about it every day!

Twenty minutes into the trip and we had seen her favorites, the manatees and the monkeys and she started asking, and by asking I mean begging, for ice cream. Apparently that is the REAL reason to go to the zoo. The inner Charles Darwin in me was seriously disappointed in the Komodo Dragon area. There was only one and he of course wasn't moving at all. I did get my annual picture of Madeline on the alligator though. The alligator looks smaller this year or maybe my girl is just getting too big.

She is also wearing her Sunday best. Not sure the fancy dress is normal zoo attire, but it was either that or a leotard and tutu...I'm picking my battles.

Jonny-Boy in all his cuteness.

This picture is from our 30th birthday dinner at Lynn and Wayne's. Hard to believe this is the best picture of the four of us. I seriously don't know how these people get a good picture of their family. It's been almost 6 months since Jonny was born and we're still trying to get one!

This onesie is passed down from Madeline to Jonny...one little Buckeye to another. That's for you Jeremy!


Jonny's sitting on his own pretty good now, although there is the occasional fall backwards or sideways and a big bang to the head. It's so sad how fast he's growing up, it's just one milestone after another, make it stop!!

Reds Game

Friday night we went to the Reds game and had the BEST baseball experience. We were in a box (Thanks Mohab and Susan!) and I don't think I can go back to attending a game any other way! The kids had a great time along with us "big kids"!












Last out of the game...struck out looking...REDS WIN!

Halo/Walking on Sunshine!

Madeline has been performing concerts for us each night because she loves Glee. Here are a few performances we've been enjoying! More to come I promise...

Lady Gaga!

Fourth of July weekend

What a wonderful perfect couple days. If only every weekend was three days. We did the annual Indian Hill parade with the family. Madeline scooped up more candy that she collected on Halloween, no joke. Followed the parade with swimming at Camp Lippert, grill out and lots of fun in the hot, hot sun.

We also packed in a trip to Kings Island (loving the season passes) and headed up to Ault Park for the first time for fireworks. We had an elaborate plan to deal with the crowds and parking, but ended up not needing to bother because Jon ended up staying home with Jonny. Poor kid has decided he doesn't want to sleep during the day so early evenings he gets a little upset from sleep deprivation :( So Madeline and I had a great time just her and Mommy. She was so excited and we got a great seat on the lawn.

This was taken early on and it got a LOT more crowded.

I wanted to take more pictures, but decided to just screw it and be in the moment with my girl. It was wonderful. So happy I got to experience that with her. The look on her face when the fireworks started going off I'll never forget!