Such a girl

So blogger is really irritating me and not letting me rearrange the pictures. *sigh* So first of, you have a picture of what Patrick had ditched his pacifier for. And then girly pictures of Erin.

This really scared me

Denver Man charged in alleged terrorist bomb plot.


This was here. I don't know, 9/11 really impacted me, but I was on the other side of the country at the time. It terrified me that it was on American soil, but I was still quite removed from it.

This is in my city.

And Matt rides the train every morning.


I'm still kind of wigging out about it.

He's doing so much!

I'm just amazed!

Working on his pincer grasp (he's behind where Erin was on this)


Actual crawling


And pulling up to standing!! >_<

Michigan trip part 1: Heading out

In their seats. Erin colored pretty much the entire time there and back

Fog

Gotta have a cookie!

The Lotus in the parking lot at the visitor's center in Illinois

Michigan trip part 2: Meeting Cali and Mow

Michigan trip part 3: Cheese factory, Deer Acres, and Lake Huron

The cow outside the William's cheese factory

Packing the cheese

Deer Acres

The reason goats creep me out (I hate their horizontal rectangle irises)

Feeding goats

"riding" the broken carosel (she had to climb on to each horse)

Lunch at a local restaurant

On the beach at Lake Huron

She loved throwing the rocks into the water

Michigan trip part 4: Beatles Rock Band

It really was a lot of fun to play.

Michigan trip part 5: the park and the Rennaisance Festival

The biggest park playground I've ever seen

Loving the swings! (his first time, but definitely not the last!)

riding the spaceship with Daddy

Front gate

Robin's Merry Men

Ponies

Modeling my scarf thing

and showing off her princess hat

Michigan trip part 6: drive home

Saying goodbye to Grandma, Grandpa, and Cali

Pretty leaves

Being cute

Pretty sunset

We're leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeving, in our Rav 4!

So, tomorrow morning bright and early, we're setting out to drive to Michigan. Last time I did this it was 2004, and Matt and I weren't even engaged yet. So we drove from Midland, MI to Provo, UT all in one go, with a 2 hour nap at a truck stop (and barely missing a tornado, but not the tornado's horrid hail).

This time it'll be a little slower paced because 1) we can actually share a hotel room this time, and 2) we've got a 2 year old and a 6 month old this go around. lol

So, we'll be back on the 14th. If you get another blog post before the 15th you should be very excited. lol.

And, I leave you with this: Patrick's new favorite noise

Mr. Growlypants, and other random vids

Patrick growling as he crawls around

Chasing Erin around

Erin playing drums on Guitar Hero World Tour