Baseball, birthdays, bowling, bathing suits, and the 4th of July!!

I have so many pictures on our camera that I have been meaning to post that my memory card is almost full. So at long last I am sitting down to let you all know what we have been up to in the last few weeks.
First- Nathan and I took Lincoln to his first baseball game (the Fresno Grizzlies) and he had a great time. We even kept him up a couple hours past bedtime when the game went into extra innings and he didn't mind at all.


Second- Nathan celebrated his 27th birthday (yes, he is old:) This year he decided he wanted a Batman cake in honor of the new Batman movie coming out this summer. I decided I wanted to give fondant cake decorating a shot- it turned out pretty well.



Third- Lincoln and I flew back to Chicago about two weeks ago (yes, we are still here and yes this is the world's longest vacation) to help with the Vernon Hills Pageant. As part of our pageant week events we took all the girls bowling and Lincoln got to tag along. We learned that he loves to crawl onto the lanes and play with the biggest bowling balls he can find. Maybe one day he'll be a championship bowler like his grandfather!!


Fourth- we discovered that Lincoln is very timid when it comes to swimming. He loves his bath so we figured he would really love a pool. We went out and bought the pool, brought it home, filled it up, put on the necessary swim trunks and sunscreen and the kid wouldn't go anywhere near the pool. The only way he would even be in the pool is if I stood right next to him and even then he clung to my legs for dear life. So we sat on the sidelines and watched his cousins. We tried again when we got to Grandma's house and although this time he would get into the pool by himself he refused to sit in the water- standing only.




And finally- we had a really fun 4th of July (as always- is it any wonder that it's my favorite holiday?) We had the parade in the morning, which mom and dad rode in and Lincoln and I watched. Then we had our good friends over for a bbq and Nathan flew in from California. Lincoln was so excited to see his dad, and I guess I was too! After that we all went to watch fireworks which Lincoln absolutely LOVED. He was mesmerized by them the whole time, I don't think he blinked once during the entire show. It was really nice to get together with our friends and it is great having Nate with us again.





So that is our update, I promise to be more dilligent in blogging now that life is slowing down a bit...