Celebrating Chrissy’s Birthday With A Tour Of The Wine Country Of Southwest Michigan

Dec 06, 09 Celebrating Chrissy’s Birthday With A Tour Of The Wine Country Of Southwest Michigan

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Get too close to the Michigan border in Indiana, and you’ll start seeing billboard advertisements for wineries.  We’ve seen them before and always wanted to try out the “Wine Trail“.  Chrissy’s birthday was coming up, and she asked if we could go to Southwest Michigan for a wine tasting tour to...

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Family Christmas Photos For 2009

Nov 29, 09 Family Christmas Photos For 2009

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It’s that time of year again!  Every Christmas, we send out festive cards with an annual update letter and a family photo to our friends and family.  We paid a visit to our favorite photographer, Mandy, at the local Wal-Mart.  We always request Mandy, since Aiden smiles easily for her.  She can even make Gavin smile on...

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A New Friend Hops Over To Stay Overnight

Oct 23, 09 A New Friend Hops Over To Stay Overnight

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We had an unusual visitor last night: a very large frog!  Well, more of a kidnapping victim than a visitor…  Chrissy was coming home from her night class when she almost ran over a bunch of frogs near the pond in our neighborhood.  Turns out that frogs are not so good at Frogger.  She “saved” one by bringing it...

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Gavin’s First Time At The Taste Of Chicago

Jun 29, 09 Gavin’s First Time At The Taste Of Chicago

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Chrissy and I took Aiden and Gavin to the Taste of Chicago for our annual slice of Eli’s cheesecake on a stick, cheesy garlic bread and anything from Sweet Baby Ray’s. This was Gavin’s first trip to the Taste so far. We packed the boys into the double stroller and made our way through the lunchtime crowd on opening...

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Strawberry Fields Forever

Jun 19, 09 Strawberry Fields Forever

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Chrissy and her Mom took the boys and Taylor to Johnson’s Farms in Hobart to pick some strawberries. The weather was nice (despite the recent rainstorms), so they had a good time in the fields. Aiden loves strawberries, and he was eating them right off the plants. Chrissy and Mom took turns carrying Gavin in the Baby Bjorn...

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Chrissy and I Have Registered For The National Apraxia Conference

May 14, 09 Chrissy and I Have Registered For The National Apraxia Conference

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We recently found out that the National Conference on Childhood Apraxia of Speech, a conference for speech therapists and parents of children with apraxia, will be held in nearby St. Charles, IL.  Chrissy and I will be going for three days of seminars and networking from July 9th – 11th (and whatever spare time we find will...

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The Boys Made Something Special For Mother’s Day

May 10, 09 The Boys Made Something Special For Mother’s Day

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This year is Gavin’s first Mother’s Day, so I wanted to do something special for Chrissy involving our two boys.   I looked around online for gift ideas that include your children, but I only found a number of options that wouldn’t work for toddlers and tiny babies (like building a photo frame out of popsicle...

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Aiden Loved “Thomas The Tank Engine Live!”

Aiden has been a big fan of Thomas The Tank Engine since his second birthday.  We have lots of episodes on DVD for him to watch and we’ll often build train sets together in the living room.  When we found out that “Thomas & Friends Live!” was coming to the Sears Centre Arena, we purchased tickets in...

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