Father's Day '08 (and more)

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On Saturday, we headed up to Flint so Michele and I could be Baileigh's Godparents at her baptism at St. Pius. Baileigh was an angel during the ceremony and actually smiled when the priest poured the water on her head. After the Baptism, Russ and Jen had everyone over to their new house in Swartz Creek for dinner. Jake had a blast chasing the girls around in the basement.

Sunday found us at PnT's slip. We had a great picnic with MPnA and DLCnM. MnK also joined in while Dan and I had the two little ones back at the house for a nap. During that time, everyone else got to spend some time on the pontoon boat and swimming over by The Moose.

On Monday, a lot of the teachers got together again at the spray park with the little ones. Michele said Jake had a great time playing with the other kids. He also loved playing with all the different water toys and didn't mind getting splashed at all.

Today, Jake had his first "2's on the Move" class at the Rec Center. He got to hit a ball off a tee, play on a scooter, and walk on a balance beam among other things. Michele was very proud of how well he waited for his turn and shared with the other kids. She gives his teachers at The Learning Tree most of the credit for that! He'll have to miss a class while we are in Shelby, but he's still got 5 more ahead of him. I'm hoping to work from home one of the days so I can see him in action.

Babysitting!

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While Jason and Jo took Zach up to a going away party for her sister, Michele, Jake, and I got to hang out with Elle. The kids play really well together and had a blast playing with blocks and then watching Dora. Jake was very bummed when it was bedtime and Michele had to take Elle back across the street to get her settled in. There are a few pictures if you follow the link above. Most show them having a good time, but they also serve as proof that she was in one piece when she left here!

Along with the photos, we had a few videos queued up.

This video shows Jake singing a song when his playtime outside was cut short by a storm. We just finally found out what he might have been singing from his daycare teacher, but no one is sure where the "ding dong" comes from.


This video shows Jake playing with an RC car I got awhile ago. We usually share the controller so he can make it go forward, but I steer. This time, as is usual now, he wanted to do everything all by himself. It took a lot to get him to try to steer it and make it go forward. Most of the time, he only wanted to make it go straight into an obstacle or a road, then he'd send me off to chase it down.


This is a little clip of Jake and Elle playing with Michele. They are both very good at talking now, but it's still funny to hear them speaking in sentences.

Race for the Cure

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Jen rallied some of the girls together to participate in the Race for the Cure in Detroit this weekend. Due to some sickness and a pregnancy, Michele and Jen were joined only by Michele's mom and sister for the walk. Tiff was able to fly in later, however, and Melissa and Jessi each drove over as well after the race.

After playing outside with the kids (Jake, Jack, and quite a bit with Elle), the girls (minus the two old ladies - do either of them read this? I guess I'll find out) went out to a late showing of Sex and the City. They also took the opportunity to get all dolled up and had a great time.

After everyone had taken off on Sunday, Michele got a few pictures of Jake playing around inside.

Memorial Day... and more

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The summer is really getting into full swing. It seems like we have something coming up every weekend, and we don't even have that many weddings this year!

Any way, enjoy all of the photos, and the two videos below. The first is Jake showing off how Mommy taught him to sign "I love you" and the second was my attempt at capturing one of the Red Bull Air Racers downtown during their practice round.

Michele is How Old?!?

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It's hard to believe, but that beautiful young lady in the picture above turned the big Three-Oh today!

We spent the weekend up at our folks' to celebrate both Michele's birthday and Mother's Day. After swim class on Saturday, we headed up to Grand Blanc. We had dinner at Don Pablo's where Michele wanted to go primarily because she was craving a Margarita. The dinner was delicious, and Grandma, MPnA, MnK, and Melissa were all able to join us. After dinner, the guys retired to the basement to work/watch the Wings' game while Meme, Michele, and Kelly went and saw Made of Honor. Michele and Kelly both really liked the movie while my mom, a budding movie critic, was less than impressed. All wasn't lost, however, as she got to spend the evening with her daughters-in-law.

After Church, on Sunday, we spent the day at GnGT's house. We had a delicious ham dinner and there were plenty more gifts passed around. DLCnM were all there as well to help celebrate both events.

A few weekends ago, Michele took Jake up to GnGT's house for the afternoon where Jake got to play some with Maiya. There are some photos from that trip here. Also, here are TONS of pictures from the Anderson's vacation. While here, are the photos from the Trosko vacation. It looks like both families had great trips.