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Kris is still travelling (a lot), so these last two weeks were the first weeks by myself with both kids. What fun! We've actually made it out of the house and done pretty well. Kris has been impressed that I haven't called him and told him to come home now!! We've had several playdates, Emma's doctors appointment, and some shopping to do. Ryan's done great when we are out and about, he stays near the stroller or cart. We even managed grocery shopping with Emma in the sling and Ryan in the cart - although we made it a quicker trip than normal.

I'm including a lot of pictures from the last two weeks. Ryan and I made cookies this week in which Ryan finally had enough patience to help and wait to eat them! Ryan has been playing outside a lot. There's a picture of him riding his 4-wheeler down the drive way, he is really to heavy to go very far on it, but he kicks up some speed going downhill. We also started out summer off with some pool and sprinkler times. You can see how much he enjoyed them.

This weekend was our first trip. It went pretty well considering a 5 hour trip took us 7 hours. Kris said that didn't say much for our trip to PA! Besides some diaper blowouts, we did well. The Michigan welcome center has a playground which helped Ryan blow off some steam while I nursed Emma. We stopped and had a picnic also. We had a great time at my parents house. Although Emma wasn't happy to visit the Stones due to her dislike of peppered turkey, she was pretty good besides that. Even her sleeping wasn't disturbed. We had a great barbeque on Saturday. Ryan loved playing with Karrie and Shannon's kids especially in the sprinkler. Sunday, we went out to breakfast and then visited my cousin Deanna and her family. Overall, such a great trip, but we were glad to be home.

Now - here are some funny and/or shocking tidbits from our last few weeks. Ryan decided to 'make' eggs two weekends ago and washed the eggs in the sink and then put them back in the fridge. However, only 3 out of the 9 he got out made it there and a lot of yolk as everywhere. You would think our really bad reaction would make him think twice, but he did it again on Monday this week, this time dumping an entire dozen of eggs down the drain! Mommy was not too happy, Ryan just more concerned that I wasn't going to give him another shirt (I had to take his off because it had yolk on it!). Yesterday, Ryan decided to be a baby. He took Emma's pacifier and sat in the bouncy seat! And today, he decided to wear my shoes out to get the paper. So here are the pictures from that!