mommy weekend and disco fingers!

my pal and i had great labor day weekend. daddy is elk hunting so we had some "mommy and cope" time. the first evening we played in the yard and my pal got some itchy bug bites so then i was too paranoid to take him back out. we went to the mall and played on the playscape, which my buddy enjoyed.

we splashed in the bath since it rained the rest of the weekend..

the ball popper has been resurrected to it's former status as favorite toy
and i taught my baby how to do disco fingers! what a great time we had, but cope can't wait for dad to come back from "camfing".. aka camping.

pig knuckles in germany

so a month back steve and i went to germany to visit some good friends the leadbetters who are living there. cope, being the well-experienced traveler and son of his frugal father, tried to go as a carry on, but he wouldn't quite fit so we had to buy him his own ticket.. he hung out with nana and papa in jesup while we traveled across the big pond.

he just had a terrible time being spoiled while we were gone.. green-mama, nancy and grandma deedee took him swimming and got in his good graces.

while we were gone we explored the area around stuttgart germany where our friends live. we ate big pretzels and drank big beers.

and steve ate a pig knuckle at the hofbrahaus. it's exactly what it sounds like.

hitler used to have get togethers here..

we visited a concentration camp, which was of course, very sobering and sad.

and we took castle road to heidelberg and visited the castle there.

this is a local farmer who drove through the streets and rang a bell and hollered..it's like a vegetable ice cream truck.. very cool!!

i missed my pal pretty bad, but at least we had sweet fat shane to love on!

we had a good trip but i don't think we'll be leaving my pal again anytime soon.

O-r-e-o!

my pal had his first oreo and his opinion is..

"that's delicious!"

here he is trying to share with daddy..

look at those sweet cookie lips!

4th of July

i know we have been MIA, but we've been busy! we went to salem for the 4th and floated the good ol' current river with my family and friends, i finally took my boards, and we went to germany for a week (with a quick little trip to jesup on either end). i am finally working at my big girl dermatology job 3 1/2 days a week, cope and daddy are back into the swing at work, and my belly is growing. we are having another boy (whew.. i have a mortal fear of hair bows)... and cope has had a great summer visiting with his family! fortunately, it was beautiful weather in missouri.

cope loved auntie carol's mulberry tree!

so anyway, cope had a ball with his cousins and his grandma and auntie carol. he didn't care much for the fireworks.. maybe next year?? all my pal really needs is a pile of dirt and a container of water and he is in hog heaven!

evan's birthday and my big boy bed

so there it is.. and there i am, asleep in the floor next to it. and in case you are wondering, no... i don't wear those big boy underwear, i just flung them out of the dresser before i fell asleep.

my pal has recently become obsessed with "simming", so his pal evan's super summer splash time swimming party was quite fun.

he got so cold whne the sun went down his lips were purple, but it didn't stop him!!

my pal also got a new trampoline which he really loves, too.. all in all, it's been a pretty good summer for my pal so far.

the river and friends

my pal is loving the river. we found a little spot about 10 miles from our house with slow, warm, shallow water and it's my pal's new favorite place. he loves to throw rocks, the bigger the better! his favorites are the ones that are so heavy that he can only lift them while they are underwater. when he gets them to the surface, they are too heavy and i have to help him. he says "heavy!". we have also learned that he loves to go underwater and you have to stay right next to him because at first he hadn't figured out that he can't stay underwater indefinitely.

yesterday cope had some pals over for a little play date and all the kids are growing up so fast.. they will be the georgetown varsity football team before we know it..