Meet our sweet little cousin Wesley!!! Born Oct 1. He came a little early – probably to make sure we could meet him during our trip to Chicago. (No pics with Conor yet – I need to make sure big cousin Conor – who is 5x heavier – doesn’t roll or crawl over him.)
Happy 4 to Kenzie! Natalie and I loved the excuse to bake for her. She just said: “I want to bring my beautiful cupcakes to school!” And Nat has fun playing “teacher” with her
we we’re running late the first day of school…. and I wasn’t home in the morning for 2nd – 4th. So let’s be unique. 5th day of school pics! 
You know you have a great group of friends when the perfect Sunday is building a time machine and exploring in the woods together. 
(You heard it here first – this group of competitive mathematicians and scientists are going to be future NASA engineers or intergalactic SPACE force members.)
Elliott is selling homemade cookies and hand-drawnpictures for $25 a pop. Because $25 only takes 4 sales to get to $100 and that’s what they need in order to buy parts for the time machine. Text me if interested 😉
the kids former sitter for 1.5 years visisted from Boston. Happy reunion with Gina!!! They. We’re so excited to see her that they nearly tackled her down. We are proud of her for passing her boards and starting her new OT job next month!
we’re in one of our favorite states with Nana Pop and Clayton. On Friday Jordan cranked up the pool to 90’ and everyone went swimming. We also celebrated Poppy’s’s 65th birthday with brownies and ice cream with Oreos crumbled on top. Yum!
After two soccer games on away, we headed up to Brattleboro. We enjoyed some cheese, chocolate and beer. All rivals wI’s but I’m partial obviously to my homeland. We also made beaded bracelets. Poppy and Conor we’re making lots of friends waiting outside for us all Tomorrow we hope to go to a farm and hiking
Here’s pics from Day 2! Nana and Pop took the kids out to a covered bridge and playground while Conor napped and I ran to NH we also went hiking including up an Olympic sized ski jump area
our Midwest trip also included stops in Pittsburgh, Indy (family wedding) and Chicago/Barrington (Chi for Hamilton for our 14th anniversary and Barrington at Kathy and Bills gorgeous country home with a swimming pool area that the kids love). Here are some pics!
Hamilton! Amazing. Great call on the matinee version 🙂 Elliott really wanted to go too (his friend had gone), but we didn’t find that out until afterwards. Great anniversary gift from my cute hubby.
We walked around Millennium Park a little after the show (before meeting friends for food) – this brought back super fun memories. N&E loved this fountain.
Yummy veggies from Nana’s garden. And Lala time too@
The Santucci crew (8, 6, 4, almost 2) came up to visit! Kate and I lived together with 4 other girls senior year of college.
E has been loving on Lala for almost 5 years (I think the feeling is mutual)
Two of my 3 most handsome (matching) boys. It was a super hot day, so E couldn’t wait to get this shirt off. Conor was probably being held by a fam member during this pic. I’m hoping Jordan (hint hint) posts a full-family picture in here – this is all I had from the wedding.
GB Packer swing in Bear Country! Oh yeah! (Check out the background for the great view of N&P’s pool overlooking the forest area)
Cousin time! Clayton just turned 6.
Conor is obviously loving his time with Aunt Jira, right before we left for the plane. You cannot tell but Aunt Jira is pregnant with #2 “Jelly Bean” (a boy), due in Nov. We’re excited to meet our little cousin!
Here’s a quick photo before Poppy had to head out. Shirts optional obviously!
So, I’m two weeks late in Conor’s 6-month update. Right before his half-birthday, we rented a cabin for two nights to get away over the 4th and then on his actual half-birthday, we went on a super long hike. (Thank goodness our friend Todd from CA was with us – it was a 3-adult job!)
Weight: TBD – likely 23 – 24 lbs
Milestones: Broke one tooth on the same day that Elliott lost his tooth! (Reminds me of a Junie B. Jones book about the same situation, where she believes her younger brother gets her tooth via the Tooth Fairy) Then the second one popped up with JNE left for their trip.
No crawling yet, though active tummy kicking.
Eating: Started with oats with breast milk. Needed to quickly move onto sweet potatoes, carrots and green beans due to the road trip. No shocker – he eats a lot of it!
Favorite song: Conor Conor bo Bonor, Banana fanana bo Bonor. Fee fi fo Monor. Conor. And… “Shh… Shaking it fast”, Itsy Bitsy Spider (if sung by Natalie who happens to have a beautiful voice IMO)
Nicknames: “My favorite little buddy boy” (from Natalie), Big Papa (adopted by me from a song Jordan sings), Chunk Chunk
Favorite Things: Natalie (she is her #1 protector), Elliott (loves watching him do moves), bouncer, Foxy (a little mitten with a rubber end that Nana gave him), The Hungry Caterpillar soft book with rings (from JAC)
Yum… green beans
See my two teeth!
See my big brother’s missing tooth!
Happy half-birthday to me!
All good (half) birthdays include a nap, right!?!
Ah! Coming at you!
Hanging out on my Grandma Jean blanket (a tradition since Rachel was a baby 30 years ago) waiting for our Flamingo to start
Whoa – what’s happening!?!
Oh yeah…. loving my big sister and this bell rattle toy
happy baby pose with my big bro
Time with Mom at the Park… missing JNE. (Don’t forget to check out my chunky thighs!!)
