Fun Weekend...Part 2

On Sunday, Abigail was baptized. She slept through the whole thing, which was great!

Our happy family.

Abbey's wonderful godparents that she was blessed with...

Our families...

Again, wonderful godparents...

Whew! What an exhausting weekend! We all collapsed on the couch on Sunday night - tired, but happy that everything went so well! Thanks to everyone who traveled to be with us for this special weekend!!

Fun Weekend...Part 1

We had a great weekend! It started off with family coming in on Friday for our big weekend. Here Uncle Chris gets to meet Abbey for the first time - they clearly hit it off!


Mama Kay got to read stories to her two favorite 2 year old grandchildren...

Then on Saturday we celebrated Pablitorun's 30th Birthday with a big party at Arlington Race Track. We rented space in one of the private rooms and had a great time watching the ponies and enjoying some fine dining. We got to celebrate with friends...
And family...


Ben got to spend time with his godparents - it is a very rare occurence that he gets to see them both at the same time!

And of course there was playing with cousin Caroline - always fun for Ben!

Abbey got some quality time with her soon-to-be fairy godmother (more posts on that in a little bit)...
Overall it was a great celebration with family and friends - Happy 30th Birthday Pablito!! (He will quickly point out that he still has about a week before he actually gets that old, but either way, it was a fun party!)

Labor Day Fun!

One of my favorite things about living in Chicago is that there is always something to do! Since Labor Day was such a beautiful day, we decided to see if there was anything we could do outside. We found 3 festivals very close to us that we were deciding between and then we decided to be true to our roots and check out Irish Fest!

Here is Ben enjoying his Irish lunch (french fries are Irish, right?). Also, he is enjoying some lemonade (I promise it is not Miller Lite in that cup!).

There was a great Irish band playing that Ben really enjoyed. Here he is clapping along to the music...

Then Ben and Daddy went to get a better view - luckily they found some front row seats in the shade!

There was also a great show of children Irish dancers. Here are me and Abbey enjoying the dancing...

What a great day - Happy Labor Day!!

On a side note, how long is it before we can take Abbey out without getting comments that she is too young to be taken out? She is 8 weeks old today yet we still got someone asking us why we are taking her out when she is so little...how long can we stay confined to the house??? And why do people feel the need to share their opinions on these matters!!

We got to meet Joey!!

Our very good friends had twins born 4 days before Abbey was born, but as they were premature, they had to spend some time in the NICU. Josh is still in the NICU and we continue to pray for him, but Joey is home and doing well. We finally got to meet Joey this weekend! We hope Josh can come home soon and we can meet him too!

Here are the Mommy's holding each other's babies...


The proud Daddy's...

Abbey and Joey sleeping...

Now they wake up and start to play with each other! They are going to be great friends!

And Ben plays with both of them!

Cousin Fun!

Aunt Domi invited us over to hang out while the Daddy's attended their fantasy football draft. We had lots of fun. Here are Abbey and Cousin Caroline looking cute in their matching outfits! Abbey looks a little unsure of this idea...

Then Ben jumped into the picture and Abbey went from being unsure to being downright upset! But Ben and Caroline were happy!