Meguiar's Bed & Breakfast Part 2 of 2

Pretend this post was also from July :)

In the beginning of July, Aunt Rita, Lizzie, Liza & Edie came for a visit. I was able to take the week off, so Andrew and I were able to spend a lot of time with them while they were in town. It was so much fun watching the three kids interact with each other.

I love when people visit from out of town as it forces me to explore the city. One afternoon we took Liza to Millenium Park, and she absolutely loved the beach and the splash pad. I am sure we will be visiting that park often when Andrew is older. We also took Liza to a Whitecaps baseball game. She had a ball, and so did we!

While the cousins were visiting, we had a photo shoot with Erin Alies Photography. Below are some of the great pictures she was able to capture of the kids!

Meguiar Bed & Breakfast Part 1 of 2

So once again, I am going to try to get caught back up with the blogging. I originally drafted this one back in the fall and never posted it.  You can pretend this one was posted around the beginning of July.

Mom and Mike's house turned into the Meguiar's Bed & Breakfast during the end of June and beginning of July.

The first visitors were Jason, Bonnie & Georgia. It was so much fun to spend some time with them and see G & Andrew together!

This picture is of G in Andrew's "BMW." We had so much fun visiting with her for a few days. She is such a sweet girl (though I'm not sure how, considering who her father is!!)

The second set of visitors was Aunt Rita, Lizzie, Liza & Edie. We had a great time while they were here exploring Grand Rapids. See next post Meguiar Bed & Breakfast part 2.

NASCAR Race and Visit from Logan

Pretend this post was from the weekends of June16 & 23...not because that is when I started writing this post but because that is when these events took place :)

The weekend of June 16 really doesn't have anything to do with Andrew or the nature of this blog, but it was a lot of fun, so I feel it deserves a mention and some pictures!

As many of you know, my husband has become a diehard NASCAR fan, that's right...I said NASCAR! The weekend of June 16, the races were at Michigan International Speedway, so we deemed it appropriate to gather our friends, rent a bus, drink a little (or a lot...depends on who you are referring to) and pretend to be rednecks for a day.  Except we do not do NASCAR redneck style, we do it right...full hospitality, meet and greet with celebrities (if you actually know who they are...if not, you say things like "Ohhhh, you are on TV, right??," up close and personal with the cars and teams, etc. It was a blast, and I think we turned a few people into NASCAR fans that weekend!

The following weekend, we had a visit from the Friedleins, including Andrew's buddy Logan. I am so lucky in the fact that within a few months of Andrew's birth, my cousin and three of my friends also had babies. This has been incredibly helpful for those "Is this normal?" or "Am I doing the right thing?" questions!! Anyhow, the weekend of the 23rd, the Friedlein's brought Logan for a visit. He and Andrew had a great time playing and wore themselves out while Lindsey and I went for a walk.

The walk was exhausting!!

 Stink eye!!

 

 

Visit to Memphis

Pretend this was in early June as that is when I started writing this post and saved it to drafts :)

Last weekend, Andrew and I took a trip to Memphis to visit the family. I was terrified to fly with him by myself, but he was a rockstar. On the flight from GR to Detroit, he was awake and socializing with the people sitting around us, and on the flight from Detroit to Memphis, he sacked out and slept from 10 minutes before take-off until 10 minutes before landing. He was a bit fussier on the flights home, but he ended up sleeping through most of them.

We had such a great time visiting with the family and especially seeing his cousins!

Sick, Teething, Flooding, Crawling

April and May were pretty crummy months for all of us. I was still very busy at work, yet Andrew was ensuring that we all stayed pretty sick. We seemed to be passing the same cold back and forth, which resulted in a grumpy, sleep-deprived household.

At the end of April, Grand Rapids had record setting flooding. Fortunately, the flooding did not impact our new house, but the condo was not so lucky. The building was evacuated for 3 weeks, and our poor tenant couch-hopped during this time. She came to stay with us for a few days near the end of the 3 week period and we had a lot of fun sitting on the deck in the evening, drinking wine, and chatting! =)

Flooding in Rockford - Rogue River at 12 mile and downtown Rockford.

Flooding in Plainfield Township - Grand River at West River Dr & Northland Drive. Beneath the building is a parking garage...

 Flooding in Grand Rapids - Turner & Ann Street.

Flooding downtown - Grand River. You can see our old building on the left. This picture was taken the day before it was evacuated. 

It was finally warm enough to get outside and get some fresh air, which was especially helpful since we were all sick! Andrew enjoyed his first time swinging...and yes, he was still in his pjs...it was just one of those days!

7 month picture - always trying to eat his feet!

Sweet ride in the laundry basket =)

Another day outside. One cool cat in his sunglasses. He ripped them off his face approx 2 seconds after this picture was taken!

 

This is when Andrew started becoming mobile. He was not crawling yet but he had started scooting. When I walked into the kitchen, he was laying on top of the playmat which was on top of the blue blanket. When I walked back into the living room with his bottle, he gave me a very guilty look...

Trying to crawl. It wasn't long after this video that he figured it out.

Happy Baby!