I found them!!!

We went to WAve after the party... two on two sand volleyball is not pretty when you are not in the AVP

The owner of this motorcycle did come over, however he didnt seem to mind that we were on it?

We all went to Sugar Creek winery for Eeps's bachelorette party and had a blast...

Bummed

So I went to Eep's Bach party this weekend had had some awesome pictures and my computer messed up and deleted all of them!  So so so sad... help me out friends.  Email me some copies... I have to remember the biker bar!

Rollin with Tha Homeys

Caroline (Abby's 5 week old), Jack (Cuevas's 3 month old) and Al (9 months)

Abby, Cuevas and I got together last night for a play date/much needed girls night. It was an evening of mom's chatting, babies smiling, crying, screaming, nursing, sleeping, and eating... eventful! Abby bribed Al to lay still for the picture by giving him her cell phone, and it worked! I thought is was so cute how both Caroline and Al appear to be patting Jack on the head. That is much of what Al was trying to do all night; he found hard pats on the head the most appropriate thing to do to a little baby... not sure the sentiment was shared by all.
Cant wait to do it again soon!

Swing, Swing

The following are just some shots of Al's first swinging adventure. He loved it and I cant wait to go to the park so he can try it again!

Little Trouble Maker in Kansas City

Sometimes I just cant believe he is almost 9 months! (and then I think, wow I cant believe he is only 9 months and already standing up on his own... I am in trouble). SO, we went to visit Allie and Tanner in KC because my mom and Leah were going to be there for college visits. It worked out perfectly because Allie and her family so generously let us stay at their house while they were out of town. Tanner and Al got to play for a whole day together (more like ignore eachother and play by themselves while sitting next to eachother). Remarkably I didnt get very many pictures of the two of them together... their pose timing was all off..haha. Lee Lee liked KU, but hated KSU... whether or not we will become arch rivals remains to be seen.

Dont they look like they just got caught doing something very bad...

Here is proof that he can now pull up to a stand with out a ledge to hold on to... also, he is licking Allies front door..awesome.

This is Al in Cooper's (the dog) cage... now there is a way to keep him contained..hmmm, Puddy we may need to share your home.

Lee lee and Al sharing morning cheerios...he loves his aunt, she lets him pull her hair and everything!

So now it is back to work. Writing a very large USDA grant and hoping to take a breath soon!

Just a note

Oh wow, this weekend was a whirlwind... from the Friday night Cubs vs. Cards game (and Aaron drinking heavily) to the all day Sunday party with the Reinberg extended family (Aaron not drinking at all ever again), we had one of the best weekends of the year.  I have some great pictures and I will share when I have some time to download them.  I just have to say that Al was such a great baby this weekend even with cutting another tooth on bottom, he never complained and we even got some snuggle time at 3 am when he got to sleep in bed with mommy bc daddy was out of town. (that is the best).  I am going to break all the rules with him because it just feels good to hold him and comfort him when he cries, even in the middle of the night.

Ill be back later with more details...

Pigtails

I am so disgusted with our agricultural industry. The more I become informed on the process the more helpless I feel, and I hate that. So, I am no longer eating pork because that is the only thing I can do right now to take a stand against the way our animals are raised and treated in the large scale commercial farms where most, if not all, of our meat comes from. I am not opposed to eating sustainably raised animals; it is not the eating of animals that upsets me.
Did you know that when piglets are born they are allowed to nurse for 10 days and then are taken from their mothers to be grain-fed as this makes them fatter faster. Because they are so prematurely weaned they never satisfy their sucking reflex and are in such close quarters that they bite eachothers tails to the point of infection. Because the industry does not want to pay for pharmaceuticals or give the animals enough space to live, they snip off the tails to a small nub using plyers and no anesthetic. They leave a nub so that when a pig tries to go after anothers tail it hurts so bad that they actually fight back. Reading this makes tears come to my eyes. It is wrong. Your arguement may be that we have to raise animals this way to produce enough meat to feed the demand, but I say if we were not such a gluttonous country of which 35% of our people are obese and 30% are overweight, then we wowuldnt have to raise our animals this way. This is not a joke. If you have ever had a spit roasted whole pig you would see the tail nub.