Happy Father's Day

We had a wonderful weekend. Friday, Mike and Gina Davis came in town for a visit and play date for the boys. Vance kept rolling over onto Tanner. But Tanner didn't seem to mind, he just grabbed Vance's clothes to suck on them. It amazing how close in size they are yet Tanner is 2 months younger than Vance. We had a nice time visiting. Vance was very sleepy and went to bed early. Tanner stayed up for a bit longer.

Saturday Chris and I got up early and did dog duty. We took all the dogs down to the shop for baths. That afternoon, we relaxed and enjoyed the nice weather. Sunday, we celebrated Father's Day. I took Chris to Waffle House. Vance was his cheery self till the food came. He hates watching us eat! Anytime we go out to eat he always gets upset when the people around him are eating and he is not. Once he's big enough to sit well in a high chair, he might be able to join in and eat some rice cereal.

I surprised Chris with tickets to go see the new Hulk movie on Sunday. Vance stayed at my sisters house and we enjoyed a nice afternoon in the theater. After the movie, we met back up with Penny and Justin and drove to KC to meet my dad for dinner. Again, Vance did great till the food came. I had to take a break from my own plate to let Vance nurse. He was a bit happier, but still upset that he couldn't eat our food. I forgot my camera in the car, so unfortunately I don't have pictures to share of Vance and his grandpa.

Last night Chris and I had Chuck and Cara over for a Father's Day cookout. We had hamburgers, brats, and corn on the cob. I learned my lesson about the food and Vance, we gave him cereal just before our food was ready. It worked out great. Turns out a full belly makes him very tired at 8pm (go figure). Shortly after, he was snoozing away in his crib.

A couple weeks ago Chris and Vance had some "Father's Day" pictures taken. Just thought I'd share them with you all. :)

Vacation #2

We took Vance Camping! The last weekend of May, Vance had his first camping experience. My mom and I left town Friday morning and made our way to Watkins Mill State Park. We got there just in time! There were only 2 camping sites left. We ended up with site number 83. Mom and I got to work unloading the truck. By noon we had our camp site just about ready... then came the rain, and more rain. It poured for about 30 min. Luckily we had most everything under the canopy or in a tent.

After the rain stopped, we finished setting up the campsite and had lunch. Chris met us at the campground after he got off work. He was only able to join us for the 1st night. Saturday morning we tried a hike. 10 minutes into the hike, Vance was done and ready to go back "home". So we turned around and headed back. The afternoon consisted of lawn chairs, sitting in front of the fans. It was an 87 degree day. Vance slept in his swing. Yes, we brought the swing. And his jumper.

Vance really did enjoy camping. He slept pretty good both nights and loved to watch the fire.

Vacation 1

2 weekends ago we were out of town for a wedding. It brought a lot of first's for Vance. He was in the car for about 2 1/2 hours to get there. He did great on the way there. But on the way back, he was pretty cranky. The hotel we stayed in had an indoor pool. We knew Vance liked water. I bought some little swimmers and took him swimming. He loved it! He was kicking around and laughing. Chris and I took turns holding him in the pool. It was such a good time!

The hotel also had a baby swing outside. The morning after the wedding, I took Vance outside and let him swing for a while. He was having such a good time, we went back in to go get Chris, and the camera.