Girls meet Lucy

Friends of our recently got a new little puppy. Lucy is her name.

LC & JBug really enjoyed meeting her.

They were AMAZED at her little bitty tail.

Friends B-Day Party!!

LC & JBug got to go to a friend of their's 3rd birthday party!
They enjoyed watching her open her many presents...

...and looked forward to eating cup cakes and having punch.

LC really enjoyed her cup cake...didn't even wait for the punch!

Afterward, they enjoyed time in the kiddie pool

Splashing around and having fun with all their little girl friends!

Finding Nemo....FOUND Nemo!

JBug relaxes on the edge of the pool.

LC has a good time playing with Ariel as well!

The Frill is Gone!

C.M. went with his brothers to get a much needed hair cut. We LOVE his curls but it was getting a bit too long in the back and so we decided to avoid any mullet-look-a-like and do some choppin'.
He did very well. His Aunt Jac had taken him for a little snip a month or so ago so his salon experience is getting pretty old hat to him.

He still was rewarded with a sucker for his good behavior and shows off his cute little "do" with his brothers, who also had some high fashion going on as well! What a handsome bunch of boys! Look out ladies!!!

JBug goes for a follow-up MRI

Mommy took JBug to Childrens for a follow-up MRI. She has not had a seizure in over a year and we just wanted to make sure everything was still ok and she checked out great.
She was in really good spirits and enjoyed the wait...getting to color and play and do all sorts of fun stuff.

Closer to the MRI though, she started to get a little anxious and restless (not shown here...haha) but she did great...as usual.

Her MRI came back fine and we are just going on with a blessed life. We thank God for looking after our little girl and love how fun and happy she is 99% of the time. Now if we could just work on that other 1%!!! Haha!!!

Chicago...Take Two!

We went to Chicago for Chris' 40th Birthday (again...) and saw U2! This is us before the concert. We had incredible seats and incredible friends that went with us. We planned on going to U2 last year for his real 40th but Bono hurt his back and the tour was postponed. We went anyway and had a great time but when we found out when U2 rescheduled...we made our way back to the Windy City! It was awesome and the weather couldn't have been nicer. The highest we hit was 85 and hardly any humidity. Last year...it was almost 100 degrees and extremely humid!
We had an awesome time and went with several great friends

Here we are prior to the concert at Water Mark Tavern

The next day we headed down to Navy Pier

They had an interesting Bob Newhart statue with guest couch

Chris enjoyed the spot on the couch with Bob. The piece was made of metal and even though the temps were great...the sun was still out so it made the conversation brief as it felt like you were sitting on a grill.

We hopped on a water taxi and headed down to Michigan Avenue...aka...The Magnificent Mile...aka...a full mile of awesome stores for four shoppaholics to enjoy!

Here we are on the top deck of the water taxi with part of ChiTown's skyline behind us

Chicago is such a beautiful an fun city. We LOVE going there!

Here is the canal that leads into the city

Don't know the name of the center building but it was a nice center piece for this picture. The architecture of Downtown Chicago was really cool.

Here we are at the entrance to the Chicago Tribune

That night, we made it to Second City and saw "South Side of Heaven". It was a bunch of short skits by some of the most hilarious people we have seen. A lot of Second City alumni have gone on to Saturday Night Live and Hollywood fame. We expect to see some of the guys and gals in this production there one day too. They kept us laughing for almost 3 hours and was a great "last night" treat to a wonderful trip!

Acrobatics by Jbug & LC

J.T. was the first to be brave enough to stand on Daddy's shoulders! She was really good at it and could hold her balance for a VERY long time.
She used a very firm grip with her toes and open fingers to help maintain her balance. Kind of like a monkey : )

J.T. was extremely proud of herself!

L.C. had a more rigid posture! She wasn't quite as confident in her ability to stand up but she quickly got the hang of it and then wouldn't stop climbing up just so she could fall off of Daddy's shoulders.

Thank goodness Daddy doesn't have any hair or L.C. would have used it for stability during her climb to the top!

Pap-paw Celebrates 80!

Pap-paw celebrated his 80th birthday all day and night! Daddy took his four boys and delivered some birthday balloons early in the day and then the whole O'Dwyer Family met for dinner out that night, complete with cake and ice cream : )