Dylan Who?

Happy Memorial Day weekend! Good thing it is almost over because I need a break from partying. This weekend kind of got out of control. But in a good way of course :) Saturday night I attended my friend Rachael's bachelorette party. The evening started out with an underwear shower and jello starts and finished with a party bus and drag show. Good times!

Yesterday we shipped Dylan overnight to Chad's parents and participated in our friend Traci's birthday bash/scavenger hunt. Five teams cruised all around town for items such as a Happy Joe's wooden coin, movie ticket stub, bowling pin and team pictures around famous 'landmarks'. The final challenge was to obtain a team photo with the Travoltas. Though it was mission impossible for most groups my mom's team ended up stalking the backup dancers at the Holiday Inn Rock Island (their hotel) and got a photo and autographs. Nice! The highlights of the evening included Traci stealing another team's Magic Mountain order and my mom almost getting into a fight with the girl dancing next to her, who then referred to my mom as 'midget girl'. As the Travoltas would say 'Oh What A Night'!!!

Don't worry, we really haven't forgotten about our little D. He had a great weekend too. Spent 4 days at the pool and loves the water. He is pondering the transition from crawler to walker. Check out some footage below!

We have a walker

It figures. Friday morning Chad and I dropped off Dylan at my parents house and headed to Chicago for my friend's wedding. We were less than 60 miles out of the quad cities when my mom called to report that Dylan started taking steps. So we missed three days of the beginning of the end. Oh well. I'll try to fire up the video camera and get some action shots. Meanwhile, we had a super weekend. Beautiful rehearsal dinner and wedding (my college roommate, the bride, looked amazing), awesome dinner and cake, good company, and an endless supply of cocktails. We stayed downtown right on the corner of Michigan Avenue and took some pictures over at Millenium Park. Chad and I need a few days of detox and sleep, but it was worth it. Congrats Kristin and Jeff!

Camera-less

My camera broke on vacation and I have been too lazy to get a new one, which explains the lack of blog posts since I have no updated photos. I had a wonderful first mother's day. Dylan and Chad bought me a pandora bracelet. Dylan is a great shopper already. We celebrated with the Everitts Saturday and the Weigles Sunday. Actually we have had lots to celebrate this week! My mom's birthday was Friday, my cousin Nate was Sunday and my brother in law Eric was Monday. And tomorrow Chad and I celebrate our third anniversary. We are looking forward to a Dylan free date night! Also my brother Ben is in town and Henry comes tomorrow so lots of family bonding. Chad and I may sneak out after a nice dinner to do some drinking with the cousins in the Village tomorrow night. So we are keeping busy. Still no teeth for Dylan and he is not walking yet fortunately but that doesn't stop him from cruising all over the house and getting into anything and everything. It took a while but he is really loving life. Maybe I'll get around to getting a camera and some new photos this week....

Hilton Head

Friday night we returned from a week long trip to Hilton Head. We had nice weather and fabulous company. The boys golfed and the women and kiddos played at the pool, visited the children's museum, shopped, and lounged around. Very relaxing. We all enjoyed our daily bike ride around the island. Unfortunately my camera broke after the first couple of days so I didn't get too many photos.

Dylan playing at the pool

Chad and Dylan posing by an alligator (the tiny spec on the left of Dylan)

Dylan and his crush, Reagan. We were thinking that Dyl would fall for Reagan's 8 week old sister Evyn , but she gave him the cold shoulder all week so instead he chased around Reagan like a little puppy dog. Here they are riding in the back of the bike trailer.

Awww good times. Guess it's back to work tomorrow :(

9 month update

The 9 month stats are in - 28 1/4 inches and 17 lbs 13 oz. 50th for height and 10th for weight. Still a peanut! The best part about our appointment was we walked away with 24 FREE ounces of Enfamil samples. A $25 value, score!!! The afternoon was uneventful other than two funny stories. First, the nurse practioner mentioned she could tell Dylan eats plenty of veggies because of his skin. I just recently learned that orange veggies like sweet potatoes and squash tint the baby's skin yellow. I guess its obvious what Chad likes to feed Dyl for dinner! The second is the 9 month hand out I took home mentions it is time to teach the baby 'No'. It even goes on to state that if the baby doesn't respond to 'No' that we should try putting him in a play pen for one minute without toys and attention from mom. Hello! Is it just me or is Dylan too little for 'time out'? I thought that was weird. But just for fun, I tried starting with 'No' tonight. Dylan's new hobby is blowing bubbles and making spitting noises when he eats (super annoying, especially because he sprays it everywhere). I looked at him and told him 'No' and he thought it was hilarious. Everytime I said the word it was funnier to him. I think it is a foreshadowing of things to come.... Oh well.
We had a great play date with my friend Kari and her kiddos today :) And tomorrow we are Hilton Head bound. Hasta La Vista, Baby!

Ahh, Sunday the Day of Rest!

Good thing it is Sunday and we can stay home and relax! Two weeks have passed since my Easter update - whoops. Hopefully I can remember what we've been doing! Last week we got a visit from my grandparents (GG & DD) from Texas. Dylan 'skypes' with them quite often but was excited to show off all of his new tricks in person. Speaking of new tricks, two weeks ago he first pulled himself to a stand and now he can stand on his own no problem. He also started taking steps along my parent's couch and hearth last night. Ay Ay Ay. He discovered the stairs at our house and started venturing up the first two before I decided that was a bad idea. He is a busy busy boy these days!!! My favorite discovery of the week is that he is terrified of grass. Today we sat in the yard on a blanket so he could try to explore a little bit at a time. It is hilarious.
Last night Dylan partied with his cousins Christopher and Madeline. It was the first time the babies had all been together since Thanksgiving. Dylan and Christopher fought over toys and Madeline minded her own business and played happily in the jumperoo.

Can you tell we had a gallery? Each of them looking at a different camera...

Recreating of the October photo shoot. Madeline hammin' it up!

Madeline goes to Mimi's crawling school

And finally, Mimi pulls out the cozy coupe from the attic! Its been up there so long it is now a convertible... oh well!




Tomorrow Dylan turns 9 months so stay tuned for a Mickey photo (no promises that I can get him to sit long enough to snap a photo). Friday we leave for a family vacay to Hilton Head. And we have some last minute company, the Hassels! Watch out South Carolina!!!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from the Everitts! What a fun holiday weekend it was for Dylan. Saturday we took Dylan and his cousin Jon to DCC for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. What a fiasco! It was a beautiful day, and not only did we participate in an egg hunt, but also a petting zoo on the driving range. Hopefully the clean up crew did a good job when we left :) Below, daddy helps Dylan discover his first egg. Lucky for mom, Dylan doesn't get to eat the chocolate or candy yet!

Dylan meets the Easter Bunny

Posing with Jon

Saturday night we hosted a second egg hunt and dinner with the Everitts. This time, Dylan's eggs were filled with Graduate apple puffs and money for his piggy bank. Score!!!