We went to the zoo. Luckily we picked one of the cooler days to go. Carter liked watching the monkeys and feeding the giraffes. He also loved taking a quick run through the splash park before heading home. Ryan (like she does on all our outings) slept the entire time.
We celebrated 4th of July by trying to beat the heat. We swam in the grandparents pool and boated with the Kelker family. Kyle and I can't remember the last time we were on Morse Lake on the 4th of July! The kids had fun eating pizza and playing with toys. The adults enjoyed simply getting out, chatting it up and drinking a few beers.
Ryan was very festive for the 4th by wearing her red, white and blue for the day. Below is a picture of her and Charlie Kelker. Charlie is one day older then Ryan! How cute are they!!
Uncle Kevin, Aunt Amy and cousin Grayson came to visit this week. We haven't seen Grayson since Christmas. Boy oh boy has he grown in the last 6 months! Now he's 10 months old and crawls and cruises the furniture like a champ! He likes to eat and loves to be where the action is. Sleeping didn't seem like something he wanted to do on vacation though. I'm sure there was just to much to see and do!
Somehow Aunt Amy escaped my camera. I guess I'll just have to try harder when we see them in Florida in 9 days! Meeks are making a road trip to FL in the NEW minivan. Yes we are officially minivan people and are loving it. We bought the new Toyota Sienna and are totally enjoying it. We can't wait to test it out on the open road. Carter will have plenty of DVDs to keep him entertained and mom and dad will enjoy all the extra space.Ryan is 5 months old now. That's hard to believe! She is still in the pack n play in our room but will soon be bunking with her older brother once she's officially sleeping through the night. I think we're close! I know we mentioned buying a bigger house and hopefully putting ours on the market this summer, but plans have a changed. I don't think we'll be ready until spring so until then we still be livin' in small the 2 bed/1 bath. Trust me, whenever we move we'll appreciate every extra square inch!!
I am in the process of switching Ryan to formula. My spondilytis has been very troublesome since she was born and the dr. doesn't want to put me on medication until I'm done nursing. The steroids I'm currently taking aren't working as well as we hoped. On high doses and coupled with pain medication I feel great but as soon as I try to come off the drugs the pain comes right back. The next step is to decide on the medication I'll take. One drug is a weekly injection I give myself (Enbrel) or the other which is an IV infusion given at the doctors office once every 6 weeks (Remicade). I meet with the doctor in a couple of weeks to talk it over.
Well I think that's all the news around here. What a long post, but I guess that's what happens when you don't blog for a couple of weeks!
