Now that's a big bump!

Uhhh, slight run in with the cast iron chair.  Poor baby!  He was a trooper though and only cried for a minute before he was smiling again.  This was actually taken last week and you can barely tell where it was.  For the record I HATE THOSE CHAIRS!!  I'm getting new ones ASAP.

 Still smiling!

 Blue made it better!

"Love you Mommy"

This morning Dylan and I were out in the back yard waiting for Mimi to get here so I could go to work.  When she arrived they started playing and I told him that I was going to work now and would see him later.  I walked up on the back porch and was about to go inside when I heard, "Love you Mommy".  Melt my heart, I almost cried!  Such a sweet boy!

2012 Olympic trials

We have been watching the Olympics all week!  Sunday night we watched the 100m sprints and I told Ben that I wanted to see how fast he could run it.  Monday night we went out by Umstead  for the big race and Daddy sprinted to the finish line in about 13 seconds (even in his khaki shorts!).  I was very impressed and so was Dylan.  Dylan has been practicing his sprints and back flips and is getting really good at both!  Future olympian maybe?? 

love how Ben puts him in "starting position"!

My kind of Saturday

Family day!!  Saturday we woke up with nothing on the agenda!  We packed up and went over to the NCSU Arboretum for an hour to explore.  It got hot very quickly so we went home and ate lunch, took naps (me included) and then went over to the Hunt Horse Complex to watch a horse show. 

 Hanging out at the arboretum

 Climbing trees

 so many beautiful flowers

  

Dylan's favorite part was throwing rocks in the goldfish pond. (pretty sure we weren't supposed to do this)

Watching the ponies in the indoor ring

 
 checking out the outdoor ring

A nice girl let us feed her horse a sugar treat.  Dylan has been talking about this all weekend.

Cheers!

Our friends the Bumm's came over on Saturday night for a playdate and cookout.  Here are a few pictures of the boys sitting at their little table and having dinner together.  Staley taught Dylan how to "Cheers" and Dylan hasn't stopped cheering since! 

Bald Head island wildlife pictures

 Ben took some beautiful wildlife pictures while we were on vacation.  He got up early on most mornings and was able to capture some amazing shots!

Oh what a night

Two things before reading this blog:
1)  Dylan's favorite blanket is "Blue".  You have probably seen him in some recent posts because he is absolutely addicted to him now and wants to take him everywhere.
2)  We have a fruit fly problem in the kitchen.  I read that if you leave a cup of apple cider vinegar and some dish detergent it will take care of them.  Ok, maybe it's worth a try?

Dylan came down with a bad cold on Sunday afternoon.  Things rapidly got worse and worse over the course of Sunday night and after an "all-nighter" we took him in to see the doctor Monday morning just to make sure it wasn't an ear infection..  She said no ear infections and probably just a cold.  Well, Monday was terrible and he was so sick.  Monday night was also an "all-nighter" except this time we had to give him a breathing treatment in the middle of the night because he was wheezing so bad. 

At 4am Monday I was up walking him around the house trying to console this screaming and hysterical child with a fever and breathing issues.  He wanted some milk so I sat him and "Blue" down on the island in the kitchen while I poured the milk.  I walked back over to Dylan and smelled the vinegar.  Yes, Ben set the cup of vinegar in the middle of the island in a little white cup and it spilled the vinegar and dead fruit fly mixture all over my screaming baby and BLUE!!!  In my 4am stupor I didn't see the cup.

But that's not the worst of it.  I immediately strip Dylan down and throw Blue in the washer on the shortest cycle I can find (20 minutes).  After about 10 minutes I walk back in the kitchen to find a washer FILLED with suds to the point that I can not even see Blue in there.  I open the door and suds go everywhere.  I had to take a picture because I thought at some point I might find this story funny.  Here is a picture of the washer at 4:30am, in the dark, with a screaming baby in the background.

The good news is we have made it and he is on the mend.  He ended up having an ear infection on top of his cold/breathing issues (after the second trip to the doctor on Tuesday).