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Happy Anniversary to Me!

Well I can't believe it has already been 4 years that Ryan and I have been married. Time flies when you are having fun I guess. It must really fly for him because he made some comment to me about the "last 5 years".

We did celebrate on the 9th (one day early) by going out to dinner. Then this morning I got breakfast in bed!

I for the most part celebrated our anniversary without Ryan. He went to Vegas AGAIN for a bachelor party for the long weekend. If you remember, he went to another bachelor party last year just two weeks before Teague was born. And last year on our anniversary I had the stomach flu (which I know now was early labor as Teague was born shortly thereafter). Last year we celebrated the day after. Some year we will get it right and celebrate on the 10th! Here is a picture of Teague and I with the flowers that dada sent to me. Happy Anniversary babe. Thanks for the best 4 years (+2 that we dated) of my life.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy belated 4th of July! We had a great weekend. We went to Morris and hung out in Nana and Papa's pool, went to Teague's first parade - but no big Hancock fireworks this year. Teague goes to bed too early for fireworks! My sister and her family were camping near Morris so Ryan and I went to their campsite and watched their mini-firework extravaganza. It was hard not to sit and reminisce that last year's 4th of July celebration I was so pregnant and just waiting for "Dunstan" to be born. I remember before we went to the fireworks that I made sure for two hours beforehand not to drink anything because I knew there wouldn't be anywhere to pee! Wooooo, I practically ran into the house when we got back (as fast as I could run anyway) so I could finally use the bathroom! Fun times. Anyway, hope your 4th was great - here are some pics from the weekend.

Teague and his "friends" at the parade. Boy, he really must be entertaining. Look at how attentive they all are. He must be taking after his dad and will be a teacher someday??

"Hmm, I wonder if mama and daddy noticed that I found this piece of candy from the parade?"

The Trio swimming in Nana's pool.

"I am so cool in my sideways Twins hat."

Here he is on the 4th of July showing off his "Dad's Little Firecracker" t-shirt. Adorable.

The Dusha Trio at the parade

Teague and "Dada" (still his favorite word)

Teague and Mama (still NOT his favorite word)

This is from Skylar's birthday. APPARENTLY he does NOT like wearing the birthday hat after he pulled the elastic string and it snapped him on his chin. I sure hope he doesn't cry like this at his own party or we'll have to sing that old ditty...you know, "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to...."

What a week.

We have had a hectic week. On Monday Teague started showing signs of a pretty major rash (started to look like poison ivy) and by Tuesday morning (and being up with him from 11:30 - 2:30 a.m.) he had a solid red rash from cheeks to toes, it was swollen and hot to the touch. We took him in to see Dr. Heller and we found out that he is also allergic to the bactrim that he was on for the ear infection. Now for those of you keeping track, he is allergic to two antibiotics - the other is amoxicillian. He has only been on two antibiotics in his lifetime and both times for ear infections (thank you top teeth)! Poor babe. I guess that BS they tell you about nursing your baby will make them have less allergies is a bunch of crap. "They" say to nurse the baby until 6 months for it to be most beneficial and up to a year for that added extra cushion. Well this babe was nursed until he was 10.5 months and continues to get the liquid gold in a bottle. AAHH! Anyway, Tuesday night - same thing, up from midnight to 3 a.m. I was exhausted. Finally last night we seem back to the 12 straight hours of normal slumber. The weird thing is that he wasn't sad or acting like he was upset while he was awake, just playing - like literally running around the bonus room while I watched TV and wished him to sleep. It was crazy.

Then yesterday he went to daycare so that Ryan and I could get some stuff done in St Cloud. On my way home from dropping him off I hit the shoulder of the road JUST SLIGHTLY and my car died DEAD on the side of the road. The engine would turn over, just not start. So after having it towed to our mechanic, I find out that a rock from hitting the shoulder flew up and cracked my fuel line! Can you believe it, isn't that just a freak thing?!

Anyway, hope your week is good and Happy 4th!!

Where is the summer going??!!

Ah! The summer is going by WAY too fast! I can't believe tomorrow is July and that in two weeks Teague will be 1!!!

We had a BBQ and pool party on Saturday - even though the weather was 65, rainy and windy. It just didn't seem right to try to re-schedule. A lot of people still came to the party and the kids didn't mind the weather - the pool was nice and warm at 85 degrees! Teague was totally in heaven with so many kids at our house! He thought it was awesome. Of course he was trying to hug most of them, he is such a lover...and some of the kids weren't so sure about him always wanting to hug him. I guess it is time we start teaching about that thing called a personal bubble. It's just too cute and irresistable right now! Here are some pictures from the party:

Last Thursday he crawled right into the pool. Yikes. Of course I was right there. He likes to crawl over and try to feel the water. Chase and Skylar were already in the water playing. Teague and I were in our regular clothes. I turned to say something to my sister and right when I did that she pointed and screamed. Yep, he crawled head first into the pool. I jumped in immediately and all was fine. I just remember as I was jumping in I was looking at him and he was sinking looking straight up with his eyes wide open, but he was still sucking on his paci! When I swooped him up I hit his head on the ledge a little and that made him whine for about 1 second and then he just looked around like "what just happened?!". He was fine and thankfully never stopped sucking on the paci, so that's probably why he didn't get any water in his mouth or nose!

The 4th of July is right around the corner and we are going to do the traditional parade and fireworks in Hancock. We will stay with Nana and Papa for a couple of days and come back to enjoy our own pool.

Happy early 4th of July!