NYC - July 4th, 2010 - Aunt Margo

On our way into New York, we stopped to see Margo Milovic (aka Aunt Margo).  She is Alex's dad's aunt and lives in New Jersey not very far outside of New York.  She couldn't make it to the baptism and had wanted to see Ajax since he was born.  So, we thought we would stop in and see her.  We ended up getting there very late (11pm) and stayed an hour.  Ajax was beyond tired, but put on a happy face for her.  Even though he was super tired, I'm sure he was happy to get out of that carseat - even for an hour.  Here are some pictures of our visit with Aunt Margo.

NYC - July 4th, 2010 - The drive

We went to New York to visit Suzanne and Tom for the 4th of July. Since Grandma was having surgery, she hadn't seen Ajax in some time. Also, Billy and Toni hadn't seen him since he was first born. We decided to drive to New York. I know - it's crazy, right? It wasn't that bad. While I thought the drive was around 12 hours, it ended up being about 15-16 hours. I do think the drive would've been much worse had Ajax already started crawling or walking. He was REALLY good on the way there. I think it's because he had no idea he was going to be in the car for 15+ hours. On the way back though, he definitely knew it was going to be a long drive. Right around Cleveland (our half way point), he decided to go on strike and just started crying like crazy. He wanted out of that carseat so bad. Here are some pictures of us in the car on the way there.

Alex sleeping in his carseat

Alex just chiling in his carseat

The mountains of Pennsylvania

More Pennsylvania mountains

Babies in the tub!

Since everyone was in town for Alex's baptism, Karen and I decided Alex and Anastasia should have some bath time together. We figured they were great pics for embarassing them someday.  ENJOY!

 

Dancing Bubba - 6/29/10

Here is a video of Alex laughing. Big Alex decided to sing him a little made up song called, "Dancing Bubba." ENJOY!

Alex's Baptism Video - 6/27/10

Here's a video of Alex's baptism taken by my nephew, Matt.  There were so many parts to it, I ended up making it into a 1 minute little video.  ENJOY!

Alex's Baptism - 6/27/10

On Sunday, June 27, 2010, Alex was baptized at St. Vincent DePaul in Chicago.  It was a great day.  Family from all over came in for the occaision.  It was wonderful that everyone took time out of their busy schedules to be here for Alex's special day.  There were 5 babies that were baptized that day and all of them were so good during the 30 minute ceremony.  It was amazing.  When I looked at my pictures, there was an orb in some of them.  It made me feel so good to know that my mom decided to drop in to see Alex's big day!  Here are some pics - see if you can find the orbs.  There are 4 of them.

Father's Day - 2010

This past weekend was Alex's first Father's Day! I asked him what he wanted to do and he said he wanted all 3 of us to head downtown to Lake Michigan and walk along the lake. For the past 2 weeks, we've had cloudy rainy weather. I assumed it was going to be rainy this past weekend (as it said on the weather channel), but it was surprisingly sunny! We drove down to Montrose Harbor, parked and took Ajax around the lakeshore in his stroller. It was a great day and we have some pictures to share with you!

RIP Gunnar Hotchkin - June 16, 2010

Last Wednesday, I found out that my high school friend, Gunnar Hotchkin, had passed away.  While my son was turning 6 months and just beginning his life, my friend's life was ended at the young age of 31.  Gunnar was in the army and was deployed to Afghanistan this past January.  His truck was hit with a bomb and he was killed.  I'm really proud to have known someone my age who served our country.  It really hit home about how members of our armed forces risk their lives everyday fighting for us!  Gunnar - thank you for serving and for being so brave!  Rest in Peace!

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/06/naperville-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan.html

Krisoye and Lindsey's wedding - June 12, 2010

On the weekend of June 12th, Alex's high school best friend, Krisoye Smith got married.  The wedding was in Des Moines, IA.  Alex and I had never been to Iowa and am not sure we ever will go back.  Des Moines is definitely a cute town, but very small compared to Chi-town.  It's even smaller than Charlotte - which was pretty small compared to what we're both used to.  I did enjoy that there was very large population of young people - so there was a nice selections of bars to hang out at:)  All of Alex's good high school friends were there.  It was great to see everyone again (Nafees, Mike and Amy) and even meet some new people (Alina, Brian and Chrissy).  The wedding was in a beautiful rose garden at the Des Moines Art Center with the reception inside.  It was a lot of fun!  Lindsey even turned some photos of her and Kris into a coloring book and gave us crayons to color them in.  Our table decided to do one.  After the reception was over, we continued the party to the streets of Des Moines.  We ended up at Fong's.  It's a Chinese Pizzaria.  It was packed with people too!  We ended up having slices of really good pizza (especially for Des Moines).  Also, their drink selection was outstanding.  They had this drink called "The Dragon", which is a big ceramic Chinese dragon with some liquor mixture in it and lots of straws.  You also need to wear a helmet while drinking it.  We all shared "The Dragon" and enjoyed it so much we decided to get "The Scorpion" as well.  That probably wasn't the best idea based on how we all felt the next morning.  Thanks Krisoye and Lindsey- it was a great weekend!