Taxes

Eamon helped Ray do taxes.

Seems about right. :)

And Eamon is discovering coordination, slowly. He invented the game "punch daddy in the face".  Ray decided that was it educational and he had to help his child develop..

Sacrifice.... :)

Trip Report, Part 2

I realized this trip gave both us and Eamon chances to find out new things. Eamon learned how to burp from the Lessinger twins (yay!), got pants, discovered the crib aquarium at Clarks...
...(note that he's talking to it)...

..and met lots of new people. We got to have dinner with Kristen and Dan, and Eamon found someone who not only wanted to hold him but was actually willing to change his diapers.
At the same time, Eamon brought a new theme to old things, particularly once we made it up to the Lessinger's.
Pretty much the same picture, just add a couple of infants. Hee. Bob and Ray managed to save some owls (or at least that's what we think they are) and Ray even used RockBand to keep the older siblings happy.
While we were with the Lessingers, Jen took some fantastic pictures of Eamon (link to come as soon as we get the announcements out!) And I got one that I love. Quinn likes to hold her brothers, and the twin in question here seems to be trying for freedom (and Jen is keeping it all contained), but I love her expression. So serious.
The trip home was interesting - it was nice and sunny in Iowa and we made it across Nebraska before entering a land of storm warnings and zero visibility. Somehow, it was warm in Minnesota, but we came back to 16" of snow!! Eamon's first real snowstorm (I don't count dustings... although this was too deep for him to try snow angels.)
All in all, a great trip, with much thanks to our hosts, the Clarks and the Lessingers. It was great to see everyone!!

Trip Report, Part 1

We're back home and getting resettled after shoveling much snow and laundry. The trip north was great, although I'm amused that I got to see the warmest day of the year (so far) in Minnesota and came back to our heaviest snowstorm of the season.

Although I found the sign on one of our first gas stops pretty accurate, the trip went well- Eamon traveled like a rock star.

We got to see lots of cranes. None came close enough to drop anything on our car, but we did enjoy watching them. 

We started off at Clark's, where a few friends got to greet Eamon and hang out.

Eamon took being passed about pretty well....

And Nick showed off his growing hockey skills. Note the team colors!

Eamon also got to visit his grandparents in the house-under-renovation... not the best grandparent-and-baby pic, but look at all that open space!  

To be continued...