The Shop

It's hot here folks, like it is everywhere under the influence of the death ridge I suppose. Anyway, John wanted me to post pictures of his shop (almost finished) for his dad. And I'm sure he wants me to say that he worked outside on it alllll day in the heat. He was pretty stinky when he came back inside. So here you go, enjoy. And there is a token pic of the kiddo as well.

Happy Birthday JM!!

We went to one of John's sister's favorite places...a vegan restaurant!...called FairGrounds for breakfast. I thought this was a weird picture of the little guy...I have a feeling I'll be seeing that "Yeah, you're really not that funny mom, but I'll give you this token smirk" look quite a lot in the next few years!

I thought he looked like the E-trade baby in this picture!

We took some pics in John's parent's backyard the afternoon of JM's bday. Here's one of the family. He's chilling in his hawaiian shirt on account of it being a blistering hot day in the heartland. That's JM's cousin Lexi and her puppy dog Shelby, who John Milo looooved! Then John's mom with the grandkids.

PRESENTS!!!

Little Dude had a great time opening his presents, he did most of the opening himself too, so he was pretty excited. Elizabeth and fam got him some Little People, he loves them a lot, that's for sure! And always some books, which are a huge hit with the dude.

CAKE!!!!

Well, cupcake anyway! I made JM some cupcakes from weelicious, which is an excellent website for healthy recipes for kids, by the way. So I made him that with agave nectar instead of sugar in an effort to not make him totally sick on his birthday (we'll do that at Lily's party!). But of course no one else wanted to eat those, so John's mom got him a really cute cake with the requisite "Happy Birthday JM" on it that everyone else enjoyed. Somehow I didn't get a pic of it though. JM wouldn't dive in to the cupcake at all, he is quite the delicate little eater. So John had to mash it up for him, but then he ate the whole thing! Once he was getting toward the bottom of it he started offering it to other people (he does this all the time, too cute!). After all of that eating, it was time to work off the crazy sugar rush with some basketball.

John Milo gives this look in lots of pictures. John and I like to call it his "frat boy" look. I'm quite sure that in 19 or 20 years, there will exist pictures of JM in which he looks *exactly* like this...althought there will probably be a beer bong in the background...oh god, that gives me heartburn just thinking about it!

Welcome to Iowa...what's that smell?

Sorry so long between posts, in a short while I'll have plenty of time to post :) So we went to Iowa for John Milo's first birthday. Unfortunately we were all kind of sick, so we didn't get to do a whole lot while we were there, and I definitely didn't get in the requisite amount of shopping done. But we did introduce JM to golf! Here we are on #5 at the Elks Club in Iowa City. John rode around with John Milo in the cart while I played 9, and then I returned the favor later in the week. JM was really good, and loved all the fresh air. When John played, JM fell asleep by #7 and slept sooo sound for about 3 hours!

Here's John and John Milo on #4. There was a dog park behind the tee-box and he was very interested in all the barking that was going on behind us!

We also visited John's Mom's flowershop of course. Here is John and JM taking in all the moneys! That little kid ran himself ragged in that shop, especially because Judy has a whole display of stuffed animals. JM turned the whole thing over on himself and loved it. Bill and I sat there and ate lunch with him too, and since he ran around so much he ate a ton!! A whole grilled cheese, apple sauce and milk-the entire kid's meal!!

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Hello! Take my picture!

Can I get some service around here?!

Chillin' in front of the cooler...

Alright Stacy, that's all I can handle tonight, I have to go to bed :) You'll just have to wait for part two and the cupcake and present pictures until tomorrow!! Hope everyone enjoys these, like I said, I'll be updating much more frequently before long.