Catching up - July and 5 month old babies! How?!?

September 23, 2016

Catching up - July and 5 month old babies! How?!?

JULY

July marked the babies' first 4th of July and lots of summer fun! We spent 4th of July here close to home and watched the Hinsdale parade with the whole Wiklund family which is always fun! We had a family get together at our place with Mimi's future hubby Oly, Ceej's girlfriend Myla and her big sis Bella and our dear friends Jess and Ryan to kick off the holiday weekend and got some absolutely adorable pics! We visited the Lisle Eyes to the Skies hot air balloon festival and Ceej had a blast!

We had our first consult with Max's surgeon after getting his diagnosis and got the ball rolling on all of his future testing and plans. Nene and Papaw visited for a fun weekend of relaxing in the back yard and beers on the patio. We also took Ceej to his first movie on July 9th - Secret Life of Pets! He did great and it was so cute! We took lots of trips to the park and momma visited the McDonald's play place solo with all 3 while Daddy was working late one night - brave woman here let me tell you!

I also had a "vacation" weekend. Being a mom of 3 is damn hard - hell being a mom of any is damn hard - and I in all honestly had reached my limit. I needed some time to myself to work on me and do some of the things I had been wanting to do in order to be a better mom to my kiddos. Honestly, I spent 99% of the weekend cleaning and I had dinner with the family and helped get everyone down for naps and bed but it was so refreshing and so nice and I'm so thankful Chris held down the fort for me to do so. We also celebrated 12 years of marriage - 4,380 days we've been married. We have been through and done so much and I wouldn't want to do life with anyone else.

We also discovered the mall - particularly the choo choo and food court at the mall - are great places to hang on super hot summer days and we officially became Bears season ticket holders after 10 years on the waiting list! Nuts right? Ceej discovered his love of popsicles - or pow-pows as he calls them - and momma started to feel more and more confident braving big outings like the DuPage Children's Museum on our own! And just in time for the end of the month and 2 months after he turned 5 months Maxy popped his first tooth!