Why must I always forget the camera?

We keep having all these great weekends, and we ALWAYS forget to bring our camera! June 4th weekend we were in Ohio visiting Ryan's family, June 19th weekend we were celebrating my Mom's birthday, brother's birthday, cousin's wedding, and Father's Day. And each time - no camera. So, if any of you reading this blog were at these events, please email me some pictures so I can add them to the blog for others to see (and for myself). We also just had friends in town from California, and although the camera is in our own home, we would forget to just take pictures with it, or forget to take it with us when we are out. I guess they say the memories are in my head... We really are lucky to have such great family and friends.

I just have to start capturing Jude more too (although some of you may think that I already do this enough). He really is getting bigger everyday. He says "Hi" every time someone comes up to him or comes into a room. He loves saying (or closely saying) - Stitch, truck, car, all done, Mickey, Dad (or Da da), and lastly Mom (mostly only says this when he is whining and really wants something). The kid knows who is a sucker!

Other than that - just enjoying the weather. Jude could literally be outside all day long. It was cute at first, but now a little annoying - if he wants to go outside, he will grab his shoes by the door, walk over to me and hand them to me to put them on. As in ... hint, hint... I want to go outside Mom! The 95 degree days were a little warm to be out for too long, but now that it is back in the 80s I love being outside just as much as he does.

I jinxed myself

Well- I have to say that I jinxed myself. The day after I complained about Jude sleeping late in the morning, he decided to wake up at 5:30. Then the next day he decided to be upset when I left the house to go to work. Him being upset over me leaving is MUCH worse than him being okay with me leaving. So, I take back everything I said and hope the little guy gets plenty of rest, is happy during the day, and then super happy to see me when I pick him up. :)
The two car pictures are from our trip to Ohio. The one of him sitting on the floor is of him listening to my Ipod. And the one of him in Ryan's hat he is holding his blackberry texting away to Shiloh. The first one is from our latest trip to the Lincoln Park Zoo. He LOVES the lions now. Rrrrroooaaarrrrrrrr! It was a lot of fun to watch him actually see the animals and kind of grasp what they are. He really continues to amaze us everyday with all of the new things he is picking up.

I am happy that he is happy, but...

The other day when I was putting my shoes on to walk to the train to get to work, Jude came up and gave me a hug, walked away into the living room, turned around and waved bye-bye (in that adorable way that he does - turning his wrist side to side like he is singing "Hi, My name is Joe, I work in a button factory"). I know that I should be happy that my son is doing so well going to daycare and me going to work, but just a little selfish part of me wants to see him not let me go after we hug. I feel like I don't want to let him go, but now that I think about it, I guess he gets to play at the park, paint, color, circle time, eat, eat and eat again, oh - and a 3 hour nap, and all I get to do is sit at a desk. So... I guess I can see where he is coming from. The other great/no-so-great thing is that he has been sleeping later in the morning. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE it on Saturday and Sunday, but during the week I have been only seeing him for 10 minutes before I leave. Again, happy that he is so well rested (Ryan can definitely see a difference), but I just want a little more time with him. Oh well- like I said in the title - I AM happy that he is happy.

We just had a great weekend with Mimmy and Papa (Grandma and Grandpa for those of you not from "the south"). They babysat so we got to attend a Coldplay concert, and we all got to lay out at the pool a few days. The weather was much nicer there than in Chicago. I really don't think we are going to get "summer" in Chicago this year. Then maybe the hurricanes in Florida won't look so bad anymore....

Next weekend we are headed to Minnesota to attend a family wedding, and visit the other Grandma and Grandpa. We are hoping for some more pool time, and maybe catching a movie (in between the wedding, Father's day, Mom's B-day, and Jeff's B-day - busy but fun weekend).

One of our other new favorite Jude momment is when he sees someone go by on the street riding on a bike - he wiggles from side to side really quickly. Hilarous!