Fun with 'Memphy'!

Last week Jason's mom, Emily (Jason's sister) and her son Memphis spent the week with us. We celebrated Emily's birthday with strawberry cheesecake! We had all kinds of fun, mostly around home playing in the kiddie pool or with all of Micah's toys. Memphis and Micah are only 4 months apart, but until now they weren't really into playing with each other. There were a few incidents where parental interventions were necessary, but for the most part they played great together. Micah calls Memphis "Memphy" or "Ephy"-the name just might stick!

One of the days we decided to venture out of the house with everyone and go to Moline, Il. to the John Deere Pavilion. They have all kinds of super huge tractors, combines, planters and hay balers. Most of the tractors the kids can climb up into, and the best part, it was free! Micah and Memphis had a blast! Here are a few pictures of our adventures:

"Hey, where's the key?"

I was trying to get Micah to smile, I was smiling and putting my fingers on my cheeks...so Micah did the same ;)

Micah didn't waste any time climbing all those stairs just so he could sit in a tractor!

I love this picture. Grandma Cindy and Memphis! What a happy little boy!

The cheesy, but obligatory picture!

Emily and Memphis!

This wasn't taken in Moline, but just yestereday. I HAD to include a picture or two of 'the dude'. I ran outside with him to grab some meat from our garage and threw this hat on him (it was HOT). I thought he looked too cute to not photograph!

What's going on, mom? Jude has just discovered his toes, and won't let go of them. He even has a hold of them when I go to feed him in the night...lil stinker ;) He has also discovered his voice and likes to blow 'raspberries'. He really is hard to resist! He had his 4 month appointment today. The doctor said he is the height of an average 7 month old (26.5 in) and weighs 15.5 lbs!

A little out of order, but too cute to not share. Micah enjoying the pool at the hotel where Emily and Cindy stayed. Man, its tough being a kid...lay back and let dad do all the work ;)