Monday, July 18, 2011

Lots of Firsts!!

7 months old sure is a fun age!!  Cale is working hard on crawling...we started with the rock...then it got faster and faster...now we are onto the Army Crawl!  I'm sure in no time he will be crawling along.  I'm not sure we're properly baby proofed but I'm sure we'll figure it out!!

Guess who went to his first rodeo??  That's ride...this cowboy did!  Grandpa Chuck's horse was being used by Dan to calf rope in so we went to watch!  He loved petting Uncle Chris' horse Diesel too...And of course Grandpa had to buy him his first Cowboy Hat!

Fourth of July weekend was an interesting one...I went swimming in a "real" pool for the first time.  We've been to the Rantoul pool many times but we aren't able to use that float in the pool.  So, we went to daddy's aunt and uncles.  The day ended up with mommy at the er after she got attacked by their dog.  But...we sure are glad it wasn't worse than it ended up or Cale.  VERY scary!  Lessoned learned to NEVER go near a dog you don't know.

We just got home from our first family vacation!  We had such a great time relaxing and spending time together. You don't realize how busy life is until 5 days of no day to day life is in the way and you actually get to spend time together!  We stayed at a resort in Sheridan, IL called Fox Valley River Resort.  It had putt putt, swimming, fishing, 5 hole golf course, tennis, and LOTS of relaxation!  We did a lot of swimming, I went golfing for the first time (I'm a pretty good caddy!), and we even played putt putt!  We took one day to go to Ikea which was awesome.  We also went into Chicago to visit Navy Pier and Millennium Park.  I went on my first boat ride too! Wow was he a trooper...we kept him busy the entire time we were gone and he only had a few screaming moments when he was super tired, otherwise he was perfect!!

Before we took off for vacation, we made a trip to the Historic Farm Days in Penfield.  Grandma and Grandpa got me a super cute new hat while I was there too!!

Pictures to come later......