The Blogging Slackers Strike Again

It has been mentioned that we have not been doing a very good job keeping up with the blogging lately. Clay's adoring fans have missed getting new info with the long stretch with no post and especially no pictures so let's try to catch up on the happenings.

We were pretty low key for a couple of weeks and have no ventured too far from home. Clay and mommy are settling into much more of a daytime routine which seems to be working for both of them. Clay is also getting much more playful which is so much fun as he grabs onto things and attempts to "sing" along with the ABC's and other little songs. He has moved on to form a great friendship with a new toy that has a black and white puppy on it so that he is not exclusive to the pig anymore. This toy also rattles and it has been a blast watching him figure out that he can cause the sounds by shaking it.

We had another successful trip to the lake and slept a little better with a piece of dense foam as the mattress that didn't sink in quite as much as the mattress we have for the pack n play. Still being out of our crib throws our sleep cycle way out of whack and Clay was up several times each night. We think that Clay was playing tricks on daddy one night as he would fuss enough to get daddy out of bed then stop fussing and be asleep as soon as he was sitting on the edge of the bed ready to pick him up. Once daddy would lay down the fussing would begin again. It began to get comical after it happened so many times in a row... poor daddy. It was still a great time though.

Clay's new friend Maverick was born this past week on Tuesday! They are 3 months and a half hour apart. We went to visit Kurt and Sawyer and their new little boy on Thursday and all 3 are doing great. We can't wait to go for walks and play and have another mommy/ son duo to run around with during the week.

This past weekend was sure to be an exciting one as mommy and daddy were going to have their first nice dinner out together since their anniversary (June 12th), and this time mommy was much more comfortable with the thought of being away for a couple of hours. We were also going to the Illinois football game as a family on Saturday to see the Illini play Eastern. Friday morning at 4 am mommy was out of bed with a headache and was freezing cold for the rest of the night unable to warm up (not a common thing for the woman known as a space heater). Woke up in the morning feeling pretty crappy still and had a fever of 101. She thought she was ok for Brian to go to work but soon found out that wasn't going to go well. With no energy to play with Clay and just wanting to sleep it off Holly finally gave up and called Brian around 11am and he was able to come home for the rest of the day to take care of mommy and Clay. Holly slept all day, had to cancel dinner plans for Friday night and after a good nights rest still had a fever the next morning meaning no Illinois game either. Luckily she was feeling well enough to take care of Clay and sent Brian and Brad off to Illinois to enjoy the game (Daddy even came home with presents!) Finally by the end of Saturday the fever was gone and we are back to normal.

Grandma Swinter is now here for a couple of days to visit so I am sure we will have more adventures to tell of later.

Stay tuned for pictures and videos......