day one in the windy city...

early friday morning...we flew out to visit uncle tobey and jessica in chicago. gigi and pops went along for the ride. we got in chicago in the afternoon...uncle tobey and jessica came to our hotel and off we went. we had reservations for dinner...so, we walked around the city (got caught in a storm) then headed to eat. after eating...we went back to the hotel to get ready for saturday!

couple of pictures from friday...

not so good airline...

i have flown many times in my life...we have flown american airlines many of those times. american has always been fine...not this time.

after 6 cancelled flights...

numerous times through security...

over 2 days in and out of the airport...with 2 children...

luggage getting sent to nashville without us...

having to take a taxi out to get more formula for your child because you have packed enough for 12 hours and the formula container has made it to nashville without you...

many lies...lies...lies and being totally convinced that the training sessions for new hires (for american) consists of "how to constantly lie to your customers"

we FINALLY made it home this afternoon...

i have saved every receipt and boarding pass from the last couple of days.

a letter will be going soon to american from a very unhappy customer...

we had a great time visiting the brother and jessica! i love chicago!!! i am already planning my next visit (not on american airlines though)...

more details later...this customer is going to bed!!! :0)

crayon rolls...

i have recently had many people ask me about making crayon rolls for their children...so, i decided that i would start selling them!!!

prices:

$15.00 for a crayon roll with name

or

$12.00 without a name

below are just a few examples...

Qualls is 8 months old...

qualls is another month closer to being a year old. he is getting so big and full of personality!!!

what has qualls been up to this month?

he got his bottom two teeth

ate his first gerber puffs (banana)

going to bed around 7pm and getting up around 6am. he is still getting (most nights) up once a night.

still sucking that thumb!!!

wears 12 to 18 month clothes...more 18 months though!

weighs 23lbs. and around 29in long.

has decided that he cannot go to class and church on sunday mornings. if he goes to class...he screams the whole church service...if he doesn't go to class...he is fine during church!

has really found his voice...he chats and coos all day!!!

gets 4 bottles a day (8oz) and 3 meals in his highchair.

does not like fruits...perfers vegetables...LOVES oatmeal!!!

sitting up really well...inchworming across the floor

starting to play more with quinn

still sleeping in his pack n play in the room with us...i am so bad about moving them to their rooms...oh well!

loves his jumper just like quinn did...

wears size 4 diapers...going to have to go up to size 5 for night pretty soon

still the best little lug bug ever!!!

we love you qualls and cannot wait to see what the next month brings!!!

the windy city...

a week from yesterday...i will be here...

visiting my brother and his sweet girlfriend, jessica.

i am sooooo excited!!!

bertie b...

one of my good friends from college, julie, has the cutest little business...bertie b.

don't you love the name???

julie made this shirt for quinn and onesie for qualls. they are OFF THE CHARTS!!! love them!!! julie has started a blog with her tshirts, handtowels, dresses, flower headbands, etc.

go check it out...you will NOT be disappointed that you did!!!

favorite things of today...

orange pushups...LOVE them!!!

so you think you can dance...it is officially summer when sytycd starts. i never delete an episode off of my dvr. i watch them over over and over again. quinn loves it too!

my FAV choreographer...mia michaels. she took the last season off and you definitely could notice her absence in the contemporary category.

cat deely the host...

the city...

love the fashion part of this show. i definitely like olivia's style...not so much her attitude...

with qualls' sleeping here lately...i wish i could get an iv of diet dr pepper.

the braun ear thermometer...why in the world have we not bought this till now?!? so much easier than the others...

bed head hairspray...this smells wonderful and the hold is great!!!

teething biscuits, puffs and a little reading...

on thursday...qualls had his 1st teething biscuit. he is finally getting his bottom 2 teeth in and wants to chew on everything. he LOVED the biscuits!!!

qualls also had his first puffs (banana) this weekend! he is alot better with them than quinn was at his age. quinn would choke on them! who knows how...they melt in your mouth. he did it on a sunday morning at church and i thought the lady behind us was going to give him the heimlich. mom and i just looked at him because we knew it would eventually melt. :0)

qualls loves the puffs! he loves being able to feed himself!

jq giving the 1st puff over...

quinn is participating in the reading program at the library here in town. abbe, tobey and i always participated in it every summer and we all loved it. we completed our first "x" this weekend. quinn marked it himself.

grow with me...

we have been planting flowers around the dickerson house. my mom laughs because when i was younger i would always come out while she was planting flowers and ask "why do you do that...they are just going to die?" i still kind of think that but they are pretty...

front porch...

quinn helped too. he left his hand shovel behind...

pot on the deck...


lilies on the deck...





the garden is sure growing.

radishes...

peppers...

tomatoes...


quinn's garden tools. gigi and pops' got him these along with his wheelbarrow for christmas last year.

quinn and qualls' house outside. jq put outdoor carpet in it and moved it beside the rock patio that jq just finished. he also got flowers for the outside. quinn loves playing in there and i am sure qualls will in the future...

shopping, sprinklers, tball = a whole lot of fun!!!

we had a great memorial day. in the morning, quinn and i went with gigi to target and a couple of other stores before coming home to hamburgers on the grill. pops had them ready and they were great!!! quinn enjoyed some time in the sprinklers...he even got me running through them with him...not a good idea when you have on the clothes you wore out shopping earlier in the day. he had a blast and so did i...so, that is all that matters!

the three boys of the house!

qualls is feeling much better! jq and i are so thankful. he was a sick little boy for a good 4 days.



quinn running through (or around) the sprinklers.

quinn helping pops...

i LOVE this picture. quinn's face is priceless!!!

pops and qualls hanging out. qualls' bib was backwards like superman.

after the sprinkler fun...we had a little tball action. jq is teaching quinn the "correct" way to hold the bat.



this boy LOVES his pops. qualls wants him all the time!!!

one boy that had a lot of FUN!!!