chicago

this was our first trip with the four of us. we left for chicago at 3:30 in the morning!

don't kid yourselves. kameron slept for maybe a grand total of 1 hour the whole way!

eating our favorite pizza ever!!! giordanos(:

a good morning start to our first day

strolling down michigan ave.




this was kolie's purchase from the disney store. she named him michael jackson.

the girls 1st cubs game

all decked out in our cub gear

with nikole(aunt doo doo)





my sister and scott

kolie and daddy getting ready to throw money down to the drummers. it looks like kolie is holding that beer, but it is just a funny illusion(:

papa's signature pose

this was our view from the bleachers

mommy and daddy

kolie getting ready to take a nap on tana's lap

kolie and papa telling the outfielders that they stink. hee hee!

the drummers

the ball that soriano threw up to papa for kolie. it was so neat!! he came over by us and made sure that she got it(:

the next day we spent the day at navy pier

kams just mowing down some mcdonalds

we were trying to get this huge pirate ship in the picture

we all rode the ferris wheel.

this was one high ferris wheel!!

getting ready to head back for a little nappy

kameron with yi ya

kolie and papa

and kameron with papa too

a bunch of us went to eat at the greek islands. yummy!!

kolie and papa with their soriano ball

of course the kid came with us

just hangin out with the lego guy

cuzzo johnny came to eat dinner with us

he looks like such a little natural with the kiddos(:

tot and kolie

kolie decided to take some pics

kolie taking it of nikole

kolie taking it of scott

kolie taking it of some random guy

.... and another random guy(:

kolie still taking pictures

she is trying to make kam laugh here

it worked for like a second.

friday pool days

this whole summer long we have been spending all day on fridays swimming at mimi and papa's house. this was one friday when aunt sherry came to take some pictures of the girls.

having some fun with papa

presly, cru, and bethany were in town for the weekend and so we went to spend the day swimming with papa.

papa trying to watch the cub game...

still trying to watch the game...

...it must have been commercial(:



bethany, ashley, and jackson

with our kams

cru cru cru chia

KAMERON'S FIRST STEPS!!

little kam gave us a big surprise today and stood on her own! and decided to take a few first steps while she was at it too!!!! she turned 10 months and 3 days today. and the best part is that shane, kolie, and i got to see it all together. it was so exciting! and kolie just thaught it was the funniest thing she ever saw. what a great day(:

i love this pic! she got a little nervous here.

4th of july!!

for the 4th of july we spent the day swimming at mimi and papa's and then did fireworks with josh, andrea, maddi, and cait. kam was tired from all the swimming and went to sleep before it got dark enough and missed out on all the fun):

look at her go!

some loud ones(:

we got a skinny dipper!!

kirsten spent the day with us

kolie masters stepping on the poppers. she got really good at throwing them too!!

action shot











kolie has become obsessed with michael jackson lately. and what do you think her favorite video is? thriller!! we are so thankful that we have our michael jackson dvd of all his videos so that she can watch them over and over again. and since thriller is a little on the scary side, this is how she prefers to watch it.

what's a summer without some goggle shots(:

our little beauty growing up






kameron chowin down on some pancakes