What a sad but wonderful past week. We said good bye to my great-grandma this past week. She was 93 and had a wonderful life. Dillon and I drove to Potch Chee Nunk which is right outside of Wittenburg, WI for my great-grandma’s funeral. It rained the whole time which was fitting for the way we were all feeling.

This weekend turned out to be beautiful! The weather allowed us to get outside and play. Dillon just loved it. He is right on the edge of walking but just won’t give in! He will take a few steps and then fall down and start crawling. Stinker! Dillon got an earlier birthday present from cousin Rhonda that he loves, it is a Little Tykes swing and slide. On Sunday we all went outside and played in the grass and on the slide. Dillon had so much fun. He found a stick that became very attached to. We even had to bring it in the house for lunch and it was only then that Dillon put it down. I’m sure even now he has his priorities, and his snacks come first. He was so pooped that he took almost a two hour nap, until Grandma and Grandpa Menore came over for dinner. As soon as he heard Grandpa’s voice he was up and at it. He loves his Grandpa.

Thirteen more days and Dillon you be one year old. WOW!

Well now that winter is over (keeping fingers crossed) it is now time to plan for Dillon’s big day. We can hardly believe that a year has gone by so fast. Last year at this time I was sitting at home with my feet up on bed rest wishing for our baby to come. Now I am chasing our baby wishing for some “bed rest”! We are hoping for some warm May weather so that we can have an outside party with friends and family. If not I am not sure how we are going to fit all the people in the house. Either way I am sure it will be a fun day.

We had a good Easter. Went to visit Grandma Joan and had a wonderful Easter dinner. Dillon loves to play with all of his cousins. He was pushing them around the house on a little tractor that Joan has for the kids to play on. Then we came home and dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Menore’s. There he got to play with his uncles and watch a little basketball.

They have started the road construction in front of the house, what a mess. Calhoun Road is due to be shut down by June 1 and not completely finished until June of 2009. We are not looking forward to this. It is going to be a mess for a long time I am sure. All the noise and dust! We will keep you updated on the progress of the read as it unfolds.

Dillon and I are going to have a mommy and Dillon weekend. Kurt is going out of town this weekend to go Turkey hunting with Chris, Corey and Zech. We had plans of going to Kid Fest but with this measles outbreak I am rethinking that idea. Dillon has not had that shot yet, so I am not sure I want to take any chances. So we will see what the weekend holds for us.

Until the next time.
Tina, Kurt and Dillon

Dillon and the Easter Bunny

I took Dillon on Tuesday to see the Easter Bunny, as you can see from his picture he was less than impressed with her.

Walking

Dillon took his first two independent steps last night. Of course I was out running errands but Kurt called me right away to tell me. We tried to get him to do it again but he was not interested in trying it again. I am sure he thinks why should I walk when I can crawl much faster and you can carry me. So we will keep trying. He has a walk along walker and he just loves to push that around the house. He has not learned how to turn around yet so when he gets to wall he yells and Kurt or I will turn him around. Do you think he has us trained?! We took him out side yesterday and he walked up and down the driveway pushing the walk along, he was so proud and just loved being outside. We can not wait for the warm weather.

Dillon's Easter Pictures

Please feel free to take a look at Dillon's Easter Pictures. The web site is https://www.smilesbywire.com/home.asp?AC=LTPP0091109290JCP
Customer name Tina Baker

Dillon's first tooth

WOOHOO, finally a tooth has made a showing. We did not think one was every going to come through. But a pearly white is making it first showing on the bottom right in front.

Trip to Arizona

IT WAS GREAT!! Well it did not start out so great. The flight down there went well Dillon slept for most of it and we got into to Phoenix a 1/2 hour early, we thought bonus! It is now 9:30 am we go to get my luggage and watch everyone on our plane grabbing bags and suitcases and then the line stops and my suit case does not come off!!! So I am off to the baggage claim area to find my suitcase. Well I am told they have no clue where it is and I have to file a claim. Mean while this suitcase has everything Dillon and I need for our vacation and we are in warm clothes and it is like 80○. I am in a long sleeve black shirt and I have Dillon in fleece pants and a long sleeve onesie. Thank god for Walgreens. I will get back to why! So I file my claim and they tell me someone will call me when and if they find my suitcase. Now it is 11:30 and we have been in the airport for 2 hours! Dillon is now starting to get a little on the cranky side but so is his mom and dad. Well now we have to go and get our rental car which is off site. We take a shuttle with the driver from HELL, to the rental facility which is 10 minutes away from the airport. So I fill out all the paper work, we go to find our car which was another headache just looking for the car. But we finally find it and we get Dillon's rental car seat all situated to him and load up the mustang and we go to get it in and there is a handle coming up for under the steering wheel it is set for handicap, in case you guys didn't know Kurt and I both have both of our legs! So we can not drive this car!!! So Kurt squeezes into the car and we drive it over to the office and tell them the problem. The guy says to me," did you really have your heart set on a mustang". I am sure he could tell by the look on my face that I was about to rip into him when I said, "YES, I DID SINCE I RESERVED ONE ONLINE LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO!!!!" So he goes back to his computer and looks one up for us and HE GOES to GET IT. From this point on things got better.

I got my luggage at 9:00 pm, but in the mean time we had stopped at Walgreens and were able to pick up a onesie for Dillon and a t-shirt for my self. So thank God for Walgreens and all the junk they sell. So our thought of getting in to Phoenix early and able to have an extra day to do something was shot!

Friday Dillon and I went to the zoo and had a great time. They have a nice zoo but the people are RUDE. I wanted to get a picture of Dillon on the camel and the sign said riders had to be 2 or older. I did not want Dillon to ride the camel, well I did but when I saw the sign I was like okay I just want a picture. The girl was like NO! They have to be two and you have to pay for a ride and I was like look I will pay the $5 for the ride AND the $5 for the picture if my son can sit on the camel that is laying on the ground over there. She said, "NO, I TOLD YOU THEY HAVE TO TWO!!" I said (now I am pissed) "I DON'T WANT A RIDE I JUST WANT A PICTURE!! That camel over there is just sitting there and all I am asking is to sit my son on his back and take a stupid picture. You do not have to do anything and this zoo is going to make $10.00!" She looked at me and snapped, "NO". I WAS ABOUT TO LOSE WHEN I noticed all the children around me and I said to her, "WELL THAT IS STUPID AND YOU ARE RUDE!!!" But other then that the zoo was cool. All the animals are out side they have no inside buildings. We got to see them feed the monkeys and we got our picture taken.

On Saturday we went to the Brewers spring training game, that was fun. Dillon got an autograph from a new player. He signed Dillon's t-shirt, so that was cool. Then we just tooled around town and made a few stops and look a few things.

Sunday we flew home to snow. The weather in Arizona was great, warm in the day and cool at night, great sleeping weather.