Why Dave Cooks

Because this is what happens when I try to cook!
And this is why I love my husband.... he ate it anyway! (He said all it needed was a little A1 sauce!)

Dessert

I think Dave created a monster by introducing her to this....

A SPORTing weekend and Fireworks (Finally!)

On the 4th of July, we dragged our 2 week old baby and 17 month old out to see the fireworks because I LOVE fireworks and I really thought Lacey would enjoy them as well and in my humble opinion, no Independence Day is complete without a fireworks show. Well, we drove to Annapolis and proceeded to sit in our car while it POURED rain. After watching the torrential downpour for a half hour and listening to both kids scream because they were bored/tired/hungry, we called it a night and went home, sure that the fireworks would be cancelled anyway. We woke up the next morning only to find that the weather cleared up just long enough for them to do the fireworks, so it wasn't rescheduled and we missed it. That was a really long story just to say that ever since, I have been on the hunt for a fireworks show. Well, lo and behold, we have a AA minor league baseball team close by, the Bowie Baysox and they advertised that they were having fireworks after their game on Friday night! So, we picked up Grandpa Strom and headed out for a great night at the ballpark!

The next morning, we took Tanner to get his PasSPORT (see how this fits in with the theme!). No, we don't have any exciting travels planned, but we figured we might as well get him one just in case something does come up in the next 5 years :)
The following night, Dave, Tanner and I (Lacey stayed home with Nana) went to the Legg Mason Tennis Tournament in DC. Dave LOVES tennis and bought tickets to the semi-finals so that we could see Andy Roddick play. Unfortunately, Andy choked and lost his previous match, so we ended up seeing a couple of no-namers (Troicki vs Kunitsyn). Troicki is the one that beat Roddick and proceeded to win this match as well. Regardless, we had a great time and I loved seeing my first professional tennis match!
Dave next to the tour bus. He's pointing to the DC stop. Notice that the last stop is New York (the US Open) -- he'll be there too!

Tanner's Blessing

This past Sunday, we blessed little Tanner. My dad flew out for the occasion, so that was wonderful! It was the first time he met our little guy and we had a great weekend! The white blanket you see in these "post-blessing" pictures is one I bought in Jerusalem. I've saved it all these years to have my babies blessed in it. Lacey was blessed in it as well.
Dave with his parents

So much for being Organized!

In an attempt to save money at the grocery store, I started clipping coupons several months ago. I got this great little coupon organizer with all the little subject tabs and everything and religiously look through the Sunday ads clipping coupons as I go and adding them to my little file. It's the one thing in my life that is (or used to be!) totally organized. Well, needless to say, I obviously don't have this "2 kids under 2" thing down quite yet because in the few minutes that I ran upstairs to change Tanner's diaper and made the mistake of thinking I also I had time to make my bed before going back downstairs, THIS is what I came down to..... Lacey Lu climbed on top of the kitchen table and helped herself to my coupon book!

This has nothing to do with being organized, but my sister, Maret, told me to post more Tanner pictures, so here he is in 2 of his 3 Cubs outfits. Go Cubs!!