Long Time, No Blog

Mommy has been bad at blogging lately, and for that I'm sorry. Today was a big day in my life. It brought a tear to my eye, but at the same time, lots of excitement. We brought the cradle that Grandpa Chiodo made back to Grandma Chiodo's house. Although I am sad that it leaves our apartment, I'm excited that I'm too big for it! Grandma Chiodo said that since we have limited storage space (which Mommy likes...no room for hiding things that we don't need to save!!) in our apartment, we could bring the cradle back to her house. Mommy and Daddy loaded it up into Daddy' truck while I waited inside. Daddy was happy that Mommy didn't have me in her belly anymore, because she could help him get it into the car...unlike when they loaded it in before I was born. Daddy was on his own then! Mommy just barked out the orders. :)

So, I took a trip to Chicago in Mommy's RAV4 while Daddy took the cradle in the truck. We stopped at Rex to get some lunch. Daddy really likes their pepper and egg sandwiches (I secretly think he's got a little Italian blood in him), so he had that and Mommy had a spinach calzone. It's a good thing Mommy isn't working right now, because she really likes Rex's food. She would be there all the time! Anyway, after lunch, Grandma Chiodo asked if we could drop her off at church on our way home. Mommy said yes, and that she thought we would go to mass with Grandma so that she wouldn't have to get up early in the morning top go to mass. It was great. I had fun smiling at all of Mommy's old pals at St. Constance. I fell asleep though the second half of mass. After mass, everyone wanted to say hi, so I woke up to give them a little show. They were all amazed at how much I had grown since the beginning of January! I even got to see my Grandma Schaefer and Great Grandma Schaefer! They were there too. Mommy was too busy to be taking pictures today, so I'm sorry we don't have any. She'll work on that for tomorrow!:) Our apartment seems empty without Grandpa's cradle...

I send out a special prayer for Grandpa Chiodo tonight as I head to sleep. Thank you Grandpa for making the cradle for Mommy 27 years ago. Even though you are not here on Earth with us, I know that you are in heaven praying for me and for our whole family. I enjoyed sleeping and playing in the cradle you made for us. May God keep you safe. Some day I will get to thank you in person when I'm with you in heaven. Until then, rest in peace...and know that I love you.

Ash Wednesday

Today Mommy and I walked to the chapel on campus and went to mass for Ash Wednesday. I met Mommy's former Theology professor, Brother James, and a bunch of other people who work with Daddy. Everyone said I behaved so wonderfully. I was the youngest one in the group. There were lots of college kids around me!
Besides mass, we just took it easy today. I've been doing a lot of sleeping lately. I must be in another growth spurt.
Thanks Mrs. Albandia and AJ for letting me borrow this neat outfit!! I ended up in my Lou Malnati's onesie by the end of the day because I got real warm.
Good night everyone!

We Miss Daddy!

The last five days we were suppose to go visit Uncle Paul, Auntie Stephanie, Megan, and Luke in Indy and then go visit Auntie Mary Faith in Valparaiso with Grandma Chiodo. Since the weather was stinky, Mommy and Grandma Chiodo decided Friday morning to not make the trip. Since Mommy had packed so much stuff, we just decided to stay the weekend with Gram. We had a lot of fun! My Uncle Mikey came to visit and so did my Great Grandma Schaefer. Here are some pics. This scale that I'm on is one that my Grandma Schaefer was on when she was a baby! Isn't that cool? I weighed in at 17 pounds. I'm 11 weeks and I'm really growing! Daddy is in Springfield for a conference just one more day. We can't wait for him to come back! We miss you Daddy!

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Another Day in Chicago

Monday, Mommy was asked to talk to the kids at St. Constance who are making their confirmation, so I got to go to Chicago again! I stayed with Grandma Chiodo for lunch and dinner and then headed to Grandma and Grandpa Schaefer's house for dessert! Great Grandma Schaefer and Uncle Mikey were unexpected visitors at my Grandma and Grandpa's house too! I saw lots of people in one day! Here are a few pictures. Mommy was not good about taking too many on Monday. Sorry about that! Tomorrow I am going to go see Music Man at Mommy's school in Schiller Park. I am excited to see the kids in Mommy's class again!

A Picture from My Uncle Paul

Yesterday I was really cranky most of the day. I was just having a bad day. I fell asleep just in time for Mommy and Daddy to watch Big Love. Right before it started, Mommy told me that Uncle Paul sent us some pictures. Here is my favorite one of them all! I can't wait to see my cousins again!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Well, my Daddy bought me this great outfit for Valentine's Day and my Mommy gave me a cute bib. I managed to poop through the outfit and spit up all over the bib within a matter of about 6 hours. LOL! That's why I'm their Valentine...they love me through thick and thin...poop and puke. :) I wish all of you a Happy Valentine's Day too. I hope you have as much love in your life as I do in mine. God is good!

A Visit From My Family from Indianapolis

Two bigs things to tell you today. One, even though I still would rather look right, I'm getting rid of my stubborness, and looking to the left. My Daddy outsmarted me and put my mobile on the outside of my crib and on the other side so that if I want to look at it, I have to look to the left. Now every night I turn my head to the left when I sleep. When Mommy reads to me she shifts the book to my left so that I have to look that way to see the pictures.

Yesterday I finally got to meet my Auntie Stephanie and cousin Megan. Two months ago I met Uncle Paul and Luke. They came to visit Grandma and made a stop to see me first. Isn't that so sweet? They brought me a bopper toy. I'm too young to press the button, but I'm just the right age to watch the balls pop and spin around when someone else bops it for me! Megan and Luke, thank you for bringing me that and thank you for coming to spend time with me. I enjoyed having a parade with you and I can't wait to play with you again. You saw how much you made me smile!

First Time Meeting Tyler

Yesterday I finally met my pal, Tyler. He started going to preschool on Monday. So, yesterday after school he and Auntie Gina came to have lunch with us. We met Miss Wendy in the Flyers Den. Miss Wendy lived with Mommy and Auntie Gina at LU and they all played softball together too. Anyway, we had a lot of fun with Tyler. He played with the toys I gave him for his birthday and then he fed me my bottle. We went up and down in the elevator in the Union and he ran in circles on the stage in the Commons! I got tired just watching him! Later in the day Katie came over for a visit too. She brought me so 6 month clothes. I'll be wearing those pretty soon! I kept fighting my sleep while Katie was here, but I finally threw in the towel when she had me sitting on top of the couch. Everyone thought I looked so cute. Sigh...

I slept from 11pm all the way until 8am this morning! I gave Mommy and Daddy a treat! They are afraid to get use to that though!

I Found the Good Stuff!

Thanks to Daddy, I found the refrigerator today! I am getting tired of milk and am excited to eat real food some day. Right now I just like looking at all the good food Mommy and Daddy eat. I had fun going shopping today. Since the snow has melted, I went in the stroller and Mommy rolled me around. I was able to see everyone and everything. I'm getting a little too heavy for Mommy to just carry my car seat around. Here I am in my big boy clothes again today!

Finally! A Warm Day!

Today was beautiful. The only bad thing about warm weather after a lot of snow is melting snow and wet/muddy grass. Mommy and Daddy took me to mass tonight and I was awake the whole time. I stayed quiet until the creed when I got hungry. Mommy started feeding me and I started letting out some stinky poops with my gas. Mommy took me out in the narthex during the consecration so I wouldn't embarrass myself or be disrespectful. Other than that, it was a quiet day. I recovered from yesterday's shots.

Grandma Chiodo and 2 Month Check Up

Yesterday was no day to be blogging. Sorry about that world. I was not my normal happy self at all yesterday. I don't remember why I didn't blog Thursday night, so I'll just get it all done in one here today. Thursday we went to my Grandma Chiodo's house for lunch and dinner. When we got there, my Grandma couldn't believe how big I was. She hasn't seen me in about a month. She was making homemade pasta on the kitchen table and I was able to watch her. Oh how I wish I could have eaten that pasta with Grandma and Mommy! We had lunch and then went to shop the sales at Carson's and Kohl's. We stopped to get Daddy a pepper and egg sandwich from Rex, and then headed home for dinner. After dinner, we talked to Uncle Paul and Megan and Luke for a brief time and then got in the car and headed back to see Daddy. A good day...

But...yesterday...I went for my 2 month check up. I was happy as a clam with Dr. Renner. She said I am doing awesome. 15 pounds, .4 ounces (98 percentile), 24.5 inches (90 percentile), and 42 cm for my head (96 percentile). I was smiling and moving around like my normal self. The only thing she told me to work on is my flat head and my neck. I have to be on my tummy 50% of the time that I am awake to try to strengthen the other side of my neck. I like to look to the right most of the time, so the Doctor doesn't want me to have weak muscles on the other side. Then came the yucky part...3 shots and a dose of medicine in my mouth. The nurse gave me the medicine in my mouth first. I drank it so fast that I was looking for more. The nurse told us that I was the first baby she'd ever seen that didn't make a sour face with the medicine. I was angry when she didn't have any more for me. Mommy just shook her head. Then the nurse gave me three shots in my thighs. I didn't like that at all. I cried and then fell asleep after a bottle. But, when Mommy got home and I woke up...the storm began! I screamed a piercing scream for an hour straight. Mommy just walked me up and down to try to make me feel better. I didn't want my bottle and I didn't need a diaper change. I just was uncomfortable. My Daddy came home for a few minutes to help Mommy give me some Tylenol since I wasn't cooperating. That made me feel a little better. I drank my bottle and fell asleep on Mommy's arm. Later in the evening I pooped on my Mommy's lap through my diaper and I spit up a whole bottle on the floor and the carpet. In the middle of the night I pooped on my Daddy. It was quite an evening. I'm glad I don't have to have shots for another 2 months.

My First Visit to Grandma and Grandpa's!

Yesterday my Mommy decided to go to Schiller Park to help out with the Fun Fair at her school. So, since my Daddy was working late, she brought me over to my Grandma and Grandpa's house. We had lunch with Great Grandma Schaefer at her house, right next door to Grandma and Grandpa's. I was awake and alert there. By the time Mommy carried me next door to Grandma and Grandpa's, I was asleep! It was a matter of steps! Grandma said I was a good boy the whole time Mommy was gone. Mommy told me she really missed me while she was at school! I'm glad she went to school though, because Mrs. Albandia had a bag of goodies for us from my pal, AJ. See this cool Cubs hat in the picture? Well, AJ outgrew it, so I get to borrow it for awhile. I'm really happy because Mommy was just about ready to go buy me a new hat because I already outgrew the hats AJ let me borrow in December.

Thanks Grandpa for sending these pictures to Mommy so she could post them! :)

Today Grandma came to our apartment to help Mommy. I was a little fussy in the morning, but nothing new for Grandma! I slept most of the rest of the time she was here. I was awake by the time Daddy got home and ready to play. Here are some pictures of Daddy and I in the kitchen.

There's something weird going on with the firewall here at LU and the wireless isn't working right now, so Mommy will come back later and post the pictures to go with today's entry later. Sorry!

Grandpa and the Professors!

Today my Grandpa surprised me and came for a visit! He held me on the couch after Mommy worked out so that she could eat some breakfast before cleaning my bottles and taking a shower. I slept until it was time for me to get in the car seat and walk across the street with Mommy to go visit her former professors here at Lewis in the College of Education. That's one of the great things about being here on campus. I get to see people all the time! Everywhere I go, people tell me I'm such a cute and alert baby. We had lunch with Dr. Scatena in the Courtyard Cafe and then I got to meet many of Mommy's professors from both her undergrad and masters' programs. I received all kinds of compliments!

Here's a picture of Grandpa and I before we went on our adventures.

Uncle Mikey Visits!

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Yesterday Mommy and I finally got out of the apartment. We were feeling better, so Mommy got her eyebrows threaded and then we went to Buy Buy Baby. We came home and got ready for church. Uncle Mikey met us at our apartment before we went to church. I behaved and slept all through mass. Uncle Mikey told us that he had a taste for a good italian sub from Genco's, so we picked up sandwiches from there on our way home from mass. We watched some college basketball together before the Blackhawks game started. Uncle Mikey headed home at that point, but not until he gave me some great Blackhawks gear! He got me an outfit and a Tommy Hawk stuffed animal! I really like Tommy Hawk. I will have to bring him down with me when I go visit my cousin Luke in Indianapolis soon. I played with Tommy a little bit while we watched the game. I took a few sips of my bottle and I fell asleep on Mommy's lap. Soon she fell asleep too. Thanks Uncle Mikey for holding me, feeding me while my parents ate, and bringing me presents!