Playing around

Eoin likes Aidan's chair!
chillin' out together
Pretty girl!
Auntie Ciarra, no more :)
Hey, Mom, enough already!

Auntie Ashley, Uncle Nick and Aidan were in town on their way home from a wedding. Eoin got to spend some quality time with his cousin, but more importantly her chair! He really enjoyed it, so we're now on the market for one :) He got to play with Aidan while I worked on my research paper and Daddy mowed the lawn. He had a great time.

I return to work tomorrow; it is bittersweet. As much as I loved being at home with Eoin every minute and not missing a minute of his development over the last 7 weeks, I crave more structure. I am one of the lucky few in the world who thoroughly enjoys her job, so I miss it; although, I am pretty sure I will miss Eoin more . . . Grandma Kohn will be watching him Monday through Thursday this week and I am off on Friday; he will begin going to Aunt Terri's house on August 4th.

I have a huge research paper due on Thursday and so working this week will actually give me a chance to finish it . . . going back to work to finish homework, tsk tsk!

Picture perfect

Yesterday I decided to snap some pictures of Eoin on the quilt that Grandma Kohn made for him. He is starting to squiggle and squirm a lot more, so it wasn't the easiest job, but his

still oh so cute. Jordan has been working in Farmer City this week and it is so nice to have him home every night, but sometimes it hasn't been until 9:00 or 9:30, or even later! He works so hard! I had planned to go out with Mickey and Erin last night for dinner, but since Jordan had to work late I was more than willing to stay at home; Uncle Pat to the rescue, he came over and spent some quality time with his lil' man (see above picture) and I got to get out of the house for a couple of hours . . . well that is all it took, I missed him and hurried home!

Happy Birthday to Grandma Kohn! We won't disclose how many candles are on her cake, but she looks great. We can't wait for cake to celebrate with you this weekend. Eoin misses you, but hopes you had a great night at Jersey Boys!

Gift of God

Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Pat (Godfather), Auntie Erin (Godmother) and Eoin!
Grandma and Grandpa Kohn with their Little Prince
Auntie Kelly, Grandma Brown, Eoin and Mommy
Yummy cake!
Deacon Darrell Christening Eoin . . . he seemed to enjoy it!

The meaning of Eoin's name is 'gift of God' and today he became a child of God as he was Baptized into the Catholic faith. His Baptism was held at St. Mary's, the church that Jordan and I were married in and belong to as parishoners. He was such a good boy throughout the ceremony! His gown was made from Grandma Kohn's wedding dress. It was such a wonderful day with family; Auntie Hannah and Uncle Trevor were able to make it over from Ireland and they joined Grandma Brown, Kelly, Tim, McKaylah, Grandma and Grandpa Kohn, Erin, Jessi, Josh, Pat and Dawn at the church and then afterwards at Grandma and Grandpa Kohn's for some lunch and pool time and cake!

McKaylah's cake couldn't come fast enough because during the ceremony she started singing "Happy Birthday" while the Godparents were lighting the candle . . . afterwards she asked, "where is the cake?" We assured her that some was coming!

Eoin received some beautiful gifts and he is very thankful! Especially a great big thanks to Grannie Annie from Ireland for the beautiful hand-knit cardigans! We are hoping to make a visit to Ireland soon, Eoin can't wait to meet everyone :)

Go Chiefs Go

Daddy and Eoin
Eoin loves being on "Aunt" Mickey's shoulder
Family photo at O'Brien Field
"Grandpa, that's my bib!"
Pooped! We're not pushing baseball, but he sure looks the part ;)

Yesterday we joined Grandma and Grandpa Kohn, Auntie Erin, Jordan Martins, Auntie Jessi, Josh, Auntie Mickey and Tony at O'Brien Field for Eoin's first baseball experience. Although playing with Eoin and eating ice cream both ranked above watching the Peoria Chiefs play it was a nice night . . . Eoin really just wanted somewhere to wear his "Dad's Team" baseball onesie to!

Eoin travels

in the stroller shopping with Grandma Brown and Mommy
Auntie Kelly and Eoin
looking at Auntie Kelly
Aunt Donna and Eoin!
How could the girls at Grandma's work not fall in love?!

Since my class was canceled this week due to the holiday and the fact that we should be researching, interviewing and writing (whoops!) I decided it was the perfect opportunity to travel the three hours up north to Lake Villa to visit Grandma Brown. Jordan was out of town for work, so we packed up too. We began our morning rather early because we wanted to get to Grandma Brown's around noon so we could head to Pleasant Prairie to hit some shops, although we ran into some road construction so we got there a little later than expected. Eoin was a perfect angel in the car, sleeping most of the way! He only woke up around Bolingbrook and once he was fed, he was out like a light once again. Grandma got to show him off a little bit around work before we headed to the mall. Eoin was a good boy while Grandma and Mommy parused racks and racks of adorable clothes . . . he is almost set for the next year!

After a quick bite to eat, we headed up to Aunt Donna and Uncle Hugh's house for a visit. He loves Uncle Hugh, Aunt Donna and Noreen. Eoin had a great time and was definitely well-behaved (but when isn't he?). Hopefully next time we are up, we will get to see Kathleen and Hughie.

Eoin slept with me that night and he did well; waking at 3:00am! That is great for him as he was waking up at 2:00am most nights and then again of course a short two hours later . . . when he woke up again, Auntie Kelly and Grandma took him to feed him so I could sleep a little longer . . . ahhh, pretty much a vacation :) We wanted to get an early start again though, so we stopped by

Grandma's work again on our way out of town; he was an angel in the car again, so I think he will travel well! Which is good because we will be visiting Grandma, Kelly and McKaylah as much as we can!

We are very excited because Auntie Hannah and Uncle Trevor have flown in from Ireland for a visit . . . we get to see them soon!

Look what I can do!

Oh so serious!
Eoin's first ever smile . . . it is blurry, I wish I had a camera that was fast enough to capture it better! Isn't he so cute?
Continuing to smirk
Smiling up at Daddy

Celebrate America

drying off after a swim
sucking his thumb after a swim
"Put me back in the water . . . it's cold up here!"

sorry Grandpa Kohn, I prefer Miller Lite

We had a lovely 4th of July . . . we celebrated most of the weekend poolside at Grandma and Grandpa Kohn's. Eoin loved the water (maybe because Granda Kohn had the temperature at almost 90!). He got to float around with his cousin, Aidan . . . they both enjoyed the water! We watched the fireworks from the Miller Park Pavillion; it was a beautiful display, but Eoin wouldn't really know . . . he slept the entire time!