July 14

In honor of tonight being the All-Star game, we ate hotdogs in the living room and introduced Will to baseball. He thought eating in the living room was the greatest thing in the world! Next year I need to remember the peanuts and cracker jacks.

July 13

Tonight I noticed that my hydrangea is beginning to bloom. I wish that we had the more common mophead variety, but the lacecap does have a charm all its own.

July 12

Today Marc and I celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary. We celebrated by doing absolutely nothing. Neither our moms nor our babysitter was available so it made getting out and doing something a bit difficult. (Not to mention the fact that we're both a exhausted from a fun evening with the Niles' family last night.) This picture was taken just after we put Will to bed - neither of us have showered and we're both looking pretty worn out. This is the first anniversary that we haven't done anything to celebrate and we figure it won't be our last.

July 11

It was a gorgous and hot summer day today so we spent the morning at Tolmie State Park. We hiked around the park for about an hour before spending time on the beach. The water was so calm, which made for great wading.

July 10

Happy 35th Birthday, Marc! We all celebrated by heading to Tugboat Annie's for happy hour where we enjoyed wings, nachos and beer. It was a delicious gut-buster! Of course, we finished topped off our celebration with the birthday boy's favorite - a mint chocolate chip ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins.

July 9

Will and I returned home today after being away for two nights. It was obvious that Will was excited to be back home and see his Daddy.

July 8

Mom had a second set of stints put in today in preparation for her bypass tomorrow. Unfortunately, when they were removing the apparatus from her shoulder, she would not stop bleeding and they had to cut into her harm in order to get things under control. The doctors are postponing her bypass until she recovers from this complication. Luckily, her stints have greatly increased the blood flow to her legs and feet. Hopefully, she won't be have as much pain anymore. (The offending toes are in the pink sock - I thought I'd spare us the sight of them.)