Week of Sadness

We had to say good-bye to Grandma Hicks this week. Grandma (GiGi) died last Saturday. The whole family came in to town this past week to say good-bye. The calling hours were Thursday and the funeral was Friday. We love you, Grandma and we will miss you!!

This was after the funeral on Friday. The church had a reception for us with delicious food!

Lily Anna wearing the sailor dress from Gigi and the cross neckalace (can't see it) she gave to her for her first birthday.

Uncle Dennis and Aunt Jeanne's kids - (L to R, starting in the back) Emily, Adam, Lydia, Rachel, Sarah, Michael and Rebekah

The kids had fun playing together all week. Here are a few from them playing outside at Grandma's house.

Tuesday was Rebekah's 5th birthday so we took the kids to the Akron Zoo for the day.

We forgot one of Lily's shoes at Grandma's so we had to buy her a pair of flamingo slippers to wear. She only had one pair of shoes at the time. Now she has another pair =)
Petting Zoo

The birthday girl

All the kids - even Dillon is in the photo

Emily, Sarah and Dillon

Me and my Lily Bug

Everyone eating lunch

Dillon slept most of the time

Later, back at Grandma's house, we celebrated Rebekah's birthday with a cookie cake.
Thursday was Sarah's 12th Birthday so we took her and the kids bowling.

Grammy and Dillon

Anson and Lily

Adam, Dennis, Jeremy, Rachel and Anson

Me and my baby

Adam, Sarah (birthday girl) and Anson

They had this cool ramp so the little kids could bowl too. Lily bowling.

Rachel, Grammy and Jeremy

Jeanne with the two little ones. Lily learned Michael's name and still says it a lot. I think Lily really liked having so many kids to play with all week.

On Saturday, Grammy and Grandpa bought Lily a few gifts for her birthday. She had just gotten up from a nap so she wasn't too happy. But she loves the gifts now!

Cute photo of Daddy and Dillon

We are all tired and looking forward to a "normal" week this week.

Two Cute Videos...

...that I just captured of the kids...

Dillon is 8 weeks old today!

And he slept 6 hours straight last night =) Yeah!! The nurse said she thought he would soon because of his weight. Bigger babies can sleep longer sooner.

Here's a bunch of randomness...random photos, videos and updates in our lives...

Daddy holding Dillon. He was fussy last night and this was the only way he would stop crying. He fell sound asleep like this!! Whatever works, right?
Eating dinner last night. My mom made us Bacon Cheeseburger Spaghetti. It was good! Rich, though. We joked about the person who made up the recipe. There must have been a fight between two people. One wanted cheeseburgers and one wanted spaghetti. Haha.

Dillon looking cute in his puppy pj's.

Earlier in the day yesterday...Dillon smiling!

This is from the other night. Cheesehead!

Cutie Patootie!!

Two cuties!

• Our friends Megan and Brent had their baby boy on Sunday. His baby Luke was 7 pounds, 9 ounces and 22 inches long. Long and skinny like his parents =) We are really excited for Dillon and Luke to play together someday.
• Dillon's 2 month check-up is next Wednesday. Poor little guy will have to get shots =(
• Jill's bridal shower is this Sunday. It's a Mad Hatter theme and we are going to wear fancy hats. I am excited. Lily is going with me. We're leaving the boys at home.
• I went into GOJO earlier this week for a baby shower for my work friend, Kathy. Her and her hubby adopted a sweet little boy they named Jayce. We are so happy for them. It was great to see everyone too. GOJO is really busy right now with the swine flu pandemic. Everyone wants PURELL and I don't blame them!
• Below are two videos of Dillon...one of him happy and smiling and the other of him crying. Anson said he sounds like an alarm so I wanted to capture it on camera.

That's all for now!

Dillon Has Started Smiling!

It's hard to catch on camera, but Dillon has started smiling this week, and he's so cute when he does. Here's a half smile I caught and the video below has a smile or two in it.

Fun Day at the Akron Zoo!

Today was a beautiful day and we had so much fun at the Akron Zoo! We met Jen, Ken and Zack there and spent the afternoon together. We bought a membership so we can go back several times this summer!

Daddy taking Lily across the rope bridge

We ate lunch at the Komodo Dragon Cafe
Daddy feeding Dillon

Lily giving Zack his birthday card. Zack turns two on Monday!

Zack giving Lily a thank you hug!

Lily watching the bunnies hop around

Zack looked like a little stud in his shades

Lil watching the red panda run around

Daddy and Lil by the lions

My sweet angel

These next photos are from earlier this week. On Thursday, my mom and I took Lily to the park. She has no fear. She went down the biggest slides they had there!

Playing with Playdoh!