Memorial Day Weekend 2006

We had a busy Memorial Day weekend in St. Louis. This was also Dylan's first plane flight - he did not cry once going there or coming back. We travelled with Grandma Lu on the way out so Dave could work on the biz a bit longer and then Dave, Dylan and I travelled together on the way back.


On Saturday we (Grandma Lu, Jackie, Dave, Dylan and I) went up to Hannibal to celebrate Uncle Beuford's 90th b-day (which will be this August) and to go around to the cemeteries. We always meet at the Hannibal Inn and then all of us go on to Grandview - the newest cemetery. Then the die-hards go to the other three cemeteries. This year it was really, really hot - as in 96+ degrees! Dylan got to meet his Great Uncle Beauford Robinson (Big D's brother), Great Aunt Shirley and Great Uncle Pete Collier, Cousins Mary Collier and her sons Will and Jake, Cousins John Robinson, Christy Robinson and Sharis (John's daughters), Vickie and Bob (Beauford's daughter and son-in-law), Rob and Ann (Vicki's kids), Tony, Great Uncle Harry and Great Aunt Nukie Sanders (Pa's brother and sister-in-law) and more! Dave did a great job of videotaping the cemetery tour to try to get some family history for Dylan.










So on Sunday we went to Grandma Sharon's. Dylan got to meet his Grandma Sharon, Great-Grandma (my dad's mom), Great Aunt Marcia and Great Uncle Rick Swenson, Great-Aunt Cindy, Dot Branson, Great Aunt Rita and Great Uncle Frank Lange, and Vick.







We also had a good time in Lake St. Louis and on the morning of Memorial Day, Dylan met the neighbors - the Thiemes, Mr. Eng, the Templetons, Janet and Jim Quinn, Karyn Bohanan, the Pohligs. And in the evening we had Scott Linden and his family and Tammy King over. On Tuesday we took a ride on the boat - it put Dylan to sleep right away - he didn't like the life jacket too much though!

Mother's Day, Latest Tricks

So, a lot has happened since my last post. I had my first Mother's Day and Dylan and Dave gave me a snazzy new camera that takes great pics. So you will see pictures from Mother Day at the Katz's - Dave, Xan and Josh made us (including Daelin, Bobby, Morgan and Madeline) a yummy Mediterranean dinner.

Dylan's latest tricks include throwing a toy from his stroller for the first time, putting his paci in his mouth when he was semi-sleeping (those were both yesterday) and then the day before yesterday he started to really laugh at his Winnie the Pooh rattle (he has been laughing for a while right before eating - eating really seems to make him happy) and he scootched 90 degrees during tummy time. I think he will be crawling soon - so we better hurry up on finishing the remodel that has been frozen in time since he was born. Dylan is on a growth spurt right now as he ate 8 times yesterday! He is starting to get chubby and as always he is really fun.