September Update....

Wow, it's almost October. Where does the time even go these days?

Well, as usual, our little man is keeping us very busy. At almost 17 months, Declan has learned how much fun it is to run and is actually getting quite good at it, unless he is tired, where he looks like a little drunk man or if he needs to stop quickly, in which he often ends up on his face. It's amazing the falls he can endure and still get right back up and keep going.

He develops more of a personality everyday. He still loves to ask "Whas that?" and has added, "Where's Da?" when Ton isn't home and "Na na" to Luca when she has taken a toy of his. Other then that, it is a lot of Declan words, but nothing else we can understand yet (other then mama and dada)! He also loves to throw his arms up in a confused state when he wonders where something has gone. He has become a little show-off at daycare and often dazzles the other day-care parents by spinning around and flopping on the ground. He just thinks he is the funniest person in the world. At the same time, I have noticed that he has become increasingly shy too. He is a little squirrel around family and close friends, but then if we see someone we haven't seen in a while, he becomes a major cuddle bug which is new. I think he takes after me in the "shy" department!

Other then that, we are just keeping busy with work and continuing to try to sell our home. We had our first showing today - finally! Decky and I start swimming lessons tomorrow, which will be fun for him and I am running in the Twin Cities 10K next weekend with my sister, Colleen. It is my first race, so I am excited to see what it is like. Tony is really liking his new job and is excited to start playing hockey. We'll get to start taking Declan to Uncle Conor's St. John's hockey games coming up this fall/winter, which we cannot wait for!

Yay for Hockey Season!!

We were graciously given two Wild tickets to last weekend's pre-season game in the 4th row and had a great time! Tony shares season tickets with some friends of ours, but the seats are in the upper row, so it was fun to be so close to the glass. I love Wild games and can't wait for the season to begin!

Tony caught the action of a good fight - love the hockey fights!

Congrats Sus!

Last weekend, a good friend of mine from high school got married on a beautiful night in Chaska. She looked beautiful and we had a great time! Congrats Susan and Jon!

My good friend, Carly and me;

aka Speedypee and Annabella (code names from high school!)

Baby Einstein Zombie

Declan is a BIG fan of the Baby Einstein videos. We have a few different ones, but any time we pop one in the DVD player, he squeals and claps. And if Tony and I don't put it on quick enough, he gets very irritated! I thought he was so cute the other night when I put one in before bed to wind down with. He grabbed his teddy and hopped onto his rocking chair and became a complete zombie to the outside world. I bet I took about 40 pictures of him, and he never once even looked over at me.

Luca was feeling a little neglected, so Decky paid attention to her for a little bit.

Zoo Trip

My mom and dad joined Declan for a Sunday trip to the MN Zoo a few weeks ago and Decky LOVED it! Tony and I took him to the zoo early in the summer, but he didn't get as much out of it because he wasn't walking yet, so I wanted to take him so he could run around and look at the animals closer up. His favorites by far were the indoor fish/shark exhibits. He couldn't get enough and would have stood there for hours if we would have let him! He even went away with a new stuffed Wolf and zoo animals. Score!

At the end of the day...Declan was so cloase to passing out at this point!

The Good Old Minnesota State Fair

We decided to give Declan his first dose of the infamous MN State Fair, and took him for a few hours one night. We met up with a few friends who were also there, and witness Mike and Joe go on the bungee cord ride (I don't know what it was called!) Declan loved watching them go up in the air. Tony and and I decided to split everything so we wouldn't feel sick afterwards (although I was still close!) and Declan loved everything we got! I think his favorites were the french fries and raspberry lemonade!

Decky with Dad and Mike (Declan's Godfather)

Waiting for Mike and Joe to bungee into the air!

Good luck guys!

There they are!