*We went to Skip's co-worker and friend Tony's wedding on the 6th. Last wedding of the season for us! It was a good time, and I got to "recycle" my outfit from Sarah and Andy's wedding, plus a little extra "bling" in the form of a really pretty necklace I got at the gift shop at MCW. Bonus :). Oh, the shoes came off long about 7:00. On the 7th, we got together with Dwyers down in Lake Geneva for lunch. We haven't seen them in a while, so it was great to catch up. I did a serious double-take when I saw Delanee and how tall she is. She is a beautiful little girl that looks SO much like Melissa-- especially those blue eyes. But she definitely got her daddy's height genes! We strolled around LG for a little while before heading back up to Milwaukee. It really was a nice day spent with our friends, and then some more time just our little family.
*Preston had his 1-year (albeit a bit late) appointment on the 9th. He is doing quite well these days, walking like a champ and getting more words each day (plus some sign language). He's 28.5 inches tall, but only 17.8 lbs. The doctor wanted to make sure that there was nothing clinically wrong with him that's preventing him from gaining weight, so she had about 6 tests ordered. Skip said Preston had 4 vials of blood drawn, and 3 shots for his immunizations. My poor baby cried through the whole thing (Skip took him since I was at work). He was pretty exhausted that day and the next. Well, his tests came back, and everything is completely normal! It looks like he just is destined genetically to be a tiny kid, at least for now. In the meantime, we'll keep feeding him and making sure he's hitting all of his milestones!
*This weekend was a good one, albeit a bit tiring in the end. On Friday after work, Preston and I bummed around town after dinner doing a little shopping for some stuff, and Skip went to work at Sinai at 7. Saturday morning we got up and had breakfast and got dressed, then woke up The Bear (i.e. Skip) to take me to the train station so I could take Amtrak down to Chicago. The ride down was nice, and the train was totally packed, which was nice to see (Insert Obligatory Anti-Scott Walker comment here: I wonder if the proposed train to Madison will be as crowded as the one to Chicago. If so, Walker needs to quit trying to put the damn kibosh on that train. I digress...). I walked over to Lindsay's and visited with some of the girls before we headed to see The Lion King. The show really was great. The actors and singers were awesome, and the costumes in the show were pretty impressive. After the show, we all went to Quartino for dinner, which was also a fun time. Italian tapas and red wine is a great combination :). After dinner we went back to Lindsay's for a little while before I got on my train home. Well, after all that wonderful wine, the motion of the train is not a good idea. I definitely did not have a good ride home... At least I made it to the bathroom, let's leave it at that. Skip and the boys picked me up from the train station, then I got home and Preston and I totally crashed in our bed.
Sunday morning Skip got up to work at Meda-Care, and Preston and I had breakfast then got ready for the day before he went down for his morning nap. At my request, Local photographer UncleMichaelEckel came up to take pics of Preston. We went first to a new Vietnamese place for a pho lunch, which was quite tasty. After lunch, since it wasn't too nice outside, we headed to the indoor buildings at the zoo to take pics (thanks to our Zoo Pass from Mom and Dad Eckel, we're able to go whenever we want). I haven't seen the pics yet, but I really think Michael got some good ones of the little guy. It was also nice because we got to see the zoo almost totally empty of people, so that was fun. Anyone looking for a good photographer should seriously consider having Michael take their pics... just a little plug for my baby bro :).
We came back to the house for a bit before Michael took off, then Preston, Scotch and I went over to visit Skip at Station 5 for a little while. After a stop at Ziemers to get their mail and a swing through McDonalds, Preston and I came home, had a quick dinner, then totally passed out. It was a great weekend, so I wasn't a huge fan of getting up to go to work this morning, but such is life. Oh well. We've got another busy weekend coming up, with Knightwind dress rehearsal and Megan's birthday on Saturday (plus Skip has a show), then Sunday is my concert. Should be fun!
Here's a recent video of Scotch and Preston goofing around. Scotch sounds mean, but I swear he was fine-- remember, he's a big dog, with a big voice... He got a little crazy at the end, though, so I cut them off. Sorry it's sideways, I have no idea how to rotate in YouTube. :(
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