seven weeks

strong man. 

the best kind of friends

On our trip to Cleveland, we were able to see some very special friends, Todd and Allyson Nagle and their two little ones.  We met in Kenya and spent a lot of time together. . . watching our American shows at night, making massive bowls of ice cream with the excuse that it was justified by the 2 hours Todd and I had spent running earlier for our marathon training. . . the kind of friends who didn't charge gas money for a ride to Nairobi and who you could burst in on at 7:30 in the morning to tell you were engaged.  Good times.  

 The last time we saw them was at our wedding, and Ava was 13 months old with some wispy hair . . . this time around, she was a giggly ball of energy with a personality that matched her little ringlets.  

And we hadn't met Ty yet, but he's already a year old.  All their kids come complete with beautiful blue eyes . . . I'm sure #3 will be no exception!

We enjoyed a raucous meal and walked back to our hotel for some more quality time on the floor in the lobby.

Ty kept trying to swipe Bo's pacifier to add to his growing collection.

We talked about their recent trip back to Kenya and future plans and just enjoyed being together.  I got pooly when they left . . . it's hard not knowing when we'll be together again.    Within yelling distance of their house suits me better.

Trying to take a group picture was pretty challenging...

This is the best we got!  

We luv the NagleBagles 4eva.

great grandpa's 85th birthday party

We had an eventful Memorial Day weekend, traveling to Cleveland to celebrate a special birthday.  Matt's grandpa turns 85 this year and the whole family and many of his old friends got together to celebrate.  Of course it was good timing to introduce our new little family member.  I enjoyed meeting a couple of Matt's cousins for the first time and also getting to know some family members a little better, beyond a hello at our wedding. :)

Bo met his cousins, Evan and Connor.  

And we forced the crying baby on Adam for a bit . . . 

Bo had a really handsome little outfit to wear to the party.  

My two men:

(baby loafers!!)

Connor and Bo played really well together.  

Martha and Evan:

The grandkids each wrote a special lesson they had learned from their grandpa and shared them in front of the group.  It was very touching, I got pooly.  

The Yezerskis, around their patriarch.  I'm making this one extra large so you can see the uncanny family resemblance.  Strong genes!  

Matt's great-grandparents both immigrated from Poland.  We enjoyed a meal of foods I'd never heard of before we got married but am a little more familiar with now!  Kielbasa, pierogis, buhanti, golabki, pork chops, potato pancakes . . . all with a liberal amount of butter.  There was also a man on an accordion to serenade the polka dancers.  Matt and I danced our second dance of our relationship - the polka.  The first being at our wedding.  You don't get a lot of dancing in when you meet in Kijabe.

And when the accordion got old . . .

The man of the hour! 

 Four generations of Yezerskis:

Bo did so well on our travels!  He slept soundly through all four of our flights, for which I am SO thankful (me and all the other passengers).  He slept a lot last weekend, actually.  He is not sleeping half as much now that we're home!  Go figure . . . 

six weeks

What a little monkey.   

five weeks

daddy's birthday

Daddy had a birthday this week!  That's something to smile about!

Fuzzy, but the first smile caught on camera.

One of Matt's birthday gifts was the afternoon off at the movies!  He's a rare breed who actually enjoys going to movies alone.  And with me, but he doesn't mind going alone at all.  I gave him some movie packs of Reeses Pieces and Skittles and he was one happy guy.  

And when he came home, he saw THIS happy guy wearing his well-wishes! 

another little smile!

Even Moosey got some love . . . 

Also my friend Erin had her baby boy Haddon Abraham on Matt's birthday, doubling my love for May 18th.  It was a smiley day.  I made homemade lemonade and a killer blackberry cobbler.

And I discovered intsagram.

Ushering in the summertime.  

one month old!

My friend Kerry made Bo little onesies to celebrate turning a month older.  I was excited to put on his one month outfit today!  He got to wear it to his doctor's appointment, where he received a glowing report.  He's weighing 9 lb 13 oz and has grown to be 23.5 inches long, putting him in the 50th percentile for weight and 95th for height!  Which is kind of funny, because lately I've been thinking he was short . . . I don't know why I got that in my head, but I did.  It appears that right now he's kind of long and lean.  Hopefully he inherited his dad's metabolism. :)  I'm relieved to see he's gained some weight because he really doesn't eat all that often.  Last night he went almost 6 hours between feedings.  That was pretty nice for mommy!!  I'm not under any impression that tonight will be the same, but I feel nice and rested today.