Jordan's new friend Miles!

Last night, our good friends BJ and Amanda had their first child: a little boy named Miles! This morning we got to visit them in the hospital (United Hospital, which is where Jordan was born - that brought back lots of memories!). We had a lot of fun meeting this new little man, and Jordan is very excited to have a new friend. Jordan also enjoyed holding Miles, several times using his sign for "more, please" when he had finished holding him. We look forward to many years of fun with Jordan and Miles.

Family Vacation

Last Friday, we set out to spend almost a week with Matt's family in Wisconsin Dells. It was a week packed with all sorts of excitement. On Father's Day, we traveled to Milwaukee to watch the Twins play the Brewers. Even though the Twins lost, everybody had fun watching baseball the way it was meant to be played - outside!!!

Jordan had a blast hanging out with his grandparents, aunts, and uncles. He spent a lot of time outside, helping Mom and Dad play games like bocce ball and cowboy golf. He also had a ton of fun at the resort's pool and playing in the sand at the beach. All in all, it was a great time for everyone!

More pictures will be uploaded to our Flickr account soon!

Mother's Day at the Children's Museum

To celebrate Sally's second Mother's Day, we decided to take a family trip to the Minnesota Children's Museum. It was Jordan's first time there - and he had a blast! As you can see in the pictures, there was so much to take in. Jordan had fun playing with the waterworks exhibits, dressing up as a doctor, crawling and climbing in different nature settings, and most of all playing with Mom and Dad. We all left completely exhausted, but we also had a ton of fun and will have many lasting memories of this Mother's Day.

Fun with Jordan

We feel like we say this all the time, but every new stage with Jordan seems to be even more fun than the last! Jordan has become such a fun little man to hang out with - now that he has the walking thing down, he keeps us busier than ever. He loves to dance, read books, eat with utensils, blow kisses, eat french fries, be silly, give high-fives, play basketball, go outside, visit the zoo, wrestle with Bailey, and snuggle with mom. Here are a few pics that capture our crazy little guy in action over the past month or so:

The "Tired Sillies"

One of our favorite times with Jordan every day comes right before bedtime. He gets what we call the "tired sillies." We were fortunate enough to capture him in his tired silly phase on video a few nights back and thought we'd give you a glimpse of the goofball that brings us so much joy every day!

Easter!

Jordan celebrated his first Easter in style! While he isn't quite old enough to comprehend the real meaning and reason we celebrate Easter, he had a blast at church nonetheless. He loves playing with the other kids in the kids programming that takes place during the services. And afterward, he spent about 20 minutes with Dad just cruising up and down the hallways, peeking into every single classroom and he absolutely loved the kids playroom, with the fun music and flashing colored lights.

He also enjoyed playing with and opening his plastic Easter eggs, eating some ham, goofing around with Bailey, and hanging out with his Uncle Tim and Aunt Em. (And yes, those are bruises on Jordan's face... Now that he is walking/running, new bumps and bruises seem to appear every day.) All in all, it was a very fun Easter for all of us, but the biggest thing we celebrated this year was that 350 people said Yes! to a relationship with Christ over the course of the weekend services at Eagle Brook! The meaning of Easter - the very reason that Christ came, died, and rose again - is to restore our relationship with God, and to see so many people accept Christ's offer of freedom and forgiveness is always a thrill!

Air Jordan

As we mentioned in his birthday post, Jordan received a Little Tikes basketball hoop for his birthday and he loves it! Every day, Dad and Mom work with Jordan on his post moves and helping him learn to dribble with his left hand. While he doesn't quite have either of those down yet, he has become very good at walking up to it and putting the ball through the hoop. Dad couldn't be prouder!