My Two Month Birthday!!!

Today at 3:28 pm I officially turn two months old! Can you believe it? Mommy and daddy sure can't! I guess time flies when you're having fun! :) I get to visit Dr. Larry on Monday for my two-month appointment so we'll find out then how big I am. But a week ago I was 9 lbs, 6 oz and 22 3/8 in. long. At my one-month appointment, I was 8 lbs, 6 oz and just short of 22 in. So I gained a pound and grew another half an inch in just three weeks! 
My second month has continued to be full of new adventures. I've been to one new state and will go to another one this weekend, and I can't wait to see what other fun things mommy and daddy have planned for us this summer!
Mommy and daddy keep saying that I make the best faces, so I'll share some more of them with you below. Enjoy, and I love you all!

Mid-sneeze!

 

Daddy, get that blanket off my head!

 

Chicago, Day 2

Sunday of our Chicago weekend was a little more laid back. After enjoying some Dunkin' Donuts coffee (which mommy says we're getting in Des Moines but don't have yet!), we loaded up the van to head back to Carol Stream, where uncle Vance and aunt Alysha live. Once we got there, we went out for a big breakfast and then went to see aunt Alysha's office. Then we got on the road for the 5 1/2 hour drive back to Des Moines. Neither daddy nor I got much sleep Saturday night so we enjoyed some nice naps in the van on the drive home. I wish I would have gotten a picture of daddy sleeping in the van, but I didn't, so I guess I'll show you one that mommy got of me instead. :)

Daddy's always so nice to carry all of our stuff whenever we go somewhere!

Hanging out with uncle Vance and aunt Alysha at breakfast

Mommy getting a much needed adjustment from uncle Vance

Aunt Alysha's office is really nice!

Snoozeville, babydoll!

Chicago, Day 1

Chicago was so much fun! Boy, when mommy and daddy vacation they don't mess around. We fit so much into a day and a half, but we really did a lot on Saturday! I got to be on my first boat, go to my first zoo, and be in my first skyscraper! We left uncle Vance and aunt Alysha's early to head into the city. Luckily somebody in aunt Alysha's family has a very nice boat parked in a marina close to where we were going so we didn't have to find parking by the zoo. Chicago has a very awesome zoo - it's called the Lincoln Park Zoo, it's huge and it's free (daddy's favorite part!). :) Even though I slept through parts of it, I'm pretty sure I got to see lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!  (mommy says that's a joke her family will get...?) Then when we were good and worn out from walking around the zoo, we walked a little further to a restaurant called Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinders. It came highly recommended by aunt Michelle and uncle Austin, and daddy loved it last time he was in Chicago to visit uncle Austin. I of course got to eat before everyone else, but when their food came, they said it was really, really good. After lunch the ladies got Starbucks (I'm starting to notice a trend here with mommy and coffee...). Then we headed further into downtown to see The Bean and the Hancock building. The Bean is this giant steel sculpture in Millennium Park that basically looks like a huge mirror. You can take pictures of anything reflected in it and they look really neat. After a bunch of photo ops there, we headed to the Hancock building because I was starving. In fact, mommy and daddy speed-walked me there ahead of everybody else because I was starting to get too hungry. :) The Hancock Center is the 6th tallest building in the US, and it's so tall in person. We got to go up to the 96th floor to have some appetizers and the view was really pretty! I don't think aunt Ang or papa McCurren would've liked it, though. It was pretty high. Well, daddy took a ton of pictures from Saturday (over 200!) but I'll try to pick some to show you below.

 

Getting ready to leave for our day of adventures

Can't you tell how excited I am? :)

My first time on a boat!

Before heading into the zoo

This cat's a little bigger than the one I have at home

Mommy and daddy were discussing whose relatives these two are...

And now they're just being silly!

I think rhino's are pretty cool

But this polar bear was probably my favorite!

Or these giraffes - mommy and I both like giraffes a lot

Aren't I lucky? I almost always get to eat first

Can you tell how excited daddy's getting for CPOG's food?

Ready for lunch

Are you starting to notice a trend with mommy?

Uncle Vance and aunt Alysha just walking with me

My first time in Anthropologie - mommy says I should be more excited

The Bean

More of The Bean - see how it reflects the skyline in the background

And a Bean family picture

One more

I told you I was hungry!

The ladies

And the fellas

Here's the view of Navy Pier - we were going to go there for fireworks Saturday night but were just too tired!

 

Mommy said the view from the ladies' restroom is the best, and I think she's right

 

Doctor visit and road trip!

I got to see Dr. Larry today! I've had a swollen lymph node behind my ear for a couple weeks that mommy wanted him to take a look at. Great news - it's something most newborns get and it's no big deal. What was even more fun was that I got to find out how big I'm getting. I'm already 9 lbs, 6 oz. and 22 3/8 in. long! I feel like that's really big but guess what? That's almost the exact size mommy was when she was born!! Only she was 22 in. long. Still, I feel sorry for grandma Novak! Gosh mommy! 
So after the good news that my lymph node was nothing to worry about, mommy and I headed home to pack because we're headed to Chicago this weekend with daddy and grandpa and grandma Schuring, to see uncle Vance and aunt Alysha! I can't wait. It's my first of what mommy and daddy have assured me will be many out-of-state trips. I think we're going to go to the zoo or maybe the aquarium (because daddy's never been there, even though grandma thinks he has). :) And I want to go downtown to see all the tall buildings. If I'm anything like mommy, I think I'm going to love the city! So I'll show you some pictures below of our road trip to Chicago and post more pictures of the trip later.

9 lbs, 6 oz!! (Can you believe mommy was this big at birth?!)

22 3/8 in. long!!

Hanging out with grams while we're getting gas

Of course grandma and mommy had to have their coffee!

This is Iowa 80 - the world's largest truck stop!!

Spending the afternoon with Aunt Kels

Today aunt Kels came to Des Moines to spend the afternoon with mommy and me. We got Subway and then walked to the park close to our house to eat and hang out. It was a beautiful day though it was still a little hot! After mommy and aunt Kels finished eating, we walked around the Sherman Hill neighborhood and got coffee from Smokey Row. From what daddy says, I think I'll be getting lots of coffee with mommy in my lifetime! As you'll see in the pictures below, I'm wearing my very first outfit that daddy ever bought me, when I was new, home from the hospital. I love it, and I'm looking forward to wearing lots more clothes that daddy will buy me over the next 18 years too!

Me and aunt Kels, spending time together

I like being outside!

Though I'm not so sure about these close-up pictures!

Daddy's First Father's Day!

Sunday was daddy's first Father's Day! What a fun new holiday for daddy to get to celebrate and just another reason for him to get presents, which mommy tells me he loves. :) We also got to see papa and nana McCurren. They came to Des Moines to see us and to celebrate Father's Day, and we had a wonderful day. We went out to lunch at Jethro's BBQ because apparently mommy and daddy both really like barbeque. I guess I'll find out what I think of it... After lunch, we again drove around looking at some nice houses. I think I like driving around in the car! Then we headed out to a really big furniture store in Des Moines to look around. Mommy and daddy enjoyed the free cookies while I enjoyed a nice diaper change in the cafe. Mommy wasn't so sure that was the right place to change my diaper but daddy told her it was fine. She just rolled her eyes, which daddy says she does a lot. When it was time for me to eat again, we all headed back to our house. For Father's Day, mommy, daddy and I got grandpa a card and a picture of grandpa and me. He loved it, and I think it will make a great addition to the other pictures he has at home.
I also got daddy a few gifts, though a couple of them were mostly for me! :) If you want to see some of what I got him, take a look below.

Me with papa and nana at Jethro's before lunch

 

Watching everybody eat was hard work!

Have you ever seen so many lights?

This was my card to daddy - from his lil monkey

I got daddy a lullaby CD of Nirvana tunes - mommy says that's his favorite band 

I also got daddy a Hawkeye dress for me to wear. He says I'll wear it a lot next fall, when it fits me