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catching up

so it's been a while we've posted....Michawn informed me that proper blog etiquette requires a posting at least once a week... we'll try to be more responsible bloggers...

Mom and Dad McMannus (known to their grandkids as Abuelo and Abuela) came to visit us for the last week, we had a really great time just spending time together which mostly involved Jonh and I trying to figure out why Joe and July were laughing hysterically. Mom brought Joe a jar of fart putty which was the main event for them... I will be looking to subtly make the jar get "lost" at the soonest possible opportunity. Friday afternoon after I dropped Mom and Dad off at the airport, Micah and I came home and the house felt very empty and quiet. We miss you and can't wait to see you again! (Micah especially misses the long walks with Abuelo).

Joe had his 27th birthday party last month, of course, Tink believes she has the rights to every birthday cake blowing out event :) she was a great help because it is doubtful that Joe would have managed to blow out ALL his candles on his own and might have forfeited his birthday wish...

At such a young age Micah already owns more Red Sox paraphernalia than anyone i know. Joe got him all dressed up for the upcoming games against the Yankees. As soon as he was dressed Micah spit up all over his new outfit, which of course was an omen of what was to come... Red Sox lost all three games to the Yanks.... bummer.. Joe was very distraught, but has since recovered.... in my more devious moments i have contemplated secretely buying a Yankees outfit for Micah and dressing him up in it... that of course might have a severe impact on Joes emotional health... ok this is a ridiculously long post. in honor of my Pennsylvania dutch family, lets just say this blog is ALL.

Micah already getting alot of female attention at Josh's birthday party. Sorry Josh, looks like Micah stole the spotlight at your party :)

one month old!!!

Micah is one month old today... he's not very photogenic yet, he smiles maybe once a day so it's tough to catch a smile on camera... maybe soon. One month sure went by pretty quick (yeah, we know, it's only one month), will the time always go by so fast?

at the park

the other day we were babysitting for Andre & Kristin,

we took Micah and the girls down to the park on Cabot St in Beverly.

Alexa enjoys summersaults...

and Joss likes to ride in the wagon (although I think she'd rather be outside of the wagon running around... but not yet)...

Micah is dedicated at church

today Micah was dedicated to the Lord at our church, East Gate Christian Fellowship in Salem, MA. Our Pastors Lou and Gwen, and Micah's grandparents (Angela's Mom and Dad) Ken and Pam all prayed for Micah. It was special that Mary and Pete and their two boys got to be there to see Micah get dedicated.

after church the whole family went and had a cookout at Mom and Dad's house in Beverly. After lunch everybody had fun on the trampoline.

Mary, Pete, Isaiah and Elisha come to visit

this weekend Mary (Joe's sister), her husband Pete and their two boys Isaiah and Elisha came to visit and meet Micah.

We all went for a walk down to the lake that is behind our house, Isaiah and Elisha wanted to get in the water, throw rocks and look for frogs... give Micah a couple more months and he'll be excited about that kind of stuff, too!

naturally, everybody forgot their swimming suits, so the boys got all wet and then had to walk back home in their birthday suits... it was pretty funny.

happy shots