Parent's Visit and Birthday Weekend - Part II

HAPPY FOURTH BIRTHDAY, THEO!

On Sunday, August 8th, we had a Marvel Superhero themed party with balloons, a banner, and a cake!

[LOVE is smile!]

[Superhero pose?!]

How awesome is this cake?! No, I didn't make it! The bottom layer is yellow cake with Nutella buttercream frosting and the top layer is red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting!

Theo just LOVES Josh and always wants to play with him, so it makes it hard to take pictures 🤷‍♀️

[Theo also wanted to play with Grandma]

[I think I overdid it on the cake... again🙈🙈]

[Those Millennials and their phones 😬]

The light bulbs in our fan burnt out a while ago and we could not figure out how to get the cover off. My dad and Josh had to take the whole fan apart to get to the bulbs. It was pretty ridiculous, but it's cheaper then buying a new fan! Thanks dad for helping!

My dad also planted some new flowers for us. They are beautiful! 

[Mom and Theo]

On Monday, August 9th, Josh and I went to White Chocolate Grill for dinner. Two dates in one week?! That's crazy! We also stopped by Road Runners so I could trade in my shoes. The ones I have keep causing my right foot to fall asleep after I've been running for 30 minutes. That's not okay. Hopefully the new ones I got will be better.

On Tuesday, August 10th, we all went to Walmart to get some school supplies for Theo and then to Costco. Who doesn't like walking around Costco?!

It was all fun and games until Theo had an accident. AND he had a previous accident at Walmart, so we didn't have another pair of clothes for him. I did buy some at Costco, but Theo road home "naked" anyways!

Thanks mom and dad for coming to visit us! We had so much fun and we are excited to see you again in December!

Parent's Visit and Birthday Weekend - Part I

First, I want to start with this:

If you don't already, go follow SharonSaysSo on IG. She's amazing!

Now, onto the post!

We have a family trip to Disney World planned for early December. Theo has a mask exemption for school, but Disney still isn't allowing exceptions. I got Theo another mask (the one he has is a little tight), so we can work on wearing it in public. 

We bought these giant gymnastic mats for Theo to play on, but he still likes to slide off the edge and play on the carpet.

On Thursday, August 5th, my parents drove up from Ohio to spend the weekend with us.

On Friday, August 6th, Theo had PT. He's been working hard on rolling to the right and sitting.

That night, Josh and I went to Mastro's in Chicago for my birthday dinner. Thanks mom and dad for babysitting Theo!

Dinner was AMAZING! We started with King Crab Claws, lobster bisque, and a salad.

[Best lobster bisque I've ever had!]

For our main course I got the filet mignon (medium-rare) and Josh got the Japanese A5 Wagyu. We've had Wagyu once before at Alinea and he just had to try it again. Honestly, don't try Wagyu if you ever want to enjoy steak again. It'll ruin all other meats for you! It's so tender that it melts in your mouth!

[We also got gorgonzola Mac-n-cheese]

And for dessert we got their famous Buttercake! 

[My drink had dry ice in it! Fancy!]

Of course we bought an extra buttercake for my dad, since it's his favorite 😋

The next morning, August 7th, we all headed to the Naper Settlement in Naperville for the Food Truck Festival.

We brought our wagon, four beach chairs, a blanket, and an umbrella, so we could set up camp and stay for a while.

[It was Theo's nap time. Thanks mom for walking with him until he fell asleep!]

Our first stop was at the lobster truck! We shared everything, so we could try more trucks.

[Grilled Mac-n-cheese]

Naper Settlement consists of 13 acres of land and 30 historic buildings. It's a very cool place to have a Food Truck Rally. All of the trucks were spread out and it was fun to walk around the historic site.

After a couple of hours we left the Rally and headed to the Naperville Riverwalk. We strolled along the river and downtown before getting some gelato. It was a super hot and humid day, so gelato and ice cold beverages was just what we needed.

We then headed back to the Rally and got some empanadas and giant lemonades!

["Camp"]

A Regular Week, Corn Fest, and Run for Rivs

This week was a very "regular week" for us. Theo had OT on Tuesday and Thursday, PT on Wednesday and Friday, and Feeding/Speech on Wednesday. I got my allergy shot on Thursday and Josh worked all week. I can't complain though, it was nice to have a regular week after my vacation.

[This kid knows what he wants]

[He's been doing very well with the Honey Bear Straw Cup and "yummy yummy in my tummy"]

A few months ago we donated to the Starved Rock Regional Center for Therapy and Child Development (SRRC), so they could put in new fire doors. Theo use to go to Toddler Class here and his DT still works there. We were happy to donate and I love the plaques that they put up!

We got two new communication devices for Theo. Being non-verbal can be very frustrating for Theo (and us), so hopefully these new devices will help.

On Saturday, July 31st, we went to Corn Fest at the Naperville Farmers Market. There were a ton of booths and we bought some delicious treats including avocado toast, cookies, corn bread, apple cider doughnuts, bread, olive oil, and cheese puffs.

[Best avocado toast I have EVER had!]

[Bread and olive oil]

We've been watching the Olympics all week and I love it all!

On Sunday, August 1st, I started my "Run for Rivs" challenge. We are supposed to accumulate 37 miles of activity between August 1st and August 22nd to help raise awareness and money for Tommy Rivs. Check it out if you want to join! 

[First activity]

11.81 miles done!