Question

I really want to print my blog in a book, however I have not blogged much and I am missing a lot of happenings from this year.  I want to go back and blog those happenings with the correct date on them.  So, my question is how can I change the date on my blog post?  I have gone to a few blogs and noticed that they have back dated some of their blogs.  If you know anything please help.  Thanks.

Funny Face

I know all of Lucas' fans have been dying for a picture of him so here you go. Every time we ask him to make a funny face this is what he does.

When he saw this picture he just had a smile like man that is a good funny face. Anyway hopefully more blogging to come.

Update on us we are in Ann Arbor and almost settled. Ned has started work and is liking it. Lucas seems to be liking it I asked him yesterday if he would like to go back to live Mary's in Chicago or stay here, and he told me he wanted to stay at "Lucas's house". I think that is a good sign he is getting settled. Also after his first Sunday in nursery when he was walking out of church he spotted the nursery room and said "I love church". It is taking me a little longer to love it here, but life is definitely easier here than Chicago and I am sure that in time I will adjust. I think things are going to be really good in Ann Arbor.

Trip to Mobile

In March Lucas and I took a trip to Mobile. It started out as a ten day trip, but turned into a 3 week trip. The weather was great and it was fun to have time to spent with friends and family. Here is what we did:

Learned to paint with a brush

Ate lots of watermelon

Made new friends

Played at the park. Lucas thought that this dinosaur was his and would get so made when anyone else rode on it.

Helped Grandpa clean the pool

Played at Pump it Up

Rode the merry go round with Mimi

Played at the Beach

Played with any toy he could find

Played at Dardy and Gus's, and fed Hibu (the dog) a lot.

Played in the hot tub

Wore a hat like Grandpa

Graduation

Ned graduated about a month ago from the University of Chicago. We are so proud of you!! Thanks for working so hard for our family.

Thanks for coming Mom, Dad, Louise, and Johnny-you made it really special.

Cedar Point

A couple of months ago we went with some friends, Eric, Katie, and Blake Jensen, to the "roller coaster capital of the world", Cedar Point. It is only 5 hours away and we were able to get a great deal on a hotel on priceline so we had to go. It did not disappoint. There were so many roller coasters that we were not able to go on all of them in one day. Lucas also enjoyed it he was able to go on quite a few rides. I think this is going to become a yearly event. After that we drove over to a small town on Lake Erie and enjoyed the town festival.

Lucas was able to ride this all by himself. I was so nervous for him to go alone that he might jump out. Before the ride was over he was so bored that he kept yelling "All done" and throwing his arms in the air doing the "all done" sign.

Ned taught him to put his arms in the air right when the car picks up speed.

Ned tried to ride this with Lucas. If you can't tell he does not fit. This is the employee telling him he is too big and laughing while doing it.

Hugging Snoopy

We rode this bus over and over again.

Speaks for itself

Lucas turns 2!!

About a month ago Lucas turned two. Ned and I were of course sad that he is growing up, but we are really loving this age so I have to just enjoy the moment. The day was a lot of fun we went to the Gymboree play time with a friend, then after Ned got home from school we took him to Chuck E Cheese, and then we took him to Toys'R Us to get his present. Lucas loved Chuck E Cheese and could not believe his eyes when he saw a gigantic mouse and bear singing he just stared. He also enjoyed a bob the builder ride which he went on over and over again. He got to have pizza his favorite. I also made him an elmo cake and that was probably the highlight for him, two of his favorite things put together in one. It was all around a success however we stayed out too late which then caused the following reaction.

Notice the name tag he is wearing. He received that morning at gymboree play and insisted on wearing it for nap then saving it and putting it back on when we got home.

on the bob the builder ride

Finally ready to enjoy his cake

Here is a lengthy video of him blowing out his candles. You should be warned I sound pretty annoying in it, but Lucas is cute so this is for his fans.

Lucas is all grown up

I decided when Lucas was one that I would take away his binky at 18 months the exact date October 1. Well, as that date approached I couldn't do it I knew we had the 6 week trip to Utah coming up, and I felt like he and I needed that security. So when we got home at the beginning of January it was time to take it away. I cried more than he did because I knew he was a little boy and not my baby. That morning he woke up and I talked to him about how babies have binkies and he is not a baby any more so we needed to throw his away. I took him to the garbage can and asked him to throw his binky away. At which point he threw away the dinosaur in his other hand. We talked a little bit more and he started to throw his binky away, but grabbed it out of the trash as soon as he let go. I knew we had to take a different approach so I let him suck on it for a minute and I cried for a minute. I decided we were both too weak so he sat on my lap and we cut the nipple off that way he knew it was on purpose and he would not keep bothering me to fix it. We gathered all the binkies and cut the nipples off and threw all of them, but one away. He accepted that, but the rest of the day he kept the cut binky in his mouth. If it fell out (which it did often) he would put it back in. That night I threw away the final cut binky. He was really a champ through the whole thing and it was rather painless. Although, I have to say a few days after I took it away he woke up kind of early and would not go back to sleep so I tore apart the house looking for a binky. We did not have any because I knew I was too weak to have one in the house so I threw them all away. I have to say I have loved that Lucas took a binky and the little bit of effort it took to break the habit was totally worth all those moments when he was a baby and I just didn't know how to soothe him.

Wonder why I haven't been blogging?

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I need to travel more

I have enjoyed reading this on other people's blogs so I thought I would join in the fun.  

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band 
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland /world
8. Climbed a mountain 
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo 
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child 
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables 
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train (Ferry-yes, train-no)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community 
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelos David
41. Sung karaoke 
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud 
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (Mrs. Pettaway's Lottery Rose movie)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business 
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies 
62. Gone whale watching 
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (this is how I paid for snowboarding in college)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous 
92. Joined a book club (it was called college)
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby 
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day 

More family time

Since Lucas and I were in Utah and stayed with my sister for 6 weeks we got a lot of family time with my side.  Too bad we had been in Utah for three weeks before I got the camera out.  Here are some random pics:

Cutie-Zander

Lucas and Ben having bath time fun

Lucas loved those hulk hands. I did not.

Ben and Matt

Lucas loved spending time with his uncles. Matt, Lucas, and Ben

Mom and me

I love cousin love.  I hope this is how Lucas and Ben will be  together.  Kate and Bronson are 6 weeks apart in age.

Resch Family Party

We were also able to party with Ned's Dad's  family.  We had yummy food, good times, and lots of cousin time.  Lucas had fun running after and playing with all the big boys and their toys.

Lucas wants to be like these silly boys

Lucas got lots of love and help from his older cousins

Poor Alyssa and Olivia love so much it hurts

Grandpa and Jenna

Mark and Grandma