Family Vacay to Indy

We took our first family vacation - just the four of us this past week. We went to Indianapolis, IN from Wednesday - Sunday. Day 1 we drove there, just hung out in our hotel room and went to dinner. Day 2 we went to an indoor water park called Caribbean Cove. It was Rocco's first experience swimming and he loved it. It was nice that it was indoors so we didn't have to worry about the sun affecting his skin or eyes. That night we went to dinner in the downtown area. Day 3 we went to the Children's Museum. It's the world's largest. It was neat but I think we were expecting it to be even better. Plus, some of the stuff was a little too young for Graham. But we still enjoyed it. We hung out downtown afterwards. Day 4 was supposed to be the zoo but it was too hot so instead we went to Rascall's Fun Zone (go karts, mini bowling, arcade games, etc.) and then went to dinner downtown again. Day 5 we drove home. Nathan and I have been at home with Rocco our last two days of vacation. I am not looking forward to going back to work. Here are some pics from Indy.


Caribbean Cove:



Part of a Downtown Monument:

The Children's Musuem:

Hotel Fun:




Rascals Fun Zone:

Looks Who's Sitting & Who is Getting in Shape!

Rocco sitting up at 25 1/2 weeks! What a big boy!

Graham getting in shape for Fall Baseball!

Go Meyer Boys!!!

Recent Pictures

Here are some recent pictures. The above one is from when we went to Grant's Farm this past weekend. I was a little nervous about bringing Rocco somewhere like this b/c it would be the first time and I wasn't sure how he would do (with the sun and his light sensitivity). But we slapped some sunscreen on him. stayed in the shade as much as possible and put a hat and sunglasses on him (which he actually kept on pretty well) so it turned out great! I wanted to get a picture of Graham and Rocco in front of a Grant's Farm sign but that didn't happen. And Graham is missing from this above picture. He was off pressing a penny in one of those machines. He had a blast though b/c we went with our friend Michael and his girlfriend's 2 kids, Graylin and Gracie. Later that night, we all went to dinner at Cusumano's and it was so yummy!

Michael and Rocco

Rocco at Grant's Farm. This is one of my favorite pictures of Rocco!

Rocco's bib mullet: Business in the front; Party in the back!

"No pictures, please!" (Rocco at Grant's Farm)

Me and Rocco on July 4th

Mom and Rocco on July 4th

Rocco on July 4th drinking his celebratory bottle!

Bath time

Graham batting at his baseball game

Old vs. New

Not too much has been going on around the Meyer household. This weekend was a nice long and relaxing 4th of July weekend. Friday night we went to dinner and then over to see a friend's new house. Sat. I went to the pool with Kelly (my first pool time of the summer!) and later that night, Nathan and I went to dinner at The Drunken Fish and then to see the movie KNIGHT AND DAY. Sunday (the 4th) we just had my mom over and grilled. We watched the fireworks that our neighbors shot off. Rocco did pretty good with them. He would start shaking at the ones that make a lot of popping noise like gun shots but never cried. Today we just ran some errands and shopped.

We recently bought a new, fancy camera. The reason is because I got a big batch of pictures developed and poor Rocco's eyes looked so crazy in most of them. They look red with black in the middle. And sometimes the black part wouldn't be in the middle but instead off to the side - making it look even crazier. I don't want him to have these kinds of baby pictures or to grow up not wanting his picture taken so we bought a Digital SLR with a flash attachment. This way we can angle the flash so it's not right in his eyes and the pictures show the true color of his eyes (or pretty darn close). We're still learning how to use it best but I can tell a huge difference already. I'll post some pictures from the old camera and some with the new. Nathan tested it out at one of Graham's baseball games too so I'll post some of those also.

OLD CAMERA (You don't see the black dots that I was talking about b/c that happens when I would get them developed. But the red eyes are from the direct flash to the eyes.):

Big boy in his high chair

Father's Day

The boys on Father's Day (above and below)

NEW CAMERA (Still learning with the flash attachment. More to come later.):

Love this one. Rocco looks best in blue!

My little bully pulling my hair, as usual!

Yummy toes!

Growing, Developing, Travelling & (Baby) Showering

Just a quick post to update on the latest developments with Rocco. He is 21 weeks this Thursday. At his 4 month appt. about a month ago, he weighed 17 lbs. 3 oz and was 26 inches long. Both are in the 90th percentile. His head is in the 25th percentile so he has a peanut head like me and Nathan. But it doesn't look out of proportion to his body. At that appt., the Dr. told us to start to feeding him different cereals with a spoon. He didn't seem to mind the rice cereal and the brown rice cereal. The mixed grains one was OK but he did NOT like the oatmeal. I don't blame him on that one. We moved on to the first of the green vegetables this past Friday. We started with green beans and will then move on to peas and then orange/yellow veggies. He doesn't seem to mind the green beans now but he gave some weird looks at first and even shook his head in disgust the first time. I can't wait to let him taste the yummy fruits after he tries all of the veggies. He goes back to the Dr. at the 6 month mark.

His vision is continuing to develop more and more. He focuses better and from farther differences. The eye Dr. said his fixation and following of objects will continue to improve with age.

Today, my mother-in-law noticed that he is cutting his first tooth. And tonight, Nathan said he sees two! This is kind of early but it doesn't surprise me. He's been drooling like crazy and CONSTANTLY puts EVERYTHING in his mouth. And he's been chewing on my shoulder when I hold him. He's starting to try to figure out how to crawl. He can kind of push himself forward while on his stomach. And I think he'll be an early walker.

Everyone comments on how strong he is - even the Dr. I jokingly call him Thor or Brutus. He's got a grip that is insane for such a small being. He is a very happy baby and laughs and smiles all of the time. His smile lights up his whole face and instantly make you smile (and it melts your heart!). Graham seems to be even more into Rocco lately since he's developing a personality. It's so cute to see them together - smiling at one another. Graham is so good with him and is constantly saying, "Look at him!" with everything that Rocco does.

All of the Meyers traveled to Allen, TX to visit Nathan's sister and her family. The oldest granddaughter also graduated high school while we were there. It was a nice trip but I felt like we were in the car for most of the weekend. Rocco did pretty good on the 9 hour drive (we broke it up each way). He only had one really bad hour-long cryfest. Graham is an awesome traveler. Give that kid a portable DVD player and some movies and he's set. And he barely has to pee so there's not a lot of extra stopping for that. He was a big help trying to calm Rocco when he did fuss here and there.

Last weekend was a baby shower for my friends, Becky and Dustin,. They are expecting a baby boy in July. It was a couples shower and I think there were more kids there than adults. It was cool to see Rocco interact with his fellow Winter 2010 babies, Matthew Baker and Taylor Swain. It was so cute to see them together. I can't wait to meet baby Kaelen too!

Tomorrow I have to go out of town for work for 4 days. It will be my first time being away from Rocco. I am trying not to think about it. I'll be bringing my camera so I can watch videos of him to calm me when I'm missing him like something fierce. It will be nice to have some time at night though to workout or read a book - things I don't usually have time for these days. But I'd rather not go if I had a choice.

Here are some recent pictures (some from the above mentioned stuff):

Nathan and Rocco at Graham's baseball game

Rocco in the hotel room in TX

"Where to, lady?" (Nathan's cabbie quote for this hat.)


Look at that belly! Too cute!



Allison, the graduate! Congrats!



The entire Meyer clan (minus Bryan and Adelyn)




Graham, aka "Sleeping Beauty" in the car on the TX drive



Matthew, Taylor and Rocco - the Winter 2010 babies