You know its been a while when...

You know it's been a while since your last blog update when it takes 30 minutes to import all the photos off the camera and you're getting requests from family and friends for new pictures. :) Sorry to all of you who check our blog on a fairly regular basis only to be disappointed when there's nothing new to see.
On that note... here are some new pictures from the past month. (has it really been that long?)

Playtime with Uncle Jim and Julie ~

At the kite festival in Kenosha

Swingin' with Aunt Tracy

Micah wanted this cup in the worst way!

Micah's new outfit from Grandpa and Grandma K

It says "Little Klink" on the back :)

Playtime on the parachute ~

I love Micah's expression! I think he's taking a page out of Uncle Jim's book ~

You probably can't tell from this picture, but Micah is getting his two bottom teeth! I don't know how pediatric dentists do it, getting children to open wide for checkups, but getting a 5 month old to say "ahhh" is no easy trick! :)

The other day, Aaron was "reading" to Micah (which really consists of Micah seeing how much of the book he can get into his mouth at once), and as I was walking up the stairs I noticed how it looks like half of Micah is missing. He was all curled up on the couch, but this pictures looks like half a baby! :)

Sitting up all on his own, playing with his blocks. He is ALL boy... any time we make a tower with the blocks, he immediately knocks it over. :)

We had fun with my friend Shana and her son Mikey...

Micah was a HUGE fan of Mikey's Jumparoo ~

What a difference since the last time we saw them!

Feb. 23, 2010 - Micah was almost 8 weeks old, Mikey was 2 weeks

June 16, 2010 - Micah is 5 1/2 months old, Mikey is 4 months

Micah has a thing for feet these days... he must have thought Mikey's looked tasty :)

Buddies forever :)

Micah seems to be getting close to being mobile, and his motivation to move increases when there is something just out of reach that he wants. In this case, Shana's dog, Ruby, was the target :)

Here's what happens when daddy does dinner ~

Micah doesn't seem to mind too much :)

Pops thought Micah's cereal looked a little bland...

My brother-in-law, Eric, turned 30 last week, and his wife, Tracy, organized a surprise party to celebrate. His whole family came in from lower Michigan and the DC area for the party, which meant Micah had a lot of new people to meet and entertain. :) The plan was to meet at the park by Tracy and Eric's house, but due to thunderstorms, we had to get creative and improvise... so we met at Menard's instead.

Here's the group waiting to surprise Eric ~


And here's our little family in the automotive aisle


He had NO idea we were going to be there, when Tracy told him they needed to run into Menard's... what a great surprise!


This was in the parking lot :)


Here's Micah entertaining Eric's family


Micah meeting Eric's Grandma Smiley


After the party... entertaining that many people is exhausting! (I think it's a toss up for who's more tired... me or Micah. He's definitely got the better end of the deal...) :)

My sister-in-law, Tracy, turns 30 in early July, and we thought it'd be too hard to get everyone to come back in a few weeks for another party. So, since the entire family was down for Eric's party, we thought it'd be fun to surprise Tracy too. The next day, we were back in Kenosha with a lot of the same crowd from Eric's party, plus some of Tracy's extended family who wasn't there the night before, waiting to surprise Tracy.

Tracy's reaction was priceless! She could not have been more surprised! :)

I think it helped that her birthday was still a few weeks away, and the fact that she had been so consumed with planning Eric's party, the possibility of a party for her was the farthest thing from her mind. :) And that's how a surprise party should be!

Even though it was Tracy's party, Micah stole the spotlight and was the day's entertainment.


Cake time! Happy birthday to you!!


Micah meets Great Auntie Pat ~


Micah playing with Eric's sister, Julie ~


Playing with Eric's brother Rob. Micah thought his hairstyle was pretty cool. :)

Later that evening, Grandpa built a nice fire at their campsite, but who needs that when there's a baby to be watched? :) Babies are MUCH more entertaining than fire.

Back home at Pops and Grannie Jannie's house... they got a swing for the grandkids as well. Micah got the first ride since he's the local, but Luke will be here soon to try it out as well! :)

And last, but not least, my cousin is getting married this weekend, and for her reception she asked our uncle to put together a few numbers for the bottle band to perform. (for those of you who are unfamiliar with the bottle band, it's a group from St. Luke's church in Park Ridge who make music by blowing on, hitting, and plucking bottles. Their concerts are a riot and it's an amazing way to make music!) Since the bottle band wasn't invited to the wedding, our family got recruited to play. Micah's still a little young to be an official member, but he sure gave it his best shot!

You also know it's been a while since your last blog post when it takes you a day and a half to finish it. Never mind the fact that I'm also taking care of a 5 1/2 month old baby, and the thunderstorms last night forced me to have to shut down the computer... at any rate, I hope you enjoyed the new pictures and videos. We've got a lot going on in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned for more!