he's NOT the father...?!?!?

Watching some tv while mommy does the dishes, snacking on a bagel

(she isn't really watching Maury, probably Little Einstines)

New Friends

Aubrie enjoyed our playdate with Tisha and baby Sophie!

Welcome Olivia Karrington Wilkins

Olivia Karrington made her big debut back on May 27th, 2008.

She was born at 4:16am, weighed 7.5lbs and 19.9 inches long.

Jessica is doing an amazing job while Jon is serving with the

Marines in Afghanistan. Please keep them in your prayers.

Aubrie and I will be leaving on Monday to visit them in California for two weeks.

We can't wait to meet her...she is beautiful!!!!

And....so it begins

She's up...

she's off...

she's exploring...

look at my teeth!

Making memories....

Resting with Marcus...

Laughing with David...

Being cute with daddy...

....and pulling mommy's hair.

I eat Cherrios!

and watch Oprah...

Swimming at Grandma & Papa's

Aubrie relaxed in the pool to try to keep cool on another hot and humid day.

she found the grass

Aubrie greeted Papa after his big fishing trip

Hot Dog!!!

In honor of the Fourth of July, the boys had a hot dog eating contest. Charlie was the winner with 12 hot dogs in 12 minutes.
We had a great time watching them force the hot dogs down, but we didn't stay

around to watch them all try (and some succeed) to vomit after the contest.

Soon after....Justin decided he needed to get back into working out. HA! He enjoyed his break from Marine Corps PT, but with the encouragment of Major Christian he has gotten his motivation back.

He decided to buy a bike and Major Christian sent him a box of gear to help get him started.

Major Christian competes in Iron Man competitions and has completed many marathons. He is sponsored by Specialized Bikes and Surefire tacticle gear. He raises money for the Semper Fi Fund and runs in memory of SSgt Jay Collado, who was killed in action when Justin and his team were hit by an IED in 2006. Please check out the Semper Fi Fund at http://www.semperfifund.org/ and donate if you can.

You can also check out Major Christian's latest Iron Man results http://www.forcerecon.com/Semper-Fi-Fund-Raiser.htm

Taste of Chicago

After a quick visit to the doctor (above-playing in the paper),

we met Tracy for a day at the taste.

We know she loves watermelon!

Sharing a snack

We walked all over downtown and ate our weight in food at the taste.

We found some shade and had a little watermelon picnic with Aubrie.

She made a bit of a mess, but what fun is it if we can't play with our food.