Paging Dr. Tuck!

Katie & Andy sent us some adorable scrubs for Trey when he was born (embroidered with "Dr. Tuck"), and Jay found a little doctor kit at a garage sale... I've been waiting to take this picture for a long time! (I made Jay pose with Trey when he got home this morning from overnight call... sorry, Jay.)       

And I found out I can't tell Trey to say "Cheese" for a picture. It doesn't make for a good photo.                  

Visitors

Luke & Em came down to see us last week, we had such a great time going to the pool, garage sale-ing (Luke's a good sport), and hanging out on the front porch. We can't wait to see them again!

Vacay

This month we went to Florida with Hazen & Carol and Katie, Andy, Sam & Lily, and stayed at Katie's parents' gorgeous house on the beach. We had a great time hanging out by the ocean every day... I loved it. We were excited to meet sweet, beautiful Lily for the first time!  Trey loved baby Lily, and has been doing the sign for 'baby' all the time since we've been home.

She looked great in her swimming suit!

Trey had lots of firsts on this trip...

First time sleeping between mom & dad (no cribs left at the hotel... of course):

First time on a plane:

First time in the sand:

and first time in the ocean:

It's always great entertainment to be around kids (or Tuck brothers) as they interact... lots of that on our trip.

Playing chicken,

Playing dinosaur,

Reading,

And of course, dancing.

"C'mon guys, let's dance!" -Sam

Weekend

Trey and I went to a baby shower on Saturday, and he came home with two balloons. This is how he looked all weekend, he wouldn't let go of either of his "bah-os"!  They were sagging behind him today, so it looked like he was walking two pet balloons.

Today was such a gorgeous day! Trey let go of his balloons long enough to help me wash the car,

eat a juicy peach,

and hose off all the stickiness. 

Looks like it's gonna be a great summer!

Rainbow? Please?

The basement flooded again. It always (well, twice) floods when Jay is on call, too. So I get to deal with it. This time I thought it might be coming though, so I got everything off the floor. Still not fun to clean up. Plus, the basement smells like dirty cat (ugh) for a week after flooding, for some weird reason. We have GOT to do something about this. 

I let Trey play in my beads just to keep him occupied while I finished. I don't think he ate too many. 

Summer Entertainment

Weekend fun

Jay was home this weekend - it was fantastic. He took Trey with him on a 6 mile run yesterday (ugh!), so I took a nap in the backyard. Loved it.

We had Pizza Hut on Saturday (a new fave of the boys in the fam),

and grilled out on Sunday. Trey had fun playing outside (pants-less) when he was supposed to be in bed.

Burgers & Beanbags

We decided it was 'bout time for a cookout, so we had one last weekend. It was a blast.

Hostile Takeover

I'm here!

Yes, hostile takeover at TuckPorch. I (Katie) am taking over this blog. 'Cause I like the name, mainly. And Jay will contribute occasionally. When I allow him to. (Kidding). 

Stir Crazy

I've been working like a dirty dog over the past several weeks. Early mornings, late nights, high-stress situations, etc. Today I had a day off. My wife and child left for Chicago early in the morning, and the rain prevented yard work. I had almost nothing to do... and it drove me crazy.

I used to be able to sloth about for days on end and be happy as a clam. For some reason now when I'm really busy and then have a day off it feels like someone unexpectedly slammed the brakes while we were traveling at 70 mph and I was sleeping in the back seat.

I feel old.

So I did what most Americans do when they're bored: I went shopping. I got Rinkle an Andis hair clipper. OK, it's for me too.

How Audacious

Doug Wilson hits the bullseye.

America's Most Deadly Export

A Mighty Fortress

A Common Word

Holiday Pictures

I got 6 days off for Christmas this year. Half of the hospital's residents take Christmas and half take New Year's off. We had a nightmare drive in the dark-and-ice-and-fog from Peoria to Galena. Then we drove from Galena to Rockford on Christmas Day. We came home December 28th. Here's some pics

Happy Birthday, Trey!
Your cake is served...
Yum-yum!

Christmas Morning
Here's Andy in the hat we got him. I was voting for a derby, but I got vetoed.
Andy sets Michael straight about a few things
Out fryin' turkey!
The Ping-pong Tournament Quarterfinals

The Finals
Christmas Skylarking
You've got some purty teeth!
Maggie
Banana-grams!
Reinforcements
Two Sweeties

Wait a minute... It's my Birthday?
AGAIN!?!?
With Great-Grandma Gail while picking up Rinkle
And now a post-holiday bonus: