Saturday, May 30, 2009

Flashback - Memorial Weekend

We made a trip back to Leesburg for Memorial weekend. Dane got to spend lots of quality time with cousins Andon & Presley! We went out on the lake on Sunday and had some sleepy babes! The rest of the weekend was really just low key, hanging out and eating tons! See pics below...

Sleeping Babes:Love the Sun Hat:Andon shaving already!:Dane's a true laker:

Friday, May 29, 2009

"Blow-Out" is my new middle name!

Hi Everyone! My name is Dane Paul Hatten but my parents now lovingly refer to me as Dane "Blow-Out" Hatten! Apparently I thought it was so much fun to do on the plane rides to and from LA that I have continued this disgusting behavior over the past couple weeks! Four times this week in fact! Yippee for me! Last evening when my mom was running errands, I thought it would be fun to give Dad a triple whammy! I blew out the front, back and leg holes of my diaper! Pretty amazing, don't you think? Mom came home just in time to watch me pee on my changing table while dad was trying to figure out what to do with my messy clothes!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

A Conversation...

...between a father & son. The son has quite a bit to say!

Monday, May 25, 2009

Friday, May 22, 2009

Holiday Weekend

Here's hoping you all have a safe, happy holiday weekend! We're heading back to Leesburg to visit family!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Congratulations McGinnis Family!

Our dear friends Julee & JB just welcomed their 2nd daughter yesterday...Jayla Teagan joins big sis Jacee in the McGinnis house! This is the couple we visit every summer on the Jersey shore. Congratulations Julee, JB & Jacee on your exciting addition! We can't wait to meet her!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Forgot to mention...

We felt the earthquake on Sunday evening around 8:30pm in CA!! It was kind of cool. Had it been any worse and / or things started falling off their shelves and walls I probably would have been pretty freaked out, but as it was - their house just vibrated!

2009 Press International:
LOS ANGELES, May 18 (UPI) -- Seismologists say they are concerned the 4.7-magnitude earthquake that shook the Los Angeles area may have erupted along the Newport-Inglewood fault.

The U.S. Geological Survey said details regarding Sunday's quake appear to be consistent with activity at the fault line, which experts have predicted could be responsible for a large earthquake one day, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

"The initial focal mechanism is consistent with a slip on the Newport-Inglewood fault, which was the source of the damaging 1933 Long Beach earthquake," the agency said in a statement. "Two of the early aftershocks, however, are west of the Newport-Inglewood fault trend. Later aftershocks will help to define the fault plane that ruptured."

The fault runs from the coastline of Orange County, Calif., to West Los Angeles and is thought to be capable of creating an earthquake in a 7-magnitude range, the Times said.

Sunday's quake was centered near Lennox, a community east of the Los Angeles International Airport. The Geological Survey said the quake originated 8.4 miles below the earth's surface.

Trip to LA

Our trip to LA was a lot of fun...it was nice to get out of this mediocre weather and head somewhere warm, even if only for a long weekend. On Friday we just went to the wine bar in Rob & Shannan's neighborhood for a couple hours. We tried to put Dane down at 6pm (8pm Chicago time) so he would stay on his normal schedule but he wasn't having it. He was wide awake and happy and didn't end up going to bed until about 7:40 (over an hour & a half past his normal bedtime). Oh well, he never acted like he was overtired. On Saturday we went to Malibu for lunch and then went shopping on Rodeo Drive. Cameron got pooped on at lunch...pretty amusing! On Sunday we went to an outdoor shopping area called the Grove and walked around for a couple hours. Spent some $$ on getting Dane some LA style clothes...little Hollywood stud! Then, Shannan & I got surprised with a one hour massage each - wonderful hubbies thought we needed to be pampered! It was a very fun, relaxing trip and Dane proved to be a great traveller aside from his anal pyrotechnics!