Loving life!

It's been a long while since we have last posted on the website! So much has happened since Luke's 1st Birthday! Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Birthdays and January have all come and gone! It's now February and we are making a promise to post more on the website moving forward!

Check back soon and often for Team Saip pictures, videos and updates on our fun filled adventures!


     

    Archive for the ‘ae’ Category

     

    Start of many…

    Thursday, November 5th, 2009

    This is the start of many purchases over the next 10 weeks. We bought Baby Saip’s bedding as well as bedding for the girls. Here are a few links to the sets. We saved a ton by getting items that were on sale and with a coupon.

    Ella and Kiley’s Matching Bedding

    Baby Saip’s Bedding

    A side note, I took the train again today and loved it. It’s nice having the time to relax before heading into work. I love not having to deal with traffic and it should only get easier when it snows or rains. I won’t have to put up with 90 a whole lot :)

    Check back soon for more updates!

    A few hours…

    Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

    My beautiful Niece!

    My beautiful Niece!

    I just wanted to take a few minutes and post some items that haven’t made it up on the site yet. Here are some photos from the Daughtry Concert as well as when Ben and Jessy were in town! The concert was great and I have some videos you might want to check out if you are a fan of Daughtry. We would like to see him again but on his Fall Tour he won’t be coming to Chicago. I’ve heard this is the second time he has done that.

    Anywho, there is also a cute video of Kiley playing outside and a video of Brian (cousin) putting his face in a cake. I paid him 5 bucks to do it and it was so worth it! We had a great time hanging out with Ben and Jessy along with a tons of Family last weekend. Wish they lived back in IL but they should be moving back soon!

    As for today, I’m going to be spending some time working this morning to make sure a project I’ve been working on goes live on Thursday! It’s shaping up nicely. Beth took the girls to her Kid’s Therapy Baseball Game this morning and then they are off to a slew of errands. Hopefully, Beth doesn’t wear herself out too much today as tonight is going to be amazing.

    I’m going to straighten up the house a bit and then we will be taking Ella to her first Chicago Bears Game for her Birthday! I can’t wait to go tonight. We were able to get Field Passes for the game and I’m SUPER EXCITED for that! Grandpa Lee will be joining us and I can’t wait! I think I’ll say it one more time – I CAN’T WAIT!!!

    One last item before I go, while I was working yesterday a friend let me know on a little secret – the Cardinals are 7 games up on the Cubbies! HA HA HA HA. I haven’t had the chance to follow lately and I definitely know why the Cubby fans have been quite lately. GO CARDINALS!

    Enjoy these photos and check back soon!

    Kiley at her finest!

    TGIF!

    Friday, July 31st, 2009

    Shes having a blast! Too Cute!

    She's having a blast! Too Cute!

    It’s Friday. Phew… Ella and Kiley were able to hang out with Grandma Marsha and Jill this afternoon at Pump It Up! Ella had a blast and Kiley is still a bit young for the place. I heard Jill had an interesting time keeping up with Kiley seeing as how she is ready to burst :) . After picking up the girls, we ordered chinese food for dinner and cleaned up a bit. Ella is spending the weekend with her Dad. It’s always tough when she goes and I think Kiley is starting to pick up on it. We mentioned Ella’s name after she left and she pointed to the door and was showing us where Ella went. This should be interesting in a year when Kiley really gets it.

    I’m in the process of posting photos to Flickr. We have photos to post from our Door County trips as well as a video from tonight. Kiley got down to Beyonce’s – “All the Single Ladies.”

    There are some really cute photos from Door County. I’ve added a few to the main image area on this site. Here is a link to Grandma Sue’s photos on Picasa.

    Also, the White Sox scored a great pitcher today with dealing for Jake Peavy! Go Sox! And, Bear training camp started today! Check out what we put together for the Bears and their Camp Coverage.

    Here is a video of Kiley feeding the ducks in Door County!

    Here is the video of Kiley dancing tonight! Too Cute. I even sing a little… :)

    Another great weekend!

    Monday, July 27th, 2009

    Well we had another great weekend! This time we were in Door County with Lee and Sue. What a beautiful place to be! We were so lucky to get to stay at a great house that was owned by some wonderful people that Lee and Sue go to church with. The girls even got to go up there Thursday morning with Grandma and Grandpa. Lee and Sue were very brave! Thanks again for that you guys!

    We got to do some traditional Door County things and eat lots of food while we were up there for our short trip. Some of those things included: climbing a big tower in Penisula State Park to see the most beautiful view of the entire area; going to Wilson’s for some yummy lunch and ice cream, going shopping at a bunch of little gift shops, going to a traditional fish boil, out to breakfastat Al Johnson’s with the goats on the roof, and grabbing a bunch of candy at the confectionary. It was a blast! Gizmo had a great time with Auntie Allison and Uncle Donnie at their house in Elgin while we were away. Allison doesn’t know if Gizmo ever sleeps :)

    Now its back to reality once again. August is sure to busy a very busy month! First baby Jake is going to arrive on or before 8/4. Jill is being induced on 8/4 if he isn’t here by then. We have birthdays galore with my Mom, Jessy, Nathan, Ben, Me, my Dad, Uncle Mike, Ella, and anyone else that I may have missed. We also have Drew’s wedding, the Daughtry concert, Ben and Jessy and Makayla’s visit, and Ella’s birthday party (which we haven’t really planned yet).  All of this while Matt has one of the busiest months ever at work!!! Its sure to be crazy!

    Stay Tuned!

    One more day…

    Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

    Who can work from home with Kiley :)

    Who can work from home with Kiley :)

    So, we only have one more day at work until the holiday weekend. I had to work from home today because we didn’t have a sitter for Kiley and she was really good. I only had to apologize on one call this morning with a client so I consider it a good day. Who can get any work done with this beautiful baby at home!?!

    Ella has gotten to spend some quality time with grandma marsha this week. They went swimming today at an indoor pool near her house today. We can’t wait to see her tomorrow night and party!

    During the work day, I got into an interesting conversation about Albert Pujols. He hit 2 home runs last night and deserves tons of credit for the first player in mlb history to hit 30 home runs in their first 9 seasons. So, I posted on twitter this update and it started conversation about steriods on facebook. You know, I get that he came up through the minors when people were using steroids. He is the one guy that I don’t suspect. But with the media today, everything is under scrutiny. You have to wonder about some guys out there in the majors but I feel Pujols is different. He has raw talent and has produced since day one. I might eat my words one day but I believe he is one of the players that didn’t take ‘roids. Go Cardinals!

    The 4th is coming up soon and we realized we didn’t tell anyone that we will BBQ at our house on Saturday. Last years party was a blast so for those of you that would like to come out, please do so! I don’t think we will have the slip n slide but bags, beer and brats will be on tap! Hope to see you on Saturday!

    Click here to see more photos from today!

    Friday!

    Friday, June 26th, 2009

    It’s time to head back to work but atleast it’s Friday. We were at the office until about 11PM prepping a site for a presentation today. Drew flew out to Canton this morning and hopefully things will go well. I work with some really great guys that are very willing to see sites through to the end. Makes the job a bit easier when you have the staff like I do.

    As for yesterday, two celebrities passed – Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. I was sort of following the news on MJ and CNN wouldn’t report it official until others reported it. They both were really young. You just never know…

    Here is a video of MJ’s that I loved – Thriller. This one is also great as well – Rock with You.

    Off to work I go!