Is there more than corn in Indiana?

Well it's summertime in Indiana again. Hot Humid days followed by hot humid nights, sometimes Thunderstorms and tornado warning get mixed in. But most important is that you can get corn on the cob, others would argue pork tenderloin, but for the purpose of this is corn on the cob. This top pic is of Aedan. The corn is a bi color sweet corn from Pretty Prairie Farm. The story that i heard is the guy started selling it as a 4H project and did so well each year he sets up his wagon and sells a lot of corn.

This is a pic of Ella finishing up Aedan's corn. Ella really likes food. She usually cleans her plate but that sometimes means she throws the food on the floor. We had a long day the other day, we went to the county fair, and the at dinner time Ella fell asleep in her chair. The Fair is always fun, Elephant ears, pork sandwiches, rib eye sandwiches, funnel cakes, ice cream. We watched Courtney's cousins show their cows. Brooke even won grand champion. We saw cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, llamas, sheep, horses, and rabbits.

This picture is of Ella walking through the kitchen. It is becoming the preferred way of transport, i still thinks her favorite is being picked up by Courtney or me. She usually wears more clothes but it's hot and she is kind of a messy one.
As you can see Ella isn't the only one who doesn't wear shirts, Aedan is usually sans shirt. But here is a good pic of Aedan and Courtney.

Too hot outside

Too hot out for me so we're staying inside in the air conditioning. This is Ella looking down at me. Ella getting ready to walk. She takes two steps and then goes back to crawling.

Aedan not staying focused probable watching TV. Aedan's been painting and drawing on his art easel. He also been very into Godzilla lately. he bought a big plastic godzilla with some of his birthday money.
Then we can't forget about Courtney and myself. I know most people just wan to see Ella and Aedan. But that's why we jump in the picture so people won't forget about us.

Finally Aedan's Mighty Muggs reenacting a scene fom Temple of Doom. "Indy cover your Heart."

Aedan's Birthday(s)

Well it's the last few minutes of Aedan's 4th birthday. The top pic was from Today at the pizza king for dinner. Aedan and Courtney saw Wall-E while i was at work. The for dinner Aedan wanted to go to Pizza King. Pizza King is pretty cool because a model train brings your drinks to you. Then we came home and had cake and ice cream. Aedan and Ella had a little accident and busted Ella's lip but it was to gross to take a picture of. Most of Aedan's celebration was this past Saturday. We had a bowling party with his friends at Arrowhead. This next pic is of him on lane.

I added some pictures from previous birthdays for people who might not now Aedan Finn. This pic is Aedan on his big wheel(from Oppa)on his third birthday.

The next pic are from his second birthday. I know what you might be thinking, that's not Aedan, that kid has bright blonde hair but it's him. He likes making a mess and watermelon, but those two things go hand in hand.

This pic is Aedan on his first birthday at home.

Finally this is a picture of Aedan on his first full day. He was in the nicu because of his birthmark.

Aedan had a good fourth birthday. He wants to thank everyone who got him presents and all that wished him Happy Birthday. He really enjoyed his Easel and art supplies, Indiana Jones and Luke Mighty Mugg, his hot wheel track he uses for his figures, his Backyardigans movie from Ella, and his Chewie card. He likes everything else but with all these new toys there is only so much time in a day.

Walking on Campus and the Farm

Last week on one of my days off we decide to go to Purdue and have lunch. Courtney and I got gyros from The Parthenon and they we awesome. Aedan had a happy meal from McDonalds. We sat done by the engineering fountain. It was a warm enough day for us to run near the fountain. You can no longer run through the fountain as there is a ten foot metal cylinder that shoots the water up . It still pretty cool.


Aedan thought it was pretty cool and wanted to keep running through. But It was cold water and he didn't really want to get wet by cold water. After the fountain we went to the newer Armstrong Building, the have a replica space shuttle and a moon rock, it's a nice looking building. We also went to the Union and boy have they changed. There are a bunch of new eating areas there. Before it was a pizza place, pappy's a smoothie place and the oasis. Now in addition to Pappy's and the smoothie place, they have a coffe shop, mexican eatery, a flatbread place, a little market, a cereal stop, and a asian noodle place. It looks really nice. It seems everytime i go back(i know the long 5 mile drive to campus) something is new or different.

When it gets nice out we like to go to Uncle Bob's farm. Now it's not your normal farm they don't grow any cash crops. They do have garden out there. They do have some animals, donkeys, goats and some llamas. They have a firepit, a teepee, cabin, walking trails, a hammock(i fall out of), tables for eating and a working bathroom(outhouse). So it's the closest thing to a farm that i've ever been on. It always a reaaly good time when we go.

This first pick is of Aedan riding Jimmy the donkey. Jimmy is the nicest donkey you could meet. No I dare you go try and find a nicer donkey it won't happen. This is Aedan on jimmy thinking he runs the place. This time we took Aedan's daycare out to the farm. The daycare came out last year to the farm and had a good time. So we invited them out to see the young,because there not babies anymore, donkeys. We had a picnic with Hotdogs and hamburgers and at the end we made some smores.
The final picture is Ella on my lap eating a cookie. She seems to be a real messy eater.

At Uncle Walt's

We went to Ohio for my cousin Katie's wedding. My Uncle Walt, Aunt Kathy, and my cousins Angela and Nathan said they would watch Aedan and Ella. They were also going to watch my Nieces Maddy and Betty. Which is great because Aedan and Ella don't get to see their cousins as much as they should.


The first picture is of Ella with her Uncle Chris. As you can see Ella is a very happy baby. But I'm sure if you ask Chris it's because she is with him.


The second picture is of my niece Maddy and the third picture is of my other niece Betty. Both are my Older brother Sean and Melanie's children. You can see more of them at www.mcgurr.com. You'd think with all the kids there they would play with each other but there was so much to do they all did their own thing.




Here is a picture of Ella with the only hairstyle that see can wear, the Mohawk. If any one can rock, Ella can. And Below is Aedan too busy to pose because of all the cool toys in Uncle Walt's basement. They had Legos, Star Wars guys and Video Games, i didn't want to leave either.

Road to Ohio and Bored at Home

The road to Ohio gets pretty boring. Where does the cornfields of Indiana end and the cornfields of Ohio start? I listen to music, courtney reads magazines and Aedan is practicing for panty raids by wearing underwear on his head. At least they were a clean pair. Ella prefers drinking bottles and sleeping. The picture of Courtney was taken by Aedan he is an amateur photographer. We were heading to Ohio for my cousins wedding. The Kids were staying with my Uncle while we went to the Wedding. Pictures of Aedan and Ella with their cousins and Us at the wedding while follow soon.



It gets pretty boring around the McGurr household sometimes. So being silly is an easy way to scare off the boredoms. One day before Courtney went to work we took some pics. The first one is courtney with the kids. The second is just me and courtney(me with my signature no smile). I think it makes me look brooding. Coutney thinks that i look like a dork. We are probable both right.

Aedan's Room

A couple of weekends ago we got around to painting Aedan's room. I painted Ella's room last year before she was born. Aedan got jealous because we were paying attention and moving all of his old baby to this unborn child's room. So we decided to paint Aedan's room. We let him pick the color. Well we went to our favorite paint store and asked the awesome paint clerk(me) to mix up a Sky Blue. Well we got the paint and it sat in the dining room for about nine months. Ella was born, the holidays and work were all good excuses to keep us from painting Aedan's room. We then saw a real cool sheet set that Aedan would enjoy. It was Star Wars Galactic Heroes. It's a cartoony version of Star Wars. And since he likes star wars a lot(I don't know were he got that) it was a great choice. So of course my weekend off was the coldest weekend in April, So painting inside wasn't to bad. The paint went on as purple tint which Aedan liked because he likes purple but Courtney was afraid it was going to stay like that. Obviously it did not. All in all it wasn't that bad and turned it OK. Aedan got his big boy bed with Star wars sheets. We hope to get him a new lamp and some new curtains to match the color. The only problem is now at night he thinks that their are monsters in his room and Ella really likes going in their because of the cool toys and she loves her brother.















These are just some pictures we took because we know people only want to see them. The first is Ella and me. I was trying to make her laugh and at the moment it took the picture i was looking at her to see if she was smiling. The picture of Aedan is him and his"light saber". He also doesn't like to wear shirts around the house. Sure he looks cool until you get hit with it and then Games over.