vacation part 9: dinner at the UW Union

Will and I returned from the Lodge to "help out" with the big garage sale at the end of the 3rd week of our vacation. It was a very big sale, I had no idea. We were only there for the last day of the sale so we missed a lot of the action, but still witnessed some shrewd salesmanship on the parts of Grandma Brenda and mom. Will spent a lot of time in the front yard, playing in the 'stein and showing off how he can eat Cheerios. We at one time started a tally of the number of garage sale shoppers who asked "and how much for this little guy?" or something along those lines, but we gave up counting because there were just too many. Seriously you could sit outside by Will for 10 minutes and have at least 3 people ask a similar question.

After the successful sale we took some of the proceeds and went out to dinner on the U of Wisconsin Union Terrace, where you can buy burgers and brats and beer and sit by the lake. It was a beautiful day to be there.

Will brought his shades and shared them with these jokers.



There's a giant chair which is a pretty popular picture setting, so we took pics of Will in it. We had to wait in line to get him on there and there were more people waiting so we didn't get the best combination of looking at the camera and smiling, but I think these turned out pretty well. That's me hiding behind him in the first shot, I guess I wasn't very hidden.



After dinner we messed around a bit before heading home. We needed everyone to get as much Will lovin' as possible before we hit the long road home to Ann Arbor. Here Uncle Jeff and Aunt Sara pose with Will for a picture to be put in his "Who Loves Baby?" book (Will likes to play with/chew on the book even though there are no pics in it yet).

Which picture should go in the book?


This blog entry concludes our vacation series. I realize it took almost a month to get it to the public, so thanks for being patient.

Now we can get you updated with Will's current escapades. Unfortunately, the little guy has been sick for the last few days so we haven't been able to get in the 10-month bath picture, but we'll get that done as soon as he's feeling ok and he takes his normal bath. He's been running a fever and extremely slobbery and snotty, so we're thinking he might be getting a tooth (about time!). But he's pretty miserable so we're really hoping, for everyone's sake, that he feels better soon.