last full day in illinois. part 4: baby joah benjamin.

friday, july 23, 2010. tonight we got a little treat. benji and mandy brought over ava and her new little brother, joah!!! he is so perfect and precious. i could eat him up.

benji, the proud papa.

looky looing:)

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levi couldn't wait to see the baby!

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g'ma getting ready to hold her grandbaby. 

seriously, look at levi's huge smile!!!

g'ma mic and g. g'ma erm with the new be.

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great g'ma's turn.

joah is g'ma's 9th great grandchild!!! so incredible.

another ginormous levi smile. he so loves babies.

touching joah's chin.

checking out how tiny joah's piggys are.

touching his head.

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audrey holding joah.

trying to find joah's feet to show abey.

levi loving on ava:)

big sister ava, papa benji, mama mandy, looking fabulous just three days post c-section, holding her little man.

aunt denice holding the babe.

lil pumpkin.

grama's in love!

so presh.

joshua got to hold the little peanut.

our last full day in illinois. part three: shucking corn, crazy cool storm, levi and a jack.

mmm mmm sweet corn.

abe was so dramatic about shucking corn. just look at his face.

such determination!

uncle ralphy got a whole box from hinkle's.

levi and abraham helping shuck corn with uncle rex, aunt mic.

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there were two of these containers full of corn!

the remains.

still workin' at shuckin'.

whiskey sours!

levi jacked the garden wagon up.

then put a rock behind the wheel so it wouldn't roll back.

a job well done:)

dark storm clouds rolling in.

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gorgeous silver sky.

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street view.

uncle ralph and aunt mic's house.

uncle ralph and uncle rex. we sat outside up until it started raining. i took tons of video of the clouds because they were moving soooooo fast!

micky showing niecy and rexy the backhoe joshua made.

boating shenanigans with g'ma erm.

wednesday, july 21, 2010. after our fabulous meal, a la joshua, we went on a boat ride around the lake.

kisses.

cuddles.

captain abraham.

handshakes.

more kisses.

let the shenanigans begin...

starting with some screaming under the bridge.

aaahhhhhhhh!

and some tickle torture for abraham.

me and uncle rex. thanks to levi for the cute pic!

and some tickle torture for levi.

g'ma was just having a ball!

back under the bridge.

levi going back for more tickles.

high fives. oops they missed.

uncle rexy hugs.

really? i've never seen g'ma laugh this much! ha.

papa and kiddos. quiting down.

our fabulous host and hostess. can't thank them enough for this amazing vacation!!! love you!