Wednesday, August 26, 2015

3 Months!!

Oh me oh my.  Our little punkin' is three months old!  The first couple months didn't seem to go very fast just because she was so fussy.  But now that she's getting better, it's way more fun, it's going a lot faster, and it's feeling hard to believe that three months has come and gone.

Right now she loves her playmat and her swing.  I can lay her on her mat for an hour sometimes before she starts to fuss.  She's almost always super happy and smiley in the mornings.  She doesn't roll over yet, but she rolls onto her side and kind of rolls around on her back.  Enough so that a lot of times she does a 180 in her crib each night.  She's still not a huge fan of tummy time.  She'll do it, and she's not bad at it, but she gets tired pretty quick from it.  She's becoming quite the little babbler!  Talking to the reflection in the mirror on her playmat is a favorite hobby.  So is going outside.  She looooves to be outside.  Sometimes when the evening fussies hit, that's the best solution is to go outside for a walk or something.  

Sleeping through the night has yet to happen.  I tell her a lot of times when I put her to bed that she should sleep for a really long time, all night long.  But she never obeys!  Occasionally she'll do a 7 hour stretch.  Once she did 8 after a particularly busy day with not enough naps.  5 or 6 hours isn't too uncommon, but then again, neither is waking up 4 or 5 times in need of a paci.  She's very inconsistent with her sleep.  I'm looking very forward to the day when she does 10 hours at a time!


I took the picture above a day after her three month mark.  Below is the reality of the actual day:)


And just because I think this picture is really cute...


Monday, August 24, 2015

An Unplanned Reunion

Last weekend I went to IL because I had some family coming in from out of town.  Danny had a lot going on with work and a cousin getting baptized so he stayed home.  What started out as an aunt and uncle from Phoenix coming for a visit ended up being family and friends representing six different states and two countries!  I don't think anyone could have planned it better if they tried.  My mom's side of the family is fairly spread out and that many people being together just doesn't happen anymore.  It was such a special evening!

We had a delicious garbage can supper!


There's never been this many second cousins on that side together before!


The newest babies in the next generation- born in May, June, and July.


We even had special guests from Lithuania!  These two came to the states with a program to earn money for school a couple summers ago and ended up living with people in Roanoke while they were here.  He stayed with my aunt and uncle and she stayed right next door with my uncle's parents.  That summer was the beginning of them falling in love and this summer they got married.  And took their honeymoon to Roanoke!!  It's just that great of a place;)


While I was there I got to transport some pretty fun girls:)


I also just happened to be there for a dear friend's going away party before she moves to Haiti.  It was a great night being with a lot of my old friends that I miss so much.  Good thing I had Danny to come home to or I might have just stayed!


It was a busy weekend, but refreshing to be with everyone again.  But it was good to come back too.



Monday, August 17, 2015

The Lakes

My second year at the lakes has come and gone and it was a dandy of a week!

Lots of boating





Let it be known that I SKIED.  Trust me.  It's a big deal.


Cute kiddos


Crazy kiddos


Getting better at tummy time!


Mini golf


Family picture- I think it's the first one we've taken where I'm not in a hospital gown!


Experiment- what happens when we don't comb her hair after bath time?
Result- hair must be combed down when wet!  No amount of brushing or combing will keep it down if hair is dry.