Brett and I celebrated six years of marriage on the 12th. We were lucky enough to get a night out. Our first real night out since Cole was born. It was really rejuvenating and reminded me of why I married Brett! After we put Cole to bed we headed to dinner at Flemmings and then had a few drinks at Blue Moon Dueling Pianos. Such a great night!
I had a great Mother's Day this year! We had a lot to celebrate and made a lot of memories out of a great weekend.
Brett let me sleep in and then the kids brought up some breakfast in bed, complete with my gift...a homemade book. Brett had the kids color me a picture and they assembled it into a book. Riley and Harper were very proud of themselves.
We then decided to head out for our first trip to the zoo. Since we have a membership we let the kids direct where we went and skipped a few areas. We really never go to the petting zoo area because Riley can't stand the smell. But we did check out the new seal area and the African exhibit. Even though it wasn't quite finished it was really neat! We splurged and let the kids get their face painted. Riley chose to get a panda and Harper chose the caterpillar. Harp freaked out half way through when the lady touched her eye so hers ended with a few circles. Ri's was a bit freaky and skeletor-ish. But the girls loved them. After the zoo we spent the rest of the day catching up on sleep.
I took the girls to the dentist a couple weeks ago and it was Harper's first time. She was so excited and climbed right up into the chair. All was going well until the chair started to recline. She ended up sitting in my lap and lying back in the Hygienist's lap. She cried quite a bit , but let her do everything. She did the same for Dr Wade. He said that she has excellent teeth. He said that there was no indication of any damage due to her sucking her fingers, but recommended that we put a stop to it by the time she's 2 1/2. We'll see how that goes.
Little buddy is five months old. I feel like now is the time that things start picking up. He is learning and doing new things each week! Here's what he's up to:
- he is wearing 3-6 month and 6 month clothes. All of his spring clothes are 6 months so he's a little baggy now, but still super cute. I've been having fun dressing him in his collared shirts!
- he has rolled from tummy to back. He's only done it once. I know he can do it, but he's a lazy boy!
- he's starting to like his jumparoo, walker, and exorsaucer.
- he loves to put everything in his mouth. He still likes his paci. No finger sucking!
- he has been eating baby oatmeal before bed. After a week he is just now figuring it out. For a few days he just smiled and pushed it back out of his mouth
- he is drinking 4oz bottles every 3 hours. He lives to put his hands on the bottle, but just ends up pushing it out of his mouth.
- he continues to sleep like a champ. He goes to bed between 7-8 and sleeps until 4-6. Then most days he falls back to sleep until 8.
- he still loves his sisters! They always make him smile.
- he is so ticklish. Everywhere!
- he has the cutest little boy laugh.
- he loves to scream when he's excited or really mad.
- he has the prettiest blue eyes with the longest lashes.
He's our little buddy and we still can't imagine life without him!
Riley is playing softball this spring. We started off a bit rocky, but now she is loving it. She has improved so much since the first day. She is hitting the ball when the coach throws it instead of off the tee and usually paying attention when out in the field. Some things to remember this season:
- Riley crying at pictures. Mom posing beside her to get her to quit.
- Riley throwing out candy in the parade.
- making posters for the parade.
- Riley hitting the ball.
- Riley running completely past home because she couldn't see it through her huge helmet.
- Riley running the bases and stopping on top of home plate. The next two batters stood on the plate with her until the coach told them to head back to the dugout!
