A Day With The Kidlets

Since Bab and Roc were out of town I got a chance to spend the day with the littles. Luckily, my favorite teenager of all time just happened to want to spend the day with me so I had an extra set of hands. We went to the splash pad that apparently wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be, but I think the kids played for a solid hour. After that we went over to this huge covered playground...the kids seemed to enjoy that the most.

Then we got lunch. I let everyone choose where they wanted to eat, I figured that would be a real treat! Lucky for me, the boys decided on one restaurant and the girls decided on another so I only had to go to 2 places to hold up my end if the deal.

Once we got home the kids devoured their meals and then it was time for more play. The boys went off and did their own thing and the girls played in the sprinklers followed by a spa day. The spa day included a bath with cucumbers for their eyes (but they ate them instead!), facials and nail painting. Lo even got to have a bath with the big girls.

We were all pretty exhausted after all that fun...Lo slept through nail treatments. Oh well, there's always next time!

Touch

Lo sleeps great at night.  She usually goes to bed around 9:30 and then wakes around 7:00 so I can't complain at all.  She does not like to sleep during the day even though she obviously gets tired.  She needs it to be as dark as possible and then she likes to fall asleep touching someone.  Most of the time all she needs is to hold on to your finger or something.  Every time she does this it makes me think of this poem that my Grandma monogrammed for my Grandpa Charles as his wedding gift-

 It reads:

What matters most,

If I may boast

About the things we share

Is nothing much

But to feel your touch

And know you're really there.

I love that all she needs is just something as small as a finger to hold on to.  It's just that she needs to know that someone is there. She is so,so sweet.

I have no earthly idea who wrote this poem, but it's one of my treasured possessions that I have of my grandparents (other than her gigantic diamond that I inherited) and I think of it often.  It doesn't go with the decor of my home at all, in fact it's usually in a closet or banished to the guest room.  I struggle with weather or  not to re-mat and frame it so that it's updated and proudly displayed so that I can appreciate it or to leave it exactly the way it is.

Nana's Birthday

Bab, myself, and the kidlets all went and celebrated with Nana at the nursing home for her 83rd birthday.  She was having such a good day today too which was so nice to see.  She laughed and talked the whole time we were there.  Aunt Ri threw her a big party in the dining hall with all of the residents...we even sang happy birthday to her twice.

 Waiting for the party to start- the kids entertained themselves by using E's fake mustache as a uni-brow, mustache and beard on Lo.

 Reading a card aloud all by herself!  The kids "helped" her the whole time, they were so sweet.

 One of the only shots I have of Bab...why didn't I get some of her with Nana and her kids?  I could kick myself!  And since this isn't the most flattering picture of her...I'll add one of myself-

Me having a laughing fit. Bab was taking pictures with my camera that has a super bright flash, I'm pretty sure this one elderly resident thought that she was being struck by lightening every time the flash went off.  Bless her heart!

2 Month Check Up

Lo had her 2 month check up and she looks perfectly healthy.  She had to have 2 shots and had one by mouth.  She wasn't thrilled but slept a lot for the rest of the day.

Here are her stats-

Height: 23.5 inches (85.9%)

Weight: 13.1 lbs (83.6%)

Head Circumference: 40.5 cm (94.9%)

Since we apparently grow 'em big around here she has pretty much grown out of her 0-3 month outfits.  Which means she grew out of one of my absolute favorite ensembles, her Ralph Lauren pink striped dress with monogrammed bloomers.  Hubby took several pictures of her wearing it for the very last time.

She also had  her hip ultrasound this week (standard for breech babies) and everything looks great.  She will go back again at 6 months.  Talk about feeling thankful for a healthy little one, we had to go to the children'shospital for the ultrasound...too sad.  There were so many children in the waiting room that looked so frail or came in in wheelchairs, I am so very grateful for her health.

Mother's Day 2012

We had a wonderful Mother's Day this year.  People kept congratulating me on my first "official" Mother's Day.  Hubby got me a beautiful silver necklace with Lo's Monogram on the front and her birth date on the back which was such a sweet sentiment. I know that he put a lot of thought into the gift, and it is something I'll treasure and someday pass on to my baby girl.  We also got flowers, chocolates, cookies and muffins at church.  And to end off the day, a steak and crab leg dinner with the fam.

I was thinking about a few women in my life today that haven't had the opportunity to have children, knowing all too well that this is a difficult day for them and so many other women.  I remember Mother's Day last year being especially tough since it was on the heels of my miscarriage.  I was away from my family that day and was reminded over and over and over again that I wasn't a "real" mother.  People kept commenting at church about how I had no children or said things like "one day you'll be a mother".  I knew that they meant well and none of them had a clue that I had just suffered a great loss, but their words still stung.

My heart goes out to all of the women out there that have lost babies, are waiting to adopt or struggling with infertility. I truly believe that all women are mother's in some way- we mother our nieces and nephews, kids in the neighborhood, little ones at church. So to every woman out there I say- Happy Mother's Day!

Four Generations

Lo went and met her great-grandma (a.k.a. Nana). It didn't exactly go the way that we expected it to because Nana was having an "off" day...but that's alright.  Nana did immediatly start rubbing Lo's feet when we walked in.  She even managed to giggle at the baby even though she was having some pain in her arm.  Right after this picture was taken she kissed her little feet a few times. Lo was a huge hit around the nursing home though, she brought a smile to everyone's face.

Daddy's Little Model

Hubby took some pictures of our little Lo at 6 weeks old, I think they're precious but I'm not biased.