Sunday, September 27, 2020

5 Months

 



Emmy started rolling on to her belly this month. 

Which meant it was time for a new sleep slack so that her arms could be free. However, she didn't sleep well in it and stopped rolling over and getting angry anyways, so we are currently still using this gray one and she just seems to have told herself to not roll over so that she can be wrapped how she likes (she really looooves sucking on those arm flaps). We'll see how long that lasts.
She laughed for the first time this month. Like, a real laugh, not just her baby squeals. It was the best thing.
She loooooves her fingers. She has also started to explore the art of thumb sucking. We aren't keen on her being a thumb sucker so whenever we see her do it we try and stick the pacifier in. We have had little luck with that, she just can't figure that thing out. 



We are enjoying using the bumbo. 
It's been a few months now since she's ended up in bed with us. But alas, desperate early mornings after a rough nights sleep call for desperate measures. Good thing she's so gosh dang adorable.
She has learned how to kick her play mat just right to have it flip on her. 
First time camping! Which really meant watching us eat hot dogs on the deck, watching us play games in the tent, and then sleeping inside with mom while the rest of them slept in the backyard.
Emmy, sadly, no longer sleeps until 8 or 9 each morning. She now usually wakes up somewhere between 6:30-7:30. But she also has a more consistent, earlier bedtime which was has been nice. She usually goes does between 7-7:30. She takes a morning nap, an afternoon nap, and then a baby evening nap around 5 (usually only about 30 to 45 minutes long, just enough to get to bedtime). 
Out of nowhere, she HATES getting her diaper changed in the middle of the night. Like, SCREAMS AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS hates it. I usually just leave it now to change in the morning when I go in for a night feeding because it's just too painful to try and change.

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

August Little Things

 Sunday stroll through the woods.


Second month in a row where it has been rainy for my date night with a kid. Shae and I made the most of it by putting the seats down in the van and filling it with cozy blankets and pillows. We grabbed donuts and then read the first book in one of his recent favorite book series, Press Start. 
A few stuffies joined us, obviously. 
Saturday spent at Seneca Lake State Park. We were really surprised that the splash pad was actually open, as any other splash pads in the area were closed this summer. The capacity was limited, yet I still felt anxious wondering if we should be there (my thoughts anytime we go anywhere at the moment). With that said, the kids had a blast and it was a nice way to wrap up summer. 
Half birthday waffles for the 7.5 year old. 

Church primary lesson about staying steady on the course. Dad showed us his "steady skills" by sitting through my entire lesson like this. 
They asked us to take a selfie of ourselves at New Student Orientation...so I did.
The daddy rocket ship blasting off for yet another bedtime. 
Belén did the moneky bars all by herself for the first time.
She also got her kindergarten shots. She's just growing right up. (Shae hopped up on the counter and sweetly said, "I'll sit with you Belén. Then the nurse pulled out the shot and he hopped right down and said, uhhhh, nevermind. Points for trying).
Summer days of chalk and water table with Lego people and lunch driveway picnics. 
Lego Master, Self edition.


We were so happy that we got to be a part of Liam's baby blessing. 
We checked out another new-to-us State Park and we really loved this one (Chenango Valley State Park). It's hard to find beachy places in Ithaca that have good sand (most have rock). This one had great sand to play in and the swimming area of the lake had been dug out, there was cement put down and sand over it. Very well maintained and it had a deep area where the kids were able to jump in. 
Belén was adamant that this happen.
Darin didn't mind using the time to get a little power nap in. 

Loving all these little ice cream shops we find on our way home from our State Park visits. 

Monday, September 21, 2020

My Birthday

I had to work at the library until 7 on my birthday eve, but the fam was super sweet and stayed up and made pizza for me so that we could still do our pizza/movie night birthday eve tradition. We watched half of Animal Crackers on Netflix and we have yet to finish the second half, needless to say, it wasn't our favorite. The pizza and company were pretty great though.
For my birthday we went to Watkins Glen. We haven't been back here since our first summer in Ithaca so it was a real treat doing this beautiful hike again. 







There is an Olympic sized pool at the park that we played in after hiking. 
When we got home, Darin grilled up a delicious meal for me.


And then we ate cake. Darin has made me a cheesecake of some sort for as long as I can remember, but this year I was really craving a  Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake, one that a good friend (who is a cake making wizard) made a few times and I fell in love with it. She has since moved away, so I figured it was about time I tried making the cake myself. 


We ended the night playing Rummikub (one of the presents that I received) with our dear friends Melissa and Kim. It was the perfect day.