Happy

So just when I thought yesterday's onesie would be the funniest thing I saw all day, I got an email from Caroline. She made this:

http://www.jibjab.com/view/8IAEznsSGqbAB8xb4uxL

I DARE you to watch it without laughing out loud. I don't think it's possible :o)

Doomed

I'm sorry little one, but you're doomed to be a bit of a geek. You've got way too many family members who think this is funny for it to go any other way :o)

Problem solving

What do you do when you have a baby that clearly needs to be swaddled, but it's 85 degrees outside? Why wrap a cooling towel into a baby do-rag of course! The longer I'm a parent the more I realize it's all about making it up as you go :)

Getting out!

On the first Monday of the month we get the house cleaned. It's fantastic, and generally pretty easy logistically. However, being home on maternity leave does mean that I needed to find something to do for the day, so m and I went exploring. In addition to two coffee shops, a lock smith, and noodles and co for lunch, we also explored parks.

Most of the morning was spent on Lake Mendota. It was a beautiful walk.

And when it was time to nurse we settled down with a view of the terrace and the capital.

During the afternoon I tried to hang out here (Lake Wabesa), but the bug defeated me. 

I miss DEET. 

Anyway, nice to have outdoor options that's for sure!

Morning visit

This morning c and m had a great visit after breakfast. Most impressive - the sharing of baa and bessie. Glad I got video evidence of that one :)

Rambo she is not

It's a hot one today here in Madison so after gymnastics c and I dug into the bag of water toys we had bought before the cousins came into town and found ourselves some good old fashioned squirt guns.

We brought them outside, filled them up...

...and promptly figured out that c doesn't actually have the grip strength to pull the trigger and get it to squirt. Oh well. Guess we'll need to find some more peaceful water toys to play with :o)

Time marches on

What does time passing look like?  In this house it looks like a 35 lb tub of laundry detergent that we bought when c was a newborn managed to use up 1 tbsp at a time. That's a lot of laundry, diapers, messes and life.

It's funny though, other things never seem to change. For example, baby's still love being worn. Here's m on the day we opened our brand new 35 lb tub of detergent:

6/19/2014

You might notice she looks an awful lot like c back when the first tub was still full:

11/8/2011

Now if only I could find a picture of Eva or Noah in the same moby since it was Rachel's long before it was mine - I'd say we've gotten Rachel's money's worth at this point :o)