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)

Speaking with Michaela

Also, Rachel has a very nice camera. And is getting really good at using it. Check out her shots of a chat she had with m...

Speaking-with-michaela


I promise I'll go back to writing my own blog posts tomorrow :o)

Visitors

Two weekends ago (catching up here), we had a naming for m. Lots of family, lots of happy. and luckily very well documented by my sister. You should check out her posts on the subject :o)

Misconsin

A big help

So Charlotte alternates from being REALLY interested in helping with "her baby" to being rather indifferent, but when she is interested it's awesome.

It started with an interest in holding her:

and when we tried a bottle for the first time she was eager to help out.

She also is the first to make sure there's someone looking for a pacifier the second m starts to fuss - it's pretty cute.

Most of all I'm glad that up to this point she's been willing to share my lap. I'm a lucky mom that's for sure.