Granny is Here: Week 3

The third week with Granny didn't slow down, we had lots of fun days out together.
One the Saturday went to a Golden Age air show. It was a neat little show with lots of stunts and theatrics. Everyone enjoyed being outside in the beautiful weather. That same night James and I took Grandma to Painting with a Twist, as her birthday gift. I figured any year I can send her something in the mail and so thought it would be fun to do something together and she gets to take her painting home with her as a memory of what we did. I think James and Grandma were a little worried at first about painting, but a couple of glasses of wine later and we were all having a great time. It was nice to have a few hours with Grandma sans kids and we were all pleased with our paintings.



While Grandma was here, our church had Dedication Sunday. It was so special that she got to a part in seeing Hayley being dedicated.

We spent the Monday & Tuesday at the pools by us where Hayley got to hangout on the splash pad for the first time, and celebrate turning 5 months old!

When anyone from out of town comes to visit, we always take a trip to Longwood Gardens. Its beautiful to see and walk around, but with Grandma being a florist I knew Grandma would thoroughly enjoy it.

Boys and their Cars

We were driving today when this conversation happened:

Asher: When can I drive your car?

Me: When you are eighteen

Asher: When I can drive I want a Jeep?

Me: Oh yeah? Jeeps are cool

Asher: Yup I know, I want a blue Jeep. Chase when can drive what car do you want?

Chase: I want an oval car

Me: What's an oval car?

Chase: You know one that's oval

Me: I don't understand what you mean by that?

Asher: Chase do you want a Jeep too?

Chase: No I want a red oval car. Mummy I'll find one and show you what I mean

a few minutes pass as we drive on 422

Chase: that's is Mummy (pointing to a Honda civic). I want a red car like that one.

Me: ok that's a good choice. I approve

Asher: Chase do you want a red car with a spoiler?

Chase: yes my car has to have a spoiler.

Asher: spoilers are cool, but mine will be a Jeep

Keeping making those dreams boys as one day they will come true. Can't wait to show them this conversation when they are eighteen years old!!!

Hayley's Dedication

We have had both boys dedicated to the Lord, so of course we had Hayley dedicated also. Our faith is very important to us individually and as a family. God is spoken about in our home, we pray (for the little and big things), Bible stories are read etc. On June 11th we had her dedicated at our church followed by lunch with our family afterwards.
Prayers were answered for us to have them, for the things we are able to give to them. Therefore it's important to us that Chase, Asher and Hayley grow up knowing and loving God, that they attend church and are actively involved.
Both James and I fully believe each one of our children are gifts from God to us, each created perfectly in their own way. We can't wait to see what God has in store for our precious girl, the baby we struggled to have, but in God's time gave us what we never knew we so longed for, a little girl to call our daughter. She is truly remarkable and we can't wait to see what life has in store for her.

Hayley Ann Mae: Five Months

With each day Hayley is becoming more interactive and her little personality shines. Five months has bought lots of new changes including; trying to sit on her own, and introducing solid foods. She is still the happiest baby I've ever known, only to cry if she is tired or hungry.
She got to meet and spend lots of time with Granny, she is a fan for sure! Asher and Chase are still her #1 guys, next to Daddy of course, and Cisco has become very interesting to her.
This month she tried out the pool and splash pad for the first time. She loves her bath so I assumed she would enjoy taking a dip and she did. She took some great naps afterwards also.
She is just pure sweetness that we squeeze all day long!

 



Stats: No official checkup this month but her legs are getting chunkier by the day and her 3 to 6 month clothing is fitting just perfectly.

Sleep: I need to thank the Lord for not only giving us a healthy baby but one likes to sleep also. I don't know how I would function with 3 kids if she wasn't a good sleeper. On a normal day she is doing 3 naps and going to bed around 8pm and waking around 7:30am. She has started taking naps in her bassinet and puts herself to sleep for naps and bedtime. Though sometimes I do still snuggle and rock her for bedtime, just because I can.

Social: This girl is going to be the life of the party. She likes to know and see all what is going on around her and not miss her thing. She is quite nosey in fact. Feeding her has become a tad difficult sometimes because of this.

Diet: Still drinking 6oz every 3 to 4 hours. The big story this month is we added solid food to her diet. I normally wait until 5 months but her spitting up is still pretty bad, even though she is on zantac so I wanted to give her some weight in her stomach to see if it helped and it has. So far she has tried; avocado, green beans, banana, oatmeal and sweet potatoes.

Skills/Milestones: Sitting while supporting herself has been added to the list of achievements this month. She love love loves this new found ability and wants no part in lying down. She is thoroughly enjoying her exersaucer. Hayley will now grab your cheeks and lean in with her mouth open, I swear she is giving kisses.

 

Favorites: Mummy, Daddy, Chase, Asher, Cisco looooves music and being sung to, enjoys bath time, her exersaucer, playing in water.

Granny is Here: Week 2

The second week we had a couple of days at home, made bird feeders, went back to Marsh Creek lake for a picnic and to play in the water, and we visited family up in Connecticut.

Grandma's niece lives in Stonington, CT and we thought it would be fun to pay her a visit. James unfortunately had to work so he stayed at home with Cisco. It was Hayley's first road trip and she did great. If we weren't stopped to feed her, then she was sleeping!

 After traveling for the day we took it easy, caught up with Ruth and dinner. The second day we explored the town of Stonington, its a quaint town, not touristy and beautiful. We hit the park, right next to the water, grabbed lunch at a little café and spent the afternoon playing in the sand and water. Somehow the boys still had energy, and played outside in Ruth's garden rolling down banks and jumping off tree trunks.

 



Our third day we were heading home but not until the evening so it gave us the whole day to fit in a few more fun activities. We headed over to Mystic and while there is a ton to do there we skipped all the attractions and had a quieter day. We took the boys to an ice cream shop that sat next to the town drawbridge, great view and best ice cream I've had. The boys ran off some energy at a playground and we ended the day by taking a walk next to the water and got to see the drawbridge go up. The boys were fascinated and I'm so glad it worked out that they got to see that.



We really had the best time and are planning on heading back this summer, with James in tow.