Phone Pictures

Some of these are repeats from Facebook and Instagram (laurenelissa). But I like having them up here as well so they can be part of our family scrapbook.

All this one wants to do is climb all over me 100% of the time…

A random afternoon in the playroom…love that Aedan has his safety goggles on!

We don’t go up in the bonus room too often (although I love that we have it!). Sometimes it is nice to change it up and play in a new place for awhile…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adelaide has pretty much lived in onesies all summer before it is always so hot. Now that she is standing up more, I figured it was about time she wore some big girl clothes. Obviously she is super excited about it!

Another upstairs playtime. Aedan was pretending the keyboard could control my iPad. Adelaide thought she needed to help out.

-Lauren-

Another Talker

From the get-go Aedan has been a talker. He was “talking” long before anyone understood him. He sometimes acts shy in new environments or around bigger groups, but at home…he.never.stops.talking.

We thought maybe baby #2 wouldn’t be quite such a talker. We are starting to think we were wrong…

It’s official, neither Jon or I will be able to have a complete conversation between the hours of 7:30am and 7:30pm.

-Lauren-

First Day of School

Yesterday was Aedan’s first day of preschool. He is in the 3rd year old class this year and going three mornings a week.

I remember his first day of school last year, he seemed like such a toddler. Now he is definitely a preschooler!

He was super excited about going. I got him a new lunch box that matches his backpack and he thought it was so cool.

Here is his first day picture from last year…

He was pretty good until Jon told him we were going home. He got a little clingy, but didn’t cry (which is pretty big, since last year, he cried every.single.morning until Christmas break…seriously).

Here’s to a great year!!

-Lauren-

Daddy is Home

Jon has been in Brazil for the past 8 days. As I am writing this, he is on a plane making his way home…finally! By the time you read this, he will already have been home for a couple days.

This trip was his 4th international trip this year, and 6th week+ long trip. Unfortunately he has at least 2 more international trips and one more regular trip scheduled. All before Adelaide's first birthday. Excessive…I think so! :)

He went to Brazil for the first time in March. In fact he left after Aedan’s 3rd birthday party. I thought I would make a little list of why this trip was better than the last one…

1. Adelaide sleeps through the night now. I am a firm believer that any and every situation looks better when you get a full night of sleep!
2. Adelaide can hold her own bottle. Oh my goodness, this saves me so much time. She can drink her bottle while I get breakfast made or while I am helping Aedan get ready so we can head out  the door.
3. Having girlfriends that will bring their kids over for an evening play date/dinner so you can talk about more than just Handy Manny at dinner.
4. Having said girlfriends come back over after bedtime to share some wine and snacks!
5. Becoming a pro at managing bedtime solo with two little ones…and looking back and realizing that those 3 day business trips, when I was left with just Aedan at home, were not nearly as hard and I thought they were. :)

We are so excited for daddy to be home!! And I am so blessed to have made some wonderful friends out here!

-Lauren-

10 Months

Seriously?!? I’m not sure how she is already this close to being 1!

Adelaide, you are 10 months now and here is what you have been up to these days…

• You weigh about 18lbs and are 27in tall. Aedan was 22lbs and 28in tall at the same age, you seem so small!
• You sleep from 7:30pm-7:30am every night and take a 1.5 hour morning nap and a 2/2.5 hour afternoon nap.
• I thought you were starting to like baby food, but apparently it was only for a day or two. So, we went back to just giving you whatever we are eating and letting you figure out what you want to eat. Right now, you love fruit, especially strawberries, blueberries and grapes. You also love salty snack (don’t worry you don’t get too many!).
• You take 4 6oz bottles everyday and a 4oz bottle before your afternoon nap.
• You are crawling everywhere and have gotten pretty fast. You are also pulling up on everything and everyone!
• Your favorite thing to do is climb all over me or daddy, or stand at the bench in the kitchen and bother Aedan.
• You pretty much want whatever Aedan is playing with, and even if I can give you the exact same toy, it is not as cool because it is not the one that Aedan is holding. Ha!
• In the car, your favorite game is to throw your toys in the middle seat and have Aedan pick them up and give them back. He gets annoyed with this game pretty quick but you could probably do it forever.
• You are great at running errands and hanging out in the cart. As long as I let you chew on my keys or my list, you are good to go.
• You like to swing outside, but only if you get big pushes.
• You also love to stand at the backdoor and watch Aedan and Hiro play outside.
• You still won’t let anyone else hold you if I am around. But if I leave, you are okay.
• You seem to have a love for music just like your daddy and brother. You love when daddy plays his guitar and you always go after Aedan’s toy guitar or piano.

Adelaide, you are such a sweet baby. We are loving getting to know you more and more and watching you grow! Love, mommy

Aedan helped me take these pictures, and it was right before Adelaide's nap (hence the red rimmed eyes). She was a little taken back that he was taking the pictures I think. Ha!

-Lauren-

Phone Pictures

 

It is finally getting slightly cooler in the late afternoons and evening. We are kind of pooled out, so we have been trying to get out to the park after nap time when we can.

One afternoon, we decided to take a little walk after playing for awhile. We had just started walking when we saw a bunch of deer. We have tons of deer around here and we see them all the time, but usually just when we a driving through neighborhoods and such. Hiro and Aedan were pretty excited and immediately ran after the deer…needless to say we didn’t see them again after that! Ha!

Aedan needed help walking across this beam last year, now he is totally a pro.

We watched an episode of Handy Manny one night and Aedan has decided to change his name to Handy Manny and wear a hat and a tool belt everywhere. It totally cracks me up because I think we have had this hat for about 2 years now and I tried to get him to wear it on several occasions. He has always refused. Until now. Since Handy Manny has a hat on, obviously he needs one too. :) This morning I did a teacher training for the teachers at his preschool and a couple of other preschools in the area. Aedan came with me to play and insisted on wearing his little get-up and also me introducing him as Handy Manny.

-Lauren-

Last Week of Summer

Today is the first day of school for many of the schools in our area. Aedan’s school starts a week later, so it is our last week of summer.

I can’t believe summer is already over! It seems like when it started we had so much time to fill, but it all went by really fast.

We have spent a lot of time playing with friends and hanging out at the pool.

At the beginning of the summer Adelaide did a lot of this at the pool…

She wasn’t even sitting up well on her own. Now she is all over the place and loves to get in the water!

So during this last week of summer, I am sure we will spend some more time at the pool as well as some time playing outside!

-Lauren-