June has been a busy month...Avelyn is enjoying Polar Bears. She finished her swimming lessons and has been working on writing her name - right now that's Avi but we'll work on Avelyn once she figures it all out. She loves to talk up a storm and most of our conversations focus on why things are the way they are - like why don't dinosaurs live anymore and other profound questions. Brandon took her ice skating a few weekends ago and she enjoyed it but will need some practice. We are heading to Grand Lake this weekend for our first camping trip of the year. She is so excited to go "campering" she asks about it every day.
Zach is doing great too. He's eating solids 2-3 times a day and getting so big. He can sit up on his own too and has already started to figure out how to move to his hands and knees. He really likes to get on at least one knee and his hands and then go from that position to his belly. Once on his belly he can scoot around and tries to get his knees under him by sticking his butt in the air but can't quite get there yet. He has also been trying to pull himself up from sitting but doesn't have the leverage he needs yet. I can tell it won't be long though! He pretty much sleeps through the night and takes good naps too. We'll see how he does with camping this weekend. Should be interesting!
Avi's friend and our neighbors move to St Louis next week. We're not looking forward to it and it will be a big loss. Avi has said anytime they aren't home that "they must be at their new home" soo she has an idea that she won't be seeing him but doesn't realize it will be permanent. We'll see how it goes over the next few weeks!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Early June 2009
Well, Avi is now in the Polar Bear room. She moved up this week and is enjoying her new class and getting used to her new teachers although there is a bit of separation anxiety from them. She goes to swimming lessons during the school day too which helps - she gets to ride the school's van to get to the lessons so I quiz her on our way home about who she sat next to, etc. I have to remember not to answer with "fine" when she asks me how my day was (and yes she asks us) so I give her detail and hope to hear some from her too - ie - what was for breakfast, lunch, snack, how was swimming?, who'd you sit next to?...
Zach continues to get bigger and more fun! He loves to sit up and really likes to be helped to stand up too. He's rolling over from his back to his tummy on occasion. His favorite things to play with right now are his shape sorter and the stacking rings -mostly because they are fun to chew on. He's eating 3 meals a day when we're at home consisting of cereal, veggies and fruit. He's on the Stage 2 foods now so they're a bit more thick. We've given him the biter biscuits too which is pretty funny. He basically gnaws on them and then they slip out of his hands but it keeps him busy and works on his grip too!
Zach continues to get bigger and more fun! He loves to sit up and really likes to be helped to stand up too. He's rolling over from his back to his tummy on occasion. His favorite things to play with right now are his shape sorter and the stacking rings -mostly because they are fun to chew on. He's eating 3 meals a day when we're at home consisting of cereal, veggies and fruit. He's on the Stage 2 foods now so they're a bit more thick. We've given him the biter biscuits too which is pretty funny. He basically gnaws on them and then they slip out of his hands but it keeps him busy and works on his grip too!
May 2009
What a busy month we had in May...
My mom and John came out for a visit at the beginning of the month. They flew in on Monday and then headed west to Glenwood Springs for Tues-Thurs while I was at work. Then were back over Mother's Day weekend. We had a picnic in the park and flew Avi's kite and we got our garden planted. We planted squash, cucumber, watermelon, eggplants, carrots, parsley, oregano, peas, beans, zucchini, canteloupe, tomatoes and bell peppers. As of now the tomatoes, squash, carrots and zucchini look the best. We'll see what comes from the other plants.
Michelle and Dave came out for a visit over Memorial Day weekend. We walked up to the top of the Mother Cabrini shrine one day, had a BBQ on Saturday after Dave helped Brandon redo part of our kitchen floor, and on Sunday we helped our friend Leslie start the process of painting her new house.
Zach is now eating solid food. He's loves his cereal for sure. He's sitting up really well on his own and becoming really aware of everything around him. I'm sure there was more this month but since it's June now I'll leave it at this but those are the highlights.
My mom and John came out for a visit at the beginning of the month. They flew in on Monday and then headed west to Glenwood Springs for Tues-Thurs while I was at work. Then were back over Mother's Day weekend. We had a picnic in the park and flew Avi's kite and we got our garden planted. We planted squash, cucumber, watermelon, eggplants, carrots, parsley, oregano, peas, beans, zucchini, canteloupe, tomatoes and bell peppers. As of now the tomatoes, squash, carrots and zucchini look the best. We'll see what comes from the other plants.
Michelle and Dave came out for a visit over Memorial Day weekend. We walked up to the top of the Mother Cabrini shrine one day, had a BBQ on Saturday after Dave helped Brandon redo part of our kitchen floor, and on Sunday we helped our friend Leslie start the process of painting her new house.
Zach is now eating solid food. He's loves his cereal for sure. He's sitting up really well on his own and becoming really aware of everything around him. I'm sure there was more this month but since it's June now I'll leave it at this but those are the highlights.
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