Ten on Ten: June (or I have a new baby edition)

Olive, enjoying some down time while getting changed

all the equipment in our front hall way

grapefruits

Bryan, planning out his bike ride for the evening..

another fascinating meeting with her giraffes

wide awake on mama's bed

laundry in various states

Milo and Delilah, biding their time until their walk

Naptime with Grandma

Breakfast with Grandma, and trying to smile!

I promise that next months will be more interesting than just shots of various baby poses around my house :) @ the moment, that seems to be the most frequent occurrences!

In Our Room...

Bought at Trader Joe's this past week, an indulgence in honor of a friends anniversary, but also because they were so pretty I couldn't resist. Indiana's state flower is the peony, and for about 3 weeks every year, you see them blooming EVERYWHERE - and I love it. One of my favorite flowers, these are sitting on the bookcase next to our bed, and look so nice, it's hard not to consider buying them once a week or so, just because they make me feel so nice when I walk into our room..

Can I See A Difference?

I'm up early after feeding O - have just put her back in her crib and am waiting to see if I hear anything from her room.... her eyes were open when I left, but so far, no sound is coming from the back of the house..

I was curious to see if I could see the difference in her after a month +. Sometimes if you're looking at something everyday, it's hard to see the changes. I think she's finally beginning to fill out and pick up some of that baby chubbiness and her newborn onsies aren't quite as baggy anymore :) I had to laugh when I saw her little graph at the Dr.'s office - they always show you the percentile that your child is in, and O was in the 12th % for her weight - way down at the bottom of the curve, and the 48th % for her height. These didn't bother me at all, since she started out so tiny, and has been gaining weight steadily, but it was just kind of amusing to see this little creature as a tiny dot in the bottom corner of the computer screen..

So enjoying our visits with my mom - she's here until the 22nd and we are getting thoroughly spoiled - all of us! Our days are slow and filled with naps, homemade meals, daily fresh water for the doggies, and evening walks through the neighborhood. Since I don't live within driving distance of home, I get to stockpile all the grandma goodness until next time..

Ten on ten tomorrow - think I'll try it out for the first time! check out the link on the side to see other very cool ladies doing very fun things with cameras.

Fun with Photobooth

Enjoyed playing around with photo booth this afternoon and (trying) to catch up on emails while my mom holds Olive (thanks to Kristen for sharing the link for this! I have a feeling I'll be fiddling around with this website a bunch!)

Still hot here and still no air conditioner, so we've been laying low, and eating lots of Popsicles - not a bad way to spend the first days of June.

Hope everyone had a fun Memorial Day weekend - can't wait to see pictures :)

Welcome Summer

I call the first day of summer when we drag our bed out the porch. This has become quite the tradition with us: sleeping outside when the weather gets too warm and sleeping in front of the fire place when it's too cold. I like this tradition - keeps us from getting stale! It's been quite hot this week, and after a week that was very Seattle-like, the warm weather feels even more stifling. Add to this that we discovered our air conditioner may be on the fritz, and sleeping on the porch was a necessity.

While we waited for Bryan to come home..

O and her little feet in her Baby Bjorn - the best thing ever invented in my opinion..

And how cute is this clothes rack? Little hearts and ruffles everywhere...

Milo sits and waits, knowing the most exciting part of the day is getting nearer and nearer...

Evening Walks

Our little routine is pretty loose right now, but we seem to have an evening one fairly well mapped out. Bryan gets home from work and we all lounge around on our bed, enjoying the chance to unwind all together. Then, he either takes the dogs and O for a run/bike ride, or we decide it's too hot and that can wait until later. If that's the case, we take O and go for some sort of outing - lately it's been looking for fishing holes for Bryan when the evening gets cooler. It's fun to pack up the car and head out for a drive - there is something about Indiana in the early summer evening that is so beautiful - the way it looks, even the way it smells. Reminds me a lot of early summer in Pennsylvania. Last night we drove down to the little river by our house - the White Lick, and Bryan fished while I strolled with O. The peonies out here in Indiana bloom every summer like crazy - there's so many of them, they just fall over themselves. One of these falls I'll get it together enough to plant some at our house...