Waterslide
Last month I wasn’t quite ready to venture out to our pool but Izzy needed some time cooling off in the water so I fashioned a water slide for her using the slide on the swing set and an inflatable pool. The slide was really fast but looked like so much fun that I almost climbed up there and went for a ride.
Family Photos
A couple weekends ago we got together with a friend of ours who’s a Fort Collins photographer and took some new family photos. We love how they turned out and must admit that our kids the ones who really make the photos beautiful. Here are our favorites:
All photos courtesy of Knecht Images
Wait…Stop!
Is it already the middle of July? Where is this summer going and why is it going by so quickly?! Oh right, I guess it’s because we’ve been busy with a newborn, house guests, business guests and well, life in general. We’d like to squeeze in a family vacation into this summer though. Perhaps between all of our guests we can take a week and head out of town before the end of September. We’ll see how that pans out.
Izzy’s summer session of school ends next week. I think after that we’re going to start substituting pool time for school time. Jo-Jo is quickly becoming a champion sleeper like Izzy was at her age. The past few nights I’ve gotten at least 6 hours of sleep. (Granted this awesome sleep is in a moving swing, but oh well) I hope this continues and her sleeping time gets longer.
This past month I’ve learned that I can get both kids in and out of the car and into the stroller in under 5 minutes, but it takes me an hour and 45 minutes to get everyone up, dressed, fed and out the door in the morning. We’ll have to work on getting that time down I think. It’s a little ridiculous!
One Month: Jo-Jo
Baby Jo-Jo is now one month old and we just moved her out of our room to sleep in her own room. I gave in and put her into a swing to sleep and have gotten at the most 6 hours of sleep. I didn’t want to have to use the swing, but I think a well rested momma and baby is worth it.
Jo-Jo now weighs in at around 8 pounds. I haven’t measured her yet but she’ll get measured and weighed by the doctor at her two month checkup. We’re teaching Jo-Jo early to “cry it out” because we definitely can’t carry her around all day with Izzy running around. I’d say Jo-Jo is learning and her cry time is getting shorter and shorter.
I’m learning how to handle two kiddos on my own and am managing fairly well, that is as long as we’re not running errands and both kids are happy and not crying. Izzy is back at her weekly music class and is attending “summer school” this month on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
I started up a fitness routine again, although sometimes I find it hard to fit in a workout during the day or even sit down to have a healthy meal. However I am determined to drop the baby weight sooner rather than later!
Here are some pictures of the kiddos:
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- Sleeping Baby
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- Momma and Baby
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- Sisterly Love
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- Tiny Smile
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- Playdough Bracelets
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- Um…Smile??
