Happy Memorial Day

"And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me!"

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!

Park

Grandparents

Grandparents make the world...a little softer, a little kinder, a little warmer.

Grandparents, like heroes, are as necessary to a child's growth as vitamins.

Grandparents are similar to a piece of string - handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their grandchildren.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

Some of the world's best educators are grandparents.

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

Mid-Month Update

Wow! I can't believe how fast Anna Riley is already changing this month!!  Here is a little update on what we have been up to recently:

* She had begun to sleep through the night.  (notice I said HAD)

*She is in the early stages of teething.  (I dont know if this is why she decided to start waking up again or she just thought she would change things back again.  But she only wakes up once and its usually around 2:30 so still not too bad...maybe by next month we will be back to sleeping through the night when we start cereal)

*Just last week she really became so interested in her spinning toy I put on her Bumbo tray.  Before she never really even noticed it now she is constantly spinning it.

*Does NOT like for you to hold her like a baby much anymore! :(  I mean she will pull herself up until she is in a sitting position.  I know it will be a good while before she is sitting up on her own but she is a strong little booger!

* I just started strolling her face forward and she loves it.  She likes to look at everything going on!

*Went swinging for the first time at the park and loved it. 

My baby is growing so fast! Its bittersweet!  I love each and every stage that she goes through and of course I miss her being small and being a baby but I also look forward to all the fun things to come!

Best Friends

Anna Riley is 3 months and Zoe Jane is 6 months and they "played" so good together.  It was cute how they would touch each other.  Its funny how they are almost the same size! 

Pool Day #2

Saturday we went back to the pool and it was a little better.  We actually stayed for a really long time.  Anna Riley played in the pool for a while longer this time before getting sleepy.  I think she just gets really overstimulated with it right now.  Because all she associates with water (i.e. bathtime) is bedtime.  But it was great because she took a great nap out there and it gave me time to relax too!  On the other hand, Zoe Jane loved it!! I cant wait for the next few months.  I think Anna Riley will like it a lot more.  She will be in the pool a lot his summer so she will get used to it!

1st Pool Day

The Grand Hotel is just down the road from us so we headed to the pool on Thursday.  Anna Riley didnt really know what to think about it. She didnt really dislike it though so that is good.  I think she will really enjoy it in a few months. She didnt really get her nap out before we left so she was still pretty sleepy.  So we were in the pool for maybe 15 minutes before she was falling asleep!