Morning Walks

I think the thing I will miss most about summer is my morning walk with Korra and Nate.

Watching Korra pull all the books of her shelf, sit on the pile, & then turn the pages makes my librarian mama heart nearly burst.

Cousins

Our Own Rooms

While I always enjoy our time at the cabin, I'm thankful to be home.  I'm even more thankful that Korra is back in her own bedroom.  Sharing a room with her is not very fun.  She's been sleeping through the night without many exceptions for 5 months now, but when she can hear us or see us, it's a different story.  I think we'll all sleep better tonight.

Meeting up with Marc for dinner at Brickstore then heading for a week at the cabin with Dan, G, aand Jude! 10 days of summer left!

Minimalist Parenting

I read this article about minimalist parenting.  When I told my parent about the trend (not allowing children's activities to run family life, allowing plenty of unstructured playtime, ect) they remarked that was what they did and they just called it parenting.  At the beginning of the summer, I spent some time on Pintrest looking at activities for babies so I could make some more structured learning activities for Korra.  After researching "sensory bins" I realized they were just buckets of different items for the kid to touch and take out.  Why create on of those when she has her toy bin?  Or my travel toiletries bag?  Probably just so that I could feel more like I'm being a good mom.  But I think I've figured out that I don't have to have learning activities or play with Korra all day to be a good parent.  In fact, I think allowing her to play and explore on her own is good for both of us.

Flip Burger for lunch and now on our way for a quick visit in Prattville before heading home. Got to enjoy every bit of these last few days of summer!

At the McWane Science Center- the adults are having as much (maybe more) fun than the baby.

Woke up several times last night feeling lonely. I'm not a big fan of the extra space away from Nate in this king sized bed.

Super enjoyable visit with friends and babies! Now It's on to Birmingham to meet up with Nate's folks.

On our way up to see Jenni's new house and have a playdate with her, Lindsay, and of course, the babies!

Orange is the New Black

I've watched quite a few episodes of this in the past few days. I might be addicted.

neighborly baking

For the past few weeks I've seen about 8 kids playing at the 2 houses across the street.  Today I decided to bake cookies to share with them and of course, there are no children to be seen.

Nap?

Korra only took two 30 min naps yesterday.  Today, only 20 min total.  What's up with this baby?

Book Lover

Korra's new favorite activity: pulling all the books off her shelf and then looking through them.

Blueberries!

Korra and I picked some blueberries this morning from a neighbor's bush (she's out of town this week and told us to help ourselves).  The birds didn't leave us a whole lot, but enough for 2 or 3 batches of blueberry muffins.

The drop cloths the ceiling painter used were filthy. Now the floors, couch, etc are covered in dirt & dog hair. Eww.

My dental cleaning made my teeth ouchy.

Taking Mrs. Reynolds to the vet. Just putting her in the carrier has her foaming at the mouth. This will not end well.

Lunch Date

Korra and I enjoyed a pleasant (and yummy!) lunch date with Blair and then got to visit a few people on the old alma mater campus.

Firefly Lemonade Vodka

Having a post-baby-bedtime drink with Nate.

Of course, it starts to rain minutes after we get to the pool. This is one wet summer.

Of course, it starts to rain minutes after we get to the pool. This is one wet summer.

More urine?!

Went to the pediatrician for a weight check.  Korra's gained 6 oz this month which is good but apparently not good enough (they want her to start drinking Ensure).  Oh, and they want another urine sample.  We're skipping the pee bag and going straight for the potty chair this time!

3 Weeks

I can tell that the summer's almost over by looking at Pintrest.  My teacher friends are clearly in lesson planning mode, but I'm not ready!