Summer Solstice

I love the long days this time of year...but still, they go too fast! All that extra daylight and the days still seem to fly by. I cannot believe this is the last full week of June ahead of us. That's incredible. We spent the first couple of weeks sharing a head cold at our house, so that put a little damper on the beginning of the month. But after that we've been enjoying the beautiful weather! The last week has been incredible. Not too hot, not too humid, just right! We've spent a lot of time outdoors on the back porch, enjoying the weather. Tom's railing project is being put to good use! I can let Sophie be out there without me, and watch from inside with Sadie. But, Sadie does love to be outside too. We've been getting some good walks in. I will say it's time to figure out a new solution for exercise with the two girls. I have been carrying Sadie in the front pack and pushing Sophie and it's getting really difficult. We need a double jogger, but it's not in the budget at the moment! My back is saying it needs to become a necessity soon, though! I have also gotten out for about 2-3 runs a week and am getting to the point of enjoying it again. It will be awhile to get fully back into my old rhythm, but I am so happy to be out there!
Tom has been gone for 4 days and I'm ready for my wing man to return. It's hard at night knowing there's no back up...but we've done really well. The girls are so good, and I am incredibly blessed! We'll be anxious to see him return tomorrow.
It's almost the 4th of July and so much fun and excitement here in our little town! We're already looking forward to it!

Sadie's dedication

Sadie was dedicated at church this weekend. Tom's parents came down for the celebration and my parents and brother and sister-in-law joined us as well. We had a wonderful time celebrating our precious Sadie!

Sophie tried to steal the show during the dedication as we all stood up front in the church I felt like a maniac mother saying "no, don't lay down on the stage...," "keep your dress down...," and "stay here!" Oh my. I'm not entirely sure what the minister said unfortunately but we were all there and that's what matters ;)

The weather was perfect this weekend and we got the swimming pool out on the porch. It's so nice having that porch railing done this summer! We can go out and enjoy the outdoors while Sadie sleeps the day away just inside.

Thanks to my mother-in-law's help I got some much needed time in the yard (and sleep at night). I loved getting some more planting done. I need to put in a couple more plants in the front and mulch...then I'm sort of done with the essentials.

Newsy things

Sophie has learned to write her name all on her own. It's so amazing and fun to see her do it all by herself! It's something that she learned at preschool, I have not been working on it at home with her. I was so impressed! She's growing up so fast!
Sadie has noticed her toys hanging on her activity mat and her bouncy seat now. She likes to grab at them or make them bounce. It's fun to see her so interested in them. She also loves to listen to the musice on her activity mat and gets upset sometimes when it stops :) She is really beginning to dialog with us more and more with her little "oohs" and "aahs" and we love it!
I'm still trying to get back into running...this is going to take awhile! Wow. I took Sophie with me on my run this morning. While it didn't make it any easier it was nice to have some little person to talk with ;) I got out in the yard for 2 hours on Saturday and it felt so good to move some dirt around and get some new plants in the ground. I have only planted deer resistant things, of course, but am still nervous for them all. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Tom was home all weekend and we loved having three days with him! I love holiday weekends!

Sleep!

Last night was the second night this week that Sadie slept for 8 hours - from 8 pm to 4 am! Hurray!!!! I feel like a new person ;) What a blessing having a big baby is! Thank you, God!

I decided to try a run this morning - for the first time in literally 2.5 years...needless to say it didn't feel good. I got out the door around 6:15 before Tom had to leave for his golf outing. I would run a little, walk a little, run a little more. Eventually it will feel better...but that's definitely going to take awhile! I am very out of shape! I guess 4 months of bed rest will do that to a person.

Sadie's so BIG!

We had Sadie's 2 month check up yesterday...and she's a big girl! She weighs 13 pound, 13 oz. ... so almost 14 pounds. I thought as much, but it was fun to see it! She's 22 3/4 inches long. Her weight is 90-95 percentile and her height is 70-75th. She did great at her appointment...but of course I still have to take her to get her shots next week at the health dept. That won't be such a fun appointment.