Huddle up

We had a great, normal week. Gotta love those, huh?

This was the first week Marlo allowed herself to be left alone to play for a couple minutes at a time. Sometimes. If Kasper was willing to play near her she did pretty well! She's still very, very needy but hopefully we can work on that.

At daycare, her teachers have 2 different takes on her personality. Her morning teacher compliments her on her communication and says they always know when Marlo would rather do something other than what she's currently doing. Her afternoon teacher does more sighing and seems to think she's a bit of a diva. There's quite a bit of "Well, that's Marlo!" I try not to feel bad about her attitude because there's not much I can do but I hope that she chills out soon because there are other babies in the room and she's not even THE baby anymore!

One evening I picked up only Marlo while Rob picked up Kasper in the Burley. What a fun surprise for him! Marlo and I waited outside a bit but didn't end up seeing them come home. We had fun anyway - Marlo loves to be outside.

(Side note - there's nothing like seeing your forehead right next to a baby's forehead. It's like the Grand Canyon!)





Fell asleep on the (4 mile) drive home.

She really needs that third nap in a day but most of the time doesn't get one. It helps her make it to bedtime.

Playing after work on Friday. Baby Kasper always loved this too!




Naked baby!




We had a notably low key weekend. Like we did the bare minimum. The next few weeks are going to be killer so this was such a nice way to huddle up as a family and get some sweet time together. It helped that the kids were AMAZING this whole weekend. It was truly recharging. As an introvert, it was basically perfect for me. I decided to do a day in the life post about our day yesterday so stay tuned for that! I took about 400 pictures yesterday that I still have to sort through.

The DJ and his assistant, hard at work on their latest mashup masterpiece.





Marlo said those were some pretty sick beats.

We ran to Target today and I was pretty sure Marlo could sit in the cart rather than in her car seat. Nope! She's still too small and slid all over that seat.

It was a sweet treat to look over and see her sitting in there, though. Also, those are sippy cups for our big girl. So big!!

After nap we played in the backyard. These are some classic, classic Muggins faces.






We've been trying to play "so big!" with Marlo. She's not consistent yet. Also, I'm trying to get her to say "Mama". She has Dada down!





Is she not the cutest?? I'm just so in love with her.

This guy was also around but too busy to let me get a photo of him.


Ok! Let the madness that is August begin!

Midweek Marlo

Kasper says...

Kasper: Do honeybees eat honey?
Jess: Honeybees make honey.
K: Who do they make honey for?
J: You! And cows make milk for you.
K: And what do cats make for me?



Driving past the high school after school one day.
K: What are they playing?
J: Baseball.
K: Ohhhhhh, baseball. And what are they playing?
J: La crosse.
K: Ohhhhhh, the crosse.
(A little bilingual humor)



K: Is that your magazine?
J: That's my book about babies.
K: Like "Babies are very interesting."?
J: Yep!
K: Or "Babies & Gentlemen!"?
J: It's "Ladies & Gentlemen."
K: What's ladies & gentlemen? I have a big butt.



Kasper was throwing a fit about something and I was ignoring him. He stopped the tantrum and reminded me: "You're supposed to say "Is it hard being 3, buddy?"!"



"We set up the tent and the bottom look likes a hexagon! Then I burped."
(This was true, it was a hexagon.)



"I'm a puppy named Kason Ruff Ruff."

Movin' and Shakin'

Who invited Marlo to story time?

Silly Marlo



The kids.


You guys, can you handle how big he's getting? I almost can not.

He has the most amazing eyes.




Some sweet moments with my girl. She rarely lets me rock her to sleep but joke's on her because she kept falling asleep nursing this week so I got to snuggle her. And she didn't even know.



Baths are so much fun now. Marlo has fun playing with toys and Kasper is much less interested in absolutely mauling her. Win-win!









Yesterday was a super leisurely morning for me. Marlo woke up at 5:30. I stuck a paci in to get myself a few more minutes and she slept until almost 8! So I did too! We had a nice breakfast while Marlo took a 2 hour morning nap. When she woke up we decided to get out of the house for a family run/walk/bike/stroll! It was overcast and a little sticky but it didn't bother us! We ended up going almost 3 miles and Kasper made it the whole way. He was getting pretty tired at the end.

When Kasper was cruising, we ran. When he went slow, we walked. When he saw something SUPER INTERESTING LIKE A PLANE OR A DUMP TRUCK, we stopped.

Marlo sat right in the stroller for the first time. Loved it and made herself right at home.



After nap Rob and Kasper went over to Kasper's friend's Nick's house to play. Apparently Nick had some super cool toys so it was a challenge to get Kasper outside and in to the pool. The neighbor girl brought a toad.



Marlo and I stayed home because she was all out of sorts.

All she wanted to do was sleep and took 3 long naps. I ended up waking her up in the evening so she would go to bed last night. She was warm and just laid on me. Of course I hate a feverish baby but I secretly (or not so secretly) love those feverish baby snuggles. Neither of my kids have been the type to sit still and snuggle.


Everyone slept wonderfully last night (thankfully) and when she woke up, Marlo felt fine! We had such a wonderful morning. We had breakfast and then just hung out in the back yard. It's rare that we play back there because it's usually full of mosquitos and dog poop. Rob picked up the poop and I think the breeze kept the bugs away so we had a lot of fun!

Remember when Kasper basically lived on the swing?? He's too tall now and his feet drag on the ground but he had a nice time "flying".




After nap Marlo decided that she could crawl and push up into a sit. Just like that. After I wrote her 7 month post she goes and does that. Pushing to a sit makes it a whole new ballgame because she can get to a toy area and sit up to begin playing. She played in Kasper's toys for about 30 minutes!




And a little left knee/right foot crawling.


While I was making dinner I happened to catch on the news that it was National Ice Cream day. Far be it for us to neglect a holiday! We headed out for ice cream after dinner.

Baby's first ice cream! She finished the whole cone. Okay maybe not.


Hope every one had a great weekend!