Routine Week

This week wasn't all that exciting...pretty routine actually (whatever routine is!), so I don't have much to report.

We brought in Leah's "old" play gym from the shed, and I think she was more interested in it than Aine was. 

Look at that gut! :)

Eric and his girls...

LOVE the goofy grin :)

Okay...I had to put this on here...I know it's sick...but so am I! It was definitely bath time after that!

Gymnastics

Our friend, Adrienne, told us that a local gymnastics studio had open gym twice a week in which kids can go inside and have the run of the place (as long as they're properly supervised) for an hour and a half. I took Leah this week and she had a BALL! Tracy & Katherine and Vince, Adrienne & Sofia joined us. All three of the girls seemed to love all the "toys", but the long running trampoline seemed to be the hands-down winner. This is something I will definitely be putting on the weekly calendar! There's quite a bit of video below...

Goofy Grin

I'm a little behind posting some pictures...but oh well...we've been busy :) We're now on a pretty good routine with Aine getting up only once during the night...I can at least function on that! Leah is still the big helper and is repeating everything we say. It's amazing just how much her vocabulary has expanded in the past month or so. It's really neat to see! She loves to stack things and knock them down, so we got her some legos (which she's really enjoying). Not too much more to say....enjoy the pics.

Leah helping me change Aine's diaper...we were fascinated by the giant butterfly on the screen!

Some bath pictures of Aine. I just love the first one (goooofy!)

I don't know what to say about this one!!! Love it :)

First Week Back to Work

This was Eric's first week back to work since Aine was born, and we all managed relatively well (surprisingly). Although I had quite a bit of help from Barney (you know, the extremely annoying purple dinosaur!) Aine was still in night owl mode...wide awake until about 12/1 AM...so I wasn't quite getting my full beauty sleep (don't know if I'll ever catch up with that though :) ). When Leah woke up, I'd get her a sippy with juice and a bowl of cheerios, bring it in bed with me and put on Barney (multiple times). Not that I like finding cheerios in bed, but I did what I had to. We worked very hard on keeping Aine up quite a bit throughout the day, and it seems to be working. She now goes down around 9 and wakes up around 2:30/3 and again around 6 (definitely more doable that getting to sleep at 1:30 only to get up a couple hours later.) God is very good to help us shift her schedule!!! This was the week (5th) Leah started sleeping through the night (and we're openly encouraging Aine to beat her sister...let the sibling competition begin!) I go for my 6-week checkup this week...can't believe it's already been 6 weeks. Time goes so fast! 

Late Night

Please note the following things in these two pictures:  the glazed over look on our faces (must...have...sleep!), the blackness outside (i.e. it's LATE), Aine's wide-awake eyes and screaming face. Things are improving every day though :) lest I paint too dark of a picture!

Six Hours of Sleep

We had a great day yesterday at the portrait studio...got some great shots! Unfortunately Aine slept the whole time, so there are none with her eyes open. We'll be back though, so maybe next time! Yesterday was Aine's one-month birthday (time is going soooo fast) and she gave me a wonderful gift last night of 6 hours of sleep !!!! (I don't think I can insert enough exclamation points). Poor Eric is down to two more days of "vacation" time (I use that word loosely) and has to go back to work on Monday. He's been off for a month and is definitely enjoying it...it's going to be a shock to his system Monday morning. Gratefully, Aine is giving me more sleep, so I should be pretty functional on my own. I'm the type of person who NEEDS at least 8 hours of sleep...

Leah sculpting her Play-Do. She was quite intense.

A half-smirk...

I love it when she sleeps like this :)

Janice and Al stopped by for a couple hours on their drive back from Alaska, and Janice held Aine the whole time :) It was so great to see them and hear of their cross-country experience!

Boo sits/sleeps in some of the weirdest positions...

This is one of my favorite pictures by far...

Leah "helps" with the laundry and loves to put my bras around her neck like a necklace! I've been trying to snap a picture of her for a long time, and she finally let me.

The Budding Mathematician