Summer {Pool Time}

I am oh-so-sick of this summer.  Now, hear me out.  I am trying my hardest not to wish time away, and to cherish every day for what it can bring to our family and what our family can bring to it – but I am so tired of the heat.  This northern girl has not (will I ever???) adjusted to the endless Texas heat.  Yet, this summer is an exception - 20+ days of over 100 degrees – that is rough even on the native southerners.

 

But, I’ll tell you what I do love…

And that is pool time…

My amazing hubby…

And precious family…

(they’re just relaxing now…look out world when these two hit the pool, mr. nate already has a power frog kick and miss MC swims in the ocean!)

 

 

Out of the mouth of our babe…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abi & I were driving in the car this week – talking about how daddy is now at work, and no longer at SMU.  (Update on that – she’s done amazingly well with the transition to donald being gone for most of her day.  Thank you to so many prayers and God’s graciousness in the ease of it all!).  Abi just busted out with “I will go to SMU when I grow up.”  I think the ‘when I grow up-isms’ are just the cutest in little ones.  I told Abi she was free to consider A&M as well.  Also, I asked her what she wanted to do after SMU.  What did she want to be after SMU?  I told her I think that she’d be a really good teacher – she is full of patience and grace (well, as much as her age allows her!).  “No, I’ll just go to SMU like daddy – maybe I’ll teach him.”  So, look out donald – if you’re pursuing your doctorate say, in 35 years, you might have your daughter as your teacher.  You’ve been warned.

Visiting the DMA

We are so grateful for so many fun museums to explore so close to home!  We are also so grateful for indoor, air-conditioned activities in the summer – hooray that the two are synonymous!

I will also add in a ‘hooray’ for creative friends.  My kind friend, Valerie, is so talented.  We explored a current visiting exhibit at the DMA (Dallas Museum of Art) and the kiddos discussed the different shapes and colors that they saw.  I loved watching the people’s faces who were there for a quiet afternoon.  Oh well, come again friends, come again.

 

The kids area was great – lots of room to explore and create.  I especially appreciated this as “artsy creativity” is NOT my forte, thankfully here I just got to be an entertained (and educated too!) bystander!

Valerie also organized the kiddos recreating what they had seen in the gallery earlier.  Pure mommy genius.

Friends that stick together…

 

stay cool together

and eat popsicles together

Photos

Nate the Great at 4 months

Nathanael’s 4 Month Stats

Weight: 17-18ish lbs (I think) – we haven’t had his 4 month appointment yet.  He’ll head to the doctor’s with Abi in early July for her 3 year and his 4 month.  Life simplified: joint appointments.

Length: 27(ish) inches

Eating: 6-8 ounces every 3 hours during the day, we’re going to start working to 4 feedings during the day (every 4 hours)

Bedtime: 7-7:30pm

Awake: 6:30-7 am

Naps: We haven’t found our rhythm here yet – still a work in progress!  On our “all is right with the world” days, Nate goes down for a morning nap at 9ish and sleeps until 10:30-11 / goes down around 1:30 and sleeps until 4 – and then a little 30 minute nap after that in the early evening.

Diapers: size 3, and the cloth diapers are back!  But, I need to find some new tricks for boys…cloth diapering is a bit easier with girls, in my experience!

Clothes: 6 months and 6-9 months /9 month sleepers

Favorites: Abi, jumping in the johnny-jump-up (nifty little contraption that hangs over the door frame), my Daddy’s tickles, snuggling with his momma, being pushed around in his walker by Abi (this is probably one of her favorite things to do right now too!), his fingers (in his mouth ALL the time!)

Latest "tricks": Giggling, showing off his coordination (you know, fingers to mouth, toys to mouth, etc.!), rolling over! (with help…we start him on a slight incline and he – and his sweet big ol’ head – do the rest!

Looking forward to: Rolling over all on his own, letting his momma make dinner without being fussy the whole time!, those sweet little teeth coming soon!

Out of the mouth of our babe…

I just think it is the cutest thing when Abi combines words she’s been hearing in ways that make sense, but might not always be the word of choice.

For example, we were having a bit of a tickling war the other morning, and Abi kept saying (don’t worry, it didn’t really hurt!) “Ahh, stop that is horrible!”  “No, really, it’s really really horrible!”  Oh my goodness, I was laughing so hard.  She was saying those phrases over and over in her darling, laughing voice – and my heart just felt good.

Then today: the word was ‘adorable.’  She has been saying all day, “Mommy, is this adorable?”  She’ll do something goofy, or sweet to Nate, and then “Mommy, isn’t that adorable?”  I just laugh and tell her that yes, indeed, SHE is adorable.  Which she followed up with “well, you’re adorable too.”  Oh my, 2 year old girls are just the best!

They’re Back!!!

Well, these fine little fellows have made it back into our drawers / washing machine / diaper pail!

And don’t they look cute on this little bottom?