Chunka baby

Milk does your body good... Marli is a whopping 16lbs 12 ounces as she weighed in yesterday at her doctors appointment. She was also 25 inches long with her head being 17 1/2 inches. All in all it was good. The night before was like a newborn night with her getting up every hour to two. So when we saw the doc we were begging for any tips he had to helping getting her to sleep longer. One of the basic ones is to try to put her in her crib before she is asleep. I had mostly been nursing her to sleep. Of course we knew that one but it is amazing what you forget the second time around. We attempted it today and it has worked like magic for naps. Keeping our fingers crossed for the nights to keep getting longer and longer.

More vacation pics coming....

Take me out to the ballgame....

Emmi has gone to the Cape Cod League baseball game with the guys, Great Grandpy. Grandpy Harley and Daddy.

Here is her artsy shot she took of Great Grandpy.

She also had her first hotdog.

Then some backyard fun with Memere.
The playground has also been a hit. Emmi got a ribbon for being in the parade just by chance since the parade ended there. We also saw fireworks from the beach for the 4th. Marli slept through them and Emmi played.

Swim Lessons, Baptism and vacation

Guess we should play catch up as this blog has been neglected a little. Emmi is taking swim lessons at our neighborhood pool with her boys. Here is a pic of her and Daddy.

Then Marli got Baptized by Stan at Holy Spirit on the 27th. Her Godfather Jason couldn't make it so Uncle Alan filled in to stand beside Jen as her godparents.

Here she is hanging out with her great-grandparents.

We spent a couple days hanging out on Grandpa's porch just rocking the days away.

We were fortunate to be able to attend the ceremony of my grandfather being awarded the Legion of Honor award from France.

Now we are just chilling at Memere's. We hope to hit the beach, Cape Cod League Baseball game, playground, aquarium, and whatever else we can find in between.

Playtime & naptime

Time definitely gets busy when you have 2 kids and work full time. And at the same time it is just making the time go by fast. Marli is already 16 weeks old. She can roll over from back to front consistently but is still iffy about front to back. She is now big enough to play in her entertainment center. She also has this scream that I swear she does just to get your attention. This weekend was the start of nap training as I will call it. We hadnt gotten in the habit of putting her down for naps in her crib but after not having consistent nights of long sleep for a few weeks I figured I better brush up on the Happy Baby Healthy Sleep Habits book. Keeping our fingers crossed that things will improve once we get this nap thing down.

Emmi is definitely is a very independent child. From dressing herself to helping herself to snacks is only the start..... This weekend when we woke up to Marli at 8:00am we figured Emmi was playing in her room or still sleeping. When I went to go get Marli I noticed Emmi wasn't in her bed. I looked in our spare bedroom as she sometimes goes there to play but she wasn't there either. Marli and I decided to go downstairs to look for her. When we got to the bottom of the stairs we noticed the front door open but the storm door was still locked so we knew she didn't go outside. Then sure enough Emmi was in her playroom just playing by herself. Who knows how long she had been there. The other morning she went down before us but we knew she was up she helped her self to some Trader Joes version of Cheetos.

Here are the girls playing:

Pool time...

The pool is open so we have gone everyday over the weekend. Emmi will be taking swim lessons there this summer on Saturday mornings. It is amazing at the change from last year of only hanging out on the stairs to arm floaties this year. Here is a video of Emmi and Griffin jumping in the water.

Then here is a picture of Marli after swimming, hanging out in the grass by the playground. We dont take her in the pool yet.

Hi ho hi ho.....

It's back to work I go. This week was my first week and things went as good as they could. Last weekend we had fun hanging with Cousin Chloe who got a cheap last minute flight. And of course Memere was here to help put us on a good start to the work week.
Emmi got some painting supplies while Memere was here. She loves loves loves to paint.
Another big thing this week is Tuesday Marli rolled over from her back to her front. Then when Emmi got home from preschool on as we were watching her she rolled from her back to front and then back. This explains why she hadn't been sleeping so well since she is right back at 8+ hours of sleep now. Marli is also very talkative now. She is constantly cooing and smiling.

Jacob has been giving me some workouts to do so Emmi has to do them too. Here she is doing squats.

Mothers Day

We had a great day. Pretty relaxing and we started our garden of banana peppers, pumpkins, and tomatoes. Here is what happens when Emmi takes over the watering:

It is amazing how at the age of 2 1/2 the little things can become fun for her. She wanted to help empty the dishwasher so she got the task of silverware. She did a great job of putting everything where it goes.



Time has flown by as my maternity leave is fast coming to an end. This coming Monday will be my first day back. Luckily Memere will be here for the first couple days to assist with the transition. She always is such a great help since her trips coincide with key times for us. Cousin Chloe will also be in this weekend to help round out the week.

Marli is now in her crib at night. The bad part is her long stretches of sleep have seemed to gone away. She consistently is sleeping 4-5 hours the first block and then 4 the second block. We are keeping our fingers crossed for the 7 hour stretch to come back since otherwise we may be a tired household starting next week.

Operation Potty Training is well underway. Emmi has daytime and naptime peeing nailed. Yesterday she went #2 on the potty totally on her own. We have bribed her with a big present once she consistently goes so we may be shopping for a pink pool with big slide this weekend as that is what she wants.