Dr appt

Moo moo is getting so big. As you can see she is now able to sit all by herself. We usually put the Boppy behind her since we dont want her to fall over on to the hardwoods since she definitely still does that slowly fall over thing. Next up should be crawling.

She had a doctors appt this week where she weighed in at 18lbs 4 ounces. With a length of 26 inches and her head is 18 inches around. The only thing we could talk about was her lack of sleeping through the night. Sleep is definitely something I miss incredibly and no matter what we do, except Cry It Out since I cant handle that, doesnt seem to make it happen. We get a very rare time but usually it is one or two times she gets up. So please say prayers to the sleep gods for us.
Emmi was shopping until she dropped although the mission failed for a new toaster oven she at least scored a caramel and M&M covered apple. Gearing up for preschool to start so stay tuned for first day of preschool pics.

6 6

That is the theme for the week. Marli is 6 months old or 26 weeks. We decided to try out bananas with her since she is old enough to start food. She had fun playing with them on her tray but not so sure she liked them.
Then Jacob and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary. It is wasn't really a celebration since we just went about our normal day. We hope to get a sitter soon to actually do something just the two of us.
Speaking of sitters we are in the process of locating a part time sitter to come to the house to take care of the girls while I work. We were pretty covered over the summer but now that school is about to start we need to change it up a bit. So keep your fingers crossed that one of the 3 people we hope to have met by the time today is done, works out.

Scoot scoot, that is all Emmi has been doing. She got this scooter for her birthday/Christmas but we hadn't set it up until yesterday. It has not left Emmi's side. She scooted over to the neighbors house on it, around our house, and even had to have it in her room last night. She moved it to our bedroom when she snuck into our bed after we had put her to bed, a move she will make most nights if we don't lock our door before we head downstairs after putting the kids to bed.
When Jacob had to fix the face on the tree she wanted to do it. So they took her hammer and she went to work.
It is also funny to listen to Emmi talk to Marli.... This morning when we were all hanging out in bed. Marli went about with her babble/screaming, Emmi immediately replied, "Are you serious, Marli?" which is what you will hear us reply to her. Except it is so much funnier from the almost 3 year old. :)

Take me out to the ballgame

We went to see another one of Cousin Oliver's baseball games over the weekend. Here is what Marli did during the game.

Then here are some random pics of the kids.

Camp Woj

My bro is so awesome with Emmi so when we had a gap week of summer coverage and Woj was on vacation, Emmi got to attend Camp Woj. :) They went to various playgrounds and had something to do daily. Emmi would be so excited she often was at the door anxiously awaiting the Woj Bus to arrive. She had a blast with her cousins. Then during part of the week Memere was here to assist. Here are some pics from when they all went to Dan Nicholas Park.....




FYI- Woj is Polish for Uncle pronounced vUee. Growing up my Babci(Polish for Grandmother) referred to her uncle as Woj as we did too. Then my cousins kids call their uncle Woj so we figured we would keep with the tradition....

Playing & teeth

Marli's first tooth has broken the skin. It is the one on the left bottom side and the right one is not far behind. Here is Marli's first time in a swing.
Emmi of course had to wear her princess dress to the playground when it is 90 degrees out. :)
Smiley girl who is growing so much.
Sisterly love.

Vacation Pics continued....

Emmi went fishing with Granpy Harley & Daddy. She had a great time until they decided to head home. Then she christened the boat.

We managed to hit our favorite beach Woodneck on our last full day. There is a marsh side where there is plenty of crabs and interesting stuff to explore. Then you can walk around to the ocean side. We set up camp on the marsh side but then went swimming on the ocean side. But returned back to the marsh side to have fun.



The perfect place to take a nap.
Time to return the crabs back to their home...
We had a great vacation and cant wait for next year.

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....