June 2013

June 2013

We are 3 months into having 2 little girls and I’ll be honest, our adrenaline is starting to run down a little bit.  We know that everyone has days and weeks like this, but we are finding ourselves pretty exhausted at the end of each day.  Sarah is still sleeping about 5-6 hours each night, which isn’t bad and is probably right about where she should be.  However, our only experience with this is Allison, who slept well during the night early on and gave us some decent, consistent sleep at this point.  With Deb heading back to work at the beginning of July, we hope that Sarah will start to sleep a little longer at night.  Combine all of this with an energetic but also opinionated 2 year-old, we find ourselves moving rather quickly from one task to the next. 

Father’s Day has become a bittersweet day in our house.  On one hand, it is amazing to realize that in the past 3 years, I’ve become the father of 2 fantastic girls.  On the other hand, I just miss my Dad and wish I could talk to him for a few minutes to get some advice or hear a joke.  With Allison always being on the go, the day isn’t as difficult as it has been the last 2 years because she won’t let us slow down enough to think about it too much.  We started the day by going to church, then the cemetery and home to open a few presents.  I got an alarm clock, some hand and foot prints from the girls, and a wonderful coffee coaster for work that Allison made at school.  I also went to “Doughnuts with Dad” at her school and enjoyed some time with Allison.  She enjoyed eating the icing off of her doughnut. 

Sarah was baptized on June 8^th and she did fantastic (and Allison behaved also!).  Julie and Kyle were the godparents and it was a great weekend.  Julie, Kyle, Anna and Randy arrived on Friday night and we all stayed up later than we should.  The next day, we had the baptism in the morning along with a lunch reception at our house (which Deb did a great job organizing).  That evening, we ate outside and enjoyed several bottles of wine, which was something we always envisioned in our backyard but haven’t had too many opportunities.  Sarah is doing well, and at her 2 month appointment she weighed 10 pounds 10 ounces and was already 22.75 inches long.  Interestingly, that is almost the exact weight and size Allison was at this age.

Deb, Anna, Randy, Allison and Sarah all went to the Children’s Museum.  Allison LOVED it and really enjoyed learning.  Anna and Randy loved being able to spend some extra time here with the girls.

Deb and Beth took the girls to Conner Prairie and late June.  It is somewhat similar to the children’s museum in that they have various rooms dedicated to different topics but they also had a petting zoo.  Allison was able to pet a 5 day old calf.  She also got to touch a chick and really had a good time hanging out with Aunt Beth. 

Sarah’s Thing of the Month

            She is almost laughing.  When she smiles a lot, you can get her to make a noise, and then when you laugh with her, she gets scared and will either continue laughing or start crying.  She is cooing and babbling.           

 

Allison’s Things of the Month

            Allison likes to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  There is a saying they have to help them solve their problems and they all say “O-Toodle.”  She loves to say that.  She has also learned the words to “Country Roads” and will sing it along with Deb or I while slapping her knee like she is in the middle of a blue-grass festival. 

             Allison has started a gymnastics class that was a gift from Beth and Matt.  She loves it and does a pretty good job following the instruction of the teacher.  I’ve not gone yet, but I hope to later in July.  We also had another swim lesson in June and I think that may be the last one.  Our instructor is moving to Tennessee, so I’ve been able to take her a few more times and mimic the lesson to get her in the water more often.  We are looking to start some swim lessons soon and may join a swim club so she can have weekly lessons.  She had turned into quite the little person, with many questions and opinions, which has required us to break out our negotiation skills and do a little more discipline. 

A few more items from this month:

·         We went to a “Smokefest” at the Steffey’s house.  Several of our friends with smokers got together and smoked different meats and everyone brought sides to share.  It was a good time and Allison played well. 

·         Deb’s had an outing with some of her friends and had lunch and got pedicures.  Beth and Matt helped me out watching both of the girls as it was right in the middle of the day and I had to try to get lunch for Allison and her down for a nap while taking care of Sarah.  Their help made it much easier.

·         I went to an Indians game with Mark, Frank and Matt.  It was fun to be at Victory field for a game.  I can’t tell you how long it has been since I went to a game.

·         My mom hosted a “Cousins’ Weekend” at her condo the last weekend in June.  It is essentially a family reunion and it was fun to see everyone.  It coincided with Deb’s last weekend of her maternity leave, so we were back and forth between the reunion and our house, getting prepared for the next week.