Sister Love

Rolling

Teo rolled over on Father's Day! And it wasn't just a fluke - he's been rolling all over the place since. When he first did it, I realized that Sapphie's first roll was on Mother's Day, when we were visiting Ree and Dick. Pretty cool!
I don't have a video of him rolling yet, but I did get one of him giggling when I talked to him in a very low voice. He loves it when you make low, deep-voiced noises

Papa

I don't know about you, but as long as I can remember, I was always a papa's girl. Well, not during my teen years of course, when I hated both my parents and everyone in my family, but when I was little. I loved my papa. Maybe it's because we're so much alike? I don't know. Of course, now that I'm a mummy, I have a whole new appreciation for my mummy. I now have strong relationships with both!

Recently, Papa has really started to bond with Sapphie. I don't know what it is about men and babies, but in my experience it seems like the man-baby bond doesn't really start - or doesn't become visibile - until the baby can talk. Now, Papa and Sapphie have a blast together. He brings her cookies from the truckstop. Model airplanes. They sing together, and horse around. She loves him so much. Now, she's learning to count in Spanish and she is so excited to show him! I recently witnessed a play date, and it was the coolest thing ever.

I'm gonna get you!

The bumble bee goes around the tree goes around the tree...

Fly like an airplane!

Again!!!!

I think she's a Papa's girl...although she does love her LaLa!! xo

I did it. I went for a run

For the first time in a year, I went running today. It was a huge ice breaker for me. I have always loved to run, but running with a jogging stroller is just not all it's cracked up to be. It's fine, and can sometimes be fun, but I'm constantly stopping to give Sapphie some more crackers, some water, to give Teo his nuk, etc....so I haven't even tried going running with the double jogger. We go walking every day, and that's been fine with me.
Before having kids, like Soe, my favorite thing to do was go running in the rain. Now, my favorite thing to do is go running without my jogger. But shortly after I got pregnant with Teo, my back was too sore to run at all and since he was born, I've been sticking to yoga and walking for exercise.
Today, I had a haircut at 5pm. I was SO tired (didn't sleep well last night), but I thought "you know, I should jog to my appointment." Then I kept thinking about how tired I was, and I used Soe's strategy! I decided to put my running gear on, and I would start walking. If I felt like running, I would! I ran all the way to the salon (not far! probably only 1.5miles), and felt amazing.

You've never felt freedom until you go running, by yourself, without your jogger and without your phone, after you've had a baby. I wanted to yell "I'm free!!!" to every person I passed! I refrained of course, and focused on keeping my abs tight and my shoulders back. It was fantastic and I feel great.

I can't wait to go again.

Reading all together

My babies love to read. I started reading to Sapphie when she was just a few weeks old, because I loved lounging on the bed with her and showing her colorful pictures. Now, she's a huge reader and books are her favorite toys. I have a friend who says her daughter isn't interested in books, and I just can't relate. It seems like if you start them early, it just becomes part of the day. Teo too, from day one, has been entranced when I would hold a book over his head. We often read all together, but we have to lay down so Teo can see the pictures and I don't have to slouch and kill my back.

Reading "The Very Busy Spider"

Meow...wanna take a nap? That's in the book

Hello, Teo!

My Jlellies

I just got Sapphie a new pair of shoes since Cabot ate her slip-flops. She loves her new "jlellies" and is so proud of them! Here she is today at the playground with Ruby and Lauren. She's so cute.

That's my hand

Teo has found his hands and is memorized with them. He'll slowly lift his arm into the air and stare at his little fist, trying to move it with all his might. It's so funny! If he is able to get it to move, his fist will smack him in the face and then he'll stick the whole thing in his mouth and start sucking on it like crazy.

When I hold him up to look at me, he slowly reaches out to touch my face. He's getting better at it! It's so amazing how quickly their coordination develops.

Willing the hand to move...



Hello!!



He got it!!