Two teefers!

Quinn's second tooth has officially popped through! It might be silly for me to get so excited over teeth, but I can't help it! I love how big she is getting.

                                                   Daddy's girl

                                     too much fun at the State Fair!


I have officially started school and free time as I know it is gone! I will blog when I can. :-)

Cousins!

On Tuesday my dad, my nephew Tanner, and my niece Ava came up for a quick lunch visit. They will be starting school later this week and their younger sister, Ella, has already begun. Dad brought food from Culver's and while we were waiting Miss Ava wanted to do a quick photo shoot with Baby Quinn. She took several dozen photos of Quinn on her own! The kids are so sweet and we love them so much.

Fun game, Mommy!

So as the summer winds down, Quinn and I are finding ourselves a bit bored with her usual toys. One way that we have invented to entertain ourselves is something I call "Underwear Drawer." This may be too much information for some of you, but I think it's cute. :-)

I grab a huge bunch of underwear from a drawer or from a laundry basket if I am folding laundry. I set Quinn on her tummy facing the pile, just out of reach. She has to creep to get it, but once she does, watch out!

                                     rrrrrrooooolllllllll over into the undies!

                                          take a little breather

                  roll all the way down the hallway! how much can I hold onto?



 

Lately

I thought I would share a few pics of Quinn lately. I confess that I haven't been taking too many...we have been having too much fun reading books, playing, shopping, and enjoying summer! She recently got her first tooth, so that was a huge deal! We were relieved when it finally broke the surface because it relieved some extreme crabbiness.

                                           napping with Daddy before bed

                  helping Mommy cook supper. Love the crazy post-nap hair!

                                   we love legwarmers! (even in August)


See the kitchen table and chairs in the background of the above pictures? We are on a mission to find a new one! Ours is the perfect size for our kitchen and is in great condition but we are just looking to update a little bit. The one we have now was in my parents' house for as long as I can remember. We spent part of Saturday searching for the perfect table....it is still eluding us. We did, though, find a new coffee table, end table, and foyer table! Woo-hoo!

We don't have carpet in our downstairs so during the day I lie down blankets on which Quinn can play. However, her latest trick is rolling herself up in the blankets! It is so funny to turn back around and see her in a completely different place from where she started. She's not crawling or sitting up, but she can definitely get some mileage rolling and creeping!

The end is near...

This week is my last week at home! It is going to be so hard to say goodbye to summer this year. This is the first summer ever where I haven't taken classes, worked, attended conferences, etc., so it has been pretty relaxing and fun just playing with Quinn! I will be sad to see it end; I'd love to stay home permanently, but I guess I better use my college education for something......

I am playing catch-up around my house today (laundry, dishes) because we had guests all weekend! More on that later.

4-5 month pics!

Thursday night, we ran to Merle Hay Mall to get pictures from Sears! These are Quinn's 4/5 month pictures. We are trying to get a picture from each month during her first year. July was crazy, so we didn't get around to it, so this will suffice for 4 and 5 months. :-) I didn't have a coupon for a free print this time, so we ended up getting the $4.99 package from Sears. Big spender, right??? I really just wanted a big 10x13 to display in our foyer. We will do a nice 6-month shot and send prints out to friends and relatives. I had wanted to shop around MHM but it got kind of late so we just went to Staples (I geek office supplies) and then to CiCi's. If you don't know what CiCi's is, it is this kind of ghetto pizza buffet place. It is all you can eat for $5 and has this crazy good Big Mac pizza that I just love. It is our tradition to go there every time we are in the Merle Hay neighborhood.

So here are the photo proofs. Yes, they have the Sears copyright on them, because they are just proofs. I just chose my favorites for blogging purposes today.

Shhh.....

I am down on the computer this morning, sneaking in a little blogging/email checking/work. Why am I sneaking?? It is because I want Quinn to stay asleep! She has been not sleeping well at all lately. It all started when we came back from Idaho last week. She decided (?) that she only needed two twenty-minute naps per day. You can imagine how crabby she was the rest of the time! Watch out! In addition, she stopped sleeping through the night, something she has done since she was about 7 weeks old. Her normal pattern has been sleeping from about 10-7. Recently it got to the point where she would only sleep sitting upright in her carseat or on someone's shoulder. In addition, she developed this crazy rash all over her body. I immediately thought that it was an allergic reaction, but I couldn't think of anything to which she might have come into contact that was new. I hauled her to the doctor, and he diagnosed a summer virus! It wasn't roseola or anything more serious than a little cold, so we weren't worried and were somewhat relieved that she didn't have any allergies. Our regular pediatrician wasn't available, so we saw the doctor who is actually my own primary care physician. I simply hadn't met him yet. Our appointment ran long because he found out I was a teacher and wanted an advice on how to get his 13-year-old son to become a better reader and writer. Right up my alley. :-)

 He checked her ears as well (per my mom's suggestion) and they looked normal.

Anyway, she has been marginally better as of late. She ended up taking one good nap on Sunday and two good naps on Tuesday, but otherwise her naps are still less than an hour (usually less than a half hour) and she is reluctant to be laid down. That makes it really hard to get laundry done or do anything for myself. Last night she almost slept normally; she woke up at 5-something and was willing to be put back to sleep. (Whew!)

Please know that I am in NO way complaining about the change in her sleeping and behavior. I know that there are many, many babies Quinn's age and older who aren't great sleepers and who fuss all the time! The deal with her is that she has been such a good sleeper and such a content baby for 4 1/2 months that this new extreme fussiness has been a bit of a shock! Obviously it all goes with the territory of being a parent. I know that Randy and I will have many sleepless nights to come, many sick children to cuddle, lots of visits to the pediatrician, tears and noses to wipe, and we are looking forward to every minute of it.

We can't wait to watch our family grow. :-)

I wanted to share a picture from me from a year ago! I am about six weeks pregnant here. Not showing, of course, but definitely kind of bloated and yucky. So happy!!