Book group

Book group on Monday was hosted by my friend Darci. She has a beautiful home and we lucked out and had a picture perfect evening! (Very rare lately here in VT!) Darci is one of those women you constantly pinch yourself for "getting" to be friends with...she's funny, smart, caring and someone you could talk with for hours and hours - I love that girl!! We had an awesome night - good wine, great food and amazing women - what could be better??






Some of the most amazing women I know!

Girl power!

I am fortunate enough to have an amazing group of girlfriends. Some are older than me, some are younger, some are from different countries, some have different religions - I love them all and feel so lucky to have them in my lives.

Last week, I was able to join some of my girlfriends for a mom's night out at a local Mexican place. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time! And I love to laugh, so that says a lot about how funny that night was :)

Cutie pie

When you catch her doing something she shouldn't be, she gives you the guilty look (exhibit A)...but not for long! She turns on the charm within seconds and suddenly you forget what you were upset at her for!

Exhibit A. Not sure what she was up to, but I'm sure it was no good!

If you've ever wondered

if people are less stressed out the second time around when having a baby, I believe this video is evidence. I love it how in this video Acadia seems to be the only one concerned....poor Emma!

1, 2, 3 GO!

Emma's first craft

I wish I could remember where I found this craft so I could post the link for it. We made little lobsters yesterday with the girls' hands and feet. SO cute! Acadia loved "doing crafts with her feet" This was Emma's very first craft :)

2 months old

Emma turned 2 months old this week! It's hard to believe it's already been 2 months, and at the same time I can't remember when she wasn't here with us. We are having a lot of fun with her!

I "stole" this little idea from my friend Cindy - it's a great way to keep track of milestones!

Stats -
Weight: 10 pounds 1.5 ounces (50th percentile)
Height: 22 1/2 inches (50th percentile)

Schedule -
Surprisingly, she's already started a schedule of her own. I don't think Acadia really had much of a schedule until she was older. Emma normally wakes up around 6am to nurse. She lays in bed with me nursing for a while then is up at 7am to nurse again. After this, she's usually asleep until 10am. She nurses again and hangs out - she's usually awake until about 1:30ish then is down for several hours. She wakes up and nurses again and is up until about 9:30pm. She has slept through the night for the last 2 nights! She is an awesome sleeper! I think I can say this with confidence - her colicky stage is over! **Knock on wood** It's been a week and a half since she's been fussy at night, so I'm hoping this lasts!

Recent accomplishments -
-In the past month, she has slept through the night 5 times.
-She started smiling!!! It's so cute!
-She has become SO alert and has a huge interest in her big sister
-She is cooing big time and Matt and I swear she's trying to laugh

Emma's first hug

Can Emma breathe in this picture? Debatable.

Sometimes

Eating cinnamon raisin bread brings out the rock star in us...

Wordless Wednesday: Summer

Snow Farm

Last week we went to Snow Farm Vineyard with our friends Jamie and Ken and their children. If you're from VT, I highly recommend going - it was SO much fun!! They have free concerts every Thursday evening and we will definitely be going again. The kids had a blast!!

After the concert we took the kids to a local ice cream shop - Acadia talked about her strawberry ice cream for days!

Some recent art projects

Acadia and I haven't been able to do as many art projects as we used to but here are a couple we've done recently. This month our themes are summer and letters.

This activity is by far her favorite of all the ones I have done with her! I made alphabet "flashcards" then found pictures on google that matched up with the corresponding letter. (A is for apple, B is for banana, etc. all the way to Z) Then I gave her one flashcard and put 4 pictures in front of her. I would ask her what the letter was on the flashcard, tell her that K is for Kangaroo, etc. and she had to pick the kangaroo out from the pictures. She LOVED it! I didn't think it would be as big a hit as it was.






Another favorite is the ladybug she made the other day - she loves ladybugs!

Happy birthday Aly!!!

Auntie Mimi's, Part Two

Since July 5th is my grandpa's birthday, we have a cake for him every 4th. All the kids helped grandpa blow out the candles - it was so cute!