It's about time for another update! This summer has been crazy busy with lots of fun things, leaving this mama crazy exhausted. When Seth's naptime comes, I have every intention of doing something creative, clean something, blog, or respond to emails. Most of the time I nap. Finally, I'm getting to it.
1) To start: I am almost 36 weeks pregnant with Baby O2. She has been a lively one I tell you! Everything is right on track in regards to measurements, heartbeat and all the weird pregnancy symptoms I'm having. My body is just not holding up as nicely as the first time though, in my opinion. To my midwife, everything is still normal (she says that every subsequent pregnancy after the first is usually harder but delivery is easier ... typically). We shall see! My September 21 due date is almost exactly one month away. So excited to meet our little girl!
2) We went on vacation with my parents and brother, Max, in July and had a blast! We stayed at a condo in Angel's Camp (small mountain town in the Sierra's) for one entire week. Jack couldn't join us until later in the week, exactly when my family had to leave to attend my uncle's memorial in Colorado, but it was nice for Seth and I to get out of the house for an entire week. Seth is still talking about the "condo" and memories we had from our time there. Pictures from our time:
Grandma and Papa bought Seth his first golf club set. It was a hit.
We went hiking (twice) in Big Trees National Forest. Seth LOVED it.
Seth fully enjoyed living at the condo for a week. It is now his home-away-from-homes. And yes, we had to bring his top 4 favorite stuffed animals with us.
When Jack came, we went and took old time photos as a family in an old mining town called Columbia. Seth had a blast! He kept calling it "fun," hence why he got to do his own second photo shoot:
He was POOPED the whole week we were up there, taking great naps and sleeping full nights (I thought the excitement of being somewhere brand new might throw him off a bit, but not at all!). It's always so precious to catch a glimpse of him sleeping!
He is a growing boy. Grandma bought this swim floatie for him ... and it was definitely a little too small! Every single day we were there we went swimming in the huge pool at the condo (it was mid-90's to low 100's the whole week). This kid loves the water ... jumping in on his own into someone's arms, splashing, etc. Such fun!
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Some updates on Seth and his interests include:
1) His constant chitter-chatter. He can say any word you ask him to, and is putting 3 and 4 word sentences together on his own. It's a lot of fun.
2) His new favorite thing to do is to sit on the couch and read books. A few of his favorites are Click, Clack, Moo, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Goodnight Moon, and Piggies.
3) Seth now prays before every meal. If there's nothing that blesses a mama's heart more, I don't know what it is.
4) Other favorite activities include cooking, Hot Wheels cars, playing on his tool bench (and really playing with anything mechanical or a contraption of any sort), drawing, and doing crafts (this makes me happy!)
Thanks, Trader Joe's!
"Teacher" Seth
We recently got a new faucet in the kitchen. Seth is obsessed with it. The next day after it was installed, he asked me to open the cabinet so he could look at the pipes. Then he decided it was a good time to play with the iPad too.
It's amazing to watch Seth grow and mature. All of the things that he used to need help doing, he can do on his own. So fun!
