Survived

I survived my first night at home alone with all 3 kids while Josh was on work travel. After a bad sleep night from both boys, I was pretty bleary-eyed getting everyone ready for camp the next morning.  Hence, breakfast was eaten in front of PBS kids and said breakfast included chocolate cheerios since I was just too wiped to make anything healthier.  Note also that Max was pointed at the tv in a desperate attempt to keep him happy while I took an unplanned but necessary shower following a major spit-up incident. 

Honesty

Me: Dash, please stop picking your nose.

Dash: As soon as I get this booger out!

Super Moogie

Dash invented a super hero persona and corresponding costume.  World, watch out for Super Moogie!

BRS

I finally downloaded a gazillion pictures from my cell phone and ipad to my computer, and as I looked through the last few month's worth of images, I found a lot of selfies I took of, well, myself, and baby Max asleep on me.  We call this situation "Baby Restrictive Syndrome" or BRS.

No picture can ever capture how good it feels to have a warm, snugly baby deeply asleep on your chest, but at least these images will remind me that this time existed since I know he will be too big for Mama naps before too long.  He's already changed oh so much.

Just born

One day old

 Six days old

Ten days old

Nineteen days old 

 Four weeks old

Six weeks old 

Eight weeks old 

Eleven weeks old 

Uh-oh.... eleven and a half weeks old.  No nap!  I am AWAKE!

New library books

Never fails, new library books are always a big deal around here.  I love having a family of bookworms! 

Vacation is good

Lots of time to snuggle with a napping baby.  Next year on our annual beach vacation, this little bundle of sweetness will be running in circles in the sand.  So I'm glad we both got lots of cuddle time on this go round.

Sometimes it all just works

We had an abundance of zucchini on the verge of going bad in the fridge.  Cook's Illustrated had a delicious and healthier recipe for zucchini bread in this month's issue.  It's too hot to play outside in the afternoon and I'm trying not to let our entire repertoire of summer activities involve Netflix.  The obvious answer is to do some baking with the kids.  

But with a new baby in the house, I never feel like I can do anything big or time sensitive without another adult around for backup, in case he gets fussy and I need to cut short what I'm doing.  Occasionally, though, I throw caution to the wind, and with all the signs pointing towards "bake the damn zucchini bread", we did.  

And it worked.  The big kids shared measuring duties without arguing and Max sat contentedly in a bouncy seat watching us.  The zucchini bread was delicious (especially since Ella and Dash convinced me to add chocolate chips). It definitely doesn't always all work out so smoothly, but it's sure nice when it does.