Monday, October 24, 2011

Fall Weekend

We had a GREAT fall weekend. It started off with Dana's first bath on Friday afternoon. As you can see, she didn't love it! It was pretty short lived but I was happy to get her in the tub. We just had another one today and she tolerated it much better!
Saturday morning I took the girls into Trinity to watch the field hockey game. The team played a great game against Bowdoin and we were excited to see all of our Trinity friends. The first person we ran into was the Trinity Bantam! I was so hoping to get a picture of Alice with him but she was too shy to stand alone with the Bantam. Too bad... We had a great time catching up with all the Trinity folks. After a brief hello at the tailgate, we headed over to Kingswood for Reeves' soccer game. Alice was running low on rest at this point and challenged my ability to chase her onto the field hockey field while carrying a sleeping Dana in the baby bjorn! What a little rascal...Sunday morning we had fun sister time. Alice was excited to hold her baby Dana. As you can see from the second sister photo, Dana was less excited by this bonding moment!
Dana trying out her hand-me-down bunny slippers!

After a leisurely morning, I took the girls out to the Pickin' Patch to find Alice a pumpkin. She was pretty excited about this and claimed that we weren't going to get just one pumpkin, we needed to find "two pumpkins." Unfortunately, this place was hit pretty hard by Irene and all their pumpkins were wiped out. So instead of walking through rows on pumpkins on the vine, the owners put down a patch of hay and laid down a bunch of imported pumpkins to try to simulate the pumpkin picking experience. It was a little sad, but still a fun activity. Alice enjoyed the hayride and we did a find a decent pumpkin for her. She found a lot of pumpkins that were "too big" or "too cold" to bring home.


Alice loved painting her pumpkin at home!

Friday, October 21, 2011

Happy Friday!

Another week in the books for little Dana! It's been a good week for her. She continues to get up only really once during the night, which is incredible. Her unpredictable stretch begins around the dinner hour - basically just when Reeves gets home. While this is definitely a tough stretch for her, you can usually console her by walking around the house (apparently this one likes to be on the move!). By 10pm she's ready to go down for the night, which is pretty great!

Alice continues to love being a big sister. She gives Dana a kiss every night before bedtime and even sings about her! I heard her singing Dana's name the other night as she sang herself to sleep. It was very cute! Alice's big news is that she is in the process of potty training. She does very well at school, but hasn't achieved the same routine (or success) yet at home. We are only at the beginning of this process but she's doing very well so far!

Here's the little munchkin on our walk from yesterday. It's been great weather to be outside - sunny and cool. Looking forward to more of the same this weekend.
Looking sleepy....
maybe not...?
Yes...definitely sleepy!
Happy with her new blanket!

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

To be a little sister...

means to guard against a big sister attack...even when you're sleeping! Watch out, Alice...Dana's ready to throw punches!

Friday, October 14, 2011

Play time

Sporting her new onesie from Ryan and Lauren!
Attempting some tummy time!
Alice wanted in on the mat! It's been surprisingly entertaining for her!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Long Weekend

We had a great long weekend. Reeves didn't have a soccer game on Saturday so we were able to scoot up to VT to visit Gumma, Gogo and the Quinns. It was a little bittersweet because we were missing Will and Jane's wedding in NJ but we thought a quiet weekend in VT was a better scene for little Dana and thought Alice would be good company for her grandparents. We had lots of fun playing outside at the playground and playing inside with Gogo's ipad! It is scary how much the kids are obsessed with (and can actually use) the ipad.

Alice sported one of her new bows from Gumma this weekend. We even got a compliment when we were out shopping!
Alice showing me that I'm holding up two fingers behind the camera. A failed attempt to have her smile for the camera...
Snack time at the playground with the Quinns and Gogo! (notice who's holding up two fingers over her head in similar fashion to the picture above! I clearly need a new strategy to have her look at the camera!)
Alice and Gumma getting some quality reading time in. I think they were on the sixth straight reading of Sleeping Beauty at this point...
We had a nice visit with Momere before we headed back to CT. Alice was great - she was super smiley and gave Momere lots of hugs and kisses!
Dana meeting Momere for the first time!!

Friday, October 7, 2011