Summer Fun (June)

Slowly but surely I'll work my way through our summer on the Blog. Things haven't slowed down much and when they do blogging still hasn't been a priority. :) During the month of June we did some traveling (camping trip to Lake Philsbury-wrote about in a previous post; trip to Fortuna; Josh-Seattle bachelor party and Me-Healdsburg bachelorette party). We also enjoyed doing some fun things locally.

I took the girls to the Sonoma State Univ. Duck pond to meet my friend Tracy and her girls one afternoon. We enjoyed lunch and feeding the ducks. Hannah loved it as long as the ducks didn't get too close. :)

 After our trip to Lake Philsbury (2nd week in June) we had a day and a half to unpack from camping and repack for Fortuna. Josh flew to Seattle with guys that Thursday and after dropping him off at the Santa Rosa airport, the girls and I hit the road to Fortuna. They both did awesome....Jordyn slept the entire way, while Hannah read books, played with her doll, ate lunch and then took a nap as well.

Sleeping girls upon arriving to my parent's house

 It was so fun to see Jordyn and Lilly together once again. It had been a month since our last visit (Mother's Day weekend) and both girls had grown and changed so much. As you can see in the picture below Jordyn is slowly but surely catching up to her cousin in size and weight. :)  During this trip Jordyn turned 8 weeks old and Lilly 13 weeks. Jordyn was still in the stage where she slept a lot, however Lilly was much more alert and chatty. I enjoyed 5 days in Fortuna relaxing with my family, celebrating my mom's birthday and celebrating Father's Day with my dad. Josh flew in to Santa Rosa Monday morning and we were there to pick him up. Hannah was soooo excited to see him and proudly held up a sign that said, "We missed you Daddy!" We celebrated a late Father's Day with Josh and enjoyed family time together.

with my sweet Lilly

Picture we texted to Josh on Father's Day

Daddy at home with his girls after Seattle

 During the month of June we enrolled Hannah in her second session of swim lessons for the year. (Her first were during winter). During her first class she refused to get in the pool with her instructor (we later found out she was leery because her instructor was wearing a wet suit...she had never seen anyone wear one before). After having a long chat with her that afternoon Tuesday's swim lesson went much better and by Wednesday she was having a great time. Hannah is such a cautious little girl and it typically takes quite awhile for her to warm up to new situations.  Usually I like this quality about her because I know it'll help keep her safe in many ways, however there are times when it can be a little frustrating...for example not getting wet on the first day of swim class!  :)  Needless to say by the end of the session we were very proud of the growth she made and look forward to enrolling both her and her sister in lessons again either this fall or winter.

 In June we also made a day trip over (along with Josh's brother and family) to Rancho Cordova to visit his dad, step mom, step sis & brother-in-law and niece. We weren't able to see Larry on his 60th birthday (the week before), so we celebrated together that weekend. Jordyn enjoyed sleeping in her Nana and Papa Heald's arms, while Hannah and her cousins Camryn & Mazzy had a blast playing together. They put on a puppet show for us (hilarious!) and giggled while dancing with their Papa in the living room. As always we had a wonderful visit!!

Papa Heald and Jordyn

Papa dancing with his grand daughters

 During the last weekend of June I left both girls for the first time to go to one of my best friend Mandy's bachelorette parties. This was my first time leaving Jordyn overnight and of course Josh did an amazing job with both girls. I planned this trip not too far from home partly because I love wine tasting in the Healdsburg/Dry Creek area and also due to the fact that I didn't want to be too far from home in case I was needed by my 2 month old. I was the matron of honor in my friend Mandy's wedding, so along with the help of her sister I planned a weekend getaway to a house we rented on the Russian River. Friday afternoon we arrived at the house, unpacked and enjoyed some snacks and cocktails before getting ready and heading to Healdsburg for dinner at Willis Seafood and Wine Bar (highly recommend!!) We enjoyed some amazing cocktails and delicious food! After dinner we headed back to the house (Mandy's youngest sister wasn't 21), for more cocktails, dancing and fun! The following morning after breakfast we headed out for a day full of wine tasting. One of our favorite stops was VML Winery where we enjoyed a private tasting and lunch on their beautiful outdoor patio area. After arriving back at the house later that afternoon we enjoyed margaritas, and tacos and then walked to a nearby bar and danced the night away. All and all it was a great weekend!! I missed my girls like crazy, but enjoyed some much needed time with the my girl friends.

dinner at Willis

with the bride to be

At VML

 During the month of June we managed to squeeze in some productive time around the house as well. I cleaned out and organized both girls' bedrooms, Josh worked on organizing the garage, I got caught up on the girls' baby books, Josh installed a new sprinkler system in the outer front yard. We also enjoyed some local fun and took the girls to the Petaluma Fair (they have a great kids ride area)...Hannah had a blast! We also spent a day at the Discovery Museum in Sausalito.

Hannah helping dad with yard work

Hannah, Jacob and Caleb on rides at the Petaluma Fair.

playing at the Discovery Museum

Enjoying a picnic lunch after a morning at the Discovery Museum

Jordyn Elizabeth ~ 3 months

8 weeks old

I can't believe our baby girl is already 15 weeks old and I haven' t done any updates since she was 5 weeks old. We have had so much fun watching Jordyn grow and change over the past three months. Her little personality has started to develop and she brings us so much joy. She continues to deal with reflux issues (she's a major spitter upper!), however now that she's been on Prilosec (since about 6 weeks old) she hasn't had the discomfort from the acid. The rough part is having to give her medication first thing before she eats every morning. It has to be refrigerated so it's cold and to make matters worse it tastes like salt water. Needless to say giving it to her is the least favorite part of my day. :(  Because she spits up so much during every feeding she always wears a bib while eating, (& at other times as well). We've found that receiving blankets make much better burp cloths.  :) Keeping a pacifier in her mouth while burping helps her keep her food down and the burp cloth drier. :)  At around 6 weeks she started experiencing some periods of colic in the evenings. Anywhere between 9pm and 12 am, she'd have about 45 min-1 hr. of inconsolable crying. This was new to us. Hannah rarely cried for more than a few min at a time. These episodes didn't occur every night, however we never knew when to expect them. Fortunately these fussy periods are few and far between now! At two months she smiled (while awake) for the first time and the smiles have been constant ever since. 

7 weeks old with her cousin Lilly (12 weeks old)

Posing with her Jordyn doll from Lisa, Matt and Henry Page

waiting for Dr. Silver

At her 2 month appointment she weighed in at 12 lbs. 9.8 oz and was 23 inches long. 85th percentile for weight, 67th percentile for length and 86th percentile for head circumference.  As you can see by the pictures she's an excellent eater. :) Hannah was so excited for Jordyn's 2 month check up. She got to help Dr. Silver perform the check up and loved every minute of it.

still asleep while being weighed

reading books to Jordyn while waiting for her shots

Along with being a good eater, Jordyn is an excellent sleeper. Sometimes I forget that she is so little because Hannah didn't have long sleeping stretches during the night until she was a little older. At 7 weeks old she began (to our surprise) consistently sleeping through the night. She averages 8-9 hour stretches and sometimes goes as long as 10 or 11 and once even shocked us with 12. She wakes up around 8-9 am (which has been awesome for summer because that's when Hannah gets up too). I can't tell you how great it's been to have our entire family sleep in all summer. After eating she'll have a period of awake time, chattyness, play time and then go down for a 3- 5 hr. nap. After eating and playtime, she'll take a second 3-5 hr nap. In the evening after dinner she'll take a short nap before eating and going to sleep for the night. I've started to take her sleep schedule for granted and have to remind myself that it could change at any time.  I'm expecting some changes now that we'll be starting back to work in a couple weeks. We'll also be transitioning her to her crib next week after we get home from our camping trip. Currently she's been sleeping in our room in a slight upright position next to my side of the bed to help eliminate her choking on her spit up during her sleep. We had a couple nerve racking moments which have made us a little leery to not have her within arms reach during the night.  Hannah went to her own room at 7 weeks old, however with Jordyn we've been more apprehensive. Keeping our fingers crossed the transition to her bedroom goes smoothly!!  Jordyn absolutely loves watching her big sis. She now watches Hannah's every move and is so entertained by her. :)  Hannah can get the biggest smiles out of Jordyn, it melts my heart every time.

play time

so captivated by her big sis

smiley girl

checking herself out

hanging out with her friend Emilyn who came down to visit for the weekend

sitting at the breakfast table

happy little butter ball

3 months old

Lake Philsbury

 The second week of June we headed to Lake Philsbury for our first camping trip of the summer. We've been going to Lake Philsbury for years (Josh has been going there since he was a young boy because his family has property there). Lake Philsbury is so beautiful and we were fortunate enough this year to get the popular group camp site. In order to obtain this site you have to sit on the phone (for hours) calling over and over until you reach someone, by the time you get through to a person you are left with just a few week time slots left to pick from. Lucky for us, one of those slots was the week we wanted. We headed up Friday and stayed through Tuesday. (We would have stayed longer, but Josh had to leave that Thursday for Seattle.)  The group site is shady, which is perfect for keeping the tents cool & when relaxing at camp during the day. We have a private road into the site, therefore we didn't have to worry about anyone being there except us. The kids could ride their bikes freely, we didn't have to worry about noisy neighbors, we had a huge group fire pit and eating area, our own food storage building, private bathrooms, horse shoe pits and private area to dock our boats. The site is huge (sleeps 50). We split up nights for cooking meals with 3 or more families in charge of a particular night (cooking and cleaning). This was great because the other nights you relaxed while someone else cooked for you.  During our stay there Hannah had such a great time running around camp with her friends collecting treasures (in their home made treasure boxes they made during arts & crafts), fishing & kayaking with dad, wake surfing for the first time this summer, roasting marshmallows, riding bikes, painting rocks, sitting around the camp fire......needless to say she was not ready to leave on our last day. :) She LOVES boating and camping! The first two nights were a little rough with Jordyn, she was fussy before bed and it was cold/windy throughout the night. The second two nights were great...much warmer, no wind and she slept through the night (both nights!!).  We spent our days out on the boat, playing ladder ball and corn hole back at camp, relaxing with a drink in hand while watching the kids play. We had such a great time and look forward to hopefully being able to reserve the group site in June again next year!!

Our huge 2 bedroom Costco tent

view from our tent window

arts and crafts time

kayaking with dad

first time fishing

swing time

with her buddy Tyler

daddy and Jordyn relaxing at camp

she's getting much better on her balance bike

Our big girl

had to add this...2 years ago...same chair/same lake  :)

Hannah and Kenzie in 2010

and in 2012...

kayak ride at camp

BFF's

loves driving the boat with dad

sister pic

sleeping yet again

family pic

all cozy with dad

ready to wake surf with dad

happy girl

Just before Josh let go of the rope to surf the wave with Hannah...didn't get a picture of them surfing without the rope this trip, but will post one from another time later

ready to tube with mom, Tracy and Kenzie

Tubin' with dad, Dave and Kenzie

this is what nap time looked like every day for Hannah...exhausted! :)