Mommy's Free!

Finally, after two weeks of trying and TRYING to get Emmett to take a bottle we had success tonight. This was encouraging after a long day of hardly any sleep (only 2hrs). He was so fussy and just wouldn't stay asleep! This is not usual for him. I even pulled out every type of pacifier I could find to see if that would settle him down. He kept the paci in his mouth for more than 10 secs today as well! I think this was the training for the main event this evening. He took a whole 6.5 oz of mommy's milk provided by daddy via the bottle :-)

Oh the possibilities this brings me. It was really making me worry that he wasn't taking the bottle. Yay Emmett - this made up for the bad day!

A preschooler's nightmare

Aria woke up this morning screaming. Kevin entered the room and asked what her nightmare was about. Aria responded:

"We were getting eggs and they kept taking them out of our hands and putting them in the hole. We couldn't buy the eggs."

Weekend Outings

The last three weekends we’ve tried our best to make sure to get out with both kids. It’s been tricky, but we’ve had a lot of fun. Three weekends ago we went to Cabin John Park where Aria rode the train and played in the park.

Mommy's turn!

Daddy's turn!

The next weekend we ventured out to Great Country Farm to play and pick peaches/blackberries. Aria was excellent at finding the ripe blackberries (and only eating half of what she picked).


This past weekend we went to Reston’s Farmers Market to walk around and we picked up some fresh veggies!

Emmett mostly sleeps when we are out. He definitely likes all the motion.

I have been approaching these outings like a challenge. Each one had it's difficult times, but we need this training to get the hang of it! In no time we’ll be old pros.

Also, Emmett and I took a little adventure together last week to meet up with my Grandma for a birthday lunch. He was so good and everything went well (minus the weird waiter that kissed Emmett – poor thing was only 4 weeks old and he could do without the cooties).

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