Day 75: Beach Fun

Today has been so fun! I love our weekends :D


Today's positives:

1: This morning we packed up a breakfast picnic and went to the beach. We had a lovely time sitting by the ocean, eating together as a family. (pics below)

2: James enjoyed gumming on a bagel.

3: Matt taught Gracie the words to Big Ol Jet Airliner and they had a great time singing together. She even had the tune down. (apparently she started an encore in the bathtub this evening)

4: Then we went for a walk through the beautiful white sands and clear water. Gracie did a happy little victory dance which consisted of throwing her arms in the air, running in circles happily shouting "EGGS"

5: Then we went to the familyChristian book store and picked up a book to start a bible study with Gracie.

6: We took a nice long evening stroll through the local neighbourhood with our dog Bay.

7: We started the bible study. Gracie enjoyed hearing the stories and looking at the pictures.

8: Gracie did wonderful sleeping in her bed for the first time last night. She didn't get up until this morning.
Then when she took a nap, she slept and once ready to get up stood at the door knocking to be let out.

It's just been an all round nice day. Thank you Lord :)


Goodnight all

- Soph

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 74: Monday Monday

Today is the start of our weekend! 2 whole days of Daddy being home to play! Fun times :)


Today's positives:

1: We took the kids and dog down to Ponce Inlet, the beach for dogs. It was nice to feel the sand between our toes. The kids love to be outside!

2: James has been reaching and rolling over to play with toys.

3: Gracie found Matt's wallet, pulled out his debit card saying "Shoes Shoes". Maybe not a positive but very funny.

4: James has started to enjoy playing with bath toys. He has his favorite rubber duckie he likes to sit with.

5: When we heard James wake up this morning, Gracie ran to the bedroom to go get him.

6: Today we converted Gracie's crib in to a toddler bed. We both feel a little sad that our baby is growing up. She did very well. She only  got out of bed once and that was because we forgot to give her, her paci.

7: James ate two jars of baby food today at one time. Apples seem to be his favorite.

8: When Matt and Gracie went to walk the dog this morning she made him put a bow in her hair. She had 3 different people tell her how cute she is.

Well that's all for today.

goodnight all

- Matt n Soph

Day 72: 6 Months

Today James is 6 months old! I can't believe he has been part of our family for half a year now.

Today's positives:

1: We started off the day with a nice long walk to our local park. (pics below)
We stopped at Walgreens. Gracie enjoyed a nice chocolate marshmallow treat. Then we all had fun at the playground.

2: We did our grocery shopping. Gracie insisted on riding in the baby seat on the cart (the ones meant for newborns) and James wanted to be carried by Daddy so it all worked out!

3: Gracie learned the word cheeks today and ran around all evening saying it.

4: As I cuddled James to sleep he babbled away. I love that he is so chatty. I think he was telling me a lovely bed time story.

5: I almost forgot to add, Gracie went down the slide all by herself for the first time today and she climbed the rockwall ( okay that one had a little help)

We have lots of pictures from the playground this morning!

Goodnight all

- Sophie

Day 67: Debuggin

Today has mostly revolved around de-pesting our house! I hope it was worth all this trouble. We have had a whole lot of fun though.

Today's positives:

S: Today my lovely husband let me sleep in until 10am! First time I have pumped a bottle for James in a long time and maybe I should do it more often *wink*

M: The babies and I watched the Cat in the hat over breakfast. Gracie used Bay as her own personal chair and both seemed content with this.

S: Matt had to run to the recruiters office to sign yet more papers but when he got home we started the process of powdering the carpets. Thankfully James was fast asleep in my room and Gracie behaved herself. She was  very patient.

M: After we got done laying out the bug killer we had to evacuate the house for a while so we took the kids and the dog to the park for a picnic. Gracie enjoyed the fruit and chewy granola bars.

S: When we got home it was time to clean up the kids room. We put James in the Jenny jump up. He had fun playing with Gracie as he would pick his feet up and Gracie would push him like a swing.

M: We took the kids swimming. Gracie is a dare devil and enjoyed going under water. James is more cautious like I used to be.

S: When we got back from swimming we fed the kids then went for a nice evening stroll along the beach. It was very relaxing.


We decided to leave our room powder free until we can vacuum up the rest of the house tomorrow. Thankfully this stuff only needs 24hrs. It's still a little cloudy so we are having a big camp out in our room tonight. James in the pac n play and Gracie in our bed. Could be fun...

Well its been a long and busy day!

Pictures below. Unfortunately we didn't get any from today but I thought they were worth adding.

- Matt n Soph