Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Evie - 7 months old!
Today my baby girl is 7 months old...she is closer to being 1 than a newborn, and I just can't believe it! I look at her while she's getting her bottle & I wonder when she got so big! I still remember her being the length of my arm! Now, she is sitting on her own (well...sort of...for the most part anyway!) We are slowly introducing food...she's got a pretty sensitive stomach & and is having some problems getting used to the different foods, so we're playing with the combinations to get everything just right for her! Right now she is getting fruit in the morning ang veggies at night & we'll be giving her lunch foods soon. Some days she eats really well, and other days you can't hardly get her to open her mouth! She's figured out all the tricks too & will clamp her lips together and blow out, so any hope of getting anything near her is just spit back at you! She seems to really like the sweet potatoes and pears the best so far. She is getting SO close to crawling! She is always getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth. It's so cute, because she gets SO frustrated that she can't do it yet & will keep trying and crying all at the same time! It's amazing how she's gone from such a crabby baby to this happy little thing! She still has her days...but that's just Ev being Ev! My little princess diva...she won't eat her bottle unless it's warm enough, won't eat her food unless it's the right consistency, and prefers you to rub her back so she'll go to sleep. She's recently been waking up at night & fussing, but she'll fuss herself awake, which is kind of backwards. She doesn't need anything..just a little reassurance...just a couple minutes worth of backrub is usually all she needs to go back to sleep, but I'd love to not have that interruption at night! She loves to rock herself from side to side, and no one gets her laughing quite like Andrew...it's SO adorable! It's funny...as I started to write this, I was thinking not much has changed with her in the last month, but looking back, I guess it has!
Spring Break 2010
This year for Spring Break, Laurie & I knew we wanted to take the kids to do something fun, but were both on budget & time constraints. After a lot of looking around, we finally settled on Grizzly Jacks Grand Bear Resort in Utica. Only 1 1/2 hours away, plenty of room for Me, Mike, Laurie & the 3 kids, plus they have an indoor water park!
We hauled out Saturday afternoon (after getting to see the Easter Bunny at the Geneva Easter Egg Hunt!), and arrived at the resort shortly after check in. They had overbooked the rooms, so we got an awesome room upgrade!! Upgrade might be selling it short...we had 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a full kitchen & living room, and 3 fireplaces! The boys got to sleep in their own bunk bed room, and thought that was AWESOME!! Two of the bedrooms had whirlpool tubs, so the boys got to take a fun bath in one of them! They learned very quickly that the water has to be all the way over the jets before you turn them on, or you will spray water EVERYWHERE!
After we quickly unpacked Saturday, we went to the waterpark...all 3 kids LOVED it! Andrew had one smaller slide he could go down, but seemed to really enjoy the wave pool the best! He was loving jumping the waves. I was surprised by this, since he doesn't really like the waves at the beach in Florida! Maybe it's easier to be a little braver when the 'ocean' is way smaller scale! Liam was tall enough to go down the BIG BIG waterslides, and spent most of his time over on the other side of the park going down those ones! Evie and I hung out in the wave pool (when the waves were turned off). She LOVED being bounced around in circles in the water. We practiced floating on her back, but she wasn't a big fan! When the waves would turn on, I would sit her in the zero depth portion and let the water crash on her lap...she would sit and squeal and kick her legs, so I think she liked it! ;) We also took a couple laps around the lazy river, and she seemed to enjoy just floating around too.
For dinner, we got back to the room, and ordered pizza in. The boys crashed shortly after! We stayed out pretty late to take advantage of the water park.
The next morning, we got up & got breakfast then headed back to the water park. We spent an hour or so there, before going back to the room & packing up. They had an indoor amusement park that we planned on spending some time at, but by then the boys were WIPED! We went in, they rode the merry go round & dinosaur roller coaster, and then they wanted to go home. That was fine..we had the drive ahead of us, and I think the adults were more tired than the kids!
It was a totally fun 24 hours, and I think the kids really enjoyed themselves!
We hauled out Saturday afternoon (after getting to see the Easter Bunny at the Geneva Easter Egg Hunt!), and arrived at the resort shortly after check in. They had overbooked the rooms, so we got an awesome room upgrade!! Upgrade might be selling it short...we had 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a full kitchen & living room, and 3 fireplaces! The boys got to sleep in their own bunk bed room, and thought that was AWESOME!! Two of the bedrooms had whirlpool tubs, so the boys got to take a fun bath in one of them! They learned very quickly that the water has to be all the way over the jets before you turn them on, or you will spray water EVERYWHERE!
After we quickly unpacked Saturday, we went to the waterpark...all 3 kids LOVED it! Andrew had one smaller slide he could go down, but seemed to really enjoy the wave pool the best! He was loving jumping the waves. I was surprised by this, since he doesn't really like the waves at the beach in Florida! Maybe it's easier to be a little braver when the 'ocean' is way smaller scale! Liam was tall enough to go down the BIG BIG waterslides, and spent most of his time over on the other side of the park going down those ones! Evie and I hung out in the wave pool (when the waves were turned off). She LOVED being bounced around in circles in the water. We practiced floating on her back, but she wasn't a big fan! When the waves would turn on, I would sit her in the zero depth portion and let the water crash on her lap...she would sit and squeal and kick her legs, so I think she liked it! ;) We also took a couple laps around the lazy river, and she seemed to enjoy just floating around too.
For dinner, we got back to the room, and ordered pizza in. The boys crashed shortly after! We stayed out pretty late to take advantage of the water park.
The next morning, we got up & got breakfast then headed back to the water park. We spent an hour or so there, before going back to the room & packing up. They had an indoor amusement park that we planned on spending some time at, but by then the boys were WIPED! We went in, they rode the merry go round & dinosaur roller coaster, and then they wanted to go home. That was fine..we had the drive ahead of us, and I think the adults were more tired than the kids!
It was a totally fun 24 hours, and I think the kids really enjoyed themselves!
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