7 months

Here we are again, another month has flown by.  We had another busy month, I guess this is what summer is all about!  Little girl is getting a little bigger, 15 lbs. 9oz. and 26.75 inches long.  Over the last month Fiona has become all about mommy, she's been super attached to me lately and is always looking for me when she's in someone elses arms.  She doesn't really have stranger anxiety, she just really loves me :) haha.  Speaking of loving, she is still all about bottles- beer bottles, water bottles, cups in general...she just wants nothing to do with her actual bottle anymore.  Since she refuses my milk in her bottle, we tried different sippy cups but she will just not have it, so that means that I have to stick around for feeding times and can't drink too much...bummer.  Hopefully she will get over this new found quirk soon.  Fiona is an expert at rolling both ways now, she will use that and kicking her legs while laying on her back to get her from one toy to the other, not quite as effective as log rolling or army crawling but she moves little by little until she gets frustrated.  She knows how to get around better in the walker now too, still no speed demon by any means and she can't purposefully propel herself to where she wants to go but she can get around the kitchen better now.  Fiona loves being outside and we've been spending a lot of time at the park these days, she plays happily in her stroller and watches the big kids or she loves to swing in the baby swings too, it always puts a big smile on her face.  Unfortunately Fiona's night time sleeping and nap times have gone downhill this past month.  She started waking up multiple times throughout the night and wouldn't go back to sleep unless we rocked her or I fed her.  That became exhausting and we tried having her cry it out but she went on for 3 hours before I couldn't handle it anymore and went in and got her.  It's so much harder to hear her cry then it was with Logan since she doesn't do it as often as he did!  Here's hoping we get this figured out soon!

Check out this hair, it's getting longer and seems to have a little curl to it

Hanging out on the slide at the park

Logan at 7 months on the left in the dryer and Fiona at 6 months on the right in the dryer (thanks mom ;)  You can tell they are looking different now when compared side by side (hello Fiona's darker skin haha) but overall they still look pretty similar as babies

We stayed busy this month with Dom going backpacking with the guys for the weekend, I took the kids to the peach festival in Lafayette and while it was fun and I managed everything fine by myself, it was HOT out there!  Good thing we had a delicious peach smoothie and peach cobbler to cool us down in the shade!

Granny Mo and Craig came in to Denver for a work conference of Craig's so we went to downtown Denver and spent the day with them, Erick, Mike and his girl friend Sarah.  It was fun to explore a little more of Denver, drink some new beer and eat some amazing brussel sprouts ;) and the kids did pretty good too :)

Our little guy started preschool too!  Logan goes Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings for a few hours and he is loving it and doing awesome.  Meanwhile it's nice to have some time to myself with Fiona and we have started going to baby storytime at the library together on Wednesdays while Logan is in school.  She likes chewing on books, watching the older kids and playing with the balls they get out at the end.  It's nice to just give her one on one time, that's not always easy with Logan around ;)  If we aren't out running errands etc while Logan is at school sometimes we are home letting Fiona nap, so either way, it seems easier to get things done these days, although that few hours goes by so fast!

We also had a busy last weekend of August as Dominic had a triathlon in Boulder on Saturday the 30th and he invited Charles and Andrea to do it with him.  We had a good time watching them and then going to Old Mine afterwards for some pizza and beer.  The Maes' and Amanda came in for the weekend and stayed with us for the Triathlon and Fiona's baptism was the next day, Sunday the 31st.  Auntie Dre also came down and helped us celebrate since she's Fiona's Godmother.  We had the Maes', Dre and her boyfriend Jack, and the Valania's go to church with us Sunday morning.  Fiona ended up falling asleep in church and Logan did a good job at mass considering we weren't in the cry room where we usually are.  After mass, we met in the chapel for Fiona's baptism.  She was awake and happy for the majority of it, she only got fussy towards the end.  She was very interested in the vase that held the holy water to pour over her head, I think that goes along with her bottle obsession haha.  She did good when the priest poured the water over her head and didn't cry, just had some wide eyes :)  Logan was playing off in a pew most of the time but did come stand with us for a little bit of the baptism.  Auntie Dre and Jeff are Fiona's Godparents and it was nice to be able to have everyone there to help us all celebrate.  After her baptism, we all headed back to our house for brunch, mimosas and brewmosas.  It was a fun time!

The great Erie campout was the next weekend and while we all went and spent a lot of time out there, Fiona and I came home to sleep at the house since her sleeping has been all screwed up lately.  Ya, I was not dealing with that in a tent surrounded by a ton of people haha.  Logan had a lot of fun, he got to kayak in a kids pool and he did great.  He tried rock climbing which he wasn't a big fan of getting down from.  We played bingo but didn't win, and he had fun running around with Ella and Riley.  They played the Lego Movie on the big screen at the baseball fields before bed so Logan was of course happy about that!  He and Dom did great sleeping in the tent and Fiona and I met them back there the next morning for breakfast.  I love this event, it is so much fun for the whole family!

We also got to spend time with Granny Mo as she came out to visit for a week for Logan's birthday.  It's always nice to have my mom come, as she is such a big help and I feel like I get a much needed break.  Especially with the crazy sleeping Fiona has been having!  She was nice enough to watch the kids one night while Dom and I went to Boulder and ate at the Med and walked around Pearl Street a bit, it was a nice date night and break from the kids.  Logan had a Star Wars party which we all had fun with (another post to come about our 4 year old and his bday!), I can't believe he is 4!

Oh ya and football started! Go Broncos woohoo!

What a great month we had and my how big our little kids are feeling these days!  I can never say it enough just how fast the time goes when it's measured by the age of your kids!


(Some Thing 1 and Thing 2 pictures of Fiona and Logan, my little goofballs)