Wilder and Felicity June 2017

June was bit of a crazy month. The slab leak showed up in the first part of the month, I went out of town for a week mid June, and while I was gone, Zach and the kids moved in with Sharon and Dean. It was only supposed to be for two weeks, but it ended up being more than two months. Both kids had a great time with Mimi and Papa, and we loved going to the parks, splash pads and playgrounds in the area, but it was an adjustment for them.

Wilder stopped napping regularly. Felicity took more than an hour to go to bed every night and woke up 3-4 times every night to nurse. So they were tired kids. And we were tired parents. But it was a really fun month otherwise. 

Last summer, Felicity wasn't even crawling. This summer she's running everywhere! So our activity level has changed a lot. Wilder is a lot more courageous on the playground and enamored with the sprinkler... and we FINALLY made it to a splash pad for the first time. He LOVED it. Felicity, after a day or two in the kiddie pool at our house, decided she was over the water activities, so she was decidedly against all splash pad and sprinkler excursions. That made it a little challenging for our adventures, but we made it work.

Wilder finally got the hang of his bike in a big way. We started going for long walks around Sharon and Dean's neighborhood. My grandma got Felicity her own balance bike for an early birthday present, and Mimi and Papa got her a helmet. She loves wearing the helmet, and struggles with the bike. She likes the idea of it, but she's not quite strong enough to get it going. It took Wilder almost 2 years to really get the hang of his, so we weren't surprised. But she has the option of riding it!

June, July and August were very very heavy work months for me, so I didn't take as many notes as normal. But I'd love to share a bunch of photos from the park by Zach's parents house!

He was dancing :-)

So Sister had to dance too!

he lets her have a death grip on his finger!

dancing again :-)

Wilder and Felicity May 2017

Wilder and Felicity, May 2017

Felicity, 19 months

Wilder, May 2017

These photos were taken at our new favorite park near our house! In May, we went to San Antonio and the kids got to spend time with my dad and Grandma. They did really well on the road trip. When we got back, Zach started his job with Keller Williams and began all day training basically 6 days a week. So May was a different month for Wilder and Felicity, getting used to Daddy not being around as much. It was an adjustment, but it also made the times we did get to have all together so much sweeter. Like one day we went to the park near church together, and Wilder instructed Zach and I to wrestle, then he wanted us all to wrestle (him and Felicity included), then he wanted to hold Felicity's hand and walk around the playground with Zach and I also holding hands. I can tell how much Wilder loves these "family" times.

This month, Wilder started getting the hang of his balance bike. He's so proud of himself, and Felicity cheered on his efforts, handing him water when he stopped for a break. It was so cute.

Lately, Wilder puts his arm around Zach when we pray at night and at meals. He has started telling both of us (spontaneously) "I love you Daddy" and "I love you Mama." 

I felt so honored--Wilder invited me to play with him and assigned me a train. Normally I would just kind of talk with him about what he was playing with and fix the train tracks. So that was pretty cool!

Wilder had his first school program this month. It was SO SO cute to see him and all his school buddies up on stage dancing and singing. Wilder didn't sing, but he danced around and clapped and was great at following directions. :-) My heart about busted my buttons!

Felicity fell in love with her Papa Dean's lab Sandy. She even wanted to FaceTime her when we talked to Dean on the phone.

Felicity loves accessories and costumes. She found her birthday fairy wings and flower crown and flitted around the house!

We pulled out the water table this month and Felicity played with it for the first time. Last summer she wasn't even crawling yet, and she's of course been walking like a pro for a while. It makes for a much different--and even more fun--dynamic!

Felicity has started saying "bed" and wanting to go to bed, instead of always getting nursed to sleep. She is also nursing less and less. (Future note--I wrote this months later--this was definitely a phase, not a longterm sign of weaning!)

Here are some more photos!

EYEBROWS

Obsession with this picnic basket on this day for some reason. Tears were shed when we tried to set it aside for photos.

She loves her brother

Hand holding!

my favorite photo of the day. hahahahah

picnics all over the place