Our Summer Vacation to Manitoba

At the end of August, my mom flew the three of us out to the Canadian prairies to visit my family. My sister had a new baby, and my cousin was about to get married, so it was a good time to take a trip east.

Here are the highlights:

Sophia went on her first plane ride (and she did alright. She was fussier on the flight there than on the flight back).

Sophia met a lot of family for the first time, including her Babba (my dad),

...her great-grandparents,

...her Auntie Elleah (my sister),

...and her cousins.

We got a lot of slurpees,

... went to a wedding,

...played some new games,

...and just enjoyed being together again.

(We also enjoyed snuggling with our new niece, Haley.)

There was so much more that happened in that short week, but I was too busy loving every minute of it to take a lot of pictures (a bunch of these pictures were stolen from my sister). We have tentative plans to go there again in December. If it works out, I'll get to have a white Christmas!

And Just Like That, Three Weeks Flew By

I feel like half my posts begin with my apologizing for not blogging. Someone commented a while ago that it's my blog, so I can post as often or as little as I want to. Plus, I have a baby. So I refuse to feel guilty about it.

Anyway, here's a recap of the last three weeks.

We took a trip to Manitoba to visit family.


















We took advantage of the hot weather (that has now ended) and went swimming in the Stillaguamish river.

I've been trying to finish watching Alias. I loved that show when it was on, but only watched a couple of seasons. I started watching it again, then got away from it for a while, but I'm so close, and I really want to know how it ends.

I've been searching out doula blogs to read. I seriously can't get enough of the subject of childbirth. Which is a post all its own (and that post is coming soon).

I've been reading the No Cry sleep training books, and starting to implement some of those ideas. I can see a couple of improvements so far. More on that in Sophia's six month post.

I've just been living life, trying to be more organized,
but also trying to relax more. I hate running errands every day. Single people and childless married people have no idea what a gong show it is to do even the simplest thing, like going to the bank, when you have a baby.

And all this relaxing means we're taking more time to play and just have fun.

Sophia's Sense of Humor

My friend Sozan accidentally discovered something that made Sophia laugh. Oh how I would love to know what is going on in that little brain that makes it so amusing for her.