April Updates

1.  Scooting

Charlie will be 5 months tomorrow.  He  is cheerful and fun and loves to watch his older siblings.  His favorite place much of the time is in the doorway jumper.  I think he has springs in his legs.  This is also the perfect spot for him because he can watch all the activity in the living room and dining room, which is where we spend most of our time when we’re inside during the day.  When he is out of the jumper, he has been spending more and more time on the floor (happily).  He can inch his way around, but just as often ends up going backwards as forwards.  Sadly, I will have to move him out of the co-sleeper soon because he keeps wedging himself into the corners. 

2.  Dropping (the Nap)

Lucy hasn’t been much interested in going down for an afternoon nap since she turned 2.  I don’t have the desire to fight over it, but clearly she still needs a little extra sleep in the afternoon.  If she doesn’t take a nap in the car or stroller, here’s where you might find her sometime in the afternoon:

dining room floor:

kitchen cabinet:

couch (good choice):

dining room table (most common):

3.  Recovering

Lucy recently had an adenoidectomy to help her breathe more easily.  We are fortunate that her huge adenoids were only interfering with her breathing and not causing some of the other problems that often go along with that (sinus infections, ear infections, etc.).  She did such a great job with the whole thing.  No crying at all, not going into the surgery or coming out of anesthesia.  She was a little extra-sleepy when we came home, but bounced back very quickly.  The next day, you’d never have known she’d just had surgery!  Lucy was very excited about her new Dora pjs (and slippers) and we did a few other special things for her to help make the process as unintimidating as possible.  I know she doesn’t look super excited in these pictures, but she really did do a great job.

4.  Gardening

Last weekend Matt replaced our old garden box with a pretty new one.  The kids helped me plant some vegetables in it and we did our best to make it “scary” for the birds.  Haha.  I will say that after a couple days of rain, we’ve had birds all around the yard but I haven’t seen any of them in the garden.  So maybe it’s working!