I am absolutely LOVING being home for the summer with my little sunshine girl and her Daddy. It is such a blessing that Eric gets to work from home in the evenings. We get to spend all day together as a family hanging out and having fun, and even after Eric goes to work, I know he's right here with us. We still get to eat dinner together and he still gets to kiss Molly goodnight every evening at bedtime. I think it's going to be even harder to go back to school this fall than it ever has been before. But, in the meantime, we're soaking up every drop of summer and having a blast! See what I mean...
So, what's up with the full moon in June? Well, diapering has been quite the acrobatic feat lately. Molly is now extremely mobile and agile. Within milliseconds of being laid on the changing table, she is rolled over and trying to dive-bomb off the edge and onto the floor. I've started just changing her on the floor to prevent any unfortunate mishaps. Well, you can see the problem with that...once the diaper's off, she's already found something more interesting to do than get a clean diaper put on. In this case, whatever Daddy was doing on the computer was
much more fascinating than having Mommy snap on a new diaper. I need to grow 3 or 4 more arms in order to succeed at both holding her down AND putting on a diaper at the same time.
We spent last Saturday afternoon at the Hillsborough Hog Days. By the time we got there, they had run out of barbecue, but they still had some fabulous mediterranean food and Greensboro's own Natty Greene's beer. Molly got to try hummus for the first time...
...and she thoroughly enjoyed it! Don't worry, she didn't wash it down with a Southern Pale Ale ;-)
Last Sunday, we celebrated Eric's first Father's Day. Molly was so excited to help Daddy open his gift.
And here's Eric trying to hide his face from the camera so that we can't see his "eyes watering" as he reads the photobook Molly gave him as a Father's Day gift. I used our Shutterfly account to put together a book of pictures that chronicle Eric's journey into and through the first year of fatherhood. It even includes captions written from Molly's perspective as she thanks her Daddy for what a great father he's been. We both love him bunches and I thank God for bringing us together every day.
Since we're going to the beach next month, I thought we should try on Molly's bathing suit to make sure it fit. Well, the bottom's have a built-in diaper, so they're too small to try on over her cloth diaper. I wasn't about to attempt the diaper acrobatics described earlier, so we just tried it on as a hat instead...fit's good, don't you think?
It's been wicked hot here the last few weeks (upper 90s), so we decided to take a
short hike along shady Lake Michael and discovered this great little spot to dip our toes in the water.
Molly had a great time splashing and was pretty thoroughly soaked by the time we left.
Eric decided to do a little illegal swimming to capture this shot (shhhh! Don't tell). He wanted to take Molly illegal swimming with him, but I told him that she's too young to be a criminal like her Daddy.
Even without an illegal dip in the lake, our little nature girl had a great time hiking, splashing, and studying the beautiful world around us. Ahhh, gotta love summertime.
So, what's up with the full moon in June? Well, diapering has been quite the acrobatic feat lately. Molly is now extremely mobile and agile. Within milliseconds of being laid on the changing table, she is rolled over and trying to dive-bomb off the edge and onto the floor. I've started just changing her on the floor to prevent any unfortunate mishaps. Well, you can see the problem with that...once the diaper's off, she's already found something more interesting to do than get a clean diaper put on. In this case, whatever Daddy was doing on the computer was much more fascinating than having Mommy snap on a new diaper. I need to grow 3 or 4 more arms in order to succeed at both holding her down AND putting on a diaper at the same time.
We spent last Saturday afternoon at the Hillsborough Hog Days. By the time we got there, they had run out of barbecue, but they still had some fabulous mediterranean food and Greensboro's own Natty Greene's beer. Molly got to try hummus for the first time...
...and she thoroughly enjoyed it! Don't worry, she didn't wash it down with a Southern Pale Ale ;-)
Last Sunday, we celebrated Eric's first Father's Day. Molly was so excited to help Daddy open his gift.
And here's Eric trying to hide his face from the camera so that we can't see his "eyes watering" as he reads the photobook Molly gave him as a Father's Day gift. I used our Shutterfly account to put together a book of pictures that chronicle Eric's journey into and through the first year of fatherhood. It even includes captions written from Molly's perspective as she thanks her Daddy for what a great father he's been. We both love him bunches and I thank God for bringing us together every day.
Since we're going to the beach next month, I thought we should try on Molly's bathing suit to make sure it fit. Well, the bottom's have a built-in diaper, so they're too small to try on over her cloth diaper. I wasn't about to attempt the diaper acrobatics described earlier, so we just tried it on as a hat instead...fit's good, don't you think?
She is such a cutie. I love how dads will do anything to get a great shot! Glad you guys are enjoying your summer.
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