Our summer is flying by and we are having so much fun! I expected this summer to be a little bit slower than normal with the new baby, but not so! Our calendar has been full of activities and it feels like we have something fun to do every day. We're spending lots of time at the beach, the park, the splash park, the library, and on walks in the stroller. I think we have adjusted to life with an infant a little faster this time around and we feel more comfortable getting everyone packed up and heading out for the day (even if it does take 2 hours to get out the door:).
Finn is getting ready to move into a big boy bed, but the trial run didn't go very well. He was very upset and seemed scared to be left alone in his room without the security of the crib. When he finally settled down (after me reading 100 books and laying with him forever) and we thought he had been sleeping soundly in his bed, we found him sleeping in the middle of the room on the floor with his teddy bear. It was the saddest thing I've ever seen. Then, after I put him back in his bed, he rolled off the mattress onto the floor and when I went in to put him back in bed, he said, "Ow Mama. Fall. Boo boo head." It was so cute because he was half asleep but still talking like he normally does. Finally, when we thought he was really sleeping, he just came wandering into our room saying, "Mama? Daddy?" like it was the middle of the day. That's when we went ahead and put him back into the crib for the rest of the night. I don't think we're quite ready for this transition yet. Or maybe I'm just not ready. But we'll give it one more try tonight and see if things get better. Otherwise, we'll just use two cribs for awhile.
Some of Finn's recent toddler-isms:
We were walking the other day with the kids in the stroller and as we passed the rec center, Finn started begging to go to the "center". I told him it was closed and he looked up at me and said, "open it!".
Drew took him to eat at Panera and they had soup. So Finn learned the word "soup". The next day, as we got ready to go to the splash park, I told him he needed his bathing suit. He looked very perplexed and said, "Baby Soup?".
Finn is proving himself to be a true Heffron with his overwhelming obsession with boats! It's nearly all he talks about and he spends most of his time playing with his toy boats that Grandma got for him. In a few years, I get the feeling that Aunt Megan and I will have a lot of time on our hands in the summers as the boys take to Lake Erie for some skiing and wakeboarding! :)
Mitch is getting ready to move out of the bassinet and into his crib. He is sleeping really well! He has slept through the night several times, but usually wakes up at least once to eat during the night. He has been so cute and starting to smile a lot and "talk" to us when he's laying on the changing table. Finn loves chatting with him and laughs when Mitch talks back to him. He's getting better about taking his bottle, but it takes a few little tricks to get him to do it. Lots of bouncing, swaddling, etc. But each time seems to be getting easier.
Here are a ton of new pictures!
Finn's first ride on daddy's kayak at Bradstreets
At Vermillion Beach
Mitch's first trip to Vermillion
Mitch and Jane's first date
Trip to the zoo!
Finn and Annie's rock out dance party in the Australia exhibit
Our treat of choice this summer: chocolate pudding! Yum!
Little Mitch showing off his muscles!
With Grandma downtown to see the tall ships
With Halle on the 4th of July
Looking at the boats with dad
Finn's first Indians game
First ballpark hotdog
