Summer Days

Yesterday morning we went to the Oakland Drive Park for a playdate.  I got an email from Judy Fowler last week with a schedule of parks for the whole summer.  We'll meet every Tuesday, and both wards are "invited."  Yesterday was the first one, and the only families there were Lila and I, the Cooks (Sarah and her 5 kids; Jake works with her husband David and he's the one who took our family pictures in October), and Mari Lynn Brown with three of her kids.  It was still fun.  It was very hot out though, even at 9:30 in the morning.  Lila had fun climbing the stairs of the playground, playing with the steering wheel, walking on the bridge, and going down the slide with me.  She also was very proud of climbing up to sit on the slide and getting back down.  She's smile and laugh when I'd clap for her.  She didn't do a great job at hydrating herself, but took a few sips of water and snacked on a Dorito (she loves Doritos, it's hilarious). 

We only stayed for an hour because it was so hot.  Got home and had lunch together.  It's so fun to have actual meals with her now.  She usually sits very well in her high chair now.  At noon we both took a two hour nap.  Yay.  And then just putzed around the rest of the afternoon in the house. 

I was feeling kind of nauseous at dinnertime, so didn't cook a big meal.  But we had scrambled eggs and toast and discovered that Lila likes scrambled eggs.  Good to know.  We went to Art Van to check out some couches--they're having a sale right now--but Jake and I ultimately could not agree on a couch, so I guess we'll check out a few more places.  I'd really like to have one before Jess and Jason come.

Got home and got ready to give Lila the dreaded bath.  But I'm a genius and when she got into the bath and started crying, I showed her videos of herself on Jake's iPhone.  She was distracted by that and did fine even when I left the room.  Jake finished with the bath but then she wanted to play in there for another 15 minutes.  Awesome!!  It was so nice to not have a battle. 

After she went to bed, we watched an episode of SYTYCD on Hulu.  Then went to bed, probably too late.  Lila woke up as we were getting into bed, crying.  Couldn't calm her down so I took her to her rocking chair and the second I sat down she relaxed and fell asleep with her head on my chest.  So I got to rock my baby some more and look at her chubby face.  It was wonderful.  She slept well the rest of the night.

This morning has been alright.  As I was getting ready in the bathroom, Lila tried climbing into the bathtub to play, so I let her splash around for a while.  Yay Lila!  We played in the driveway for a while, in the shade.  I took her for a walk. 

Talked to Mom and then Emily on the phone.  Oh, I forgot to write some very exciting news:  Emily was accepted into Kellogg Community College's dental hygiene program!!  Back in May she got a letter saying she was 6th on their waiting list.  On Friday she got a voicemail from admissions while she was at working telling her to call them back as soon as possible.  But by the time she got out of work, the office was already closed, so she had to wait till Monday to find out.  We are all SO excited for her.  KCC is in Battle Creek though, so she's trying to figure out the logistics of it all.  Mom and I think it would make the most sense for her to move there, for obvious reasons.  Especially because commuting in the winter could get pretty dangerous and take a really long time.  But, the very thought of moving there stresses Emily out, and she doesn't want to.  And with her history of anxiety problems/depression, it's probably best to not move there, at least right away.  So we're thinking that she'll move in with Jake and I.  Maybe after a semester or after a year, she will feel comfortable moving there.  We'll see.  But we have all this space now and she's clean, generally helpful, and keeps to herself a lot.  And it'll be nice to have some help in the fall/winter when I'm big and pregnant and when I have a new baby.  So it should work out.

After lunch, we played around some more.  Lila actually wore my sunglasses for a while instead of ripping them off right away.  She was smiling and proud of herself, lol, it was cute.  So maybe I can get her a pair now.  She's sleeping right now.