Ah, to play catch up.

There's so much to catch up on it's not even funny. So much new stuff, so much same stuff, but the new stuff is more fun so we'll go with it. Sorry, faithful blog followers (although sometimes I wonder if I really even do have any? Many?)

Hadley is a ball of hilarious nowadays. She blows raspberries in a way that makes you smile or even laugh hysterically if you're with her or two rooms away. She *almost* rolled from her back to belly today but didn't quite make it. She now eats: oatmeal (although I think this is giving her a little rash on her face...we might go back to rice cereal soon and see), sweet potatoes, peas (holy diapers, good Lord), peaches, carrots, and bananas (we should buy stock b/w the girls and how many bananas they eat).

Hadley loves her exersaucer and now stands well and spins in it, although she can't quite spin on exact demand...it takes her a little bit to figure it out and get to that darn sheep. ;-)

I got Hadley this cute little blue hippo at Hobby Lobby the other day in hopes that this becomes her "lovey" similar to Morgan's bunny and baby jaguar. We shall see. So far she's tried to eat him 3x and threw him on the floor from her swing once. I think it's love.

Morgan's been great, too. She's getting older by leaps and bounds and continues to amaze us with what she does and says. She loves to ride her bike and swings on her big girl swing only now while making sure that Hadley knows she should swing next to her in the pink swing (which Hadley now likes, mind you).

I have only one day left of work this school year and I'm "free." :) I'm so very much looking forward to spending this summer with twogirls and doing all sorts of fun things - like getting Hadley on a normal morning/afternoon nap schedule. I still have a day towards the end of June and likely two half days in July before starting again on August 13th. Yesterday, the SLP dept was rather quiet as most of the SLPs in my sector are either done with contract days, successfully retired, or working out of a closer (to their home) office and I got TONS done. I am so thankful for good friends and Pinterest as I feel like I have tons of fun new ideas to try out next year and am hoping I feel better at my job. Lots of times, I feel like I could/should be doing better for my students but at the end of the day, I'm folding diapers or getting bottles ready instead of being productive professionally like I know so many of my coworkers in the same "life" situation as I have, do. That's what makes them awesome, among other reasons, of course.

Adam's doing fine also, of course, as it is golf season. He's having a great year so far and shooting under 80 on occasion. We and Sarah & Eric Ries went golfing while the girls (5 of them) did their best to find, take out, and play with every toy in the house, as little girls should do. I shot a 116 which I thought was pretty awesome considering I was out 1-2x last year (while pregnant) and none this year. My current goal is under 110 (used to be 100) so hopefully I can get out a few more times and hit that by the end of the year (which is about a month earlier for me than Adam as I am a fair weather fan at heart).

Let's see, what else is going on in the Schmidt household? I feel like I'm missing out on some of Hadley's milestones but of course, can't think of any at the moment. I've started signing with her while she's drinking water at mealtimes which is her OHMYGOSHFAVORITE thing in the whole wide world. Thank goodness she doesn't nurse with such vigor or I might have died. She doesn't even necessarily drink from the sippy but loves to bite it. PS. No teeth yet.

Speaking of nursing...I'm in the process of weaning Hadley. It took me weeks to come to this decision but it's time. I kept up with Morgan until 8 months but the last month for sure was just morning/night feedings and no daytime ones. Today (and for the past week) she had three nursings...tomorrow starts morning/night feedings only. It's been ok so far for her although she tries to eat any part of me (shoulder, face, etc) when I pick her up from daycare. If I give her a 2oz bottle, she's fine. There are several reasons though, some of which are, but not limited to: 1. I'm so over it mentally. 2. She's not as interested as she used to be which makes it frustrating for both of us sometimes. 3. My supply is dying. If I work out, it dips big time. If I even consider eating a few less calories, dip. 4. We're going to Vegas at the end of June. I'll be with Adam for 2 days before he has a week long conference and selfishly, I don't want to take my pump along and get almost nothing which is precisely what will happen. I know my body enough to know that much. So...long story short, I thought I'd nurse her through the summer but I'm just not. I'm glad I was able to make it this far, I guess.

I'm going to have to cut off for now. I'm so very excited that my 1-1.5 mile run tonight turned into a 3 mile run but that said, I've been working out lots lately, the girls are MUCH better at night but still no 7 consecutive hour nights, and I'm tired. It's clean the house after church before I go mad day tomorrow but I'm thinking I see some time at the park and riverfront with Morgan on her bike...such a big girl. Ready? Set? BED.