Week in WI June 2012

Now before you start getting all worried that we fell off the face of the planet, I'm going to say we're still here but me shedding this baby weight once and for all is taking precedence over all of my blogging shenanigans. Since I got a run in before Adam left for work this morning and decluttered/cleaned(ish) 3 rooms in the house during the first hour of collective nap time (oh happy day!!), I'm taking some time to do just that - blogging shenanigans. :)

Pictures of the WI week are here:

Girls Week in WI June 2012

Hadley is a new person. Totally traded her in for a new, updated model while we were in WI. Needless to say, she's changed so much in such a short time! She now:

• rolls at will all over the place and spins in circles and is starting to scoot forward army-crawl style just a teeny tiny bit at a time (and is trying to wake up from her nap at the moment...stinker). 
• eats lots of foods but is nowhere near her sister's repertoire at this point of the growing game. Foods: carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans (dislikes), peas (dislikes), apples, prunes (we dislike, she likes), pears (not a fan! what a weirdo!), peaches, zucchini, and soon to come, blueberries. I may even be missing a few but can't remember off hand. She's struggling with new or even slightly lumpy textures and actually hasn't been eating well at all lately. 
• sleeps unswaddled all the time. I think we swaddled her for a few hours in the wee hours of the morning once b/c she thought 4:30am was the start of the day. HA. Take that, non-sleeping baby. Last night was the first in a loooong time that we didn't see her until 5:45am. It was glorious.
• She talks and squeals, but more than she has. She looks when we call her name. She looks to where we are pointing when we show her things. She hugs. She's starting to give kisses when you say "kiss!". 

There's more but of course, I started this post midday when I was wide awake and full of ideas and finishing it at the end of the day when my brain is mush and telling me to go to bed. BED. But alas, I'd rather do this and then read my (ridiculously good) book. (Vanishing Acts, Jodi Picoult - yes, finally, Steph. I'll get it back after my Vegas weekend this weekend!)

Speaking of, WE'RE GOING TO VEGAS THIS WEEKEND!! Adam has to travel there for work next week so we're going early and I'm coming. My in-laws are coming down to watch the girls and we leave Saturday morning and I come home Monday evening. We're very much looking forward to the time alone (and I'm dying to get the sleep) and to top it off, Adam got us tickets to Cirque de Soleil, "O" which I'm so very excited to see in person. Yes, it's the water one. I've seen it on TV but I'm sure that is NOTHING compared to in person. Woo!

Morgan is good, as usual. She's found a whiney button recently and we're working on it, but for the most part she continues to be the insightful, beautiful, smarty smart smart little girl we love. She's been even more into books lately and we're enjoying exploring new Pinterest ideas. Yesterday's and today's projects included dying rice and making a sensory bin with it (it's awesome! Even Hadley enjoyed playing with it while I frantically caught all the rice falling on the floor) and freezing a bunch of little toys in a pan of water and giving her a hammer to get them all out. :) Fun times. 

Oh right, WI...title of post...must discuss. As it has been the last two years we've gone for our girls' week in June, it was fabulous. We left and had the easiest ride home ever on Tuesday. It got long b/c we took two long stops but for the most part, it was good. Hadley really struggled with eating and hasn't really been back "on" since. It's ok. She's work it out. I just really struggle that my kids won't get enough or the right food and since Hadley's "food development" is taking longer and more of a struggle than was (easy) Morgan's, it's an area of anxiety for me. I'm working on it and attempting a more laid-back approach and it's working for the most part. Anyway...

Wednesday, we spent much of the day at my mom's and then headed back to Al & Sherri's to hang out with them and Tom & Carrie. Thursday was spent at Bay Beach in the morning, Steph and Patt's for a bit in the afternoon, and then a quiet evening at home with the grandmas (Schmidt/Skwor) coming to visit the girls for dinner. Friday was spent running errands in the morning, visiting Grandma Susie, and then surprising Adam at the airport with the girls. He didn't know they were coming and Morgan had the BEST time telling anyone who would listen that her daddy was on any plane in sight and she was going to surprise him. Saturday was busy with Adam golfing, meeting my dad and brothers/families for lunch before heading back to my dad's and then A&S's again to pack up for the next morning. We had breakfast at Perkins with Adam's parents before leaving Sunday morning and then had a nice, easy ride home. All in all, it was GREAT to be home again and we always hate to leave (although who doesn't miss their own bed?!). 

*addendum - pictures posted above if you missed them. Enjoy!