2019 :: week 27

June 30

Sunday was a long day of driving. It was about a seven hour drive that took us over nine hours thanks to road construction near the stadiums in KC. The last hour was the worst. Sunday was a lot like Saturday except that Anthony and I listened to a podcast about MLMs after finishing Evicted.

July 1

Ms. Julie (Will's piano teacher) graciously let us move Will's 9am piano lesson to 10:30am "in case we were feeling tired after our trip" and it turns out we were. We spent the day doing laundry and getting groceries and then finally heading to the pool. It felt good to get in the pool Monday afternoon. The water was cool and I convinced Elliott to let me take him around the deep end in his puddle jumper. We learned on this trip that Elliott doesn't really like the water and he definitely doesn't feel comfortable in his puddle jumper like the older kids did at his age.

July 2

Elliott and Blaise looking at their shadows made me smile. These two have a bit of a frenemy relationship going on. The biggest news of the day is that Stevie came over and started framing out the rooms in our basement! I was so excited to walk downstairs and see how much progress he made in just one workday. The basement finishing project is getting real!

July 3

Miles had his four month check-up Wednesday. He continues to drop percentiles, going from the 57th pecentile at 2 month to the 24th percentile, weighing in at 14 lbs. 2 oz. Even though he isn't "fattening up," he is perfectly squishable to me. I love his chunkly legs and cheeks and pouty lips. We haven't fed him solid foods yet, but our pediatrician instructed us to feed him Inspired Start baby food. Inspired Start mixes pureed fruits and vegetables with the eight most common allergens so the kids can get early exposure in the hopes of preventing allergies. It was a busy day of appointments for Miles. In addition to his well-child visit he had a physical therapy appointment as well. His neck is looking a little more loose and his arms appear to be marginally stronger.

July 4

We had a fun 4th of July. We cleaned out our garage so we could temporarily move some stuff out of our basement now that Stevie is framing it out. In the evening the Wilsons invited us over for a potluck BBQ and then walked over to the golf course to watch the fireworks.

July 5

My dad generously spent the greater part of the day working in our overgrown backyard. He pulled out shrubs, trimmed the deadwood out of our apple tree, and pulled up a lot of ground cover. Will and Lauren helped him bundle the yard waste while I worked on weeding our poor garden. Our garden had become very overgrown while we were away. It was a very humid day and we were all dripping with sweat long before we finished. In the afternoon I took the kids to the pool mainly because I wanted to feel refreshed.

July 6

Saturday was a very busy divide and conquer day. I took Lauren to a baptism for her friend Evie in the morning. Then Anthony took Will and Elliott to see the Blue Angels and I took Lauren and Daphne to Quinn's birthday party. While the girls were at the party I went to Hy-Vee to get some groceries and picked up some teether toys for Miles. He has been biting me a lot when I feed him and his bottom gums are very puffy.