L O L A

Lola is a little second cousin that just steels my heart. She is thoughtful, caring, inquisitive, adorable, and River just LOVES her already. She is always mothering him, kissing him, worrying about him, and making him giggle. At the Goodsman family reunion this past weekend this water loving, bubbly little girl with her blond curls and red cheeks and lips captivated me. I'm here to share what I saw....... Lovely Lola.

T H R E E . P R O U D . G R A N D M A ' S

Not every little boy gets to have three Grandma's. (or two and an Oma :) ) And better yet 3 right near us! Each so very different, but the same in that they love River to pieces! He's the luckiest and so am I. The grandpa's are special too. But this post is for grandma's. Love you all.

Elk Ridge

Golfed horrible!!! But it was so beautiful first thing in the morning. And I can't complain when I get an offer to babysit so I can hit the greens.

M A R I N & M E

Its been fun Krista and I getting our boys together for play dates. For a while we were the ones who played while they were dragged along for coffee walks, shopping mall sprees, even one gross changing on Opa's bathroom floor, but these days its the boys who are playing. I hope River has as much fun growing up with his cousin...(second cousins i guess).... as I did with mine. Marin is FULL of energy so River can stay busy trying to keep up!

Pool Party

I met Heidi and Kristy when I moved and started at a new school in grade 6. Two of the three of us were best friends at any point in time, leaving one of us out... until somewhere along the line we realized we could all just be friends with each other and even have more friends! hahaha.... It's been sooo cool to stay in touch and have our babies within a year of each other. Felix and Brady are two of River's first friends, he just doesn't know it yet! Only Felix is a west sider.... Felix's dad says he will protect his East side friends one day! Play dates have been a hoot! (4mos River, 9 mos Brady, 10 mos Felix)

O and then comes Lindsay with beautiful Kendall, the little girl of the group! 3 boyfriends for her! An absolutely perfect mix of the two of them, mom who went to high school with us and dad also in elementary school with us. So here's to history... and to the next generation of us! and a great pool party.....

At F O U R Months

So we have had almost at 4 and a half months already with our wee one who is no longer this strange little precious being, but he is familiar and himself and so lovable. And so part of our family. The changes are almost unimaginable and it truly has been a blink. Blink.... no longer sleeping on our chests but wiggling and rolling on top of us. Blink..... no more wondering if he can see or if he knows us, he gives huge open mouth smiles from across the room when he sees us walk in. Blink..... A tooth. Blink...constant giggles and babbling..... Blink...... thinking, "will he ever be able to grab the toys on his car seat? to bash bash bashing them every day. Blink.... no more carrying a sleeping boy on my running around all day; now its "are you kidding me? sleep with everything to see, don't text on your phone cuz i wanna push the buttons" kinda boy. Blink... I almost sit and stand on my own. Blink... I know when I'm somewhere new. Blink.... I only want my mom past 8 pm and I will let you darn well know it! River has such a personality and it seems like it appeared overnight...... I miss my new born but this stage is so fun! Here's to 4 months!

Crib Time