About a month or so ago I had the idea that it would be fun to have a regularly scheduled “date night” each month for Kevin and myself. I thought it would be fun for Aunt Amy and Uncle Andy to watch Finn and that way the cousins would also have time to play together. Then, on another night we would reciprocate and head to their house to watch Graham, Rowan, and Greta while Amy and Andy enjoyed a fun night out together.  This Saturday Amy and Andy went out. Prior to showing up to watch the kiddos Kevin, Finn, and I went to the Columbus Arts Festival for a quick walk around and to have a bite to eat. We put Griffin and Greta next to each other once we were at Amy and Andy’s. They are pretty close in size these days!

On Sunday, we headed up to Mansfield to celebrate my dad’s birthday. It was our first road trip to Mansfield with Finn. We enjoyed a nice afternoon with everyone as Amy, Andy and the kids were there as well. Grandma had lots of time holding Finn while Kevin and I walked around the yard with my dad looking at the hostas throughout their gardens. Graham enjoyed helping Beepa open his gifts and blow out the candles on his cake.

He took a nice long 2 1/2 hour nap in the pack ‘n play that Grandma got for him. Here I am with Finn in my childhood room!

On Monday, June 10, I headed back to work full-time.  It was a rough morning for me – lots of tears for sure. The work days went pretty fast this week as I had many meetings each day.  When I came home from work I enjoyed many long snuggles with Finn.  He is is good hands during the day. Tricia plays with him, does tummy time, reads books, goes on walks, and so on.  He is a happy guy and we feel very blessed that we are able to have care for Finn in our home. Hailey, Cameron, and Lily also enjoy having Tricia around.

Thursday morning when I woke up and looked at Finn he was totally laying on his left side in the co-sleeper! Uh oh, rolling over isn’t that far away!  He is also beginning to lose hair on the sides of his head as he often turns his head to look at me while he is in the cosleeper. His hair that is coming in is blonde so he is beginning to have a lighter head of hair!

Friday I was playing with Finn. He often grabs my hands and I pull him forward so he can strengthen his neck muscles. Well today, I pulled him forward to a sitting position and then he kept on going and stood up! He is getting to be a strong boy and loves to be upright most of the time. He loves to look up and watch everything that is going on.

Saturday Kevin and Finn went with me to Millcreek for the Friends and Family Plant sale that we hold each June.  They spent time hanging out together in the office. This was his third trip to Millcreek – but first time for photos. Here we are with George.

Later that night Kevin and I spent our date night at the Columbus Crew Game. It was a fun night out!

 

Finn has also taken to eating his bib! This pretty much captures it!

 

 

 

 

Here are Finn and daddy, how does it go – like father, like son?

Finn is also getting quite good at grabbing things and keeping a good hold of them. Here he is holding on to some of his jungle animals!