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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Finn ~ 13 weeks
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!
Finn ~ 12 Weeks!
We have had a pretty low-key week around here! On Saturday, June 1, Kevin and I were able to go out for the first time (together) since we had our little man. Cameron Howard babysat Finn for a few hours in the evening while we went to hang with some good friends at The Bunker – a concert venue at the Muirfield Country Club which helps raise funds for the Ronald McDonald house. The Menu’s were playing that night so we enjoyed a bit of the show and hanging out with our friends before the storms rolled in. Unfortunately, they stopped the show and asked everyone to leave as there was lightning in the area and we were in a metal-framed tent. Ugh! But no fear, we all piled in our cars and headed to Jimmy V’s in Shawnee Hills to hang for awhile instead. It was a good first night out 🙂 And Cameron loved on Finn for a few hours. I think he slept most of the time! Here are some photos of Finn and Cameron, his first non-family babysitter!
On Sunday, Kevin’s parents came to town to watch Finn for the afternoon while Kevin and I went to the final round of the Memorial Golf Tournament in Dublin. They took him on an afternoon trip to visit Pat’s brother, Dick, and his wife Cheryl who live in Columbus. They hadn’t yet met Finn so they were able to spend a nice afternoon outside. He was doted on and enjoyed the fresh air for sure! Grandma put him right to sleep!
I return to work on Monday. I can’t believe it is already time…it goes by way too fast. I’ve been all over the map emotionally, driving Kevin a bit nutty I know. It’s a tough time for me, but we have been fortunate to find a great sitter that will come to our house each day and care for Finn. Tricia began on Monday and came all week while I was still home so she could get to know Finn and I was still around to show her things around the house and get her used to our routine. She has been doing an awesome job. Finn loves her and she is great with him. Kevin found an app for Tricia, me, and himself to use that allows us all to see when Finn has eaten, slept, been changed, etc., all from our phones. It is really awesome! You can also take photos and caption them – so it is great to be able to see those throughout the day!
On Friday, while Tricia was preparing a bottle and I was working on Finn’s baby book Finn was taking in some tummy time in the living room. Tricia went in to check on him and got so excited when she saw that he TURNED OVER!! He rolled over from his stomach to his back! While I obviously didn’t capture any photos while it happened here are a few after the fact. We were both so excited he got a sad little scared look on his face for a quick minute, a little pouty lower lip. But that went away pretty quick!
We also tried out the Bumbo seat for the first time. He took to it pretty well….but like a leaning tower he gradually leans to the left after a few minutes!
Here are a few other photos from the week. He loves getting a bath so I included this photo, which is a bit blurry, to show his expression and how he loves to splash around.
Somehow I missed getting a photo of Cameron this week. But I did get a couple cute ones of Hailey and Lily. Hailey is pretty slow in her old age. She still makes it up and down the steps but always barks for a bit first. She wants to make sure it’s worth her effort to get up or down them! So this is a perfect shot of how she lays at the top and just barks until someone encourages her to make the trip down. Lily on the other hand loves gazing out the front windows at just about everything.
And here are some final photos to capture our little man. He’s getting some nice chubby legs and smiling all the time. These are some of his typical expressions. And he is a champ at tummy time.
