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.
