Did I fall off the face of the earth, you may be asking yourself? No, I’m still firmly planted on the face of the earth, for now. So sorry that I haven’t been in touch for a while. I will try to catch you up. I went back to work a month ago (April 16), and Harper began her journey through The Children’s Campus. She is loving her classroom, which is the same one that Carson was in and has 2 of the 3 same teachers (the 3rd was actually a teacher in C’s toddler room who moved down). She is doing very well. She loves her teachers– she smiles at them and talks to them, and snuggles up to take very long naps for them. Some of you may recall that upon beginning in Infant A, Carson screamed for days and refused to nap for the entire year she spent in the room (I mean, 30 minutes at a time once or twice a day was all she would allow). I’m happy that Harper’s transition was easier.
Speaking of transitions, Carson has moved to the Preschool class. She had an easy transition this time, which was a happy surprise for all of us. She is like a little grown-up now. Her latest obsession is showing off her ballet moves while shouting, “watch me!” She is so sweet to her baby sister. She loves playing outside and will be happy when we get a new swingset to make up for the one that’s smushed under the tree in our yard (so sad).
What else is new? We have hired a new real estate agent, who is putting us through our paces in terms of getting Third Ave. where it needs to be. He created a five-page list of projects for us. Shane has been over there every night after work and all weekend, every weekend for the past three weeks. The house looks gorgeous, so much so that it makes me sad that our own new (old) house won’t look that way for years and will certainly never smell that fresh and new. We are hoping that all of the scrubbing and polishing, coupled with a price drop, will bring a sale soon. we are tired of spending all our energy and money on that place with everything that we need to do on Adams (like, we really, really need to re-do our bathroom, from the tub with its chipping finish to the sink that needs to be replaced with a double vanity to the shower that appears to be leaking, and don’t even get us started on the condition of our front yard). I am trying to hold down the fort mostly by myself, which ain’t easy given that Harper isn’t sleeping through the night (she seems to really enjoy our 2:30 am girls’ time) and Carson just plain won’t nap on the weekends.
This past weekend we went to the Delta Block Party, where we dodged the rain for the second year in a row, but C was happy to visit daddy’s office and eat funnel cake. The weekend before, we went to the zoo, where Harper took her first train ride (she was nonplussed) and Carson spent the majority of her time on the playground and in the jumpy-thing. Almost an afterthought, we took a quick peek at some animals on the way out. It’s great being zoo members and having the zoo so close by.
Hope everyone is doing well. Here is a picture that’s a bit old now, but it’s cute. At her 4 month checkup, Harper was 15.6 pounds and 25 inches long. For comparison’s sake, at four months, Carson was 16.6 pounds and 26 inches long, so a bit bigger, but both of them were/are round, healthy chunks of babies.
