Strads 365, Entry #102: Walkway Over the Hudson

We went to the Walkway on the Hudson, a mile long bridge over the Hudson River in Pougkeepsie, NY.  Sawyer started out running...

He got tired really quickly...

Then he got his second-wind...

But then he demanded to be carried...

Strads 365, Entry #101: Cookies! Happy five months Lyla!

Sawyer and Mama made cookies for Daddy.

 

Holding hands

Strads 365, Entry #100: Muscoot Farm

"DUMP IT!"

Sawyer was not so much interested in the animals, but the rocks really got his attention.

 Lyla likes sleeping on daddy...

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Lyla likes standing...

"Look Mom!  One hand!" 

The Itoyama's brought us gifts from Japan!

Yay!  We are at the park in short sleeves!

Lyla is soooo cute!

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Lyla had a check up today: At just shy of 5 months she's 14 lbs 2.5 oz, 26.25 inches long.  She's remaining steady at ~40th percentile for weight, ~80th percentile for length. She might be on the skinny side, but she's got plenty of delicious rolls.  

Sawyer and Lyla have gotten tight lately.  Lyla spends most of her time watching Sawyer now, instead of me.  She's probably mad at me because I'm always fighting with her to make her go to sleep.  And let's face it, Sawyer is a lot of fun.  Sawyer and Lyla's favorite game?  Lyla sits in the bumbo while Sawyer runs in circles around her as fast as he can:

Sawyer and Lyla are both struggling with colds.  The real snotty kind that makes it hard to breathe, especially at night.  Today when we got home from the park, Lyla needed a nap so I turned on a Curious George for Sawyer and made it clear with my fiery-mama-eyes that he was not to come into the room while I was putting Lyla to sleep.  After about five minutes, I heard him wandering around in the hall outside Lyla's room, and although I braced myself for him barging in and waking up the sleeping babe in my arms, he never came and the sounds in the hall quickly fell silent.  I assumed his interest returned to the TV. However, this is what I found when I came out of the room

 (sweet baby boy):

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Strads 365, Entry #96: Rocketship Fail

For his birthday, Sawyer got a baking soda and vinegar rocketship.  We went out to shoot it off on Sunday, but unfortunately it was an epic failure.  When we first tried it we realized it wasn't set up correctly so Jonathan attempted to "fix" it but broke it beyond repair instead.  Sawyer was just really confused the whole time.  Jonathan finally admitted, "Sawyer, Daddy broke your rocketship."  Sawyer picked it up and tried to fill it with dirt (his attempt to fix it). Randomly throughout the rest of the day he would declare, "Daddy broke rocketship!"

Yea, Sawyer, Daddy broke your rocketship...

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Strads 365, Entry #94: Lyla's First Swing

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Strads 365, Entry #91: Time Out and A Visit with Grammy

When Sawyer was asked to either put on his shoes or go to time out, he chose to go to time out...

Lyla is enjoying a nice conversation with Grammy.  Isn't technology the best!

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