Every year the summer goes by so quickly! This year especially seemed fast, as the first part was spent waiting around and prepping for Norah to arrive and the rest of the summer was spent adjusting to life as a family of 5!
A few weeks before summer was over, Adam decided it would be good to take his week of vacation. Yay!! So he took Aug 7-13 off. We hit the road and spent half the week in Des Moines and half the week in Orange City. That was a nice way to break up the road trip across Iowa (the drive home was loooong... and made even longer because we had to drive separate cars, thank you Pizza Ranch).
We had such fun in Des Moines seeing friends and going to some of our favorite places from when we lived there! We miss it so much!
Splash pad, swimming, playing at the park, trampoline jumping, playing with friends etc etc etc. So much fun!
We had a nice time with Adam's family, too in Orange City the second half of the week.
Norah and I had a girls night out with 2 of my besties!
The kids had a blast playing with their cousins and also playing at the park by Grandpa and Grandma's house.
We headed home on Sunday morning, and like I said, wow it felt like it took forever! I lost count of how many times we stopped but I know we stopped for coffee (hee hee, that was for me), feeding Norah, lunch for the other 2 kids, diaper changes, feeding Norah, Jeremiah potty stop, putting pacifier in Norah's mouth, and gas.... whew. It was good to finally be back home!
The 15th was J's last day of summer break, and coincided with Adam's day off. So we made it a special day and went to the John Deere Pavillion (J's favorite place in the world!) and Sonic for lunch.
In preparation for school, we said good-bye to J's mohawk. I wasn't too sad to see it go!
Wednesday the 16th was Jeremiah's first day of 2nd grade! So far he is loving it!
8 weeks old!
Saturday the 19th we went to the last Enviro-Kids for Jeremiah- it was at the Bickelhaupt Arboretum which is such a lovely place right in the middle of Clinton! We had never been there so I'm glad we went- it was a gorgeous day to walk around there.
Monday the 21st, Norah turned 2 months old! Whaaaa!!!!! She is losing her newborn-ness! :(
On the 22nd she had her well baby check-up and first round of vaccines.
She decided that the oral vaccine was not to her liking so she proceeded to vomit EVERYWHERE. Seriously I have never seen so much vomit come from such a small body! Yeesh. The nurse had to consult the Dr about what to do, and he wanted her to keep trying to get it down. So we sat her up and the nurse gave her tiny bits of it and finally she kept it down. Phew. Can't wait to do that again at 4 months! She screamed for the shots, of course, and turned quite a shade of red. But thankfully she calmed down pretty quickly and fell asleep, poor baby.
At 2 months Norah weighs 12 lbs 3 oz and is 23 1/4 inches long. She has gone from our hugest newborn to our smallest baby! At 2 months, Hope was 12 lbs 13 oz and 23 1/2 inches long. And our giant baby Jeremiah was 13 lbs 6 oz and 24 1/4 inches long (holy cow!!). And all 3 at 2 months, because I love comparing my children:
It's pretty obvious who's who, but just in case- Norah on the left, Hope and her insane hair on the top right, and chubby baby Jeremiah on the bottom right. :)
This past Saturday I took the kids to a Touch-A-Truck event- fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity out at the Clinton Municipal Airport. Of course Jeremiah was in his element, he LOVES this kind of thing!!
Seriously is she not just the cutest stinkin' thing ever?!?!?
She also is quite fond of her big brother and big sister and gives them lots of smiles!
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