Lake Time

Today, Daddy was out golfing all day.  The girls took advantage of his absence and went to the lake with Grammie and PaPa!  It was Kate's first trip to the lake, and it was Sarah's first time to SWIM in the lake!  What a fun day for us...

We played some Go Fish while we waited for PaPa to make some hot dogs...

...and after lunch we played with some toy puppies.

Apparently, these dogs are close friends.

Then, Grammie stayed at the cabin while Kate took a nap...

...so Sarah could go swimming in the lake for the first time!  My incision from the C-section still wasn't healed, so PaPa took the lead and helped Sarah with her swim.  I'm not sure which one of them had a better time!

Last Day of School

This year, I wasn't working on the last day of school.  It was lovely.  

This year, however, was a monumental last day for Sarah - it was her last day at play school with Veronica and Kellie before starting preschool this fall!  I cannot say enough about these two wonderful women, both of whom not only helped me feel okay about leaving my baby to go back to work, but who also loved her and taught her in my absence.  They taught her how to put on her coat by herself and how to count to twenty.  They taught her how to share with others and how to be a good friend.  They taught her to love green peppers and tomatoes, and they taught her how to at least try all of the food set in front of her.  And they held my hand and offered advice as Sarah grew up in front of the three of us. 

Needless to say, there were a few tears as we said our good-byes.  I'm just glad that Kate will be taking Sarah's spot at play school next year - I can't imagine taking my daughter anywhere else!  We love you, Kellie and Veronica!

As always, here's our first day of school photo and our last day of school photo. She looks so much older to me in the last picture. I can't believe our next school photo will be on her first day of preschool!!!

3 Weeks Old

May 21 - May 27

This week was pretty low-key.  We had our first play date at the Talboys' house and Kate wore her first 0-3 month outfit (what a big girl!), and she had that tummy time I'd been promising her...

She didn't totally hate it (it took about 2 minutes for her to start crying), but she's pretty strong!  She can already push herself sideways with her right arm when she's on her tummy, and we've been finding her in different places in her crib each morning - no small feat when you're swaddled!

Here are a couple more cute photos I took this week - she's too funny when she's tired!