emerging from the fog

To be honest, these last couple months have kind of been a fog. I think adjusting to two little ones, doing the no-sleep newborn stage and trying to figure out what was making Piper Jane cry all the time kind of buried me.

The great news is that in the last week or two, we've turned a corner around here. It feels like some semblance of 'normal' has returned, like we're getting into a routine, re-entering the world and finding our groove as a family of four. Burke is still naughty as can be, but I'm going to blame that on him being two... And, it turns out that Piper Jane is quite the content little sweetheart when she's not in pain. She's smiling all the time, which just melts our hearts.

Oh how I've missed you, normal life (well, normal-ish life)... it's nice to be back.

ps- If I've dropped the ball on something I was supposed to do for you, or if you've gotten in touch and I haven't gotten back to you, I am so sorry! I probably should've been making a to-do list along the way, but I didn't, so if you still need something from me, please let me know!

the 'small' festival

Last weekend, we met up with the Fischers and mom and dad at the Botanic Garden's fall festival... Every 'fall-ish' attraction was available (pumpkin patch, hay rides, tractors, trick-or-treating, fall crafts, etc.) and Burke LOVED it! Even better, he keeps calling it the "Small Festival," hahaha!

for the aunts

Instead of trying to explain Piper Jane's chubby(er) cheeks, little budha belly and recent shift to a cheerier disposition to Aunt Jordi, Aunt Kiji and Aunt Trish, I thought I'd just take some pics of the happy girl herself. :)

ps- The white-onesie-with-the-ruffled-skirt-and-fun-accessories combo was Trish's suggestion... good idea, right?

'presents'

Burke loves Piper Jane.  Like, seriously, LOVES her... He especially loves to give her kisses (that deserves its own post, actually) and to bring her little gifts while she's sitting in her chair. Usually, he brings her toys. Yesterday, while we were playing outside, he brought her grass. She looks super interested, huh?

the most magical place on earth

Nope, not disneyland. For our little family, it's Buena Vista.

We went up to BV this weekend. Piper Jane met Grandpa Jim (my dad's dad) and Uncle Gary, Burke hung out with the llamas, the leaves in the mountains were gorgeous, we got to hang out at Frontier Ranch (the Young Life camp where Adam was on summer staff during college)... It was so terrific to get away for the weekend as a family!

a couple things...

1. Still working on getting Miss Piper Jane's acid reflux (or whatever is wrong) under control. Poor baby girl! She sure is cute, even when she's crying. :)

2. Jordi and I got to guest at Made (our favorite craft blog) yesterday with the teacher bag we made for mama! So fun!

3. Summer is officially over tomorrow. I hate that. Maybe this winter won't be as bad as last year?

the highlight of going downtown

 

If you asked Burke what we did last night, I bet he wouldn't be able to tell you what we ate for our celebratory Adam/Mom birthday dinner (I take that back- he might be able to tell you about the ice cream they brought out for dessert...).  But he would tell you over and over (and over) again about riding the train to get to dinner; he has a serious passion for riding the train downtown.  Good thing mom and dad live so close to a train station and indulge his wish to ride the train as often as possible. :)  Aren't grandparents great?