And So It Goes...

Things are chugging along here. Andy and I are enjoying the summer with the kids. Last Sunday we went to visit my friend Lauren, who lives close by in CT. She has some out of control blueberry bushes in her yard so Paras got to go blueberry picking for the first time. He had a lot of fun trying something new and being with both Mommy and Daddy at the same time, which I think he craves since we are rarely around together. Of course, in the rush of making sure I had diapers for both kids, a bottle, and other kid gear, I forgot both my still and video camera. (UPDATE: Got a photo courtesy of Lauren):



However, I did capture on video Paras' latest craze, which is to put his Curious George stuffed animal in time out for various infractions (that usually Paras himself has committed in the not-so-distant past). Here is a clip of George getting time out for hitting everyone in the house:



Sahana has started to laugh and "talk" a little bit. She loves playing on her play gym and looking at her mobile. Here she is (once again) playing in her crib:



She's still waking up once a night, though now she's stretching it out to about 4:30am after her 10:30pm feed. Gina Ford says that babies will gradually stretch their night sleep out little by little...hopefully she'll make it all the way to 7am soon! She has been a champ during her daytime naps, which is a huge improvement over Paras. I'm still trying to figure out how we got to a point where we were able to put Paras in his crib wide awake and let him fall asleep on his own. Suggestions, anyone?

In the meantime, I started working out again after getting the green light from my OB. I am very sore from my pathetic workouts over the last two days. Back when I was at the FBI Academy, I could do 100 situps in 2 minutes while holding a 25lb. weight. Now I can barely do five situps. I guess I should be grateful I have the time to workout at all, thanks to the au pair.

I have more videos which I took on my new Flip camera my dad gave me...unfortunately, I can't get them onto my Mac because I don't have the latest version of iMovie. My iLife '09 suite should be coming in the mail soon, though, so I'll try to get them up this weekend.