my parents arrived on june 19 to help get baby J's room all painted and ready to go. we (they) got it painted in a day and the chair rail in the next day. the nursery furniture was delivered and we got the pics and shelves hung...woot!! my sister and her family arrived on the 23rd so we had a house full...6 adults and 2 toddlers...did i mention max was a hot mess because his top molars were breaking through and i think it was a lot of commotion for him? the cousins took about a day to warm up to each other and then got along smashingly:)
we got the water table out one day for the kiddos to play in...brenna doesn't like to get her face wet and max loves to wield to sprinkler so that caused issues but overall it went well!
family pic thanks to our dear friends the Rs who gladly came over sunday morning to take a group photo
my family all left on the 27th and we prepared to get on a plane at 545am on the 28th...oh, did i mention, luke woke up sick on the 27th...awesome! i got about 4 hours sleep and max was having his first good nights sleep in a week but we had to wake him up at 4am. schlepping through the airport, i managed to strain/hurt my back so that was super fun. max did okay on the flight, could have been better, could have been worse. we landed, grandma S picked mama and max up and papa got in a cab to go to work. we went back to her hotel so max could stretch his legs and we could let traffic die down a bit. about an hour later it was back into the carseat for a 2 hour ride to G&G S. max slept part of the way so that was good. we arrived and max had a great time finding all the low lying pretties that were still laying about. what he loved even more were all the electronics and buttons granddad had to push:) the first night to bed was a disaster...max freaked his freak when i put him in the crib and eventually crawled out after about 15 min. rocked him to sleep and he ended up sleeping in bed with me from midnight on:( poor little guy. sleep was pretty rough while we were away. my back was still bothering me...boo! on a happy note, max loved the pool, learned to shred and loved the musical clock they had. things got better once papa arrived on friday as well as his sister and her family. max excelled at the pool with papa's encouragement!
here is a video of max blowing bubbles in the pool
and here is a video of him getting dunked:)
amelie really seemed to enjoy max (i think he was a great substitute for her puppy, fifa!) and max seemed to like her as long as she didn't get too close:) she's 8 months old and seriously one of the prettiest babies i have ever seen. i have pics from the weekend but haven't gotten them onto the computer yet.
we finally made it back home...schlepping through the airport aggravated my back again and max had a little tougher time on the plane going home. once we got home though, the kid was ecstatic! we were all really happy to be home!!! we tried to do a regular bedtime routine but the kid lost it and out of the crib he climbed...poop! we rocked him to sleep and decided we would need to convert to a toddler bed. he's been in it for about 5 nights now...its going okay but not great. the first night we stayed with him until he was asleep and he slept all night. we did the same the second night and we were up for 2 hours in the middle of the night...yuck. the third night and subsequent nights we've been crying it out. he cried for about 20-25 min the first couple of nights while knocking on the door crying for dada. he then curled up by the door and slept on the floor with the lights on. last night he finally discovered he could roam around his room...down came the monitor so i'm not really sure where he slept. he woke up and cried around midnight for a bit but is still sleeping now. he turns the lights on for awhile but then shuts then back off...i guess when he ready to sleep? oh, and i think he is starting to cut his canines...the kid can't catch a break.
so that's what is going on in these parts...super fun right?!?! my back is better but not 100% so that is really annoying...i got a massage and it helped a little but was not the miracle cure i was hoping for...i might actually have to break down and call the dr and possible go see a chiro.
i don't have pics of baby J's room or max's new set up yet but hopefully over the weekend i can get back on and just do some pics!
this was the first morning we were home...pure joy!!
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