super greta

even superheroes like to read. while sitting in the bumbo seat.

dog days

this week has been super duper hot. so hot that many of the days i felt like we should just stay inside and play instead of venturing out. monday was hot, but it rained early and then was overcast for most of the morning. when selma went down for her morning nap, greta and otto and i headed out back. they played and played and played. first the water table, then the pool, and they watered the garden. it was a great morning outside!

snap crackle pop!

otto is a pretty good eater, but he's not usually very hungry for breakfast (unlike greta). he also prefers cereal that gets mushy pretty fast in milk. his favorite? rice krispies. but what a mess! he's good with a spoon, but he likes to use his opposite hand to make sure all the food makes it into his mouth...which actually makes more of a mess. good thing he's cute!

bronson arroyo

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a few weeks ago, our whole family plus ellie, jacob,and grandpa hansbauer, headed down to the ballpark for yet another reds game. on this particular day, the giveaway for kids was "bronson arroyo plush doll". we had been telling the kids about this doll, and they were super excited. they like to call it by its full name, such as, "have you seen my bronson arroyo plush doll?" ellie didn't want hers, so we actually ended up with three. and poor bronson(s). within a few minutes of being home, all three of them were stripping naked. they've sat in the bumbo seat, been fed raisins in the car, and most recently i caught greta breastfeeding one of them. hilarious.

thumbsucking buddies

selma at 4 months

so i think i mentioned on here before that our friend holly has been taking selma's pictures every month. here are the latest pictures...can you believe that selma is 4 months old? or that she looks so cute sitting in a bowl?

holly does such a fantastic job capturing our sweet selma girl. check out the slideshow of pictures.

this past weekend, joe, selma and i headed to vermont for johnmark and anne's wedding. we had toyed with the idea of leaving selma with grandma and grandpa (like greta and otto) since she is sleeping through the night, but i couldn't really see leaving her when we would be so far away. not to mention that as far as breastfeeding goes, i wasn't really prepared to leave her for four days. so she went with us. and was such a trooper! she did so great on the plane, as you can see. on our flight from detroit to burlington, we fed her a bottle but she wasn't content with that so i nursed her in my seat (much to the chagrin of the old man across the aisle from me) and she just rolled with it. she hung out with us at the pub for drinks and slept through most of our meals out at restaurants. she slept soundly in her pack and play and didn't make a peep at the wedding. we missed G and O like crazy, but joe and i were laughing at how this is the first time we've had HOURS of uninterrupted conversations with some of our friends in who knows how long.