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.

pooltime

after our fun day at glenwood gardens, we took a nap and then headed up to the pool. we are so lucky to have a pool within walking distance to our house. we ordered pizza to the pool and spent the evening swimming and just hanging out.

glenwood gardens

on wednesday we headed up to glenwood gardens to check out their 'big bugs' exhibit. i had never been to glenwood gardens before and really had no idea what to expect. this place is amazing! the bugs were gigantic and pretty cool to see, although they were set up along a 1/2 mile walking path and the kids were exhausted by the time we got to them. the last part of the walk was otto drudging along behind me, whining "mama carry me" over and over.
the rest of the place was great too.....there were ponds and gardens and lots of things to check out and explore. and there was this really neat tree climbing structure with lots of tunnels and caves and stairs. we'll be headed back there soon.
we were so busy exploring that the only photos i got were one of greta and otto with frog and toad (we love those books). can you tell it was sunny? neither of them could look at me it was so bright out. and then a picture of greta reading a book in the visitor center. she is such a bookworm. :)

practice makes perfect

first....a cute picture of greta hugging otto. totally on her own. well, she hugged him on her own, and then i asked them to recreate the moment.

the last two pictures make me laugh. i was telling the kids that we will be getting family pictures soon with grandma and grandpa hansbauer and all the ford cousins. then i asked them to show me how they will smile for the photos. we'll work on it before the time comes....

otto armleder park

this morning we headed out to otto armleder park. this is the park where greta had her fun run/end of the year celebration for school, so i fielded lots of questions today about whether or not there would be a fun run and would her school friends be there.
the weather was gorgeous, although there is absolutely no shade to speak of by the playground equipment. well, that's not entirely true. selma found a spot beneath the climber where she could stretch out. we were the only people there almost the entire time, and the kids kept busy playing, "going on a trip" and "monster attack". these games consist of yelling or singing the chosen phrase/name of the game and then running around. over and over. "MONSTER ATTACK!!"

bubble bath!

i think ellie's got the right idea!