Basque to the Future

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Tuesday Train Ride

Tyler, Karmen and Simon went to a mall in the suburbs today that has a big train that kids can ride free. They look like they had a blast!

Heading to the train!

Cheese!

Close up in the train car.

Happy kids...

Monday, February 24, 2014

Simon holding Lillian

Lillian is 4 months, Simon 2 and a half.

Watching the snow - look familiar?

In the winter, Basque Babies like to look out at the big front window at the snow and people passing by.

Lillian at 4 months (Feb 16, 2014)

Simon at 7 months (Jan 12, 2012)

Four months already! Lillian is finally sleeping better and in longer stretches. She regularly sleeps from 10 until 3 now and will occasionally sleep from 10-6 or from 8-3. (One glorious night it was from 8-6). She totally adores her brother and will fuss if she isn't positioned so she can see him when she's awake. She has no problem eating straight from the tap, but doesn't love the pumped milk bottles - though she will take them. Unfortunately, lately Lillian has been crying a lot more during the day than she previously has - but we haven't figured out what is causing it beyond sometimes she wants to be held and sometimes she doesn't (either will cause tears). We are trying to start her on a sleeping/eating routine, but as of now it's still in the air. She did sleep the last two nights in her cradle, not the rock-n-play, which is the first big step toward the routine. The trick appears to be swaddling her! She usually is a very happy baby, usually ready with a big smile for you and a laugh if you do anything remotely funny. She is a drool factory and she will put anything that she closes her hand around straight into her mouth. If there is nothing in her hand, then she is just as happy putting the whole hand into her mouth. It's pretty funny when one hand grabs the other and then she fights to shove both hands into her mouth. I think all the mouth action is because she seems to be getting her upper two teeth, but I also think she is borderline about being a thumb sucker. She rarely takes a pacifier, though we haven't stopped offering them. She spends Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with Jenn and Simon, Tuesdays with just Stacey and Thursdays with Stacey and Simon. Weekends with the whole family!