Just Hanging Out

We have been enjoying our summer, we have mainly just been hanging out the past few weeks. Lane enjoys being out of school, lately he's been playing a lot of army guys etc. He has such great imagination. I have been enjoying Estelle being on a schedule...finally! Since we got back from Washington, she has slowly started sleeping through the night more consistently and napping regularly during the day. Estelle is an early riser though, yesterday she was up around 5:00!

I haven't been blogging much obviously. I really have been needing to focus on Estelle and trying to catch up on some stuff here. I just haven't been motivated. I love these lazy days during the summer when we just hang out at home and really have no place to be. Lane has been taking swimming lessons last week and this week. It has been fun watching him learn ALOT this time! And he is enjoying it, last time (2 years ago) it was like pulling teeth to get him to go.

Last weekend Reese and Lane camped out in the patio. After I put Estelle to bed I went in there and played games with them. Then when it was time for bed, I went upstairs and slept in my comfy bed while the boys slept in the tent :)

Lane didn't want his picture taken, and Reese has probably had enough :)
The next morning... Lane slept in.
And we have a crawler in the house. Estelle has been able to get around for awhile now, but on July 13th (her 8 month birthday) she started crawling "the right way." She can really get around. On the mornings that she is up so early I have been bringing her down to the living room, she explores the room while I lay on the couch. One of her favorite things to do lately is "boing" the door stops on the floor boards. I really have to watch her. She loves everything that she shouldn't touch. The stereo, plastic bags, cords, little "chokables." I haven't had to really have a baby proof house for a while now, so I am needing to be more aware. Legos now stay in Lane's room. He has always loved to bring the toys he wants to play with into the living room, that is now changing. He just loves Estelle though and he just laughs if she messes up his stuff.

This summer I have needed to focus on myself and what my family needs. I have needed to say no to things just because being gone too much just doesn't work for our family. I have kept things simple and I like it that way. It has given me time to reflect more, when I am constantly busy, I don't give myself time to really think about things. Because of this I have been feeling better and more energized.