We're changing the pattern of our days around here. In two weeks, Bethany will start mother's morning out at church on tuesdays and thursdays. I'm excited. I need a little time to do errands now that she's more mobile. A little sad because on school days she'll be at school, come home, eat lunch and nap. It'll be like 4 hours without her even though 2 of them will be nap.

Then Music Classes will start again. Probably Wednesdays at 10 am. Which will be nice as tuesday/thursday...

I want to save a few. I'm actually considering moving it elsewhere.

I'm not sure though, I might just keep it here.

But someone told me you used to be able to download it to your desktop. I no longer see that option.

Emily

It seems like AF is here. I swear, it's like really, it's been 27 days already?

And yes, we've been traveling and busy, the months are flying by most definitely. But, yuck, what a crummy way to remind me.

And always seems to fall when we're home. Which, you'd think that'd be a good thing, but traveling with an infant usually means baby in our room, not as quiet or comfy conditions and is not the most conducive to *ahem* adult time.

So Brian is kind of...

Newest tricks: Pointing at everything, using a spoon(with help), stacked 3 blocks this morning more than once to my amazement, really walking more than crawling now, loves to play phone, and we helped her with her first scribble this morning too(spurred by her block accomplishments).

New nap/bedtime routine: Sippy of milk and book if she's been playing harder pre-nap, rock and cuddle on the rocker, then standing over the crib singing her an off tune lullaby. Usually "my baby...

Last Wednesday Brian teased me with a trip to Yellowstone. By Friday we were booking tickets and making reservations. Saturday we were going over the Beartooth Highway in the dark(not the best of plans).

For all the driving, we're having a great time. Staying in Cooke City, we had an hour drive + to different parts of the park(Yellowstone).

The first day we overdid it. We hiked down to Tower Falls in Yellowstone Canyon. We always would let BB have 1st nap at the...

BB and I had been nursing 3 times a day. Before each nap and at bedtime. I just didn't get it together before we left for Florida and since then we've had her in enough of a tailspin that shaking her up with weaning seemed mean.

But, in the course of our travels, she had bitten/worn me to the point I was bleeding real blood from the nip on Friday. I was in PAIN. I put a bandaid over it and closed up shop on Friday morning.

She accepted it no problem for the most part....

The highlights were mostly in the first week. The second week was just kind of a mess. We still had a good time as a family, but no real excitement pictures or sightseeing-wise.

The flight home was outstanding. Up until we got diverted to St Louis and had a 2 hour delay. We got home eventually, tired and worn. Bethany was a trooper until we took off from St. Louis. Even then she held with it.

I'm so happy we got this cabin. I lucked into this by happy chance(God is good). The two "family" hotels were full and didn't have PNP/cribs anyway. i didn't feel 100% comfortable with a B&B where we'd be in one room and Bethany and I would be under foot during the day. But I'd said this is probably the best thing going in Delta. Newly built two rooms up, kitchen, fridge, sitting area, and a borrowed PNP. Not that I could figure out how nice it was from the internet.
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Documenting for posterity some of the details.

The flight to Minn/St Paul went pretty well. Except for a massive diaper that left BB pantsless, like she hasn't had for probably 8 months, she was a good girl. And the people around us were nice. Flirted with her, played, even said it was ok if she cried because that was the only way she had to communicate.

Minn/SP to Fairbanks was a disaster. It left at her natural bedtime, which I thought was a good idea at the time of...

Bethany is loads of fun now too.

Mobility/Gross Motor

She has started to stand up/stand on her own. She took about 10 steps Memorial Day but fell when DH went to fetch me and hasn't done it since. Standing still freaks. We're in a rental cabin with stairs and she's having a great time crawling up the stairs and is trying to figure out going down(we don't have stairs at home). I'm not really a fan of this activity. Also has learned to climb. Can get on and off the...