Summer goes to Minneapolis!

Mommy and Summer took the light rail into Minneapolis to have lunch with Auntie Kristin on Friday!

The best picture we got of the three of us...sorry Summer, we kind of cut you off!

That night, Mommy and Daddy went out on their FIRST DATE since Summer!  We went out for pasta while Auntie Kristin, Kristin's roommate Raela, and their friend Steph babysat Summer.   Here is our "first date" picture!

2 months old!

Summer is now officially two months old!  While part of me wants her to stop growing and stay little, each day is more fun than the last!  She is becoming so much more interactive--lots more smiles, great eye contact, and lots of coo-ing.  Each day it is more and more fun to play with her!  She is also sleeping longer and longer stretches at night.  She sleeps at least 6 hours now (if not 7 or 8), and she even had one 10.5 hour stretch!  We are so proud of her and love her so much!

Here are some firsts:
October 2: first soccer game (1st cousin once removed Jenna Kirkwood scored a goal!)
October 3: first poop in the bathtub!
October 4: Summer did very well with the shots at her 2 month check-up.  She now weights 12 lbs 5 oz!
October 5: first Bible study with mommy and daddy's small group

Here are some random pictures as well as one more bath time video. 

Dinnertime

Spike!

 Family walk (note the matching hat and mittens!)

Summer loves her daddy!

One cool chick

The bib says it all!

Right after being weighed at her 2 month check-up: 12 lbs 5 oz!

Waiting to get her shots

Cutie

 Go Twins!

Very focused on the rattle

 Side Profile Shot!

 

 Summer loves to splash, and the video at the captures her love for water quite well. Enjoy!

ECFE Class and Mommy's Project

 Wednesdays are one of Mommy and Summer's favorite days of the week.  Every Wednesday afternoon we've been enjoying going to the ECFE (Early Childhood Family Education) Baby Playtime.  There are lots of moms and babies up to a year old and the area is all set up for moms to play with their babies!

This week Summer drove a plastic tub boat....

Played in the pool with plastic balls...

 Did some tummy time (to practice getting her neck muscles strong enough to crawl)...

 and we sang lots of fun songs during circle time such as "The wheels on the bus", the "Coo-coo clock song", the "eensie, weensie, spider" and "Pat-a-cake"!!!!  We had such a good time!

Meanwhile, mommy enjoyed working on a new project around the house.  After a garage sale, a neighbor put a bunch of stuff that didn't sell out on the curb for free.  One of those items was a "baby treadmill".  I have been wanting some sort of a walker for Summer because she has such strong legs and no opportunity to exercise them, so I picked it up.  It was VERY dirty and had really ugly 80's fabric and colors.  Here is a BEFORE picture of the treadmill and fabric....

I power sprayed the walker clean, and washed the cushion in the washer.  Then I recovered the seat in some fabric I had, and spray painted part of the treadmill with some paint I found in the basement from our house's previous owner.  It goes much better with our decor now.  Here are some after pictures.