toys at the park

This morning we went to story time, Elinor wasn't too into today, and then the playground. She played forever! Some families had brought balls and a few other toys and all of the kids were playing together. It made me miss playgrounds in Boston. There are almost always toys at the playgrounds there. Tons of sand toys, bikes, cars, balls, sometimes even a walker to stash a younger sibling. It was great! Can we all start doing this now?

from one of our favorite playgrounds in cambridge

We got home a bit ago, ate lunch and right away Elinor laid on the couch. I asked if she was ready for nap and she said yes lay with me. Within seconds she was out!! She rarely is napping anymore so I'm pretty stoked right now. Maybe the warmer weather and all of this outside/playground time will knock her out every afternoon. 

Hope everyone had a great memorial day weekend. We had plans to go to Long Island for the weekend but Elinor had been sick. We held it off until Sunday-Monday, until her fever was gone. It was still an awesome trip. I have a ton of pictures I have to upload and will share soon. 

first road trip

This weekend last minute we decided to take a trip to Philly to see Dave's family. Turns out Elinor is a great traveler! She did great on the way there only screaming and wouldn't take her bottle once so we pulled into a hotel parking lot so I could feed her and change her diaper. We let her hang out for awhile before putting her back in her seat and heading back out.

I was nervous she would be a wreck that night at Dave's Mom's house since she slept so much but she was good and slept her normal amount.
Saturday night though was a different story. She did not want to sleep. Finally around 2am she stopped her fussing and passed out. Thankfully we recently found out about Dr. Karp and the 5 s's and that helped a lot. We need to buy his book!
Sunday we did a lot of visiting we family. She was so grumpy that afternoon but after a long nap she was ready to meet all of her uncles aunts and cousins.

We were heading back home Sunday night but we stopped by a show before. We had her little headphones and the ergo which worked perfect. There was only one point when she decided she was starving so we went to a back room to feed her. I put her back on and we stood on the side of the stage. She passed out again right away.

 We were trying the headphones on and as soon as we did she went limp and fell asleep.

At the show and she even got a onesie

The way home was great. She slept almost the whole time. I had to take her out and wake her up to eat and change her diaper half way. We got home around 4am. She was up for 2 hr and the fell back to sleep till 10! Since I slept in the car too, I think it was the most sleep I've got!

Now I know she should do decent on our next trip there and our trip to Florida next month!