Two weeks of Josefine!

2 weeks of our sweet baby girl have flown by! I’m always crying to joe that my baby is growing up so fast - he thinks my anxiety about rapid growth and the kids “almost moving off to college” is a bit rediculous. I do recognize that it’s a little over the top but that doesn’t stop me from feeling like time is just flying by and I need to just snuggle them a little more and stay in the present moment! Josefine is a dream and her newbornness wont last long so we are really enjoying the extra sleep, snuggles and quiet home days while they last!

 

 

 

 

 

The kids are totally obsessed with her! They want to love all over her and jack cannot stop talking about her extra soft cheeks that he Likes to snuggle on! They ask to hold her and

Hug her and kiss her and tell me every time she moves or makes a noise or poops! 

 

She had an appointment at 5 days old and had already put on close to a pound over her birth weight - the doctor was shocked and said this barely ever happens! She’s an eating machine and my milk supply is over the top!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She has gotten lots of snuggles from our family and already is so loved!! Her cousin Henry can’t get enough of her and it’s so sweet! He’s considering naming his new baby Josefine 😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were so lucky to have amy come in town for a very last minute trip! We loved having her in town to meet Josefine! So many great memories!

 

 

 

 

 

“Mama, Josefine is my little sweetie! I just love that baby” - Jack

 

 

 

We are just having the most snuggly cold winter days at home with our sweet baby! We all love you so much Josefine!

Christmas!

Christmas this year was extra special but also super low key! We had some pretty sick kids, not to mention baby Josefine, so we had some really cozy lazy days home in our jammies!  We did a quick gift exchange with Grandma and grandpa when we got home from hospital before they had to leave. We celebrated Christmas with Omi and Opa and the Meyers on Saturday evening (the day we got home from hospital) we ate pizza, Christmas cookies and exchanged gifts at our house! Sunday was Christmas Eve and jack had a really high fever so Josefine, Elisabeth and I snuck out to Oma and Opa’s for a short visit and the family got to meet Josefine! Christmas day we managed to make it to a beautiful Christmas mass and then cuddled up at home all day!! It was pretty perfect spending all that cozy time with Joe and the 3 kids!!

 

 

 

Summer Nature Series!

A little late on blogging about this but I don't want to forget about a program I put together for friends this summer and it was a highlight of our summer! I called it Summer Nature Series and I organized a hike/nature program 1x/month from June to September.  We met at a different park and there was a different theme each time.  I invited a lot of friends and the turn out each time was outstanding - one week we had as many as 23 kids and all their moms!

The first month was called All About Bugs.  We met at Mt. Airy Forest.  We read a book about bugs, collected pieces of nature to make a bug craft, searched high and low for bugs along the way and even made our very own ants on a log for the snack.  The kids were great little hikers!

The second month was all about Trees and leave native to Ohio.  We hiked at Ault Park. We collected leaves, looked for different types of trees that we recognized and that we often find in our own backyards and we ate maple leaf cookies and bananas for our snack!

The third month was called Fossils, Fossils, Fossils.  We hiked down to the creek at French Park to enjoy the hot summer day splashing in the creek and finding our very own fossils!  We hiked back up to the picnic area with our fossils to try and identify the types of fossils and color the rocks.  We ate muffins and fruit!

The fourth and final nature series we also met at French Park because the park was a hit and it was another hot day for creek play!

This was such a fun way to spend summer days with friends and we will definitely be doing this again next year!