Chaos on Curtis: Summer Fun!!!!

Rilyn and I are enjoying the last couple weeks of my summer vacation. It has gone by so fast and I am sad that I already have to think about leaving her again. Thank God that we have amazing family and friends to help take care of her or I would be more of a miserable mess. Rilyn is going to Grandma Decker's 3 days a week, Aunt Stacey is coming here one day a week, and Rilyn will go play with Joaquin and Diana the other day. I feel like Rilyn is getting the best of both worlds with this arrangement. Some days she gets to be in daycare with a couple other kids (and grandma) and a couple days she gets more one-on-one attention.

Anyways, that is not the point of this post is it? On to the summer fun.....

We've been spending lots of time at the garden as usual, and this week we harvested zucchini, along with radishes, spinach, arugula, scallions, and basil....next week Rilyn will be getting a meal with some of these veggies. Tyler and I have decided to wait until Rilyn is 6 months before giving her any solids, and I can't wait to write a post on our adventures with Baby-Led Weaning or Baby-Led Solids. I am sure a post is coming soon on that; however, last night we were discussing our thoughts and opinions and our curriosity got the best of us and we couldn't resist feeding her some foods. She is definitely ready (according to all the ready signs in the book we are reading) and loved her first taste of pickle and peach.

Pickles are full of salt...we know we are bad parents...deal with it

Ok...I really didn't think she would LOVE pickles...they are a perfect size for her hands

Managing a whole peach...I took the first bite to get her started

Scoping out mom's plate....she wants food!

She must have got a sour bite

Yesterday I decided to get out of our VERY hot house and take Rilyn for a dip in our community pool. Well, apparently they fill it with ice water because it was way too cold for the both of us, but she really enjoyed people watching and hanging in the shade.

Today we spent the whole day with Aunt Kristin...we are so lucky! We went for a hike, got frozen yogurt, and went swimming. Her pool is a lot nicer and apparently is a normal temperature. Rilyn loved being in the water and was entranced with the noise, movement, and feeling. Rilyn is also starting to talk tons...as you can hear in the video at the bottom.