Day 179

Yesterday Luciana spent a few hours at Mana's place while Mom & Penelope ran a few errands. She had a nice long walk, and took a nap. :) I think she has a good time when she's there, she gets lots of attention and hugs & kisses! Lucky kid, everyone loves her. 

That's all for now! 

Day 178

We made it to the park early today-- 8:30 am, and boy was it COLD! :) I was certainly NOT complaining, but I do wish I would have brought extra blankets for my babies. They were fine, but of course I worry. Mama did her workout & then we went to the playground where Penelope goes bananas for a while, and my baby girl Luciana just slept. What a life!! She hardly ever cries when we're walking, and is usually lulled to sleep by the time we're at the playground, so I think Lulu likes our mornings at the park. :) 

Later today, I took the girls on a walk to the Baskin Robbins, and that was pretty much our day. I like these low key days, and I think the girls do too-- we get to spend all our time together playing, cuddling, reading books, and watching Penelope being a nut! Good times... Only thing missing is Daddy. 

Here are pics from this morning:

That's all for today. We have a busy day tomorrow! Night.

Day 177

Since I just purged my phone camera of all pics & had none from today, I'll show an oldie-- one of Penelope when she was about as old is Luciana is now. Look how alike they look!!!!!!

Wow. I guess our girlies may end up looking very similar! :) Two cutie pies, no problem! 

It finally cooled off, and we had some clouds and cool wind-- very welcome after the heat we had last week! We spent the day at home, and I let both girls nap nap nap to their hearts content, not having to rush off here or there. We were late for walking group, so we just sorta took it slow after we decided not to go today. Once Papa came home from class (where he'll be all week), it was pretty much dinner & bedtime. These days fly by. Next thing you know, we'll be on our vacation! :) Mama will begin to slowly pack for all of us, because it truly will take all week to think it out, plan it and then execute. Bags, laundry, toiletries, baby things (including bedding for the cribs Carnival will supply us with), toys & books, pool stuff, and the list goes on. We have to be prepared, and we will be, you can bet on it! ;)

We're happy Daddy's home all week, even if it's just at night. Yay. :) 

Goodnight!

Day 176

We had fun today, with Daddy. :) We all had a big breakfast together (which Mommy made, and didn't burn ONE THING!), then my three love bugs (P, Lu and Daddy) took a long nap. Later, we packed up our bikes & trailers and took the kids on a bike ride into town and had some lunch. We hit a park on our way home, and by the time we made it back it was time for dinner and baths! Crazy-- our day just flew by. Funny how that happens when we are all home together! :) 

Luciana is doing so well, and is so so easy to take care of, I wanna remember that about her, especially. Maybe I'm less nervous with her since she's my second, and that has something to do with it, who knows?

It's 10pm, and I better get some rest before our angel wakes up and wants a midnight snack. At midnight. Always on time, she's totally a Rindge, NOT a Rodriguez!!! ;)

Night !!

*hopefully my phone will be free to take pix tomorrow. :/

Day 175

Today was a little cooler, thankfully. We had a couple errands to run in the neighborhood, so we were able to keep ourselves indoors again, though, because it was still pretty hot. Lulu is pretty fair skinned, and we aren't putting sunscreen on her sensitive skin just yet, so I have to be extra careful. I keep baby girl in long sleeves and pants, and always her hat if she's out of her stroller. We'll think about the sunscreen soon, though-- the labels say that at 6 months, it's safe. 

We had a low key day, and are super happy Papa is coming home tomorrow... It's been 3 days, and we just miss him. Luciana loves her Daddy, but is really only all about Mama (the one with the milk!!) right now, so she doesn't really notice, I think. It's Penelope who will walk around and then all of a sudden stop, appear to be thinking, then just say "Dada!", or she'll hear something like keys and think her Daddy is home, and she'll shoot into the front room. They miss their Daddy, but we love his work schedule because his off days are so much fun, and he really is a very hands on Dad. Papa takes the girls places, just the three of them so Mama can rest, and plays with them when we're all home. It's hard for us all at times, but also very rewarding. :)

Luciana is sleeping like a champ in her bedroom, in her crib all night still! :) We'll start to get her on a regular nap and bedtime schedule once we're settled into the upstairs.

Update on our renovations: master bathroom is almost finished, and once we can move into the master bedroom, we can move everything else where it belongs. We have endured lots of noise, dirty, dusty workers in the house, early hours, naps in the car (Mama drives, of course!), and general discomfort from living out of boxes still, but we are so close to finishing with all that... So close. We will LOVE our beautiful, finished rooms and it'll have all been worth it. :)

Time to hit the sack, I sure hope the girls sleep in, even just a little!!! 

Night.

Here's Lulu my love before her bath tonight:

Day 174

Yesterday was another hot day, but we are used to it now & knew to STAY INSIDE! :) We beat that heat, yeah! One exciting bit of news from yesterday, Luciana ate a little bit of mango/apricot yogurt! I was feeding Penelope her snack and Lulu was staring at us, so I gave her teeny bites and she liked it! Her face while she was eating: priceless!! She was enjoying it, and so was Mommy, it was too cute and I wish I had one more hand to get a pic. :/ Our baby girl is growing so fast.... So fast, this time is so sweet, when she's so little and I'm soaking up every little minute! 

That's all for now. Bye!

Day 173

Hot day #300. (That's what it feels like, but it's only hot day #3) The Rindge girls woke up at 7:00 am on the dot, like always! I'm not sure how these two got together and planned it, but there we all are at 7:00 am, awake. :/ Some mornings, Penelope would definitely sleep in, but my baby Lulu wants to cry. :) 

Since it was so darn HOT outside, we did inside things, and tried our best to stay out of the sun. Even five minutes in the heat makes the babies cheeks flushed! I hope this Summer isn't this brutal, because we'll ALL be in the office where the AC is!! The upside for all this is all us girlies have new swimsuits for our upcoming cruise to Mexico! Yay, we're all gonna be cute (and chubby) by the pool!

Tomorrow is day #2 of Daddy at work, so we're going to hope hope hope for a cooler day, and enjoy it. :) 

Mama's photo album (on my phone, I do this whole blog from my iPhone) is full, so I haven't been able to take pics. :/ More coming once I can purge them onto Papa's computer. 

Night!