City Park Rides

The rides in Lower City Park closed the last weekend in September. We walked over one last time and Grandma, Grandpa, Ben and Katie joined us. Eric enjoyed his first ride on the train and Sylvia did the the ferris wheel or planes for the first time. She was a little scared on the ferris wheel but Katie was with her and helped out a lot. I love living near the park.

Beautiful Weather

The weather has been perfect recently so we've been spending as much time outside as possible. I've pulled the bumbo out a few times and feed Eric while Sylvia plays. They both love the outdoors so much so they fit in well with me and Dan. We'll be sad to see the fall turn to winter although Sylvia did have her snow shovel out today.

Where is Sylvia?

I usually go into Sylvia's room to check on her before I go to bed. She usually turns on her light at some point before falling asleep which makes it easier to take pictures.

We put a couple of pillows in her room for a reading corner. Now she likes to sleep there.
Here's where I found her one night. I usually leave her on the ground when I find her.
A few nights ago, I peeked in her room and didn't see her in bed so I checked in her corner. She wasn't there either, so I quickly checked our bed. I got a little nervous and then noticed a little hand sticking out from under the bed. but I did wake her up to get her out from under the bed. I was afraid she would bonk her head if she woke up in the middle of the night so I woke her up and moved her this time.
She also takes off her pajamas a lot but I don't have any pictures of that.

6 Months (and a couple of weeks)

I finally got around to taking Erickson in for his 6 month pictures. I'm only two weeks late. My mom came along and planned to take Sylvia to the play land. However, Sylvia wanted to watch Eric get his pictures taken. She then said she also wanted to get her picture taken. I wish she would have felt this way three months ago when I wanted her to get her picture taken.

Erickson is so photogenic which made it difficult to pick which pictures to order. I am very good at not ordering any extras or letting them sell me on any of their fancy ones they put together since it adds up quickly. The photographer said something about his wild hair and I laughed inside because his hair usually stands up way more than this. I did a little work on it before pictures but I didn't want it flat against his head because I don't think we would have recognized him.

Big goofy smile
Happy to see you
Sweet little boy
Let's go Hawks!
We did end up letting Sylvia get a couple of pictures taken. This one turned out great but I didn't order. You have have to pay extra for the black and white and her outfit didn't quite look great in color. Before we left for the mall she took of the shirt she had been wearing all day and said, "This shirt isn't for the mall. I need my orange shirt." She then picked out navy blue pants and teal aqua socks to wear.

An Afternoon at the Park

Grandparents Day

"Happy Grandparents Day Grandma, Grandpa, Nana, Papa, Granny, GGma and Great Nana. We love you all so much."
-Love, Sylvia & Erickson

How Big is Baby?

Eric hasn't had his 6 month check up yet so we don't have the official measurements. But, according to Sylvia, he is 39.