ole schnikees: 2018 :: 18/52 :: Tova 2 months old

Monday morning, jenny, kourtlyn and baby klare drove to our house then we went for a long walk with the babies in the strollers and trevor and Kourt on their bikes. we went over 3 miles (a bit long for the little bikers, although trevor would've gone more but his butt hurt from the seat :]) then we dropped off the bikes at our house and all walked over to Jodi's house to play for a bit before walking back home. it was hot & humid out but so nice! Monday night Al had to do training again on his day off and i was not happy about it; i had to do bedtime by myself again on his 1 of 2 days off.

Tuesday morning Tova had her 2 month checkup and she's 13 lbs 2oz (90%), 23 inches (75%) and her head size is in the 75% too. she gained 2 lbs and 2 inches (at trevor's 2 month he'd gained more in inches than weight). she doing great and the dr sarumi was surprised that she only nurses for 7-10 minutes but wasn't concerned because she's gaining well. she was also surprised that tova poops/blows out twice a day (i guess breastfed babies usually only poop every couple days). so Tova's a good eater and has good digestion. :) at the end of the appointment sarumi informed me that she and the other pediatricians are leaving the end of june because they have safety concerns at the new hospital. :(

that afternoon, i had a midwife appointment to get my IUD put in so i asked the midwife about the peds leaving. she basically said it's a misunderstanding and the peds are just kind of being stubborn instead of stating their concerns and trying to fix it. the midwives are all staying and have no concerns (she said what the peds are concerned about has been resolved.) so we don't know what to think or if we should switch clinics. hopefully things will be resolved and our pediatrician will stay but we'll see. it rained on Tuesday so we didn't do much outside (Al and trevor were outside while tova and i were at the dr.) Trevor's back to not napping this week.

Wednesday morning, jenny, kourt, and klare drove over again and we went on another 3+ mile walk but didn't take the bikes this time. we stopped at a park to play towards the end and trevor and kourt had fun. tova did great until we weren't moving at the park. it was humid but nice out. then home for lunch and naps (Trevor didn't sleep); during naps i ran to joann fabrics and the grocery store quick. then Al got ready for work and was off.

Thursday morning we went to Irvine park for the first time this year with Jodi & the daycare kids, jenny, kourt & Klare. the kids played on the big park, we went and saw the animals, and then they played on the little park before we left for lunch. trevor and tova were both exhausted at nap time and were out right away. once Al was up, Jodi and i ran to some neighborhood garage sales. then kids were up, Al got ready for work, and at 5 we the kids and i walked down to sam Davey to watch Camdyn's baseball practice and play at the park with our friends. Trevor had lots of friends to play with: chloe, cole (leah's other son Elliot is on cam's team), and we saw his buddy Easton that he got along great with from soccer in the fall (they live in the neighborhood so maybe we'll see them around more.) Tova didn't get much sleep other that her 2 hour afternoon nap, so she was a little cranky but was down & out at 7.

Friday morning grandpa peter came and the kids and i walked over to Jodi's to play for a bit. when we got home, Al was up so we did lunch and naps with him. then Jodi and i went out garage saling again while gpa peter and Al prepped the garden including getting some of our compost dirt in it. we put out trevor's plastic pool and filled it with really cold hose water; trevor still played in it of course.

Saturday morning Al and i worked hard downstairs while gpa peter was on trevor (and a little bit of tova) duty. we go the bar fridge out and at the curb, got the stand up freezer moved from the workshop to the where the fridge was, and got the kegerator out. i put the fridge and kegerator on facebook and within half an hour had a lady come to pick up both. she's opening a zoo in fall creek and needs the fridge for the produce for the animals! that was a good job done! gpa peter left at nap time and after nap (trevor slept right away and for 2 hours) we went outside and trevor swam in his pool which by then had warm water in it due to it being in the 70s/80 out. at about 5 we went to matt and Jodi's for supper for cinco de mayo and Kassie, jake, kade and Kinsley came too. it was a good time and tova actually went down easily for a little nap while there.

sunday morning, Al and i got the bed moved out of tova's room and downstairs to the bar room. then after lunch we all went up to mom's house for softball at 4 & 5. once at mom's, we all walked down to see shawn and maria. then i fed tova, got dressed and left for softball. Tova sept the whole time for Al (she hadn't slept much that morning) and mom got back from state bowling about 530. double headers are tough on this out of shape, old body :) but we had fun. we lost the first game by 2 and won the second by 12 (playing the same team). i didn't strike out and played well in the field but didn't hit great. then back to mom's to feed tova and we packed up and drove home.