Cartwheeling

Jacob has learned to cartwheel. Thanks Auntie Drea for the gymnastics classes! He loves going to gymnastics each week and obviously is learning a lot there. He cartwheels across the living room all the time and somersaults on the furniture too.

Fred and I got away for a night to celebrate our 6th anniversary. I was a little teary as we drove away, but I got better by the time we got to the casino and then really enjoyed the night even though we didn't win any money. We decided that next year we would actually try to GO somewhere.

Gavin weighed in at nearly 17 pounds last week. He is in his own room now and back to getting up twice a night. I am trying to figure out the trick to getting him to sleep longer. The other night when he ate at 6:30 and went to sleep at 9 he only got up at 2:30. So I think I need to be counterintuitive when I am strategizing. I keep trying to feed him more, but I think that is backfiring. He is scheduled for his hernia surgery next Wednesday. I am very nervous about it, so I am just hoping it goes a lot smoother than I imagine and I am really hoping I don't have to listen to him scream for an hour before the surgery because he is hungry. When he is hungry, he can scream and there is nothing to do to make it better. Pray for us.

We enjoyed the nice weather earlier this week. Jacob and I spent some time in the backyard while Gavin napped. It was a little too windy here for Gavin to be outside. I can see we are going to spend all summer on the slides and in the sandbox. The newly expanded backyard is really going to be a blessing.

I also experimented with letting Jacob skip naps earlier this week. It worked good if he could sleep from 8 to 8, but then on Wednesday evening he fell asleep in the car and threw off the schedule, so we are back to battling for a nap.