Over the 4th the Coughlins and Rainers had their traditional summer vacation in Ocean City. Sophie stayed with them for the entire week and enjoyed being the most spoiled little grandkid there was. Lauren and I came down for a few days at the end of the week. While the weather the first part of the week wasn’t great, the weather at the end was perfect! Lots of beach sitting, cocktail drinking, book reading, bike riding, treasure burying and just relaxing…. ahhhh. I have about a million pictures, and here are just a few of the highlights.
Zoe Turns 18!
On June 28th Zoe turned 18! Her grandparents threw her a surprise party – and she was really surprised. It was at the Ocean City Yacht Club, and a whole slew of friends and family turned up to celebrate.
6 Months Old!
Lauren had her 6 month check up last week. She’s doing great and getting big! 16lbs and 26 inches long. Here she is in her 4th of July outfit!
Peter and the Wolf
Over the last month Sophie’s class has been reading and listening to Peter and the Wolf and learning about the various instruments that are played, in part by trying to play them themselves. Here she is trying each of them out:
Last Day at GTS Toddler House
Today marks Sophie’s last day at the Toddler House at Greene Towne School. It seems like only yesterday she started there, and now she’ll be among the “big kids” at the Primary School. She’s turned into such an amazing, smart and vivacious little kid over the last two years, and I know GTS had a big part in that. Here she is this morning getting ready for her last day (with trusty Benson by her side)!
NC VA Vacation
We just got home from a weeks vacation down south. Our good friends Carl & Amanda moved to Winston Salem, NC last year and we finally got down to visit them. Sophie had a fabulous time with their daughter Gianna, who is older and therefore much more fun than any of us to hang out with.
The very first thing they did when we arrived was to pull out the fancy dress clothes. Perfect for swinging… white gloves and all.
We went for a “walk in the woods” (not quite a hike with the little ones), and Gianna was sure to show Sophie the way. Of course, she couldn’t do everything that big kids can do – like stream jumping. One day…
Mother’s Day Weekend
This weekend we headed down to Maryland. We spent Friday night at the Sharp’s new house in Rock Hall, and then Dave had a regatta with the ULYC on Saturday in Oxford, and then we headed back to Rock Hall on Sunday for Mother’s Day. It was an absolutely beautiful weekend weather-wise and so nice to just relax with family.
Dave’s boat came in 2nd at the regatta and he also presented the awards that evening at a party and awards ceremony. This year Sophie was also his helper.
School Work
Lauren 4 Month Check-up
It’s hard to believe, but Lauren is four months! She had her check-up last week and she’s doing great.
She’s 24.13″ long, which puts her in the 57th percentile; 13 lbs 14 oz, which puts her in the 47th percentile; and head circumference is 16.5″ which puts her in the 75th percentile.
She’s also big enough for the bumbo seat! She can’t quite reach the toys yet, but likes to sit in it and look around. We also started to give her some rice cereal. She’ll take a bite or two from the spoon, but can’t really keep much of it in her mouth at this point. But she has started to sleep a solid 10-11 hours at night. I’m not sure if we can attribute that to the cereal or not, but I’ll take it, whatever the reason!
Lip Correction
About two weeks ago Sophie went back to CHOP to get her lip corrected. As you’ll recall, back in August Sophie was jumping on the bed, fell off, landed on the bedside table, and knocked her two front teeth back up into her gums, and split her lip. They stitched the lip in the emergency room, but didn’t do the best job, so we had it corrected by the plastic surgery department.
She was pretty nervous about the procedure because we had a lot of time to talk and think about it – as opposed to the last time when it was a mad dash to the ER. But she did great! She was put under and the surgery took about 30 minutes. When she woke up she had about a dozen stitches in her upper lip and it was pretty swollen.