Pepper's First Road Trip

This past weekend my parents came to visit, and Pepper took her first really long car ride to Gateway. Eric had a gig there, so we got to stay for free. HE finally (after 4 times of staying there) got to climb the palisade! I don't think I can put "relaxing," "hanging out," and "kids" in the same sentence, but it was as relaxing as you could get with 1 crazy and 1 child who needs to nap all the time.

Henry just wanted to hug and play with Amelia the whole time, but she wouldn't have it. Poor kid. He just has so much love and so much energy, it sometimes comes out in the form of swinging his arms around which results in hitting. He just needs some love right back, and needs me to explain that hitting is not the best way to release energy.

Anyway, Pepper was really good. Pretty chill. You would think that having a kid who takes a lot of naps would be a good thing, but when you're trying to get out and do stuff, it's difficult to have one person who has to stay near the sleeper. Most of the time, I am grateful for the naps though.

I have already started making a list of things I forgot and things I need for our trip to Lake Almanor in a few weeks. In the mean time, some pictures for your enjoyment.

Girl time photo shoot - we told mom to flex, and she does dance hands; there is us all doing dance hands.

Opa with Milla and Henry

Mimi and Henry back shot

Sweet Face

Selfie.

Henry is all ready to go to Lake Almanor with the Forsyth's next month.

Fider Man

Henry is REALLLLLY into super heroes lately. He keeps asking to watch "Fider Man" and "Iron Man." Yeah, I've been trying to teach him how to say the "sp" sound, and he'll say "sp...sp...fider," or "sp...sp...foon."

Today, he said the cutest thing. We were driving with the windows down and someone beside us was smoking. I rolled up the windows and said that smoking is gross. He replied with, "I don't like smoking, I like fider man though." Aaaaadorable.

Also, losing weight after baby #2 is not easy. I feel so hungry all the time, and (not gunna lie), I turn to sweets more than I should. It's also hard to work out since we have to be home several times day for nap times now. Boo hoo. I am starting a Women on Weights class tomorrow - I'm hopeful for that. It's every Thursday for 6 weeks. I just have to find the strength to stop eating so much chocolate. Sigh. Diet starts tomorrow?

Ok. Time for some pictures:

1. Eric took Henry to a baseball game a few weeks ago. They got to go right behind the dugout, and Henry got a ball from the first base coach.

Pure Joy

 2. Henry is getting into his pretend stage. He was playing "time for sleep" with Pepper.

Pep's new blanket from Gammie

3. Just another day in the kitchen. Henry loves his cooking time with mom, and his smoothies. Pepper wishes she had a smoothie. She's super cute, but I need to start putting bows in her hair. She's adorable with bows.