the long hot summer

whoops, this has been in draft status for a couple weeks!

i realize summer vacation is only 1/2 over...or is it?!  with school ending early, and the uncertainty of the return to school after labour day, it's been a long, long, long, slightly hot summer.

baby J is getting screwed.  trying to keep gabriel entertained is a full-time job, so J ends up getting dragged along with no routine in sight.  sometimes he'll nap in the car, sometimes he'll nap in the stroller, and other days he won't nap at all...leaving us with a very very cranky baby.  part of the situation now is that he's very mobile and likes his freedom. he's crawling and scooting around the condo and getting into some mischief.  he's even grabbing furniture so he can stand up!

i realize that i'm very lucky to have very helpful parents. when i had strep throat, they kept gabriel for 4 nights while i recovered.  since then, they've been keeping gabriel for 2 nights a week for the past couple weeks.  it's nice for them because they get 1:1 time with him, it's good for gabe because he's practicing his piano, journalling, etc. etc., and it's good for me and J because we can stay home and have decent naps :-)

now that J is getting better about eating solids, i'm hoping to leave him for a few hours with my parents so i can have some 1:1 time w/gabriel - there's a few things that i'd like to do without dragging the baby along (i.e., playland, bowling (now that it's raining)).

in the meantime, we're having fun with our friends and our school friends at the local parks.  gotta love the free activities at the wading pools!