Seven Islands and First Bath

Last Sunday the Anderson/Sandlin clan went to Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge for an evening picnic. We ate next to where you can put your boat in the water -- not a place designated for picnicing, but we thought it was nice. The girls enjoyed throwing rocks in the river and watching people put their boats in and out of the water.


Josephine and Naomi with Aunt Eah.


Granna with Ada.


The three girls -- Naomi, Josephine, and Ada.

Ada had her first real bath this week. She never cried, but she wasn't quite sure how she felt about it, as you can tell from the look on her face. : )


Ada's first bath. She has the long arms like Josephine did.

This has been a busy week! I actually left Ada (and Josephine) with the grandmothers each afternoon this week to help out with Rubber Duck Race stuff. The first two days I cried, but did okay Wednesday and Thursday. Ada did great. She has no problem taking a bottle and still sleeps most of the day, and isn't old enough for separation anxiety (Mom certainly is, though!). I think it was good for me to get out of the house for awhile. I'm much less grumpy at home when I get a good break. : ) Josephine, on the other hand, had a couple rough evenings. She often has a hard time if her nap schedule is off and she's not at home with me most of the time. Today has been a good day, though. Sleepless, but good.

Josephine is enjoying the Olympics. We have been letting her watch a few minutes of it before she goes to bed. She always asks if she's watching the "Wim-pics". She's learned what volleyball is and gets excited when they swim. She runs up to the TV when she sees our flag. She usually asks what the other flags are. Unfortunately, we haven't seen Luxembourg in any events. ; ) I stayed up the first night or two to watch the Olympics, but I haven't been able to stay up that late most of the week.

Ada is getting stronger and bigger everyday. She has no problem holding her head up now. She's always been alert, but she's really reacting to our voices and looking around more. She knows mine, Nathan's, and Josephine's voices and looks around when she hears us. Ada loves her sister and vice versa. She has also discovered the mirror above her swing. She finds it very interesting. I saw her today looking at her hand. Of course, she had no idea it was her hand, but she was looking very intently at it. It was coming very slowly towards her face, which made her slowly go crosseyed. Very funny.

Nathan's gallbladder test went well. His gallbladder is working properly. He's been taking his medicine, but the pain is still there. He has an appointment with the GI at the end of the month, at which he will schedule a test where you swallow a camera the size of a pill and the dr can look at your whole digestive system and look for problems/abnormalities. I assume that will be sometime in September.

Nighttime is going pretty well. She usually wakes up at 3 then again at 6 to eat. She's had a stuffy nose, which makes it hard for her to sleep (and with all the noise she makes, it's hard for Nathan and me to sleep). Last night was kind of rough, but she hasn't gotten her days and nights mixed up, luckily.

Ada is insisting that it's her dinnertime . . . .