Day 152 | Sleeping Forward Fold

I had to wake Robbe up from his nap this morning (the worst!) to pick Chase up from school and this is how I found him.

As I daydream about my old yoga-going lifestyle, I call this pose "Sleeping Forward Fold." You can't really tell from the photos (which is why I included so many), but he's actually in a seated position, leaning all the way forward with his head on the mattress. Impressive flexibility! 

On a side note, after making such an effort to include Robbe in posts awhile back, I'm starting to feel like Chase is being underrepresented. I'll try to remedy that tomorrow. 

Day 151 | A Small Deal

If the thumb-sucking wasn't adorable, I would be a lot more concerned about it.

I'm happy to report that Robbe's crazy growth has plateaued. You've got to celebrate the little things, right? At *almost* seven months old, he's still wearing mostly 6-9 month clothes.

That probably doesn't seem like that big of a deal except that he's been wearing this size since he was three and half months old (shout out to Krissy and Caia for lending us some much needed clothing staples!). He never fit into newborn size clothes, he was in 0-3 month clothes for one month and grew out of 3-6 almost as quickly. 

He's definitely inching toward the next size (and has been wearing that size in some items for months already), but I'm just glad that he's not wearing size 3T at this point...that was the trajectory for awhile!

Day 150 | Goodbye for the Season, Friend

Chris had the brilliant idea of heading back to the Wheaton Regional Park today to ride the miniature train and carousel. When we arrived, we found out this is the last open weekend until the spring. What amazing timing!

The park didn't disappoint again (as if it were a question). Chase was running from one attraction to another. In fact, when we arrived, he exclaimed, "carousel...hip hip hooray!" That's my boy. Which reminds me, I don't think I've mentioned Chase's new favorite phrase: almost every time we leave the house, he starts our adventure with, "What a beautiful day." Just the optimism we need to get our day off on the right foot. 

*A special shout out to Eli and Lily for making Chase's amazing tie-dye t-shirt. Thanks, guys!

Day 149 | At Long, Long Last

After 12 (twelve!) long weeks of waiting, our loveseats were delivered today. When we purchased them, the sales manager said it could be 8-10 weeks but more likely 6-8. Here we are 12 weeks and probably 10 phone calls later. Finally. 

To put it in perspective, here's what Robbe has managed to accomplish in the same amount of time: 

  -Mastered rolling over
  -Unleashed his belly laugh
  -Went from hating tummy time to loving it
  -Started sitting up
  -Started crawling
  -Became a clapper
  -Expanded his diet to solids
  -Was sleep trained
  -Went through a sleep regression
  -Was sleep trained again (maybe it'll stick this time!)
  -Grew an inch and a quarter
  -Gained two pounds

I'm happy to say it was worth the wait. We love the new addition to our living room (we were starting to forget what we picked out!) and now we can start finalizing furniture and art placement. Have I mentioned...finally!

Day 148 | Zucchini Pancakes

We had two proud members of the clean plate club today at lunch. Chase gobbled up his zucchini pancakes so quickly I decided that I should share another recipe with today's post. This is a good one!

Unfortunately, Robbe didn't get to test the pancakes, but he had no complaints about his avocado and squash combination.

Here's the recipe:

Zucchini Pancakes

• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons green onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup flax seed
• 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch dried oregano
• 1/4 cup olive oil, or as needed

Directions

• Blot grated zucchini with paper towel to remove moisture. Stir zucchini, eggs, and onion in a large bowl. Mix in flour, cheese, baking powder, and oregano (right in the same bowl, is fine).
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Drop spoonfuls of batter into hot oil and pan fry until browned, 2-3 minutes per side. Drain pancakes on a paper towel-lined plate.

*Recipe modified from this website.

Day 147 | Pure Elation

See? He really does love his big brother.

Day 146 | Vegetable Friend

Another Wednesday, another Whole Foods craft. Today's was really silly and Chase had a blast making this vegetable friend.

Robbe got in on the action as well by trying to swipe/chew on as many of the vegetables as possible (and a paper bag). 

Love these classes!