First Fourth of July

Autumn had a great first 4th of July! We braved taking her with us to our annual tradition of watching the Colorado Rapids soccer game and fireworks show, even though it meant being out way past her bedtime. We assumed she’d sleep most of the time we were there, and worried she might get really fussy and have a hard time sleeping with all of the lights and noise... well boy did she prove us wrong! She was actually happily awake for all but a 30 min snooze she peacefully fell asleep for at halftime. She was such a little trooper!! And, best of all, she loved the fireworks! We put noise dampening headphones on her to protect her little ears, and she was just entranced watching them! We had to leave shortly after the fireworks began because her big brother did not share her affection for them, but she watched the show over my shoulder the whole way to the car. Happy 4th little buggy!

4 Months

Our munchkin is 4 months old! 

Stats:

14 lb 3 oz - 49th percentile

24.5 in - 51st percentile

(Our girl is solidly average!)

Likes:

Chewing on her fists/anything within reach 

Wheels on the Bus

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Blowing raspberries

Watching her big brother

Falling asleep to music 

Standing up (with support, of course)

Dislikes:

Napping longer than 30 minutes during the day

Being left alone for too long 

Being on her tummy for too long 

New Milestones:

Rolling over from back to tummy

Can grab objects and bring them to her mouth 

Father’s Day 2018

This was Dada’s first Father’s Day as a dada of two babies, and it was a nice and relaxing day. We just so happened to be in Chicago, which made it extra special since Dada got to be with his Dada too! We had three generations all together for a special Father’s Day. We had a low-key day at home, barbecuing, watching baseball and enjoying family time! 

Chicago Trip 2018

We just got back from a quick visit to Chicago. Since Nana and Papa weren’t able to come to Colorado to visit baby Autumn, we took the grandkids to them! We had a great weekend full of visiting family, (including Nana, Papa, Uncle Ross, Great Aunt Anne) and friends (including Steve, Liz and Jack, Linhhai, Binh and Bao, Kristen and Nick, and Erin, Martin, Nora and Owen)! Our one big outing was to visit the Shedd Aquarium, which Autumn slept through (except for the dolphin show!) Otherwise we had a low-key weekend spending quality time with our loved ones. It was nice that Ember and Autumn got to visit Nana and Papa’s house one time before they make the permanent move to Florida in September. Autumn was a trooper with all of the traveling and new faces. All in all it was just a fabulous trip!

First plane ride!

Snoozing through the beginning of the dolphin show 

Hanging with Nana and Great Aunt Anne

Nana love

The Nguyen’s meet the Hogan-Hazeltines! 

Hangin with Chu Linhhai

Making friends with Charlie

Taking a stroll to the park 

Hangin with Papa 

Hangin with Uncle Ross

Hangin with Kristen and Nick 

Meeting a new friend, Owen

The Snows and the Hogan-Hazeltines

With Dada on Father’s Day 

Three generations of Hazeltines together on Father’s Day!

Gratitude

We had a rough day today. After a day of failed naps and uncharacteristic fussiness I came to realize the only way to get this lady a good nap was to hold her while she slept. My initial reaction to this was to be annoyed about all of the things I couldn’t do because of this... taking a long overdue shower, catching up on laundry, prepping dinner. But my thoughts immediately turned to the thousands of parents out there right now who would give ANYTHING to hold their child while they slept. And my annoyance was instantly replaced by deep and profound gratitude for having the privilege to be here with my baby right now. My heart breaks for those who aren’t so lucky. And yes, I use the words privilege and luck intentionally. Because that’s all that separates me from them. Holding my babies a little tighter and a little longer these days. 

(A little bit of context for when this is read years from now... June 2018 is when the Trump administration began the practice of separating immigrant families, keeping children and their parents detained separately. Families were separated for intederminent amounts of time, children were traumatized and neglected, and as of right now there is no clear plan for reuniting these families.) 

Rolling Over

Autumn can officially roll over! She’s seemed close for a while, consistently rolling into her side, and yesterday she made it all the way onto her tummy! A couple of times she was also able to roll back onto her back.  And now that she can, she’s doing it constantly! If she’s laying down, she’s rolling. Way to go, little ladybug!