Hot weekend

Whew! Getting through a stretch of 87 degree days with no AC and just two fans was a bit of a challenge. Fortunately, Monday brought with it a return to our more temperate summer weather, which I am very grateful for. It was especially hard now that Cora has taken to the baby wrap and I couldn't have her in it for more than 5 minutes before we were both drenched in sweat. Yuck! The picture to the left is a dahlia from one of the planters on our bedroom balcony. I decided to try out our new camera for some close-up shots just as the sun was going down and the lighting was nice. When I planted them this spring, I was hoping to be able to cut them for use inside the house, but the plants haven't yielded that many blooms thus far. Probably need more Miracle-Gro, as I learned from my mom, the expert gardener, when she was here visiting. I'll work on that.

Here's Cora all stretched out in the summer heat...I think this pretty much sums up what we all were feeling! It's funny how moving out here has completely reset my thermostat for what kind of heat I can tolerate. In the Midwest, it's not uncommon to have weeks and weeks of weather like this, with close to 100% humidity to boot! Now if it gets above 80 degrees, I'm feeling it. We bought the shirt she's wearing on our trip to Kauai in March; Larson has a matching one and they both wore theirs yesterday.

This was Larson's fun Saturday afternoon activity with dad: washing the truck! As you can see, he is all grown up and can spray down the sides all by himself.

The open water swim went well and Larson had a great time with his friend, Malia. No pictures, though, because Brett didn't want to bring the camera. Despite the heat, Brett said the water in Lake Washington was still pretty chilly. The highlight for Larson was getting to see both an ambulance and a firetruck when they were called to the race location to tend to a participant. Lights, sirens and everything!

That's all for today. Here's Cora sleeping peacefully. She's still doing a great job sleeping at night, with pretty long stretches for me to sleep as well. During the day, it's a little harder; there's a lot of holding involved...I've forgotten that 1-2 hours awake is about all that a newborn can handle before they get overtired. Unlike Larson, she likes to be held and rocked and then put down, whereas all he needed was motion (swing, carseat, etc) but didn't seem to care a bit about being held. I guess this is just an example of their different personalities and temperaments showing themselves! So much to learn about my little one...