The McEwans: The Many Memories of May

I'd say something like, "May has ended up being sooooo busy for us" but these days that's how most months end up :-) We've gone to Dodger games, met up with Auntie April for lunch (Miss Avery is due any day now!!), had a garage sale, celebrated Mother's Day, met dad at the zoo on his lunch break, done lots of swimming (Auntie Shanyne even came and swam with us!), started lessons at My Gym, had our first mini-family vacation, and watched Auntie Nat graduate from college! Whewwww!!! There's bound to be some events of May that I'm completely forgetting hehe.

On the girls' 10-month-day we started our first lessons at My Gym. It's a 45 minute class that is composed of running/crawling around, singing, dancing, climbing on tons of equipment, playing in a ball pit, hanging in swings from the ceiling, and so many other fun activities. The girls did so well even though they were the youngest there (it's a 7 month to 13 month class and all the other kids were 1). During this music circle thing the kids were suppose to be let free to pick an instrument and play together. They both left us right away but Lu came back with a maraca to sit with me and not the kids! Emma on the other hand could have cared less if we existed--she was in the center of the jam session and had picked out the largest instrument--a tamborine--and was as happy as could be. Our next class is next week because of the holiday this week and I will remember to bring my camera this time.

On May 24th we loaded up the girls and the suburban to take a mini-vacay (our first as a family!) to Long Beach to see Natalie graduate from CSULB. We opted for getting a hotel because the girls can be unpredictable and we wanted a place to fall back on in the event of a nuclear meltdown :-) We got there Thursday afternoon and during the check-in process the girls were so well behaved and for that I thank them because we ended up getting upgraded for FREE to two HUGE adjoining rooms with ocean views. Ummmm awesome first family vacation right?? We got into our rooms and found them to be practically baby-proofed already, score! The girls had such a great time roaming around and exploring. That night Natalie met us at our hotel and we walked to a crepe place for dinner. The next morning we watched her dance across the stage to receive her Dance major diploma. I speak for both Alex and I when I say, we are so extremely proud of Nat and were so thrilled to be able to share in that special day with her.

10 Month Stats

*No doctors appointments this month so it's anyones guess on how much the girls weigh*

Emma: Such a happy baby! (Who would have thought that when she was 3 months old and colicky??) Her top two teeth are coming in and she is still working on feeding herself finger foods--she is quite messy and takes foreverrrr hehe. She has started standing unassisted and balancing for a few seconds and even took one step, froze, then sat down! She will literally start walking any day now I think! She is so vocal (they both are) and carries on full conversations, although we have no idea what she's saying.

Olivia: Such a silly baby! You can literally pretend to tickle her and she will crack up for hours! Her top two teeth are ginormous but so stinking cute!! She is an expert at feeding herself and using her straw cup but still loves to be craddled for her bedtime bottle. She refuses to sleep unless beanie dog is in her crib and we recently had to invest in several more to have in case of emergencies. She stands and cruises along the furniture but really has no desire to walk on her own. She is extremely loud when she babbles and I blame dad for this entirely as he has volume competitions with the girls at the dinner table :-)