Summers have always been sweet and hold some of the fondest memories of my life but this summer has sure taken the cake!
Being a mommy is hard, having a baby is hard, newborn schedules are crazy and exhausting and having more than one looks pretty darn overwhelming at times so this summer had a BIG expectation….. TO JUST HAVE FUN!
Now that, we are good at!
It couldn’t have come at a better time either!
This mama isn’t working and this little girlfriend is out of her crazy newborn schedules and finally able to (for the most part) go with the flow!
If there is one thing i have learned- Enjoy EVERY season and we are SO doing just that!
It’s so weird to think at every season we will never do this season again with just one!
We are thankful that one of the easiest things to do with you these days is to do just that- have fun!
So off we go, on the agenda most days consists of parks, lunch dates and picnics, shopping and swimming! 
We love testing out parks but Marietta Square remains your favorite, you love getting to be more independent there! 
You even know when we talk about going and get so excited!
Lola had this thing about going to play for just a few seconds and then running back to me, I got so many “action shots” of her returning to me and each facial expression was different! It was so cute!
We love your many expressions! 
You ave been liding all by yourself latel but daddy stil can’t stand to not “hellicopteer” right over you just in case! 
We have quite the routine with the Square park, we play on the train and ride, then we to the water park and then i promise you a real choo choo will appear (thankfully it hasn’t failed us yet) and when it does daddy runs to the closest “best view” for you to see it go by!
Oh how i love our little dates! 
Gigi got to do some shopping with us too on her MANY selfless trips where she drove back and forth for to let me study for my test! 
Did I mention you don’t even care what kind of shopping it is…
Oh yes, you love the grocery store (as long as i open something up for you in the fruit or cheese isle) and you also love our lunch dates! More than that you love who i surprise you with at our lunch dates….
oh yes Daddy Lou!! 
…and Ms. Brittany!! 
You also love to make snack time a BIG deal with picnics and tea parties.. Gigi is your favorite guest at tea party’s because well, she’s just fancy like that!
Sorry daddy, you are a close second! 
Check off pool time with our brave girl too! 
She loves to “collect” things from the pool that aren’t ours! 
Picnics at the pool are a hit too! She loves taking out her lunch box and seeing everything i packed- the girl loves a variety!
I think her favorite pat of the pool is actually the ride to and from there- in my lap usually! 
If we aren’t doing that we are usually reeking havoc at home (which is why we usually aren’t home)… but when we are it usually looks like a lot of this..
Oops, oops, tantrum, oops etc… 
Chaos, literal chaos. 
You too Mildred. 
There are the RARE occasions when we look like we have it together (which i assure you-we don’t) but quite honestly t’s easier to get ANYTHING accomplished if you just commit to letting Lola help and have a “task” weirdly enough you will et more done that w ay- if not she will make you wish you had!
This girlfriend is pretty passionate about MANY things but helping is at the tip top of that list! 
Your going to be such a good mama one day! Until then you can be mama’s little helper and I will have you as long as you’ll stay! 
We actually had a BIG milestone this month for both Lola and mommy!
Daddy spent his first night away from us (besides our Switzerland hospitalization) for a work related meeting in Massachusetts last week. So Lola and I were on our own for 24 hours for the first time in our lives (together)!
This would also be my first time staying alone in a house- ever. Like ever ever!
So we kissed him goodbye and put our big girl panties on (so did daddy Lou)!
Needless to say we all survived thanks to a day of shopping and lots of pictures sent for Daddy to feel like he was right there with us!
He was home before we knew it and Lola was so excited! She curled into his lap for a tea party!
One is pretty fun Lola and I think it’s safe to say Summers may just be your favorite too!
The one thing all the chaos, swimming and shopping makes for is BIG long naps and you better believe this mama takes full advantage of those!
