Where have we been?

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We've had a really fun few days. The long holiday weekend was gloriously warm and sunny. The end of last week was less fun, though, when Raf had his 2 month appointment. We're loosely following Sears' vaccination schedule. We'll end up with all the traditional vax, but they're spaced out differently. Raf was a trooper though he was extremely grouchy in the late afternoon/evening. He was screaming at one point, something he rarely does. I even called the nurse and emailed Deb to see if this was normal.. Apparently it is. I ended up giving Raf some Tylenol (which obviously caused me some anxiety!) and he did much better.

At the appointment we also learned that Rafi is quite the chunky monkey. At just over 8 weeks he weighed in at 12 pounds 10 oz, which puts him in the 75th percentile (his birth weight was the 25th). He isn't that tall, though, so he's quite the chubber. I just love his little belly, and I could eat those chunky legs and arms!

Rich fortunately had that day off work so he was there to help with the boy. The night before we'd been to college for a faculty picnic. Raf met lots of new people and had a fine old time. Saturday was a day of movement! I went to the gym in the early morning and after my usual workout on the elliptical I took a centergy class...cross between yoga and pilates. Rich brought Raf to the gym and after I finished my workout I took Raf to Whole Foods whilst Rich worked out. How much things have changed!! Since it was a beautiful day I also managed to get out on my bike for a long afternoon ride whilst Rich enjoyed some Rafi time. It felt really lovely to be out for such a long ride, but I really missed the boy.

Sunday I could barely move my legs, somewhat inevitably, and so we headed to an arts show in Portland. Our friend Maggie was showing her beautiful paintings and jewelry, and the location couldn't have been more perfect. Here we are at Fort Williams, in Cape Elizabeth.







Monday we did another gyn morning, It feels really good to feel a little autonomous and to use my body differently. I did a weight lifting class, which was great fun. I happened to be working out with the Dean of the college next to me, so that kept me extra motivated :) We did the quick gym-Rafi change over, and when we were all home I booked some flights to Spain! We go in October. My parents live there and one of my sister's will be visiting with her little bambino Rory and my sweet niece Freya. It will be lots of fun!

Alas, the weekend went all too quickly.

Raf is beginning to wake up a bit more in the night now so even after the lovely weekend I'm feeling pretty tired. Rich has been practicing with the bottle some nights and it's been going okay. He prefers the source, though :) This morning Raf and I went back to bed for an hour when Rich had left for the day, which was such a nice thing, and then we headed to Maggie's new Nia baby class. It was so much fun! It was the first class and there were only a couple of other kiddos. A 7 month old, Max, who we met on Sunday, and another little girl. I danced in the Baby Bjorn and Rafi fell asleep. I'm hoping we can go regularly. We'll make a dancer out of Raf, I hope!

Here are some more snapshots of the weekend