Some new pictures!
At 5 months, June is sitting up all by herself for short periods of time. She babbles and coos. More often, she shrieks; and I affectionately call her my “baby pterodactyl” … she loves to chew on everything, and enjoys her johnny-jumper a LOT. She is sooooo long that the nurse measured her twice to confirm that yes! she is 27 1/2 inches long, which places her in the 97% for her length. She weighs 15 lb 5 oz. She absolutely loves being held and subsequently spends a good deal of time every day in the sling. She continues to be the opposite of easy-going, which I’m beginning to understand as demanding and uniquely June. She is very, very loving and would happily spend all day in my lap!
Eleanor has adjusted well to school and really loves her teacher, Miss Sarah. The structure and stimulation has been great for her and our evenings and in-between days are much more calm and relaxed than before. She’s getting SO good at her letters, she continually is reading off the letters of whatever she’s looking at. Like, the other day I bought a pack of Lifesavers because it was way past nap time and I still had shopping to do (bad mommy). She read out “L. I. F. E. S. A. V. E. R. S.” and I said “What does that spell, Eleanor?” and she announced, “Eleanor’s Candy!!” She is so smart. She has memorized her favorite books and can recite the entire page when prompted with the first few words. I am working with her to memorize Robert Frost’s Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening, because that’s what my dad did with me and I was always proud to know it by heart. I love talking to her about her day, her dreams, her friends, as her horizons expand and she is so full of wonderful little details.
In other news, it looks like Jeff and I are going to be moving into an office in downtown Saint Augustine. We are SO EXCITED to have our own brick-and-mortar studio. Can’t wait to get there, decorate, set up shop. It’s still unclear how much time I’ll be spending there for now, but having Jeff for an extra few hours a week as a result of avoiding the long commute to Jacksonville will be great. The building we’ll be in is historic, and nestled in the quaint downtown we’ve come to love. The view of the bay is spectacular. We’re so blessed to be becoming the creative team we always dreamed of, with all the trimmings of success that we’d hoped for.
