Lately....

Life has become so busy since going back to work and I am loving it!  I feel like I have become a better mama and wife.  I have been better at shutting my work off after hours and early mornings.  I don't stress about Maija's sleep habits as much.  I am enjoying spending time with my husband.  Life is good.



My mama made this adorable sailboat sweater! 

We had a good time last weekend in Peoria with my sister.  Abby and Maija finally have begun acknowledging each other, we had to watch them closely... they seemed to want to attack each others faces.  Those silly girls.  It is so interesting to see how different their personalities are already.  I just love them both so much.

Little owl babies.

Today we went out on errands, to the park and out to dinner- with Maija in a duck costume.  She is so delicious in it, we couldn't resist.  I mean, those tights!  I die.

Living by the lake.

Swingin with mama.

Our wonder baby.

32 weeks.

We are getting into the groove of this transition back to work.  Unfortunately, it sounds like there will be a little more travel then I had initally thought so we will have to work that out with the family.  I am in WI this week, OH and MI next week and Chicago the week after that! 

We had a nice little family weekend.  We spent out Saturday at the apple orchard- which had a lot of pumpkins instead of apples!  But we got some great shots and it is run by homeschoolers and on a real farm so it was FREE!  Took us about 45 minutes to get there, well worth it and will be a tradition in the Robinson Family!



petting the baby goat

sassy baby sticking out her tongue at the goat

playing in the corn

christmas bears

fall family photo

farmers

little miss piggy

our mini bear

bundled baby

love that little one

Krista and Adam ran their first marathon this last weekend!  It was so chilly but they did great and finished- very emotional.  So very proud of them!

smooches from the marathoner

finished!!!

little cheerer

The temps have definitely taken a dive, for our evening run this week we had to get mini bear bundled up!  Good thing I picked up this cuddlely outfit from Old Navy!

31 weeks.

Maija and I had a wonderful last week of a stay at home mama.  We ran a lot of errands.  We built forts for her to crawl through.We cuddled.  In fact I held her in my arms more often than not when it came to nap times.  I wanted to take it all in.  I am having a lot of mixed emotions about being back at work but it has been a slow transition as I am working from my parents house so I still get to see Maija a lot.  Plus, I don't have my work phone or computer yet so there is limited things I can do.  Enough about that, it was a good week.

We spent the weekend up at the cabin again.  My dad and Ryan took in the boats, dock and lift so I guess summer is officially over.  It was nice and warm though so we got out on the boat and on the jetski too!

I am loving the fall colors though and the relaxation it brings!  We just have to bundle mini bear up a lot more!

 

And you know fall means costumers- so Maija had to try a few of her's on :]

 

 

Maija turns 7 months this week!

Maija is turning into quite the little person.  She is sitting so well, army crawling all over the place, getting on her knees and rocking non-stop [she will be crawling in no time!], sleeping more consistently and even managing to eat some food!  The foods she has been eating are sweet potatoes, rice and oatmeal cereal, banana, apple, pear, avocado, peas, and puffs cereal [which she likes the best].  I keep adding a new one every 4 days and add cereal to pretty much everything to thicken it up a bit.  Of course I have to warm up everything, she won't eat any cold food.  Warmed up bananas- gross.




Breakfast time



New Cell Phone



New Game



Happy after a nap



Watching the blowing leaves

We spent the weekend up at our friends parents cabin. It was so nice and relaxing. The weather was nice and crisp- which I loved! Ryan did so many activities- he was in heaven. I got to wear warm clothes and read- I was in heaven. And Maija did really well up there too :o)

Walking by the lake with dad

Trying to keep mini bear warm

Just the cutest little butt

Playing with all her toys

Ryan is out of town for work this week, so Krista met us for dinner last night.  Maija did a pretty good job even after missing her last nap.

Loving time with her auntie

Our little owl having lunch at Perkins with grandma

29 weeks and a job offer later

This has been an exciting week:  Maija is eating more foods.  Ryan and I got a night out and away while Krista watched Maija.  The family got together at Krista's house on Monday night to celebrate my dad's birthday- the night ended with walking to get some icecream.  The weather has turned into fall and I am loving the cooler temps!  My old coworker, Megan came in town to visit and it was nice to spend time time with her.  As we were hanging out at my parents house I got a call from VWR and last night I accepted the job offer.  I am so excited and thankful for the timing.  Maija will be 7 months when I go back and she will be spending a few days a week with my mom and we will hire a nanny for the other days.  I am thankful for this new chapter in life -nervous too- but excited.  I will be the Midwest Production-Technology Manager, which means I will be doing some traveling. 

YaYa is excited that she will get to do more of this with Grandma.

Walking around Lake Calhoun

Staying warm in her fleece hoodie

Finally beginning to kind of like food!

Ryan and I celebrated by getting sushi last night (surprisingly good, they make it right there and you can take it to go!)

Sitting in a highchair

I can't believe I forgot this is my post yesterday but Maija is sitting in a high chair!  She is nice and strong and she finally sat in her first high chair at Denny's for my mom's FREE birthday brunch!  We had a nice little day with Grandma: Denny's, went to my mom's parents grave [it was my grandma's birthday too], and a walk around Lake Nokomis.  It has been so many years since I have been able to be there and celebrate my mom's birthday so it was very fun!

Today is Ryan and my 4th Anniversary!  This last year has definitely been an adventurous one!  We had a baby and moved half way across the country.  I am thankful for his calm level head, his humor, and the way that he loves our little YaYa.  We are going out on Friday night and spending the night downtown.  This will be the first full night away from Maija, I hope she is a good sleeper for Auntie Krista!  I love you pee!

28 Weeks.

Here I am, sitting on the rocking chair, watching Maija fight sleep in her swing.  I am glad she has not outgrown this thing yet because on days like yesterday and mornings like today, I have no choice but to put her in her swing [After crying about 30-60 minutes because she does not want to nap]. 

I know what you are thinking, she is not tired.  But she is!!!  Her little adorable face and gummy smile just melts me every day.

 

Little Friday night family picnic.

 

Her favorite toy, the pink cup!

Tomorrow we go to the dr for shots :( and her well visit.  She seems to be growing well.  She is interested in food, but doesn't really eat more than a teaspoon at a time (most of it is on her face, hands and clothes).  She loves to smile (unless it's bedtime).  She is crawling around like an army woman.  She has started to mimic us in different ways with noises and facial expressions (and the smoke detector when my non-burning cooking set it off- she can make the highest pitched noises).  She is just such a love.  Such a love that WON'T SLEEP!  She is a fighter, which I am thankful for in many ways, no one wants a weak daughter, but that means she will most likely be stubborn so it should make for interesting teen years.  I can't even think about that now, who knows if I will die from sleep exhaustion before then anyway.

 

Little nude butt time at the cabin.

In case you have been living in a cave, football season started which means that the TV is on a lot at our house since we got the NFL package (for free!) and Ryan loves himself some football.  Which meant, Maija was in 3 different outfits Sunday.  1- Church 2-Vikings 3-Seahawks.  Amazing Vikings game and win (plus the family was over to watch so that was fun!) and the Seahawks.. :( sad day. 

 

GO SEAHAWKS!!!

 

Vikings outfit and seahawks hat- she will be confused! :]  But as long as she doesn't end up with a cheesehead we should be just fine!