Daddy's Girl

Have I mentioned before what a great dad Ryan is... this girl loves her dad.  It was fun having the 4 day holiday weekend to watch them bond and grow together. 

Yes, she is a girl of many faces.

38 Weeks.

Happy Thanksgiving!  We are looking forward to a few days off and spending time with my family.  Sounds like there will be a good size crowd at my parents house for turkey and I am looking forward to spending time with my sisters doing some shopping for black friday!

Maija has been on the move.  She doesn't stay in one place for long.  She gets around pretty quickly so we have to keep an eye on her.  She pulls herself up on everything and is moving from table to chair to toy to anything she can...  She is so strong. 

Loves her bath time

Bouncing at G&G's house

Monkey hat & food time

Loves all the games at G&G's

Pulling up and popping up out of no where :)

She likes to play alone- emptying her entire toy basket

8 months old.

Things have been a little more chaotic since I have gone back to work.  Ryan has really stepped in where I have been lacking.  With my job I have been overnight 1 night a week and with Maija going to bed so early it means Ryan has been putting her to bed 2 nights a week.  I think they are enjoying the bonding time- I miss putting her to bed but she gets up plenty of times in the middle of the night still so I see her [good and bad!].

Bundled babe.

Dressing a little warmer these days!

These last 2 weeks Maija has gotten REALLY strong. She is pulling herself up on everything- a bit of a dare devil though so you have to watch her- she assumes someone will catch her, so she has some bumps to prove it! 

The first time I found her standing in her crib- we lowered it immediately!

Always on her knees grabbing toys!

Loves football like her daddy!

YaYa has been doing great spending a few days a week with my mama [&dad over some lunches!] and Suzy.  I have really been enjoying being back at work and it helps so much that I have such awesome people who love Maija so much with her so I don't have to worry.  It's also nice on the days that I am home that I get to stop in and give her a little smooch every so often! 

At G&G's using the rocking horse my grandpa made for us!

Seahawks beat the Vikings tonight- everyone came over here, which was fun!  And my dad reminded me I hadn't updated this blog in a while so THANKS for the reminder dad- here you go!

She loves her bath times!



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