June 25th

Today has been a good and productive day so far. Eden was still asleep when it was time to go walk. I woke her up at 7:15 and she woke up happy, but I am thinking that we need to start putting her to bed a little earlier so she can wake up on her own before our walks in the morning. We walked 6.5 miles at the riverfront with Robin and Holly and it was hot, hot, hot! I wore a short-sleeved cotton shirt and the sweat was just pouring off of me. Yuck, but it felt good to know that I had worked hard. We have added an extra leg to our walk, as well as additional inclines, and it is a great walk. Eden has a fan that I hook to her car seat handle, so she seems to stay cool enough, and she usually naps on our walks, at least some of the time.

Speaking of naps, Eden has been so much happier since I started putting her in her crib several times a day for naps. She usually takes a long one in the morning and in the afternoon and a few smaller ones in between. Glad we finally figured out that more sleep was what she needed. I was hesitant at first about putting her down for extra naps, because she sleeps so good at night, and I didn't want to mess that up, however, she has been so much happier since we started the regular naps. She is rarely fussy now. AND, I have tons of time to get things done throughout the day, and a happy girl most of the time. It's a win for both of us!

Today when we got home from our walk, we played on Eden's activity mat for a while. She is so close to rolling over. It is surely going to happen any day now! After we played, I did some cleaning up around the house and laundry. I also gave the dog a bath, and baked a loaf of healthy blueberry zucchini bread. I plan to go on another walk this afternoon, and I am hoping for 5 miles, but I am not so sure that the heat is going to allow that, so we will see. I'm also going to do some grocery shopping. Tonight we are grilling. I am looking forward to that. Love these summer days/evenings.