The weather was (finally) above 50 degrees, so all of New York was outside soaking in the Vitamin D. Our little family of three was no exception. First up on Saturday was an unexpected brunch at Uncle Heath & Aunt Jen's. Sloan loves their apartment because there is so much space to roam around, but she also loves when Uncle Heath flies her through the air.
Sloan likes to steal Jen's giraffe
Impromptu dance party on the couch
After a not so quick nap, we were back at it - this time to Union Square playground. We let Sloan walk the majority of the way there these days. When she gets about 200 feet from the playground (just enough to hear the other kids shrieking) she takes off running. First stop is the swings...there weren't any open baby swings, so we tried the big kid swing out. Looks like we might need to grow into it...
We moved over to the baby playground, but then, tragedy struck. Sloan was crawling up the stairs and sliding down the slide like a champ, when suddenly on the last run her hand slipped and she hit her face on the steps. She hit the corner of her eye bone square on the step...
The immediate aftermath...
We tried to ice it when we got home, but she was NOT having it. She wasn't letting anything come close to her eyes. So, after a quick bath (and a dose of Tylenol) we put her to bed. The next morning, we awoke to our first black eye...
As awful as it looks, her spirits were great. She was back to her normal, full-of-energy self. The timing was pretty bad though because we had a neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt to go to Sunday morning. I have an awesome dress that my mom made for her, and I've been saving it for the first springtime occasion...and now she'll have a nice black eye in all the pictures! Going to have to conjure up a few more occasions for it...
We still made it to the Easter Egg Hunt though, and she had a great time. Sloan found several eggs, looked super cute in her dress, and had a blast playing with her friend Charlie.
More eggs, over there!
She's smiling under that thumb
They don't look happy, but they were sharing chocolate...trust me, they were happy!
Here's a video of Sloan on the prowl for eggs
We finished Sunday off with a trip to Thompkins Square Park playground to meet up with Sloan's friend Lulu. If you had any thoughts that Sloan might be hesitant to go full speed after Saturday's accident, you have not met my child. She was rip roarin' ready to go.
Sloan & Lulu taking turns on the slide
Weeee!
Finally, a video too cute not to share. Lulu's mom, Anna, took a video of them running after each other...it's too cute, and ends with an adorable, yet off kilter, hug.
Today will mark the first full week we have had Sloan at home and its certainly been a game changer. All, of course, in a great way. I think Kerri and I would both be kidding ourselves if we said the week hasn't been a blur but its great to have our girl at home. After a few days of nervously watching Sloan in her bassinet, eyes wide open and being sure her chest moved with every breath, my parents (Tony and Vanessa) arrived to see their first grandchild. Of course Sloan passed the cute and well-behaved test with flying colors and even took to the town with parents and grandparents en tow.
First time in Washington Square Park. No, Sloan did not buy any drugs.
Tony and Vanessa are here until tomorrow (Tuesday) so there will certainly be some more time holding Sloan and getting their fill of that cute face.
Barry, Vanessa, Sloan, Kerri and Tony Loudis. The couch does hold 5 people!
So one week down and 935 to go, that's 18 years of 52 weeks. I figured if Kerri keeps crazy countdowns for the start of football season, I can have one too.
