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.
There are so many posts we need to catch up on lately - our trip to California, Sloan's Halloween cuteness, the construction we did on our apartment back in the summer (!!). But for now, a quick video Barry took at the park:
We are finally having consistently nice weather up here. It has taken forever, but High's are now averaging in the 60's daily. Today is a balmy 79, so Sloan and I headed outside during lunch.
We've figured out the best parks to go to for swings (Union Sq), lawns (Mad Sq), or playgrounds (Wash Sq). Pretty sure swinging is Sloan's second favorite thing besides thumb-sucking and general squirming.
Here are a few more swing pictures from the past few weeks -
Finally, a quick picture that our nanny Vanessa took of her after her first nanny play date:
This post is from the archives, but I wanted to share some recent cuteness. Sloan has really started to come into her own the last couple of months, and is showing lots of personality. She is quite the busy body; always on the move and loves to be active. I'm sure all babies show similar tendencies around this age, but nothing makes her happier than just looking at new things!
One of her favorite new things is her jumper. We picked it up a few weeks ago, and as soon as we started putting it together Sloan knew it was for her. She could not stop staring at it! She was not disappointed when we finally put her in it either...
Thanks for my new toy, Mom & Dad!
Her feet did not touch then, but they do now!
One last smile for good measure
She is also rolling around like a rock star. Just in the last two weeks, she has become a champion roller. You used to be able to leave her on her play mat, and get a few things done. That is no longer the case! If you plop her on the mat now, she will roll over twice and be across the floor in 15 seconds flat. No idea how she does it...
Finally, a few pictures from her first park adventure. My NICU friends Sam (daughter. Oli) and Suzette (daughter, Lucia) and I went to Union Square play ground a few weeks ago. All three girls took turns on the swings, and Sloan absolutely loved it!
