H is for happy. H is for Helena. My daughter was by far the highlight of today. I fed her lunch, which seemed to go on forever as the end of every course was quickly followed by the word “MORE” in her cute wee voice. Barry (who we are staying with) bounced Helena on a big purple exercise ball, wow she loved that, imagine a bouncy castle experience while being stretched over a ball. We also played an alphabet game where she for the first time said the word ‘apple’ as clear as day. Claire and I both looked at each other with extreme pride at our wee daughter. Then there was the onslaught of dog patting and doggie hugs that she gave Bailey, thank goodness he is a patient dog.

The rest of the day was kind of ‘hanging out’, letting Helena catch up on some sleep and doing more food shopping for the next few days. We were also going to go swimming but found out just before we left that the pool would be closing by the time we got there. What this has taught me is that we need to plan WAY better as far as meals, shopping and snacks. We did some planning which is cool but we kind of winged it. Also, we need to be more flexible I feel about her naps so we don’t have to be home bound, because if that’s the case what’s the point of going away. As I said yesterday I look forward to being in the woods. Not that there is anything wrong with where we are at, I am loving spending time with Lisa and Barry, I just crave some away from the city time.

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