A Consistent Inconsistency

It has been hit-or-miss with the pacifier lately. It seems that some nights Quinn doesn't need it to drift off to sleep and other nights she will not even consider calming down without it! But I guess this is still a step in the right direction... She went to sleep last night without it, but wouldn't take a nap without having it :-) Kirch and I have also concluded that she seems to be more inclined to need it when he puts her down, and less interested in it when I have nighttime duties... why is this? What is the difference? Anyway, why should we care? She's slowly weaning off of it, and that is the most important part. We have 2 days until we leave for NC, so I'm hoping she won't need it until we are at Flash & Sara's Wednesday night...

Here are a couple of photos from when Jenn & Josh watched Quinn a couple of weeks ago. She kept them laughing all night, and with good reason! Check these out!

This bench is the perfect for me, isn't it, Kitty?

Staying cool in my very own cooler - now that's the way to go!

This weekend was busy and wonderful. On Saturday Quinn and I went to the River Falls pool for a couple of hours while Kirch worked. After he was finished, Kirch came over to visit with us for a while. Man, Q just loves the water! She's a very brave little girl, too! I lost track of how many times she lost her balance in the water and went under. She didn't care - every time I'd pick her up and try to get her to shallower water, she'd just squirm loose and want do walk around on her own. I guess she's just prepping for all of the time we're going to spend in the water down in Atlantic Beach next week!

Ahhh, THIS is nice!

How much fun is THIS???

Sunday we met the Kastbergs at the Germantown Splash Park and had a blast! I must admit, it was the 1st day all summer where I wished it would've been hotter! We arrived at 10am and it was about 80ish - which is great - but the humidity had dropped significantly from Saturday's near-100 sticky weather, and it was a bit overcast, so when the breeze picked up, we were actually cold! And since the splash park has no standing water, the spray was harsh if you didn't see it coming! But what a great concept - lots of fountains for everyone to play in. We definitely want to go back again before the summer is over!

Kathy, Meredith, Daddy & Me!

Mom, let me down - I wanna run around in the fountain!

My interview went really well on Friday. I'm hoping to make the final cut, and to have an interview with the President set up when I get back from vacation. I'm trying not to get over-excited about it, but Kaiser definitely seems like a great place to work, with lots of wonderful benefits and opportunities for it's employees. We'll see! We got so lucky with daycare, should I dare hope for this to work out too? Fingers crossed!