43 weeks

Week 43, I hardly knew ye.

Unfortunately, I spent a week away from home on three work trips (it was brutal!), including July 18, the day Sloane turned 43 weeks.












Before I left, I got to witness her going nuts for music. She started picking up flutes, like this one, and actually playing music with them. It blew my mind. Her GiGi, who came to help while I was away, noticed how strongly Sloane responds to funny sounds and music and that she frequently makes her own.

She also loves her food and milk. In July, Sloane's giant appetite helped her pack on the pounds, a welcome development (it's so easy to worry about them when they are under the average in weight, as she was at six months).

I found it heartbreaking to leave both kiddos for so long. I modified my trip so that I could pop back in for a couple of bedtimes and mornings in the first few days of travel. But once I headed out for Detroit, I didn't see Sloane at all for five days. Boo!

You can imagine how sweet my return home was. I could kiss these cheeks for hours!