The Schoenbauer Family: A night in a motel, and we all got sleep!

Lots to catch up on! Last weekend, we had two events with family in Iowa. This meant that we were going to spend a night in a motel for the first time since becoming a family of four. We were a bit worried how much sleep any of us would get, but decided to set very low expectations and hope for the best. As it turned out, it went much better than we thought it would. Both kids went to bed later than usual (especially Jacob--he didn't wind down until after 10) and were up before 7, but Jacob slept in the bed all night and Mariella only woke up a couple of times. Success!

Jacob liked the motel. There were stairs, a TRASH CAN OUTSIDE (!), a pool, and video games. There was also a fridge in our room and he was very interested in opening and closing it. He also reported how many waters and pops were in it. Several times. On Sunday morning, he and Daddy went for a little swim. I think they both had fun. Jacob also surprised us by eating nearly an entire apple for breakfast. He's eaten applesauce and apple slices, but he's never taken bites from a whole apple. Just when we think we have him figured out...

Saturday was a baby shower for my cousin Eric and his wife Abbie. They had a baby boy in May, and this was the first chance for most of the extended family to meet him. He is a very sweet little guy, and it made me realize that Mariella is mostly past the really snuggly stage. Sunday was the Kuehn family reunion. We did our best to visit with as many people as possible, though chasing Jacob around the park made it challenging.

Mariella getting some snuggle time with great-grandma Kuehn (she reserves most of her snuggles for grandparents these days)

Then it was great-grandpa's turn

Eric and Mariella

Robyn and Benjamin

Mommies and babies!

And now for a bunch of pictures of Jacob playing in the sand. I was trying out different settings on our camera, and I think some turned out better than others, but he still looks cute in them.