Monday, May 29, 2017

Memorial Day and More

We had a good Memorial Day weekend here! 
Saturday we went to cousin Evva's adorable "Onederland" birthday party and Kasen loved dancing to the music they had playing!
 
Parker, Grandma Sandy, Tai, Evva and Kasen
Grandma Sandy with her Great Grandkids! Just missing Naomi and Marc.

Sunday was Marc's blessing day.
Now that there are no more missionaries coming or going we get to get group pics at the baby blessings! I love group pics!
Except with babies cause they do not like group pics.

I got to do another lifestyle session and some newborn photos of baby Marc though!
 
I even tried dying some cheesecloth for the occasion :)
 He wanted to be awake the whole time, but was still so calm.
 He's got a good big sister, willing to feed him cookies!

 Today we went to meet Kyle's family where they were camping at Vernon Reservoir.
We couldn't find their trailer when we got there, but we decided to fish anyway and about an hour later we saw them driving away!
It was Peeka's first time coming with us in the car and she did really well.
She LOVED swimming too! Kyle didn't really get a good chance to fish with her jumping around all over in the water though.
 Kasen thought Peeka in the water was hilarious! He laughed so hard every time she jumped in and he liked throwing rocks.
 
 About the 5th time Kasen rocked the chair until he flipped over face first into the water we were ready to leave.
 This picture doesn't do justice to how DIRTY Kasen was! I have a long way to go when it comes to just letting everything be dirty.  Even Tai somehow got dirt on her forehead!

Also, Tai is sitting up now! She figured it out on Thursday and has been sitting all the days since! Getting so big!
We had also tried getting out of the house that day by going to hobby lobby, but this is why moms don't often try "getting out of the house."
Usually it's not a nice break.
It can be a nightmare! Because you go somewhere only to find out that the baby carrier doesn't even fit in the tiny little carts, so you have to carry your chunky monkey baby on your hip while trying to pull a cart through the store on the day that you wore your silky shirt so that there is NO WAY your chunky, wiggle worm, baby is going to stay on your hip.
By the time you leave your arm is going to FALL OFF and you say to yourself, "Never again will I try to get out of the house. EVER."
 But then I go home and am reminded why I can't have nice things and that stresses me out sometimes too! You would think it was nearing Christmas at the rate things are getting broken and destroyed around here! 
The broom handle snapped off, Kasen broke my rice cooker, Peeka chewed up the hose and the Proactive I've been using has bleached my nice pillow case!
Let's not think about how we are trying so hard to save money and look at how stinkin cute Kasen is instead.
 So cute!
Every morning he comes out of his room with his blanket on his head like that.  I love it!
He's started to say "Thank you" more without me telling him to and calls me "mommy" sometimes. Usually at night when we're putting him to bed.
He holds his finger up and says, "time" because I'll tell him that I'll sing a song, read a book or give him hugs and kisses one more time. He thinks it just means again though!

Thursday, May 25, 2017

"Sprinkler"

This week has been full of Sprinkler fun and friends!  We've loved every second of it!
Monday night Jon and Sydney came over and Cooper showed Kasen how to play some baseball! He even has a glove for the left handers like Kasen ;)
 On Tuesday Hazel came to play with us! I may have forgotten to put sunscreen on Kasen for the first half of the day so he may have a little baby sunburn...
 Then yesterday we got to play in the water again with Naomi!
 Naomi liked putting the rocks in the water, but my favorite was watching her get her face wet every time she bent over to do it! Adorable.
 Can't beat pudding pops in a pool! That is the summer life right there! Although he's gonna need a bigger pool soon to really swim on his tummy.
 Gets even better when someone is feeding you pudding pops in the pool!
 #BFFs
 First cousin picture with baby Marc! Look at how tiny he is :)
Makes my kids look gargantuan!
 He hasn't had enough swimming yet, he got himself dressed for more! Good thing we still have the whole summer! And Peeka hasn't even popped the pool yet!
He's getting so good at blowing bubbles! Except lately he'd rather throw the bubble wands in the window wells...

 Tai is still being a stinker by getting stuck in her crib nearly every day! That and she scoots so close to the bars with her head up that she can't lay her head back down without bouncing her face off the bars.  Poor girl, just hold still!
 So she's back to sleeping in the pack and play!
And still sucking her thumb.  Even though I give her a binky every time I lay her down.
 One night I even put her in jammies that fold over to cover her hands, but she still managed to find her thumb!