Cousin Time Again

Annika (neice) giggled while driving the car back and forth over her belly with her rendition of `vroom, vroom, vroom'

Usually Kai doesn't care if Annika steals his toys but today, he was a little protective of his special toy and that orange button!

Annika going to give Kai a kiss, he had hugged her earlier which was really cute (except he pulls hair when he hugs which I can handle but Annika could not!)

You can tell that Annika and Kai have never used soothers before!

Toy of the Week

The remote control may have moved down to position number 2 now. He loves pressing this orange button in the middle over and over again. It just says `Ready?! Let's Go!' and then launches into `Lou Lou Skip to my Lou' or `Old Macdonald' etc. The cutest part though, is that I've caught him 3 times now rocking his head back and forth `dancing' to the music:)

Laundry Basket

Good morning!

What a day, and its only 2pm! So, this morning we had our first football game. Let's talk highlights first; sunny weather, 3 times being approx. 5 yards from the end zone, a turnover (go Leah go!), good workout. Flip side; we lost:( Being within 5 yards of the end zone doesn't give you any half points, too bad. Once I coulda ran in a touchdown but my flag fell off by itself and if that ever happens, the play is dead there....grrrrrr.... Anyway, no one got hurt and it was good to play again. I felt that I played okay and although I did throw an interception, the positive side is we still really got a good 10 yards out of that third down cuz we pulled her flag right away.
What else?? Swap meet!! Got Kai some nifty new clothes (sleepers, jeans) and one of those popper toys that you push around (I had one as a kid and I got it for just 50 cents!). I did buy something silly. There were these cleats for a 3 or 4 year old and I was envisioning Kai playing some soccer and they were just $1.00 so I accidentally bought them. Got to talk with Brent and Melissa for a bit too which was nice. Love those swap meets. WE got there when it was almost over which I think makes me behave a lot more rationally and relaxed:)
What's up for the rest of the day? Little laundry, edit a paper, relax.

What's new?

Kai has been sticking his tongue out a lot for the past few days. He now says: baba, dada, mama, Uh Uh, Ah Ah. He also loves grabbing for everything around him which made shopping yesterday a little different. He still isn't crawling but I don't mind because then I don't have to run after him all the time. I think the best thing to ask a mom is `So, what's new with him this week?' instead of `So, is he crawling/walking/standing/teething/rolling' etc.

Football starts tomorrow (hopefully if it stops raining) and if it is cancelled, I'll be going to the baby swap meet to find Kai some bigger clothes. I bought Kai size 18 month pj's yesterday and they fit pretty well, his feet were coming through the bottom of his 12 month ones. Oh ya, he's started hugging me! Its so cute, he wraps his arms around my neck and lays his head on my shoulder. He also hugs his little teddy bear....precious. Have a good day all!

Sick Baby

Kai and Opi. Happy Easter:)

Just a couple things:

1. Kai was pretty sick from Saturday to Sunday. He had a huge puking episode which covered the both of us from head to toe and fortunately landed on the laminate. He also had a fever that went up to 101F but fortunately didn't get any higher. He was up every couple hours screaming but seems to be okay now. We missed the Easter service but it def. gave me something to reflect upon. I thought that If I'm this concerned about a fever that my son has, I can't imagine God seeing his Son suffering so much. What a sacrifice.

2. What is up with facebook? Wow, everyone is doing it. Craziness. Good way to connect up with people but I don't want to neglect my blogging:)

3. Time to go for a walk in the sunshine!

Buntzen Lake

A group of us went for a little hike at Buntzen lake this morning. It's so nice to be able to breathe the fresh air, get a work out, and catch up with friends. There was beautiful weather, a million dogs, and Kai was super duper fabulous in the backpack carrier! Overnight hike, here we come!!! Gary and I started brainstorming summer hike ideas on the way home:)

Kai playing with grass. I know it sounds crazy but he's never really felt it before and he's 8 months old!!! He tried eating some branches but I didn't want that heading through his digestive tract so I was mean and took it away.

Family shot...we don't get enough of these

Kai loves `walking' around and now can show me where he would like to go. By the way, last night at care group, he fell asleep in the playpen! This is the first time he's fallen alseep in the playpen at someone else's house in a long time, we were so happy!

Mama!!

Does mama count if he doesn't really mean to say it? He's been saying it all day! I love it! Admittedly, dada came first a couple days ago. However, looking into this common phenomenon, it is generally due to the fact that the sucking reflex is very similar to the `da' movement of the tongue so ya, he still loves me the same as daddy:)

Playing

Annika (my niece) was over today...hey Kris, I think she might want to play football instead of hockey!

Auntie Jackie getting some giggles from Kai

Peek-a-boo with daddy!

April Snowfalls (?)

Seems so oxymoronic with the blossoms and all. This was taken this morning when it started, it hasn't stopped!


Kai will be 8 months old tomorrow. He's really started `talking' a lot, like he's having a conversation with himself and its so cute! He also has taken to lifting his legs in his crib and slamming them down, you know, like a beaver slaps its tail in danger. Anyway, he does this sporadically throughout the night waking us up. He still has a bald spot which is strange because the only time he lays on his back is when sleeping, the rest of the time he's upright (and has been for several months). He has only gained a few ounces in the last 2 months, is this a concern? Mom's out there? For the first 6 months of life, he gained 2lbs/month so this is strange to me. When we hold his hands he now puts one foot in front of the other so maybe he'll walk before he crawls? We put him in the nursery at church and he did really well so that's good! It's good practice for me too:)
Talking about practice, we had a 2 hour football practice on Saturday and it was great....so sunny and now I'm so sore. I may be QBing this season which always adds some stress but its a good challenge.
Talking about challenge, I'm taking a course right now which is so not my forte but its good to challenge yourself!? It's on the political, social and legal context of education....should be interesting to see what kind of papers I can write, its been a while! For my first paper, I get to incorporate Gandhi's autobiography which I've always wanted to read anyway so that's what I've been reading these past few days.
Have a great snowy day all, thanks for stopping by and reading!