Finally! A sunny day!

Last Friday it was so nice outside. We were going to go to the zoo but my mom ended up having to work. We decided to just go into our backyard and sit in the sun on the trampoline.

Kaiya is one of those kids that is afraid of EVERYTHING. I had bought some pop its (the firework things) at Target a couple of weeks ago and it took 5 minutes trying to convince Kaiya that they were fun and that they wouldnt hurt her.

She wont get up on the ladder to the trampoline because there is a spider the size of a flea on it. I am trying to make her tougher but it just isnt working. It was getting hot outside and I decided to bring Ella inside. Kaiya was still on the trampoline and wanted help down. I told her that the spider was gone and I would go into the house and watch to make sure that no bugs got her. She still refused to get down from the trampoline by herself. She seriously stood there for 15 minutes trying to convince herself that she could do it. I walked away for a little bit and came back to her saying a prayer asking for someone to help her off the tramp. I felt bad and went to help...

Nap time

My little independent baby has been going to sleep on her own lately. I will lay her on the couch, bed or ground give her a blankie and her binkie and within 5 minutes she is out. Kaiya was a baby that always needed someone to put her to sleep so I am enjoying this!

Happy Birthday Mom!!

My mom's 29th birthday was June 7th but it was also the day my cousin got married. That weekend was pretty busy so we decided to celebrate her birthday last Friday. We had a lasagna dinner and cheesecake for dessert. My aunt and uncle were also able to come over which was nice.







The story of this picture - I was standing on the side of the table and I told my mom not to blow out the candles until I ran over on the other side. Well, Cirdan told her to blow out the candles before I got there (not realizing I told her not to) so she did. I made her blow out the candles again without them lit.



My mom doing tricks on the trampoline...



HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

Cute lil guy

I took Kaiya over to Stacey and Landis' house last night to meet her cousin Casey. This is pretty exciting since Casey is her first cousin that lives near us! All of the others are in Arizona or Spokane. Thankfully she does have a lot of 2nd cousins in the area. Kaiya loved Casey and thought he is sooo cute.

On another note - I need to paint my walls in my house before I return to work and I dont know what color to do!! I cant look at a little swatch of color and imagine it on my wall. If anyone has any ideas let me know. I am in desperate need of some help.

Stop! No moms...??

I told Kaiya to go to her room last Thursday for a little time out. All night she had not been listening to me. I start talking to her and I see her turn off after about 5 seconds and she starts looking up at the ceiling or the wall and I know I have lost her attention. After about 5 minutes I went to go and talk to her in her bedroom and this is what I found outside her door...




It says STOP NO MOMS and there is a little picture of me on it...

Please someone out there tell me that this is normal and their kids do/did this. :)

I'm a new aunt!!

Stacey had her baby last night around 8:00. She had to have a c-section because the little guy wouldnt come out! The baby's name is Casey. He weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces and was 18 inches long. I went to see him this morning and he is sooo cute! He has long blond hair and a cute little dimple in his chin. It is weird to look down at a brand new baby boy since I am so used to looking at little girls.

The proud dad...




Cousins...




Had to put in a pic of Ella.. :)

Daddy's lil helper

I left the room yesterday to get ready to go to the dentist and this is what I came back to...

Cirdan is playing Mario Cart on the Wii and I guess Ella is helping him! Hmmmm...

Here are some pictures of Ella that I took this morning...

Oh and my sister Stacey IS IN LABOR!!! Her water broke this morning and I am waiting for the phone call to say my new little nephew is here! I cant wait to meet him!!

So annoyed!!

We bought a little device that holds bird food so the little birdies can come eat and we can enjoy seeing the many different birds that have been visiting our yard. Well, in the last week this annoying woodpecker keeps coming and pecking at the food causing it to fall to the ground. At first it was kind of cool seeing a woodpecker so close and now it is just ANNOYING. This morning he even brought a friend. I have been trying to scare the dumb thing away for the past couple of days which is pretty much a full time job. I need to get a life!!! :)

Ella's blessing weekend

We had such a wonderful weekend with family! Cirdan's parents, sister, nephews and niece drove from Spokane and his step sister was in town from Portland. On Saturday Cirdan and his dad played a round of golf while Sue (his step mom) and Hannah (niece) came over and started making baked beans. When Cirdan and his dad got here we had a very delicious bbq! My mom and sister were also over followed by my dad later that night.

Sunday morning we got up early and got ready for the blessing and lunch. Richard (Cirdan's dad) gave a beautiful blessing. Cirdan and I both held back our tears. After church we had our family join us at our house for lunch. We had Cirdan's family, my sisters and parents, Grandma, Uncle Gary and Aunt Cheryl, Uncle Rod and Aunt Kim, Cousin Matt with his wife Carla and 5 kids, Cousin Stephanie and Brody and their 4 kids. We had a houseful! All the kids got along really well and we had a nice time visiting. I was so happy to have all of them at the blessing. They are all very special to us.

Mommy's little talker

I think I have another talker. Kaiya talks all the time and I mean ALL the time. I think it is maybe a lttle girl thing? Well, Ella is already a talker. She has been 'talking' and cooing for a few weeks now but I finally got it on camera! I have a a feeling our house is going to get even louder in the near future...

Mother's Day

I know that Mother's day was a few weeks ago but I wanted to post what Kaiya's kindergarten class did for the moms. All us mothers were invited to a mother's tea. Kaiya was so excited that she asked me pretty much every single day for about 3 weeks if I was going to go. Each time my response was yes. Made me wonder if she thinks I am a flake or something...? They had cookies and snacks for the kids and moms and then the kids performed about 6 songs. I LOVE Kaiya's kindergarten teacher. She has the kids do such fun things and since Kaiya goes to all day kindergarten they have extra time to do things that they normally wouldnt do.

All the kids filled out a questionaire about their moms. Here is what Kaiya wrote...

I Know My Mom Well

By - Kaiya

My mom is 40 years old

My mom is 30 inches tall

My mom weighs 40 pounds

My mom's hair is colorful

My mom's shoes are size 40

My mom's favorite color is pink

My mom's favorite show is Days of our Lives

My mom loves to eat fish

I wish mom would buy me a pet hamster

My mom is happy when I help throw away the baby diapers

I like to talk with my mom

I love my mom because she is pretty

Okay so first of all my favorite TV show is NOT Days of our Lives. That little stinker said that and these things were posted on the wall for everyone to see!! Horrible. I forgave her when I saw that she thinks I weigh 40 pounds. Oh and fish?? Ummm weird! Kids are sooo funny!

Kaiya's haircut

Ever since I got my hair cut Kaiya has wanted to get hers cut above her shoulders. I took her to the salon yesterday to finally do it. She loves it! All she talks about is how much better it feels. No more stragly hair!!

Ella!

Ella is growing up sooo fast!! Last week when I took her to the doctor she weighed 11 pounds 4 ounces! She was 8' 4 when she was born. This girl eats pretty much every 2 hours. She is keeping me busy!! I love watching her grow but I still wish she stayed this size for a little longer. This past week she found her hand. It's funny to see her stop all the sudden and go cross eyed looking at her little fist.

Our pet

We have a lot of random animals in our backyard. Cirdan ran into the house one night full speed with his eyes all huge freaked out because a coyote had run right past him. He also ran in a different night telling me there was a bear in the woods back there...(there is NO bear in our backyard but he really thought there was). Anyways, here is a picture of our big fat racoon that visits us every once in a while. This guy is enormous!!

Kaiya's birthday party

We decided to let Kaiya have a sleepover this year for her birthday. The girls went to this new place in Covington named Monkey Dooz Salon. They did their nails, hair and makeup. Afterwards we took them to pizza so they could show off their makeovers. That was the first time I let Kaiya have 2 friends spend the night. I was afraid with the odd number of girls that someone would be left out but they all got along really well.

The boys dont look like they are having much fun...(that is Cirdan with Devin, Hannah's little brother)