Fish, Bike, and Kaia

Pet Fish Update: Bonnie joined her pal George Washington last night. Rusty shed a few tears as Nate flushed her down the toilet but quickly recovered with a game of Super Mario Brothers.



Family Bike Ride: About 10 minutes into our bike ride, I popped both of my tires - I really don't like sticker bushes! Nate was kind enough to pedal the kids back home and get the car to come and pick me up. All of Nate's pedaling tuckered Rusty and Kaia out.

Seven Months: It's hard to believe Kaia is 7 months. She is getting so big (not really, but she is gaining and is almost up to 11.5 pounds!) She likes to eat rice cereal with apples, bananas, pears, rice puffs, strawberries, bread, animal crackers, amoxicillin and strongly dislikes all vegetables so far. She's pretty quick at rolling and army crawling but luckily we haven't had to put up the baby gates yet. Mamamama is her favorite babble and she tends to scream it in the middle of the night. Rusty is still enjoying his little sister and was pretty upset that I wouldn't let him pack her in his packback for show & tell last week.

4 Days

That's how long Rusty's first pet fish survived. He was a little sad but learned his lesson and won't feed the surviving fish so much food, even though it's fun. I'll be surprised if fish #2 makes it through the weekend.

Maybe...

"Maybe you should stop taking pictures of her - I don't think she likes it?!" Thanks for the advice Rusty!

It's a but a dream

I just figured out how to use the video on my camera - yippee!

Yummy Peanut Butter

Kaia's RSV is just about gone and life is thankfully getting back to normal. Rusty's making messes, Kaia's not sleeping, I'm whining about being tired, and Nate's finding something new he has to buy :)

"I was just going to take one little bite, but it was so good I just couldn't stop!"
I always think Kaia is asleep, but when I go in to check on her she is wide awake giving me a dirtly look. But she quickly realizes that if she smiles and acts really cute I'll pick her up. What a stinker!

Nate traded in his beloved truck...

and moved on to a more fuel efficient car (hopefully!)

4 Months

Kaia is only 4 months and Rusty is already wanting another sibling. He woke up this morning and said "Mom, I want another baby. We can have 2 babies. Kaia makes me laugh and is so cute. Now we need a brother. What should we call him?" Ummmm, why don't you ask dad about that which Nate promptly responded - NO!

Kaia's 4 month stats:

• 10 lbs 24 inches (super tiny).
• Rolls both ways but is better at going from her back to stomach.
• Her new favorite thing is to blow bubbles and chew on her hands. If her hands aren't in her mouth then they are usually straight out like an airplane.

*Relaxing in a chair

*Loves her swing

*Trying rice cereal for the first time... *Of course Rusty wanted his picture taken too. Love his bed head!

Rusty's 4!

Rusty just turned 4 and had the "Best Birthday Ever!" Since our birthdays are a day apart, Rusty and I started the birthday celebrations by going out on a little date to Wendy's Friday night. His kids meal came with a Mad Libs Jr. so we played that all night and had quite a few laughs. When Rusty woke up on Saturday he started singing happy birthday to me and presented me with a gift wrapped in a blanket. It was Nate's I-touch! I got many more re-gifted gifts from Rusty through out the day :).

Rusty woke up Sunday morning bouncing off the walls with excitement! We (as in Nate) let him open one present before church and it was....the fire house Lego's he's wanted his whole life!

He ran around the house yelling, "This is the best birthday ever" after opening his Lego's.

That night we had a joint little party at my parent's house. My mom made a delicious raspberry lemonade cake for me and cupcakes for Rusty.

This was my dad's green way of wrapping a present. Rusty thought it was pretty cool.

Then on Monday night we had his pool party with family and friends. It was a lot of fun and luckily not too crowded.

According to Rusty, here are a few of his favorite things:

Food: oranges

Color: blue

TV Show: Rescue Hero's and Turbo Dogs

Game: Curious George

Toy: Lego's

Parent: "Kaia, she's the best and doesn't make me go to time out"

Happy Birthday little squirt!