The Piano

Im sure I have posted in the past about the Piano that my dad bought for Kaylee right after her 1st birthday..well everyone always joked about him buying such a noisy gift and said I should let him keep it at his house for when the kids were there...haha well now that is exactly what has
happened!! Kaylee loves the piano and has always been very gentle and played relatively softly
on it...well the other day I was in my room folding laundry and t
he kids were in there room playing and I hear the piano...and Im not talking soft pretty music...this was loud BANGING!! I of course thought it was Kaylee and I immediately stopped what I was doing to go and get on to her for playing like that..when I opened the door..Kaylee was sitting there with a shocked look on her face listening to Kyle bang on the piano!!! This is his new favorite passtime haha..I try to get him to play softly but he just bangs and lagcxd, ughs lol..he got an early start thismorning..I heard him playing around 745 am..I bet my dad was wishing he had never bought such a wonderful gift!!

Publix

I am not a huge fan of the grocery store...and I especially don't like going alone with the kids. But last week we planned to meet John at the store when he got off work..as luck would have it, I ended up getting there early and he had to work a little late so I was trying to entertain both kids while we waited for daddy!! Kaylee saw the car buggy and was determined she was going to ride in it..normally this wouldnt be a problem if John was with us, but it doesnt have a place for Kyle to sit. It is made for two children but I wasnt sure he was big enough..bur we tried it and they were adorable lol..we went to get a cookie for Kaylee from the bakery and the lady handed one to each of the kids...I guess she thought Kyle was older than he really was. But I let him have it and the kid scarfed the whole thing down before Kaylee had even had half of hers haha...I love that they are geting to the age now where they can do some of the same things. It is so cute to watch them interact with eachother!!!

Bath Time

I have been trying to find Kyle a new bath seat for a while but the one I was looking for I couldn't find anywhere!! He He was getting unhappy laying in his baby bath and although he can sit just fine..he gets so slippery in the bath and he tries to climb out of the tub..so I needed some way to contain him!! I finally found what I was looking for at a consignment shop. It has a bar that goes in front that clips so that they can sit but not go anywhere. He is loving being able to sit and play in the bathtub and Im loving that I don't have to hold onto him the whole time! Kaylee loves to take a bath with her Bubba..she thinks its so funny to put bubbles in his hair..haha!! I am starting to enjoy bath time now instead of dread it!!

10 Months

Sunday Kyle turned 10 months old...I can't believe he is so close to being a year old. No more babies around here!! Kyle is changing so much so fast. He is crawling all over the place and pulling up on everything!! He is absolutly FEARLESS!! He puts EVERYTHING in his mouth and will eat anything you give him!! He is really starting to enjoy playing with toys now and will sit in his room and entertain himself. Of course Kaylee thinks every toy in the house belongs to her so...the sibling rivalry has begun haha!! I am working on getting Kyle transitioned to solid foods..he has 4 teeth so I have been introducing more and more new things and so far he hasn't turned anything down. I love the convience of the baby food but he is getting to where he is too impatient for it and he makes a HUGE mess with it. Yesterday he had his first peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch and he ate it all..he loved it!! I am trying to get him weaned from his bottle..I hate bottles and I weaned Kaylee cold turkey at 9 months. So yesterday I decided to do the same thing with him...he hasn't had a bottle since early yesterday morning. I was a little worried how he would do going to sleep last night but he did fine...so I am pretty sure he is done with them. I haven't gotten rid of them yet just in case..but I think he is going to do fine!! I am so sad my babies are growing up so fast..but happy to see them learning and accomplishing new things. Excited to see what this next month will bring

Silly Bands

I have seen so many kids lately with tons of these "silly bandz" and I thought about getting Kaylee some because she LOVES anything "pretty". I checked out the prices of these things and they are like $5 for a pack of them...so I decided she wouldn't be getting any haha. So the other day I was at Walmart and I found these...which are "Googly Bandz"!! They are exactly like the others except they are 12 for $1. I got her some and she was completly thrilled..she has been wearing them everywhere and even sharing them with all her friends :)

Naptime

So im trying desperately to get my kids taking naps at the same time again..I miss it so much!! So yesterday I put them in their beds and came into my room and this is what I heard through the baby monitor:

Kaylee- "Bubba lay down"

Kyle- laughing

Kaylee- "Momma, bubba stand in bed"

Kyle- more laughing

Kaylee - "jump bubba jump"

haha..these kids are hilarious..they went on and on for at least an hour..I ended up getting Kaylee up because it just wasn't working out!! This is how I found them when I went to check on them.

Im not sure why Kaylee has her eyes closed..I think she thought she was in trouble or something..she thinks if she closes her eyes I can't see her haha

4th of July weekend

I love holidays..especially holidays where my hubby has time of of work and we get to do fun stuff :) This 4th of July weekend was lots of fun. We had lots of time to relax and just enjoy being together and with friends. Friday night John made some really good cheddar bacon burgers then we hung out in the hottub. Saturday we hung around the house all day and relaxed...anyone who knows me knows that I am not a big fan of staying in all day..but every now and then its nice to relax. That night my dad cooked us all a really good dinner...fried rice with sasuage, shrimp and peppers..it was so good. Thats the other thing I love about holidays..good food!! Sunday morning we went to church and then John and the kids and I went to Panera for luch then shopped around walmart. Sunday night we had another yummy dinner then John did some fireworks for Kaylee..she loved them..she really loved that she was allowed to hold a sparkler haha..we were able to sit in the driveway and see lots of big fireworks, its nice to be able to see them from home and not have to fight the crowds downtown or at the beach!! On Monday we took the kids out to Hugenot to play at the beach with our great friends the Slegers...we spent most of the day out there and had a blast!! Kaylee waiting patiently for the fireworks!!Kaylee and Daddy doing sparklersThe night wouldn't be complete if there were no tears!! She was upset because John took her sparkler because she was trying to touch it to her face hahaShe loved doing it by herselfJordan and Taylor doing sparklersKaylee and MamiClapping for Daddys fireworksKaylee and Uncle PhilMommy and KayleeMom and Dad

Kaylee eating her burger daddy made her
Kyle in his tent at the beach getting ready for his nap
Jordan came to the beach with us and he got stuck digging in the sand with the kids :)

Kaylee collecting shells in her bucket

Doctor Visit

This was while we were getting ready to go to the doctor..Kaylee always says she wants to hold "it" meaning her brother..haha

Kyle did pretty good. He was supposed to get shots but since he still had an ear infection in his right ear they weren't able to give them to him. They put him on a different antibiotic for ten more days and hopefully that will knock it out. He weighs right at 20 pounds...he is in the 50th percentile for weight, 75th percentile for height, and they said his head is off the charts..lol..poor boy has a big head :) The only time he cried was when the male nurse was messing with him..he is usually fine with strangers but he wasn't a big fan of this particular gentleman. Other than that he was a champ and let them do what they needed to do. Now his sister on the other hand.....Notice the swollen eyes??? Well thats because she cried pretty much the entire time we were there...which was about an hour and a half. She was fine in the waiting room but as soon as she went back it was all over. She didn't want them to touch her, look at her or even talk to her...typical Kaylee..haha. She screamed when they tried to put her on the scale and had an absolute fit when they tried to measure her head circumference...the nurse finally gave up and I had to do it. I felt really bad for her because she was really scared but she was being extremely overdramatic. She screamed and kicked the doctor when she had to check her ears and throat and banged her head against the wall when they told her to stand there so they could get her height...they tried bribing her with candy and lolipops but nothing was working..I finally just had to hold her down. She weighs 27 pounds and is in the 50th percentile for both height and weight. She had to get one shot and they gave me a labslip and said she needed to have her two year old bloodwork done..boy am I sure not looking forward to that!!As soon as we put them in the car they were both out..she screamed so hard she wore herself out. Later that afternoon after they had naps and were in better moods...we went to the park!

She always wants to climb on this thing but I never let her so she was extremely excited I let her go all the way to the top!!

Kyle was in a great mood!!

They were both exausted at this point and were just laying down on the slides!!!