Just a Heads Up

I know I hardly ever get around to posting these days, but when I do I tend to post several times in a day.  So, just a heads up to let you know that if you see a new post, that probably means there are several new ones, so scroll down!  I noticed that the most recent post had several views, but the ones below it are hardly getting any, and the ones that you have to get to by clicking "older posts" have almost no views. Just remember, when it rains it pours!

Kaylee's Birthday

Kaylee turned 1!...2 months ago.  Oops :)  

On Kaylee's birthday we had one of her favorite dinners; salsa chicken with beans and corn over rice.  Grandma Merrill was able to make it down for a visit, and our good friends the DeRoests came to party with us as well.  

After dinner we sang to the birthday girl and let her dig into her very own cake.  She sure went to town on it, unlike Nathan on his first birthday.

(I love how confused and terrified she looks as we sing to her)

 And then after a much needed bath, we finished the night off with presents. 

Happy Birthday Kaylee!

A Little Bit of Nathan

Not only have I been TERRIBLE at blogging, I have been even worse about blogging about Nath Face.  So this post consists of all the random pictures I have of Nathan over the last few months.  

We attempted potty training back in late Janurary/ early February.  Nathan is a pro at peeing on the potty when he wants to.  He knew when he needed to go and for the most part made it to the bathroom in time.  We did have quite a few instances where he realized he needed to do "the do" a little late and we found trails leading from wherever he was sitting, all the way to and smeared all over the toilet.  My favorite was when he managed to step in it while running to the bathroom, which I didn't notice until I had sent him downstairs so that I could clean the trail.  Of course I was very confused when the trail ALSO lead down the stairs and all over the couch.  Ahh, bless his little heart for trying.  ANYWAY.  We attempted for almost 4 weeks but he just didn't seem to quite understand that underwear was NOT a diaper.  Rather than make the experience completely miserable for both parties I decided to hold off a bit longer until I felt that he had a better understanding of the concept.  It looks like we will be giving it another go in the next month or so here, before all the summer vacationing begins.

Here he is in big boy underwear, along with his bear Corduroy, who began the potty training adventure the day before with Nathan's help. 

When Nathan is not making a stinky mess all over my house, he enjoys playing outside.  Especially with his BFF Brenna.

 I bought this little inch worm on clearance thinking it would be perfect for Kaylee.  You simply bounce up and down to make the worm inch along....The makers failed to mention you need to be at least 100 pounds to make the thing work!  Randi and I figured we ought to show the kids how to do it...not as easy as it looks.

Fortunately the kids found a way around this little problem.

Sometimes it shows a little too well that Nathan's BFF for the last year and half has been a girl.  (Not that I mind his favorite color being pink or his favorite toys to be a couple of sparkly bracelets.)  The inseparable duo have since added a third member to their close friendship, and this one is all boy!  Here they are "sumo wrestling" with pillows in their shirts.

I don't think I have ever laughed harder.  Of course, maybe Brenna wanting to join in but having no way stuff a pillow in her jumper was pretty dang funny too.  Nathan has such a good time with these two it is hard for him to go a day without seeing either of them!

Nathan is also working on his photography skills.  Here are a few samples of his recent work.

Poor Nathan was sick on Valentine's Day.  Can you tell???

Party Time

On February 13th, the day after Kaylee's birtyhday we had a small "party" with some of her "friends" (or really some of MY friends and their kids).  We kept it pretty simple and just went to the park to let the kids run crazy and had snacks and cupcakes.  Kaylee seemed to have a good time and took her first ride down the slide.  She has been hooked ever since.