august galveston trip

every august we go to galveston with the mendelson's around dad's birthday. it's so much fun to play on the beach and relax by the water. kaetlyn enjoys her mendelson cousins tremendously... its unfortunate that they do not see each other as often as we'd like. we stayed at a different condo this year because our usual spot is still in recovery from previous year's hurricane. it was a nice condo, although i think we all like the other one better. i wasn't so great with the camera this trip, but geez... ya gotta cut me some slack! managing a new born and 2 year old at the beach is effort enough. nevertheless, here are a few pics of the children at the conclusion of the weekend... don't forget the newest addition to the perkins family - Sue - the hermit crab.

i think that robbie took additional pictures this weekend... i'll have to track them down and add to the album.

Galveston Weekend

also, today is dyllan's 8th birthday!!!! happy birthday to dyllan. where oh where does the time go? sunday is megan's 21st as well!!

tomorrow is halloween and we are driving to houston for a birthday celebration for randy and trick-or-treating with the cousins. should be a great time.... will make sure to keep my camera handy and post a lot of pics after the weekend. :)

milk machine

cj will be 5 months old tomorrow and i am getting excited at the prospect of beginning him on baby foods, but for some reason also a little hesitant... he is my last baby after all! he's been eating rice cereal at dinner time for almost 2 weeks and seems to really enjoy it. the same spoonful equals to around 4 bites as he spits so much back out, but i can tell he's happy about this new addition to his diet. i'm thinking next week i'll bring some cereal to school and he can have that for breakfast and add some fruit or veggie at dinner time to ease him into the process.... exciting stuff!

rachel's wedding

in july, rachel and scott were wed. cj was 5 weeks old. kaetlyn was the flower girl and aidan was her escort.... they were so very cute. this is a link to the web album containing some of the pics:

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yesterday i flew to denver and back in 1 day. craig manned the troops and did a fine job. i think he even enjoyed some bonding time with his boy.... this is the pic he emailed me from his phone when i was boarding the plane to come home last night.... fast asleep on daddy's chest. :)

From Drop Box

i'm SO tired.

only our child

so, i skipped a day. never to fear though, got some good stuff for today. we had a really fun weekend camping & riding. got some really cute pics of the kiddos and our 4 wheelin' pals. you can't tell so much from the photos, but i really was there. ;)



on a different note, upon our return from our trip, we took craig to the dr. for bad stomach pains. when this 2.5 hour adventure (with both kids) was complete, i went to fill craig's perscriptions and picked up at $3 bag of bugs from the halloween isle. kaetlyn has been into this type of thing and she carries them around in a little pink purse. so i brough them home and gave this bag of ants, spiders, flies, etc. to my darling daughter. she smiled really big and says, 'oh! thanks so much for these bugs mom, they are wonderful!! look at these ants... they are so cute.' funny funny stuff. craig's ok, he just needs to eat healthy for a bit to get his GI tract back on track.

wild imaginations

kaetlyn's age is so much fun. it is very entertaining to listen to her playing... creating scenarios with her cars, dinosaurs, or lizards. mommies and daddies, and timeout sessions for items that are not behaving. :)

last night though it took 1.5 hours to get her to bed. craig and i alternated shifts with attempts and after much fuss i finally got her to cave. she was talking about her 'daughter named uncle.' he was her daddy too. she said she missed him so much. i brought her all her dolls - you know, her daughters - but these were not what she was looking for... she told me she missed him so much because he was at his house, but he lived with her too... in her jewelry box.... oh yeah, and he talks... what an amazing daughter uncle is!

i'm very much paraphrasing this very weird conversation. i finally got to the point where i just started to agree with her and deduced that she was referring to some sort of imaginary friend.... but after the event was over and i layed down next to craig, i couldn't help but ask him, "think uncle is her imaginary friend, or is she possessed?"

feet

around 4 -4.5 months, my babies just LOVE their feet. top picture is kaeltyn in january 07 and bottom picture is cj today. couple more pics from last night and this morning when we were getting ready to go. :)

accomplishment

every morning, i feel like i've accomplished a full day's work by the time i get to work! craig leaves so early, we're all still asleep, so i have LOTS to do to get myself and the two kiddos out the house. i am very grateful that my job is not the kind that micromanages and watches the clock cuz i'd have been fired a long time ago... was actually terminated from my first job for this very reason, but that's a different story. :)

here are some pics from kaetlyn & craig's birthday parties this year. fun times!!

busy busy!

so i didn't make it to work until almost 9:30 this morning!! typical monday i guess... so much to do. i have high aspirations that one day i will get it together, but it's not feeling likely... oh well! the weekend was a blast! weather was perfect for camping and riding. camping is lots of work, but totally worth it.

at bedtime saturday night, kaetlyn asked me to cut her feet off with scissors because hers were broken and she needed new ones... pretty funny. this morning when i put her in her carseat she said, 'take a break, dude.'

cj barely slept on saturday, and even went for a little ride with me and barbara. we thought it would put him to sleep, but instead he just rode along and looked around. on sunday evening, he ate rice cereal for the first time. he liked it as you can see in the pic below.

busy week this week and off to gordon, tx for races on friday afternoon! we're really excited. will be good times all around. :)

cj

kaetlynisms

this falls under the category, 'children say the darndest things' or 'out of the mouth of babes'... not sure which. :) so many things kaetlyn says just absolutely crack us up. my mom even commented on this by asking, 'how come everything kaetlyn says is so funny?' it really is true.

last night craig and i tucked her in bed and were finally laying down and we hear noises, so i get back up and go in her room and ask her with a big smile what's she's doing. she laughs at me and says, 'go back to your room mom... its fine in here.'

a couple weeks ago, her teachers were trying to wake her up from her nap. they gently prodded her to get up, and she wasn't having it. with continual nudging she finally opened her eyes, looked at them and said, 'ug...my batteries are dead!'

this is a kid who will stop '3 wheelin' to have daddy wipe 1 solitary speck of mud off her arm, but her favorite toys are rubbery fake lizards, frogs, and 'patapillas'. our coffee table is now prime real estate for her car parade, garage, and emergency station.

boy do we love our little girl!!

going camping & riding this weekend, and looking forward to it. weather is cooling off and should be nice, although muddy. craig pulled the rv into the driveway last night to start getting ready. this morning on the way to school kaetlyn told me that we're going to have a costume party in her trailer.... fun times!!

life is comical

i think the video (from last night) pretty well illustrates the hilarious nature of my homelife. this was cj's first introduction to the bouncy seat, and he liked it pretty well. i keep thinking about how comical it would be if my work life and home life intersected at some point, as they are so drastically diverse.

kaetlyn, cj, and i went to pick out kaetlyn's halloween costume last night... what an event. going to keep her costume a secret for now, but be assured that pictures will be coming soon!

nappy poo

our 4 wheelin' friends LOVE this picture!! they tease craig incessantly about his habitual afternoon nap, which inherited from randy, occurs regardless of local. this picture was shot in the camper on a nice saturday afternoon in august. life is rough!

lots and lots of stuff

so, since i last updated (february) lots has happened. we are not only the proud owners of 2 4 wheelers, but actually 4! kaetlyn even has her own 50 cc polaris predator. the running joke is that she will not potty train to save her life, but she rides her little quad like a champ! here's some video:

she's getting better and better and will be racing before we know it! i started racing in addition to craig, and it is an absolute blast! we purchased an rv (toyhauler) the day i went into labor with cj - LONG STORY - and so far it has been the greatest investment we've made! this summer consisted of camping & riding, camping & riding, riding & camping and spending lots of time with family and good friends... couldn't have been more perfect.

cj is an absolute dream baby! he was born 10 days early, and we were all packed to go camping & racing the next morning. he was a little scrawny dude, but now at 4 1/2 months, he is surpassed many 6-9 month old babies... he's 18 lbs and in the 90th percentile! he is quite the trooper as he has spent the texas summer camping & riding as well... actually not riding so much.

other events (besides camping & riding) since last post:

march - family weekend trip to san antonio for my birthday
april & may - very pregnant - i was promoted to VP of client services in may
may 30 - welcome to the world Robert Craig Perkins Jr - 'CJ'
july - 2 trips to houston for aidan's birthday and rachel's wedding
august - galveston, tx with the mendelson clan
september - craig's 32nd and kaetlyn's 3rd birthday

every spare moment and weekend has been spent outside.... camping and riding!!

i absolutely cannot believe that it is october already!! we've been so busy, and life is grand! we are truly blessed. kaetlyn is a fantastic big sister... she loves cj very much. she continuously cracks us up with the words that come out of her mouth.... just an absolute character. cj is a happy and calming, although chubby, little soul. he's quick with a smile and a giggle or two. i will add many more pics / slide shows to get this blog caught up and make a point of adding more as often as i can.... when not camping & riding of course. perhaps i will challenge myself with an attempt of a daily addition... think i can pull it off?

Time Just Flies - Lots to Update!!!!!!!!!

i'll get it together.........one of these days!! so much to update, but right now i just have to stick a picture of cj on this blog.. poor little guy! born 5/30/09, he is now 4 1/2 months and an absolute joy!! i will write more and get whip this blog back in shape... but first things first.