weekend fun

seems like cj adds more functionality to his repertoire on a daily basis. over the weekend we increased his food intake to include squash, which he now will enjoy for dinner for the next week. we also discovered he can move from sitting to his tummy to his back. i have a feeling that our 'little guy' (as kaetlyn calls him) will be moving around in no time. last night in the bath tub he discovered the water coming out of the faucet and stuck his hands frantically in and out of the flow... he was so excited...we're entering a new stage of consciousness. fun times!!

kaetlyn LOVES puzzles. i mean she really really really LOVES them. and she's quite good at them, but some of the harder ones do require some assistance. santa might need to take a few ideas from this. her teacher at school told me that she (the teacher) hates puzzles, so when it is puzzle time kaetlyn takes over the class. :) on friday night we went to cori's house for a girls / kids evening. took some cute pics of kaetlyn riding remi's horse with only boots on... if you're interested in the amusing pictures, email me... they're not profane, but rather funny... craig just preferred i not post for all... but will send upon request...

on saturday night we enjoyed 2 family games of candyland... kaetlyn won both times somehow... and no cheating was involved. this was our first experience where she's been able to to understand and follow the rules... good family time. :)

yesterday we went for a brief ride that got rained out. we had a good time till the downpour began. hopefully oneday we'll be able to buy 20 acres of our own somewhere....

bedtime routine consists of craig getting kaetlyn ready and me getting cj ready. then stories, songs, and much stalling from the 3 year old.. while the baby smiles, nurses incessantly and drifts off to sleep.

at home

this weekend... its been quite a while... had a few offers for plans but not sure we're gonna act on any of it. craig's excited to work on his quad and do some housework.... i think i feel the same way.... we've been out of town for 4 or 5 weekends in a row! next few weeks following this one will be the same.

uncle update: uncle is no longer kaetlyn's daughter, but rather her granddaughter! granddaughter named uncle is brought up a couple times a week... we'll see how long this continues.

TGIF!

cj sits....

well, sort of. :) but he sure is trying!! won't be too long until he's independent and scootin' around... i can see it coming. he's enjoying his first week of food - bananas. he also likes baby einstein and gets very excited when it's on the tube... usually kaetlyn shows are on when the tv is on and these are a little over his head at this point. baby einstein - baby beethoven to be more specific - is some exciting stuff.

just a pic of the two muchkins... my blessings... my joys... my love.

halloween and more

so we had a really fun weekend. we arrived to houston right around lunchtime on saturday and spent the afternoon with the perkins family. theresa and i both brought halloween food activities for the toddler children. they created spiders out of oreos and decorated pumpkin cookies... when this was done, the daddies helped them carve pumpkins. this link will take you right to all the pics:

http://picasaweb.google.com/perkins.rc/2009_10_31#

the halloween evening was a blast - always entertaining when 3 and the perkins are involved. :) kaetlyn was very brave - i daresay even braver than the boys at scary houses... but her unicorn did get very tired and needed to go home and rest. cj just trooped along in the frontpack. i do think he enjoyed all the sites because once in a while he would shake his arms around.

last night kaetlyn put a relatively difficult puzzle together all by herself! craig and i have both assisted her with this puzzle previously, but she never completed it by herself... i'm really proud of her! she loves puzzles... reminds me of her mommy.

cj started eating babyfood this weekend as well. he likes bananas, so we'll see how it goes. he will officially be eating breakfast and dinner from this point forward!! BIG BOY! 5 months old. :) he just found his tongue and was making funny faces all weekend.

finally a pic of me and craig... just for the fun of it. check out the rest in the album though... there are lots of good ones!!

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. :)