Smarty Pants

I sit in the rocker in our room with Kresee a lot....Whether I'm feeding her or pumping or just letting her snooze on my chest, I really like sitting in my chair...It has an ottoman that rocks with it and I love it....Well Kohen loves it too...He really likes being right there when I'm in the chair hanging all over the ottoman...He is rocking it so hard that I think its going to break or at least tip over...SO I'm constantly telling him to stop rocking so hard or to leave it alone....But really he doesn't care and still does it....

The other day we are all right there in our room...Kerry was sitting there cleaning up the mess of toys and I was rocking Kresee...Kohen, again, was swinging (as he calls it) on the ottoman....

Me: "Kohen, please stop rocking that so hard....I'm soooo tired of telling you to stop rocking on that all the time..."

Kohen: "Well I'm tired of you saying that...."

And he was just as serious as he could be...Kerry, of course, is over there snickering and I'm trying to keep a straight face because I know that was a rude comment from my 3 year old...But I couldn't get onto him because I would have started laughing....

Haven't Posted: Lots of Pics

So I've been very busy with work and then when I get home, I'm busy at home and then I'm just ready to go to bed!! I know you working moms know the feeling. Or heck, even if you are a stay at home mom, you know the feeling. So here is some catch-up pictures of the two kiddos.

Kohen did have Kerry's shirt on trying to be a Jedi Knight (Star Wars) but took it off while I was taking a picture and thought it was funny....

Kresee wondering what in the world her big brother doing....

Then he just wanted his knee and elbow pads on that are too small and cut off his circulation!

Trying to put some bows on her head since I rarely do....

Kohen feeding Kresee for the 1st time...He is becoming more interested in her now that she is smiling and cooing and more alert.....

My little chunk...

Precious little face....(sideways????)....

Seeing if her sweet little pettiskirt still fit around her big ole' belly

Just trying out those adorable bloomers I ordered months ago...

Kohen sitting in my rocking chair that I had when I was a little girl....

Kresee taking her bath in our bathtub....Gosh, she looks so big to me already.....

Saltines

So I haven't had time to post in several days. Sadly, I'm back to work this week and am not at home hanging out with Kresee.
But I had to type this up real quick before I run and get my sweet boy.

The night before last Kohen was helping Kerry feed the dogs. Kohen likes to fill up their bowls and then set them down and then pick them up after they are finished and then fill them up again for breakfast in the mornings!

Anyways, he opened the pantry door and said "Mommy, you have saltines?"
Kerry: "Did he just say saltines?"
Me: "I don't know, I really wasn't paying attention"
Kohen (while pointing to the cracker box): "Saltines, you have saltines."

The thing is we've always had crackers in there and I guess he's just never really paid attention.

Kerry and I proceed to laugh because we don't say saltines. We call them crackers. In fact, I guess I really don't know anyone who says saltines. So I knew it had to be Mimi, his sweet babysitter. Yesterday I did ask what she calls crackers and she replies "saltines". And then shows me the box to let me know that even the box says saltines. I just laughed because I knew it was her :)


Oh, and my sweet baby girl is 8 weeks old today!! But I'm going to wait until the 5th to post her little 2 month picture.

3 Yr Check-Up & 7 Weeks

We had Kohen's 3 year check-up yesterday with Dr. Yap. Kohen was pretty worried about it Wednesday night when I reminded him we were going the next day. "Do I have to get a shot?" Luckily, I was able to tell him no and that made him feel better. Now, next year is going to be a different story.

He had the best time with Dr. Yap. He loved every minute of it and really was upset that we had to leave. We just love Dr. Yap and Kohen does too.

Sadly, my child lied as soon as Dr. Yap entered the room saying he wears underwear. So, of course, Dr. Yap believes him. They go through the Q & A. It was funny listening to Kohen answer all of his questions.

"Do you like green beans?"
"No, I eat carrots. I like apples too."

"Do you sleep in your own bed?

"Yep, I have a basketball bed from Santa's workshop."

"Do you brush your teeth?"

"Yes, I read a book, drink my milk....." He tells him his nighttime routine which does include brushing his teeth.

Then the real questions began about pottying and accidents. And I had to explain that "Oh, we aren't potty-trained. He just fibbed!" So Dr. Yap thought that was pretty funny. But he did tell Kohen that he should start trying. Yeah right!!

The funniest was when he was listening to Kohen's heart on his chest and back. If you know Dr. Yap you know he constantly says "Uh-huh" in this soothing voice the whole time he's using his stethoscope. So Kohen is just smiling and has this weird look, so Kerry knew it was coming. Kohen proceeds to say "Why do you say Uh-huh all the time?" We all busted out laughing and Dr. Yap commented on how observant he was. It was pretty hilarious.

We didn't make our goal of 30 lbs., but were just 3 oz. shy. He weighed 29 lbs 13 oz. So he gained about 5 1/2 lbs from last year. He was 38 inches long and grew 4 inches from last year. He remains in the 50% for height and actually increased to about the 30% for weight which was great.

And Kresee turned 7 weeks yesterday. I can't wait until she goes to her 2 mos. appointment in 2 weeks just to see how much she weighs. I think she is a little chunk already and has grown way too much in just 7 short weeks.

Friends:)

This was taken at Chuck-E-Cheese when Kohen was 14 mos. and Cameron was 18 mos....I told Angela I had to laugh at Cameron's lack of hair!!

This was from this past January. Cameron was 3 yrs old and Kohen was 2 1/2. Now she has lots of hair!! And Kohen no longer has those chubby cheeks!
Cameron's baby sister, Jaylee, came to visit us today. This is her 3rd visit and I have yet to take a picture of the two of them. So I was determined to not forget, so that in a few years we can look back on this picture as well. Jaylee is 5 weeks younger than Kresee and Kresee looks soooo much bigger!!

Tummy Time:)

I really don't do much tummy time...Never did with Kohen because he hated it....I held him so much that he definately got his head and neck strength from just looking around everywhere...But I did try it with Kresee this morning....It lasted maybe 3 minutes!!

Thanks Guys!

So here are pictures from his birthday party Saturday at Jump for Joy.....

Maggie and her mommy, Amy

Cameron and Erin in their matching "Big Sisters" shirt....

Charlie liked riding on the car

Zach, Macy, Jaxson and Kohen contemplating on who is going first...Macy decided to seriously do a front flip down it...I think it scared her at first about what she had just done, but she played it off pretty well...It was very funny:)

Kohen's Star Wars cake was such an ordeal...He has wanted a Star Wars cake since Christmas, but I would constantly ask him because I wanted to make sure...He did get on a pirate kick and wanted both Star Wars and Pirates...So for awhile there, I was thinking of doing both...But in the end Darth Vader won, but Kohen was wondering where all the other characters were...So I washed all his little figurines and we stuck them in the cake...He was so excited about the cake I had to keep kicking him out of the room to go and play in the bounce houses...He just wanted to be near the stupid cake!!

Just the three of us...

Everyone was singing Happy Birthday to him in this picture and he seemed a little embarrassed being the center of attention which surprised me!

Trying to get a group picture....A few of the kiddos had already left but we got what we could..

Kresee and Kenzie both sacked out in Ma and Papa's arms...

And yesterday I took him to the park to meet up with his friend, Erin...I think we are all suffering from allergies today (Kresee included), but it was worth it for the birthday boy....

I told him he needed to put on sunscreen so he wanted to do it himself and this is what happened...

Playing in the sand....

Kresee taking a little nap....Her first time at the park....

Swinging in the baby swings...His favorite thing to do at the park....

Then on the way back from the swings to the sand, he stepped in a huge area of mud....I really think he did it on purpose...This is one area I know he is my child...I couldn't go anywhere when I was little without finding the one puddle of water so I could jump/step in it...His shoes sank and it was sooo nasty...Luckily, Meagan had some diaper sacks for dirty diapers that we used to put his nasty muddy shoes in....

We went through McDonald's drive-thru on the way home from the park for a birthday happy meal....When we got home, Kerry was mowing the yard and Kohen had to help...SO they were nice and sweaty...They came in to eat dinner but went back outside to finish up...I asked Kerry if he would wash off Kohen's muddy shoes and I came outside to naked Kohen running around...

I guess he helped his Daddy a little bit...

Then they went in and showered and we let Kohen open up his birthday presents from us.

"THANKS GUYS!"


That is what Kohen likes to say and I just love it. So last night we were opening his birthday presents and he would say "Wow, thanks guys!". Kerry and I would laugh everytime. But he opened all 3 of them and was like "Thanks, is there one more?" I said well you had four sweetie but you opened your stars wars gun at your party so that's it. And he was like OK.

His baseball piggy bank to match his room....

Elmo bicycle helmet with knee and elbow pads....

His Star Wars gun that he has wanted for a good 2-3 months but I told him he had to wait until his birthday....

Him dancing in his cute PJ's and Elmo gear....

He really wanted to go and ride his "bike" since he was already to go...So we let him go outside for a few minutes and then he was off to bed....