Showing posts with label Lately. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lately. Show all posts

Thursday, November 17, 2011

This Week I....

...convinced my husband the Christmas decorations should go up.  How did I do this, you ask?



...I put them up while he was at work.  And when he came home, I told him the Christmas decorations should be up. :)


...have a little boy obsessed with our plug in fire place. If it is not on, he comes up to me signing and saying 'hewl' {help}, and brings me to the plug.  He loves to watch our fire...err...plug in log with a rotating light.  But that will be changing soon...

anyone with a fire place have any good ideas on how to keep the brick edges, kid safe?  we keep blankets over it all the time, unless a little boy takes them off.
...am pretty sure 'the baby bump' has doubled in size.  Only a few more days until we know if Karson will have a baby brother or sister!!!


...went to Costco with Karson to buy new outdoor lights.  Don't ask what happened to the old ones...


...convinced my hubby to climb up on our roof to put them up.  How I convinced him, you ask?  I have  no idea!!!



...went outside, at dark, with DJ and my sweet boy, to see our new house lit up.  Have I mentioned I LOVE Christmas decorations?!



...ordered this stroller.  The one that, come this spring, will hold both my babies.  I can hardly wait!!



...let Molly out the slider door, and a certain little boy decided it is his job to make sure she comes back in the house right away.  It is his new job.  He takes his job, very, very, very, seriously!!


...set Karson up at the Kitchen table, with markers, for the first time.


He loved them.  But of course, it is more fun to organize them in the box, then actually color with them.


That was, until Mama showed him what markers can do.


He loved them.


He quickly discovered that the colors will also transfer to his fingers, just like on the paper.



Crayola kind of lies.  The washable markers don't just wash off little fingers.  Or Mama fingers.  But he was occupied, and having a blast long enough for Mama to make dinner.


...ran out of eggs, and served a cold breakfast.  We NEVER eat cold breakfasts.


Although, I'm pretty sure he didn't mind his breakfast consisted of yogurt and granola.


...replenished my waffle supply, after the 'cold breakfast morning'.  We have a hot breakfast every morning.  Why?  Because I grew up always having hot breakfasts, and I want Karson to grow up the same.  I don't like cereal, except granola.  I do however love, love, love waffles, and pancakes, and egg whites!  But when you run out of eggs, and you buy your eggs from your husband's coworker that raises chickens, you have to wait until your husband remembers to ask for them....for her to bring them...and for your husband to remember to bring the fresh farm eggs home.  They arrived mid week...and we made these waffles with them this morning.  YUM!



...sat on my baby's bedroom floor, with my morning coffee, while he played. 


I love our new house.


I love that Karson will grow up here.  I love that we are making memories here.



 
I love that Karson's bedroom, technically the master bedroom, is big enough for him to play in, and run around in.




I love, love, love, love, love our new house!!



...and that is what I did this week.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Lately...

Fall is in full swing around here.  We may live at the end of a culdesac, in a subdivision, but we also live in a forest.  One that has a lot of trees.


 Trees that turn beautiful colors.


Trees that drop their beautiful leaves on our yard. 
Making it look like this on a regular basis...


 Which makes our driveway look like this on a regular basis...


 Did you know that when leaves sit in your driveway in a trailer for a few days, they STINK.  They don't stink when they are sitting on your yard.  Why must they stink when they are in a trailer, waiting to be dumped somewhere?!


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We took him back to the pool last week.

DJ's face...probably meant 'you stink because you are sitting on a bench wrapped in a towel, getting warm. While, I, walk around in the freezing cold water.'

Karson has been to the pool a lot. 
He loved it here.
Not so much...here & here.
And the few other times we went that I didn't blog about.  
Because he never stopped crying.


He loved it this time.  It was cold.  So cold!  So cold that Mommy bailed for the bleachers and a towel.
The paci hid his blue little lips.



This one cracks me up.
He does this in the bath tub all the time...


FYI...if you happen to visit this pool, and sit on the edge of the hot tub.  Because you are pregnant and all so you can't actually get in the hot tub.  Don't so much as dangle your 20 month old's feet in the water.  You will get yelled at.  Because they will surely burn off & your kid will suffer a heat stroke.  Right...thank you 16 year old lifeguard for informing me of this...

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Have you ever tried to take a picture of a 20 month old and a 2 month old??
Let me spare you the time and effort. 
This is the result...




I love that in every picture, Gavin is looking at Karson like his is absolutely crazy.

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If you know me IRL, you know I am a huge safety advocate.  Karson is still rear facing, and will stay that way until he is 2 and the snow has melted.  We cut up food little for him, he wears a helmet in the bike trailer, if he is on any kid of boat, he wears a life jacket.  I always told DJ, Karson would never be allowed to ride on the lawn mower.  Ok, so I have lightened up a little.  The aforementioned rules are still very much set in stone, but I caved  a little on the lawn mower rule.  Karson may ride with Daddy if, and only if, the blade is shut off, and they go very slow. 

Karson asks to go for a tractor ride all day now.


Every time DJ mowes, Karson wants on the tractor.  Except, because of the he may not ride unless the blade is shut off rule, DJ isn't actually mowing when Karson is riding.
Oh, and when they go slow, Molly thinks she can jump on, and ride too.


According to Molly
Rabbits & Small dogs: Terrifying!
Jumping on a moving lawn mower: No big deal...


doesn't Karson look thrilled?


 

Karson, say cheese!

which in Karson's world means smile, but don't actually look at the camera


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My SIL in Colorado sent me a picture this morning, of their 8 inches of snow they got last night.  And while I am very much enjoying fall, I am ready to curl up on my couch during nap time, with a large cup of coffee, and watch the snow fall!

Happy Wednesday!


Wednesday, October 12, 2011

226

The number of pictures that I just took off my camera.
So I might be just a little behind...
I blame it on this incident.
And the crazy amount of dirty laundry it caused.
Also putting a damper on actually doing laundry at my own house.
The good news, we are picking up our new {to us} washer and dryer tonight!

So to catch up...here is a little bit of what we have been loving lately...

Art Prize

The first few weeks of October Grand Rapids holds Art Prize.  The down town area is full of amazing art pieces.  The sidewalks are pack with people, and the winner wins 250,000 people.  It is really cool!!


Karson now says 'cheese' when he sees the camera.  A far cry from what he used to do when he saw my camera/video camera...run...or stop doing whatever cute thing he was doing at the time.


Karson next to his current, absolute favorite thing {besides dogs, fans, airplanes, and food...} bugs!
Icky icky bugs!
fyi-if you say icky icky bug to him you will hear the belly giggle.
He thinks it is hilarious.
My Mom taught him that!


Look Daddy, its a big huge icky bug!

Leaf Pick Up

We are surrounded by huge trees.


Trees that turn beautiful colors.

 

Trees that drop more leaves than you can imagine into our yard.


Luckily, raking leaves, is one yard work task that I enjoy doing.
Raking leaves with the cutest 1 1/2 year old is even better!!!



a very small leaf pile from a few weeks ago



Going for a wheel barrel ride with daddy.
It lasted all of 2 seconds before he wanted down.



CHEESE

The Tractor

He isn't afraid of the tractor anymore.
In fact, he loves it!!! 


After we showed him a few more times where to push the peddle down at, he had it figured out!  He rides it all over the yard.

Hide & Seek

Karson will hide somewhere, and yell 'Mommy.'  I have found him in lots of different cupboards, and under the bathroom sink, and behind doors.
This time, I found him tucked into my bed.
That hadn't quite been made yet...
He was so proud of him self!


Sprinklers & Water Fun

It was 70 degrees out.
So we aren't quite the horrible parents, it looks like we are.  Karson has hated sprinklers all summer, so when they were on when we went outside to play, I figured he would stay away from them.


I was wrong.
He got soaked.
He ended up in a diaper.
He had an absolute blast!!


Outside Play Time

We have been enjoying a lot of it lately...






The Climber & Slide

Our new neighbors gave us their new climber and slide.
And with that, I am out of time.
Karson and I are headed to hear Baby Brother or Sister's heartbeat.



Series of pictures as he hit the ground going with the slide...

'uh oh'
'owwwwww'




Have to go...happy Wednesday!!

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