We went for a zoo playdate with the Roby's and Lam's for the first time since Kinley was born. It was a beautiful cool breezy day. We had so much fun. We went in the exhibit that has birds flying around freely. We had sticks with bird food on the end and as soon as we walked in the birds charged us and landed on the sticks. Needless to say me and the child after my own heart freaked out. Drew was in bird heaven. (I was the only adult in there with just Drew and James) James and I put our sticks on the ground because we were afraid to hold them then we got in trouble. The zookeeper asked if we were trying to get the birds stepped on and killed (she didn't want to know my real answer)
James loves the petting zoo. He walks around lightly touching the goats tails which makes them shake then laughs hysterically. His new favorite words are "you look amazing" and "that is ridiculous".
Kinley and Drake both got zoo outfits from one of our friends - that is what they are wearing in the pics. They had fun experiencing the zoo from the back of their eyelids.
Kinley is doing great with pretty much every aspect of life. She is eating about 5 ounces every three hours, smiling often, and sleeping from about 9:00pm to 7:30am, she does eat at 10:30pm and has been waking up once between 3am and 5am but every once in a while she will go all night. Her only weakness is naptime. She only sleeps about 45 minutes then she is wide awake and wants to sleep while she eats. The control/schedule freak that I am won't allow that so we are trying to find a middle ground because I think during this phase she just isn't that tired during the day since she sleeps so well at night. One of my favorite sayings is "it's just a phase" in no time at all she'll be great at napping. The picture of her is after she ate I was changing her diaper and tickling her to wake her up but clearly she wasn't having it - even the flash on the camera didn't make her flinch.
James is loving being a big three year old. He is mastering his big boy bike that he got for his birthday. He rides and rides then says "I need to sit on the curb and take a break" so he sits down and starts tapping his feet and hands. It is so cute! Then he gets back on rides and rides. I am going to have to get a bike so I can keep up with him. Potty training is still rough. He is learning how to lie. He will pee somewhere then come tell us he just spilled water on himself but that it's ok because it will dry. We will ask what water did he spill and he'll make something up. So we are having to call him on it and prove that he peed. Oh the fun we are having.
James had his 3rd birthday party this morning. It was a zoo animal theme. He invited his four best friends and their siblings as well as grandparents and Auntie Jenn. We had animal cookies with a TON of icing and everyone got to take home a zoo animal with a balloon and animal mask. Early into the party we had a tragedy. Craig (the expandable alligator) lost an arm during a domestic dispute between James and Linley. James was beside himself so we brought out the cookies and masks. The picture of James with his hippo mask still shows bottom lip remnants of the break down. He said his favorite present was Fillmore (the VW bus from Cars) (I'm sure the favorite will change by the minute). He got a ton of Cars things as well as a new big bike, a lawnmower, art supplies, a skateboard, and a remote control car. I'd say he made out like a bandit.
Kinley and I enjoyed our girls weekend with my 4 college friends. We had a great time hanging out and catching up on life, we all agree that we are so blessed to have relationships like this. The above picture is of Piper (Shelly's baby girl who is 3 months) and Lilly (Chandra's baby girl who is 6 months) and Kinley (5 weeks) in matching dresses Chandra and Shelly picked up. Aren't they adorable!!
James' 3rd birthday was Monday. He requested meatballs, penne pasta (straight noodles) and apple pie ("with no peanut butter"??). We got him a keyboard to pound on, it has a microphone attached. Let's just say we are sort of regretting the decision!! We are mean parents because we made him get back to first time obedience and pick back up on potty training on his birthday. He didn't seem to mind. His party is this Saturday so we'll post pics and the story next week!
We miss you James! We hope you are having a great time in Duncan!
It's been a crazy two weeks. First of all I am feeling very normal now that the Zoloft is in my system. I don't want to be taking it but thank the good Lord it exists. I am thoroughly enjoying my baby girl and her newborn stage. We left last Wednesday for OKC to introduce Kinley to everyone there. We had a great time, above are all the pics. My Mom and great friend Chandra put on an open house for us and about 12 friends and family stopped by. We also had family dinner with my Grandma, sister, and Tristan - the boys had a great time (he is the little blond boy in the pictures with James and Kinley). Then we had dinner with the Morris' before they took James home with them for the week. We were all exhuasted - we heard James slept until 10:00 am on Sunday and had to be woken up! I wish he would do that for us sometime, it is the second time it's happened in Duncan. I guess I would have to be able to stay up past nine with him sometime - that'll never happen! I am such a night party pooper. I have been enjoying that Josh can do the 10:00pm bottle, I get to go to bed at 9:00!! While we were in OKC Kinley slept 8hours straight for the first time, I however only slept two hours that night - random mix of caffeine and medicine kept me up - it was awful and maddening. I am using my time this week to make room for new toys since James' birthday is next week. That means I have to tackle the attic, we are going to try Space Bags as a new storage system for the kids clothes, I'll let you know how it turns out??
