A Messy Mother's Day

We sure did have fun making this painting! The kids were covered from head to toe in paint and the floor was so slippery that everyone was sliding all over the place. Now I have a wonderful painting, done on Mother's Day, that I can display and always remember this time together.

James cracks himself (and Sammy) up!

James and Sammy are good buds as anyone can tell. James has learned that making this nasty noise really cracks people up!

Sock monkey and a morning at the park

Alex and I had fun swinging at this cool park in Fenton. We met our friends Brooke, Nash and Margot also.

Do you like my new do? Piggytails!!

Don't let these sweet piggytails fool you. I am about to dump this milk all over the floor, then smear it with my hands.....

"Cheese!!!"

This sock monkey is my new buddy. He is now wearing a diaper and I like to put a bib on him when he "eats"

Crawfish Boil!!

We went to a crawfish boil today at Brooke and Rays. There were a bunch of people there and a ton of kids. We had a blast! Check out the videos.



"Look Nash, crawfish!"



Kiki isn't quite sure if she should eat this...

James found a new friend....

for dada to eat!!!

Thanks for mom for making this shirt. It was a hit!

And now the videos!!

Brooke is brave....

"You suck!!!!!"

Kiki walks with chair

Kiki loves to use her chair as a walker. She goes all over the room, sometimes James will join in on the fun and race her or walk side by side. See for yourself, so cute!

Soccer player

Future soccer player, perhaps? James and Ben love to kick the ball back and forth and play soccer. Her is James practicing before the big game, unfortunately he was a bit distracted be "Charlie", the neighbor's dog....

Popo tells a joke....

Silly kids

Peek a boo!

Wow, a picture of Kiki and me....thanks Grandma!

Moo, Baa, LaLaLa!

Sorry for the sideway video.....Enjoy!

It's Kiki's Birthday!!

See, I am cruising this couch! These are my walking shoes.

I am one today! Happy Birthday to me!!

Wow, Keira is 1!! Well, it's time to toot our horn!

Kiki is big, beautiful and amazing! She loves her family and although she is not a huge snuggle bug like her big brother, she has her ways of being affectionate. Keira will blow kisses, hug, kiss with her lips (so sweet) and high five. She will, on her terms, snuggle with us.

Her favorite words include mama, dadda, daddy, Jay (James), Kiki, baba, yessss, this (she points and says thissss), no, more, snack, cow, moo, baa, lalala (yes she loves that book and will fill in the blanks as I read it to her).

She can pull herself up to stand and is starting to cruise.

She is really starting to get the hang of eating big girl food. Yesterday, she ate an entire hotdog! Umm, favorite food includes sweet potatoes, oatmeal, steamed veggies, and blueberries. She still loves her baba, and that's ok with me....for now.

She loves to play tag with James (they chase each other around the table), play peek-a-boo, and she loves to sit down and read books (she has done this for an entire hour, by herself), she also loves to be read to(either by me, Ben or James!) When she is super happy she will sing "ga ga gaaa, ga ga gaaaa....." James does the same thing (remember the dancing Yoda), it is their happy song.

OK, enough tooting our horn!

Happy Birthday Keira!! Don't grow up too fast :)