New rooms (finally)

One of the few drawbacks of not finding out the sex of a baby before he/she is born is that you aren't able to prepare the nursery beforehand.  After the baby is born it is really hard to find a free moment, let alone, to try to find a free weekend where you can devote it to painting and decorating a room.  But we finally have Conner's room done, well almost.  I still have one little project that I want to finish, but hopefully this weekend I will get it done.  So here are the pictures......

The stripes at the top were by far the most time consuming to do.  Unfortunately Luckily, I have a husband who is detail oriented and therefore did most of the taping for the stripes.

I hand painted the animals on the wall.

The project that I have left to do involves the letters above his crib.  I bought some scrapbook paper that I am going to glue on so that they will match the bedding theme.

This week Kaylee also got to move into her big, big girl bed.  (She called her toddler bed her big girl bed, so she thought that this bed should be her big, big girl bed.)  We had to move out all of the furniture from the rooms that were carpeted last week, so we took this great opportunity to get this bed set up.  This bed was actually my bed from when I was growing up. 

Kaylee got to pick out the bedding for her new bed, but we will wait for her birthday next year to re-paint her room.  She is also wearing her leotard (a post will come later about gymnastics and hopefully a video) that she wore almost the whole day. :)

Pumpkin Patch Fun

Yay, I finally figured out the picture thing!  But on to my post....On Oct. 1 the daycare took a trip to a local pumpkin patch for our first field trip.  Luckily all the parents were able to go otherwise it wouldn't have worked out.  All the kids did so well and had so much fun!

First the kids got to act out a story about how to grow pumpkins. 

Kaylee and Conner on the hayrack

          All the daycare friends on the hayrack ride.  I find it a challenge to get two kids to take a good picture.  Trying to get six kids = impossible!

Family pic on the hayrack

Finding the perfect pumpkin



Conner's Birthday Party Prt. 2

I'm still not able to view the photos until I post this, so I will just write about everything and then post the pictures after. Conner had his official birthday party the Saturday before his birthday. His Grammy and Papa, uncles Corey and Travis, Travis' friend Steph, and Great Aunt Mary all made the trip down. Friends Chris and Christine and their two kids also came for the party. The kids all played for awhile while we waited for my brothers to find our way to the house. (They took a wrong turn) :) Then we sang Happy Birthday and had cake and homemade icecream. Conner loves his sweets!! Next we opened presents and he got so many wonderful gifts. We have been having fun playing with them and now we officially have "boy" toys in the house. He also got a bumble bee car (didn't come with a steering wheel, so we had to call them) that he likes cruising around the house in. After the party we went to the hotel that some of my family was staying at and the kids and Steve went swimming. Sunday we celebrated Mary's birthday before everyone had to take off for home.

Conner turns 1! Prt. 1

I can't see the pictures while I am writing this, but I can see them when I preview, so I am just going to write everything before the picures and hopefully the issue will be resolved before the next post. Conner got to have three birthday parties for his first birthday; one over Labor Day weekend, one on the 18th, and one on his actual birthday on the 22nd. This post is about his party over Labor Day weekend when we actually celebrated three birthdays - Conner's, Grandpa's, and Steve's. Grammy and Grandpa came down on Saturday. The first order of business was to put together Conner's new car. I don't know if Conner was more excited about holding (sucking on) the screwdriver or getting a ride in his car. The car has a floor in it so his feet wouldn't drag while getting pushed. This week though Conner is able to use his own feet to drive the car, although it is only backwards. He also likes to get behind it and push it around the yard. On Sunday we all went to the zoo to see the new 2 week old baby chimp that made national news because the mom is 56 (or 80 years old in human years)! They had some feeding demonstrations of different animals so the kids got to see the chimps, monkeys, and sea otters eat. The highlight for Kaylee, as always, was feeding the ducks and goats. Conner preferred to look at the goats from a ways back. Sunday night we had a supper to celebrate all the birthdays with ribs on the grill and cake. The Boggs family came over also for supper and to visit. Conner got his first taste of cake and loved it! Even tried licking (eating?) the plate.

Water Play Fun!

Like most kids, these two LOVE water! Conner can hear the bath water start from the other side of the house and then he is off as fast as he can crawl, and that is pretty fast. There is no stopping him from getting in the water once he knows that it is there.

After bath, Kaylee was still in the tub and Conner was on his way back.

They love taking their baths together and we love only have to do bathtime once a night!

The kids were all ready to play in the pool, but out of nowhere it started to rain so they got to play in the rain instead.

Last year Kaylee hated getting her hair or face wet. This year she thought it was so funny when she got her hair wet and wasn't afraid of the sprinkler either. Conner just wanted to crawl in and out of the water or drink it. We actually made it to the local splash park quite a few times this year. Last year Kaylee wasn't too excited about it because the water just squirts up so randomly. But, this year she couldn't get enough. She won't go through the rings (on the left) yet, but maybe next year. Conner had fun just sitting by the water and trying to catch it when it squirted up.

Kaylee with her friends Sophia and Max at the splash park. Our good friends, Don and Rosemary, have a pool in the neighborhood and Rosemary invited us to go swimming a couple times this summer. It was neat to watch Kaylee get braver and braver each time we went. By the last time that we went swimming she would jump to us from the side of the pool without holding on to our hands when she jumped. That was a BIG step for her! Next year we are going to get her in swim lessons and hopefully she will learn how to put her face in the water. It will be better to have someone else, besides me, to teach her how.