Easter

Hello all,

I'm still around, and I even remembered the password to get into this account.  Yay for me.  I realize I'm pretty much the worlds worst blogger, but I never promised I'd be very good at it.  So on with the good stuff!

I love getting the whole family dressed up in coordinating outfits for church.  So much so that I actually wore a bit of pink!  Just a bit mind you.  You can't really tell in this picture, but the shirt under my jacket is pink and my necklace and earrings are pinkish.  I also painted my toenails pink.  And Kindi's to match.  That was quite the experience for her.  She loved it and yet was so nervous about it.  The whole time I was painting them she was fidgeting and giving me that nervous giggle sound.  You know, the one that you try so hard to avoid when you are at the doctor for something embarrassing.  Yeah, that one.

When I tried to paint our finger nails to match she got really excited and handed me her finger, until I pulled the brush out of the bottle.  I don't know what she thought it was, or was going to do to her, but as soon as I pulled it out of the bottle she would freak out and yank her hand away, hiding it under her chin or in her mouth.  I tried to paint mine, but after the fourth attempt being ruined by immediately having to help Kindi go potty or help Kaden button his pants... I gave up!

We even got Jeremy in pink!  What a gorgeous family!

Malaki, Lillie, Kaden and Kindi show off their finery.  

(Kori was having special Mommy time.)

 Hunting eggs.

 What a handsome little boy.  Where did my chunky baby go?!

 Don't ever put your chocolate down around Kindi.  She'll snatch it up and be gone before you know it!

Dress Up

My best friend, Julie, told me about some pictures that a friend of hers did with her little girl.  I fell in love with the idea and decided that I just had to steal it!

She put her little girl in her wedding dress!  And the plan is to take a picture of Kindi in my dress every year.  It will measure how much she grows as well as just be stinkin adorable!  She wasn't terribly impressed with the idea this first year, but I hope that as she gets older she will enjoy it and look forward to it too.  I debated about doing this with my wedding dress.  What if it gets ruined?  Then I thought, What IF it gets ruined?  It isn't like I am ever going to wear it again and Kindi is going to want to pick her own wedding dress (Ugh... I can't think about THAT yet!).  Even if I wanted to put it on again it will never fit me.  Having nursed two babies...  if I did ever manage to get my waist that small again I certainly wouldn't be comfortable going out in public spilling out the top!  With those thoughts in mind I was also brave enough to cut out the built in bra.  It made it much easier to take pictures that didn't look completely ridiculous on Kindi.  Having cups sticking out of her belly button was just not working for me!

We couldn't leave Kaden out of this little dress up episode, but obviously I couldn't put him in my dress too!  Okay, I suppose that isn't entirely true.  He is young enough right now that he doesn't know that boys don't wear dresses.  He would have done it and loved it, but Jeremy wouldn't have been to thrilled and there is no way I am going to talk a 13 year old boy into putting my wedding dress on for his yearly picture!  So we went with Daddy's suit coat instead.  Jeremy rented his tux for the wedding so I don't have that, but he does own a very nice suit that will work just as well.  Kaden loved it!  He giggled and begged me to put it back on him when it fell off time and time again.  When he started getting a little bit wild and I put the coat away, it devestated him!  He cried and threw himself on his bed begging to have Daddy's coat back, please, please, pleeeeassse.  So I don't think it will be a problem to get him to put it back on next year!

Kindi was way more impressed with my veil than with my dress!

This picture of Kaden is so great!  He was having such a blast dancing and being a man just like Daddy.

This was one of the first pictures I took of Kindi, before I took the scissors to my dress.  It still turned out very sweet though.

I sure do have beautiful children!  What a wonderful blessing they have been in our lives.  We had a rough road getting them here, but no pain or sorrow compares with the joy that they bring to us every day.  God is good!

6 Months for Kindi

 Man how time is absolutely flying!  My little baby is already half of a year old.  She is getting prettier and prettier and more and more fun.  Also more and more cranky...  It is absolutely killing her that she can't chase her brother around the house.  She gets so frustrated and angry that she is stuck in the same place while he runs from room to room.  But when he plays with her... she is in heaven!  The other day she was in her bouncer and he was playing with the toys on it with her.  She was so ecstatic that she started screaming (this time it was a happy scream, and not her usual grumpy scream).  Kaden found that to be quite amusing so he screamed back and her, then she screamed, then he did, over and over again for several minutes!  Is this something I should be worried about?  It was really funny and cute, but are my children always going to communicate with each other by yelling?!

 Wow this butterfly costume makes my petite little Kindi girl look like a chunker!  

Kaden got dressed up too and took some pictures with her.  He loved that they both had hats with antennae on them.  

Kindi much preferred to lay on the costume rather than wear it!

 She sits up like a pro now.  When she first gets up in the mornings, before Kaden wakes up, I will bring her into my room and she sits on my bed giggling and screaming and cooing.  She's so excited that she is getting to be a big girl and although I am loving watching her I wouldn't mind if she would slow down a bit.  I do have to admit that I am looking forward to her starting to crawl though.  I believe that she will be much more content when she can move around by herself and can chase her brother instead of always getting left behind.  

Kindi is 5 Months Old

My Kindi girl is 5 months old.  She has two teeth already.  She is eating big girl food.  And I wish time would slow down!  I love watching her reach all of these stages, but she is my last baby and I'm not ready for her to grow up yet!

She is getting more and more beautiful every day though!

Since Kaden's 5 month birthday was in May and Jeremy's birthday is in May I used Jeremy's cowboy hat and boots for that month and they turned out adorable.  So I thought I'd do the same with Kindi girl's 5 months too, and she is super cute!

Her head is just too small to keep Daddy's big ol' hat on.  But even with it tilted she's precious.

So... this one worries me.  Only five months and look at that attitude already!

I think it's my favorite though!  Does that make me a glutton for punishment?

And of course since Kindi was getting to wear Daddy's ha'a, Kaden wanted to too.  He was so sad when I told him he couldn't take it from Kindi.  He ran across the yard and sat down in the wet grass saying, "Mah uurn."  Which in Kaden language means, "My turn.".  He jumped right back up when I told him it was his turn.

More from the Well(s) of Randomness.

Hmm after this post it will be time to unload my camera again.  :)  I'm all caught up according to my computer, but my camera has another story to tell!  (Or maybe several!)

Garden season.  Zucchini taking over my kitchen.  Solution?  Shred and freeze said zucchini.

Kaden even helped me shred and package it, can you tell in this small picture?  Zucchini on the counter, on the chair, on the floor, in his hair...  So then I had the bright idea of waiting and letting the zucchini on the floor just dry up so I could easily sweep it up and throw it away.  Anybody ever tried that before?  Well, don't!  It doesn't dry nice and flaky, nope, instead it seems to melt into the floor and stick like glue!  The next time I just got on my hands and knees with a washcloth and wiped it up right away.

Kaden stirring the eggs, oil and vanilla for the Chocolate Zucchini Bread.  Yummy!  Most of it even stayed in the bowl!

I'll probably be in trouble with Jeremy for posting this picture!  Kaden found Kindi's headband stash and wanted ALL of them on.  So being the diligent mother that I am, I obliged.  Then proceeded to take blackmail pictures!

Then he tried to pull them down to get them off and turned them into a blind fold!

Kindi is getting strong so fast.  She loves to sit upright and can almost sit all by herself now.  When I upload my next batch of pictures I have a lot more stories to tell with her.  Food, toys, and more coming.

I don't remember if I posted anything about this cradle before...  Jeremy's dad made it for their boys.  Both Heath and Jeremy's names are carved into it.  He sanded and refinished it for us and brought it for Kindi.  It is so neat, it rocks both ways!  Sideways, and head to toe.  I put Kindi in it at night, but during the day it isn't safe!  Kaden loves to hang out in it.

Kaden has just recently figured out what the camera is for.  This is his 'cheese' face!!!  He doesn't actually say cheese, but when he sees the camera this is what he does.  It cracks me up!

My monkey boy is forever finding something, anything (chairs, pots, toys...), to pull into the kitchen to get into the sink, or on the counters.  It has gotten so bad in fact that all of our dining chairs are out in the garage because I got tired of rushing into the kitchen to pull knifes and things away from him.  Some days poor Kindi gets a bum rap!  I feel terrible when I have to stop her from eating and leave her on the couch while I go rescue her brother, over and over and over again!  Anyways... So this time he managed to get the dish scrubber that I had just been using and was still quite soapy.  At least he was cleaning my coffee table with it.

What Mom?!  I'm just helping you clean!

Want me to clean your camera too?

My Little Cowboy.

I don't think these pictures even need words.  He is just too adorable and I'll leave you with that!

Christmas with the Wells'

We made our annual trip to Milton Freewater to spend Christmas with Jeremy's family just a few days after moving into our new home. (I didn't even get to put a tree up this year. That was really hard for me!) Kaden did really well on the drive considering that it is a 5 1/2 hour trip, although it is usually more like 6+ now that we make more stops for Kaden's sake. He only melted down at the very end of the trip.

Gosh it has been so long I don't remember a whole lot of what went on, but I do have some pictures to share! We got there Christmas Eve which is a big dinner and presents day at the Wells'.

This look cracks me up.

Opening presents with Daddy.

Grandma got him a new Christmas outfit to wear for the day. The onsie is really cute with snowmen on it and she also got him a great pair of green bib overalls to wear with it, but since Kaden has such short legs we would have had to roll the legs up about 6 inches or so. :) Luckily she discovered that on her last trip down to help with the move and bought him a regular pair of pants with shorter legs.

Lily obviously needed some help opening her presents!

He figured out this noisy toy from Uncle Heath and Aunt Alyssa in a hurry. It spins and has several different modes. Our favorite is the music mode. He carries this toy into the kitchen when I'm working (grunting and groaning all the way), and we will dance and stomp. If Kaden hears music, anywhere or anytime he immediately stops whatever he was doing and starts dancing! He bobs up and down and nods his head, once in awhile he gets a little bit of Elvis hip action and some stomping.

If you shake this piggy in a bathtub on wheels, then set it down, it plays a tune, oinks and drives away. When Kaden tries to catch it, it ends up going between his legs.

Helping Grandma open her presents.

Snuggles for Papa.

He gets tons of cool toys and what is he excited about? Grandma's new cheese grater!

I think he didn't care for being buried in the wrapping paper...

On Christmas morning the girls come over and open stockings and one more gift from 'Santa'.

Kaden had this figured out. He would reach into his stocking as far as his little arms could go.

A bath toy!

Being cool in Papa's hat!