Happy Birthday Papa!!

Hope you have a wonderful birthday today!! I wish we were there to celebrate, but we are there in spirit
Love,
All The Girls

BUZZZZZZZ

So, what's a Mommy to do when you are home with one sick kid that is napping, one shaggy haired boy that needs a hair cut, and a bored Mommy?? Well, you break out Daddy's clippers and go to town. Seriously, I laughed so hard. I gave Kaden his 1st hair cut by Mommy and it was hysterical!! Hair was falling everywhere and he kept running from me to look in the mirror to see if he was bald. We were both just cracking up. I'm sure I will be cleaning up hair FOREVER!! Normally I get his hair cut on a 1 on the sides/back, scissor the top so we can spike, and then blend/fade. Well, I was able to pretty much do all except he need some blending. Since Ken and Kaden are in Louisiana visiting for the 4th, I asked Ashley, our cousin, who is a stylist to do some blending for me. Thanks in advance Ashley!! All in all, not too bad for Kaden's 1st hair cut by Mommy. However, in the future, I think I will stick to the professionals. Not a fan of flying hair paired with chasing a kid around with clippers and scissors.

The face says it all....get this freaking camera away from me,lol

13 Months

Can you guys believe that Kohen is already 13 months?? I can not!! This week we had her 1yr well check and I'm just now getting around to blogging about it. Overall we had a good appt and surprise, surprise, Koko is on the bottom of the percentile charts for weight. I'm not really worried about it because she appears to be following the same curve as Kaden and Kensley. The Pedi just instructed me to add a few things to her diet. The Pedi also heard a mummer, but we are just taking the wait and see approach. She did not feel that we needed to rush off and see a cardiologist. We are going to see if she can still hear it at her 15month appt. If she does, then we will go see a cardiologist then. So, all in all good appt. She's healthy and hitting all of her 1yr milestones. She was a trooper for the shots and was all smiles again by the time we got to the car and then she quickly fell asleep.

Okay, here's her stats:

Weight: 19lbs(5-10%)
Length: 29 inches long,(25-50%)
Head circumference18(50%)
1yr milestones:
*Can waive and say Hi and Bye
*Has 6 teeth and is in the process of getting her yr molars and 2 more bottom teeth
*Can take 4 steps unassisted before falling
*Can clap and give high 5's
*Can give hugs and kisses
*Shakes head no especially when she does not want anything else to eat
*Will open and let me look in her mouth when I say open, I'm constantly doing this to check for things that she has put in her mouth because she is a human vacuum cleaner
*Can drink from a sippy cup
*Has 3 meals a day plus snacks. All table food and the only thing that she does not like is sweet green peas
*Has had whole milk, but is still nursing for the majority
*Loves to have her picture taken. All I have to do is say cheese and she gives me the best cheesy grin
* Her favorite toys are the Laugh and Learn Fisher Price Shopping Cart and the Laugh and Learn Fisher Price musical chair. She plays with both of these the most.

Happy Birthday Christine!!

I hope you have an awesome birthday Christine!! Enjoy your day!!

Good Report

Today we had Kensley's VCVG test and we got the results back this afternoon and everything is normal. They do not see any abnormalities or reflux. YAY!! That is the news I was hoping and praying for and YAY, we got it!! I did not sleep a wink last night worring about the test and how Kensley would do, but she did great. They are still finding some levels of bacteria in her urine and they did a cath collection today while they were doing the VCVG and if this collection reveals the same amount of bacteria after cultured they will go ahead and treat her with another round of antibodotics. The Pedi gave us the clear to travel and just monitor. We should have the cultures back later this week. What a huge sigh of relief!! Thanks for keeping our little sweetpea in your thoughts and prayers!!

Hey Honey We're Not Having Fast Food Tonight....

On Monday's we usually fast food it for dinner because Kaden has Kung Fu and usually by the time it is over I'm in no mood for cooking. This week Kung Fu was cancelled due to the 4th of July holiday and Jenn just happened to invite us over for a last minute Monday night get together. Well, of course I jumped all over that since John is an awesome chef. I mean, who doesn't love chatting with good friends over good food. This time we feasted on Italian food and it was AWESOME. Thanks John and Jenn for having us over for dinner. You guys are the hostess with the mostess!! Being the annoying snap happy person I am, I photographed dinner for your viewing pleasure because A. I have a picture taking addiction and B. how can I describe an awesome dinner without pics?? I now bring you dinner from Chef John, drooling is allowed:-)

Fresh Brew

Caprese Salad

This fresh salad just screamed summer. I loved how light and fresh it tasted. Perfect combination of salty/sweet. I could seriously eat this everyday and never get tired of it.

Chicken Parm

Yummy, yummy, yummy, I've got LOVE in my tummy. Pasta just right, chicken crispy, perfect sauce, all smothered in melted cheese. Need I say more???

Drum roll.....dessert.

John will have to forgive me on this one because I can not remember the exact name of this little delicious number, but it was fantastic. Fresh berries in a crepe with an amaretto cream sauce, yummy, yummy, yummy, I've got more love in my tummy.

Our hostess with the mostess
Thank you for saving us from another fast food Monday. I thank you, the kids thank you, and espeically Ken thanks you. See ya next Monday, okay??

Jump!!

Today Kaden and even Kensley threw caution to the wind and both jumped into the pool today, YAY!!! This is huge for us. As long as I can remember, I've been the overly cautious Mom at the pool due to their ear tubes and it seems I'm always nagging, " are your plugs in," "don't get your head wet if your plugs aren't in," "is water getting in your ears" don't go under if your plugs aren't in," "for the billionth time, put your plugs back in." Okay, you get the picture of how we have spent our last few summers. Since Kaden and Kensley have had ear problems for what seems like FOREVER and like I mentioned I have always remained cautious around water, it honestly has taken some of the fun out of getting wet. This year I purchased custom fitted ear plugs and it has made such a huge difference. They actually stay in their ears, the kids think they are cool because of the colors, and plus the kids think it is neat that they were specially made for their ears . It was great seeing the kids doing normal kids things at the pool today. Now that the plugs have been thoroughly tested, maybe I can now think about swim lessons. I always hesitated to do them because in the past we spent more time chasing ears plugs in the pool than we did swimming, but now it seems like we have found our fix and we have dry ears!! YAY!!

Of course I had to through in a pic of Koko. She loved playing in the water with sister's water baby. Not sure if the baby doll liked it or not I think Baby Born was trying to yell for help,lol