New Hairdo!

Kayda has actually been letting me put clips in her hair the last couple of days! I'm finally getting to play with my little girl's hair YAY! She looks so cute, her hair curls where it comes out of the rubberbands and her bangs are just too perfect! Another exciting thing. Last Friday Kayda went potty in Grandma Peggy's toilet and then last Tuesday, when we were trying to put her to bed, she told Daddy "pa" which can mean any number of things, but in this case meant potty, and then she went in to her special potty and actually used it! Hurray!

I had Dillon's hair cut again! His hair was starting to become the same length everywhere and he had more of it than Kayda. So we went and got his hair cut today, he looks so grown up and handsome! He did pretty good. He was a little wiggly so there are a few uneven parts but hey you can't expect perfection when you're cutting a little kid's hair by hand! Keep in mind I did not do the cutting... It would have looked like I used a knife and hacked it off!

And just because it warmed my heart... Both of my sweet little ones snuggled up with me and fell asleep the other day. They are so wonderful and make me so happy!

Snow in March!

We woke up to snow this morning so after breakfast we bundled up and went out to play for a couple of minutes. Of course not even two hours later it's all melting away but it was fun for the short time we were out there!

They Make Me Smile - totally random moments

They were playing in the bath and I decided to have a little fun with their hair. Kayda's hair just kept curling but Dillon's cracked me up! Even though her hair didn't stay up like it was supposed to it is an excellent example of Kayda's goofy grin!





Kayda fell asleep on the recliner today. I've tried to wake her up three times, each time I've changed her location. I pick her up, talk to her, try to sit her up, jiggle her a little... It doesn't matter she keeps on dreaming.

Dillon has decided it's great fun to open the washer and do this!

Kayda found my goggles in one of our drawers and wanted them on. Ready for the pool mom! We tied her blanket around her neck for a little while like a little super hero but I didn't get the camera fast enough.

Poor Hank, Dillon was climbing all over him and jumping around. Granted Hank got in the chair AFTER Dillon but still. This is toned down from when he first started, I had to encourage him to get going again after I got the camera out. I love his little facial expressions and noises!

Kayda really enjoys the Barenstein's B Book. In the end the baby bird's balloon gets popped. Usually Kayda will get to the very last page (when the balloon is popped) and very sadly say "balloon" then she'll flip to the page right before (when the balloon is still good) and yell "BALLOON! YAY!". She'll go back and forth over and over again being very dramatic with her sadness and happiness. This isn't as enthusiastic as usual but you can see a little of it!

Saturday Night Movie

Last night we decided to be a little lenient on bed time...granted it only differed by about half an hour. We were letting them finish watching Kung Fu Panda. Kayda thinks that movie is hilarious and she gets really into it. Dillon was mesmerized by it. I thought it was cute that they both wanted to snuggle with Daddy so here they are. All snuggled together in the big round chair that has been hidden back in the den up until about two weeks ago. They definitely love their Daddy! 

Part of the Family

We got Hank about a month and a half ago. We've really enjoyed him. He is very much a snuggler. We usually enjoy this but it can be very difficult when I have two small children in my lap and he decides he wants to be there too! He likes to be where we are no matter what other options are available. For instance just this last weekend Daddy left the gate open (he had been working on the indoor framing of our windows and forgot to shut it when he finished). I didn't realize that so I let Hank out. 10-15 minutes later it occured to me that the gate might be open so we looked and sure enough it was. So Daddy raced to the front door and Hank was just hanging out in our front yard and came right back in the house when we called. Here are a couple of pictures of him with the kids. He is REALLY good with them and they love him. I was a little late with the pictures. Kayda had actually been laying ON Hank watching TV, they were both perfectly content. With Dillon, Hank had been curled up in the chair with him, again perfectly content. But naturally as soon as mommy gets the camera everyone has to move!!

Meant to be Siblings

They say that you choose your family before you come to earth and receive a body. Watching my two little ones I believe every word of it. I like to think that we ended up having Dillon earlier than planned because he couldn't bear to be without Kayda any longer. They are so wonderful together and Brian and I live our lives entirely for them. These are just the most recent pictures of them sitting together I have many others. They are constantly playing together, sitting together, sometimes snuggling. Kayda will give him hugs and kisses, Dillon will follow her everywhere. They are so much fun to watch as their relationship continues to develop. What can I say? We love our babies and fortunately they love eachother.

All for the Sake of Entertainment

As a quick meal the other day we gave Kayda and Dillon spaghetti and meatballs. Kayda did pretty well as far as staying clean goes but Dillon was an ENTIRELY different story. At least we thought to take off his clothes before he ate!

Kayda randomly decided that she didn't want to wear her shirt anymore. She has mastered removing shoes, socks, diapers, pants, pajamas but she can't quite figure out shirts. She made some pretty entertaining faces while she was attempting this. After a few minutes I took mercy on her and helped her take them off but not without the pictures!

Kayda has turned into a climber. She climbs on her dresser in her room and sits there, she'll get on the table if we don't catch her first. She has now determined that the back of the couch is GREAT fun to climb on. She was laying on it and crawling all over it and of course Dillon wanted up there too but he needed more help with it so Daddy's holding onto him. They had a great time!