This and That

In June I became the President of MOMS Club of Omaha/Elkhorn.  You can learn more about our organization by visiting http://www.elkhornmomsclub.org/ lately all my "free time" has been devoted to that.  So I have not been able to spend any time updating our blog and probably won't be able to update very often. 

So here is a quick glance at what has been happening with us:

Owen turned ONE June 18th!

We had a Batman themed party for him, which I am sure to most people sounds a bit odd.  We nicknamed Owen "Batboy" because he loves to be upside down!  He like us to hold him upside down, he throws himself backwards to be upside down, he even learned to do a somersault because he always wanted to be bent over on his head.  We think he liked being upside down due to ALL the ear issues he had (which are now better after he had tubes put in.) 

 


Bat Brownies



Note to self: Black frosting not the best choice.

Like Kendall he was not really sure what to do with the cake.

Frosting in the hair

He stuck his finger up his nose and then of course thought he was hilarious!

Owen is such an amazing little guy.  He is always on the go, climbing and getting into something.  He loves to snuggle and give me kisses.  I could never imagine my life with a little boy after having a girl but now I don't know what life would be like without my little boy! 

Check out all my teeth!

COPE Garden

Every year our MOMS Club voluenteers to do different service projects.  In August we (Moms and Kids) voluentered at the COPE Garden.  COPE stands for Christian Outreach Program Elkhorn; they provide various services but part of what they do every year is have a garden where they have voluenteers come in and work weeding, watering, picking and whatever else that might need to be done.  After you have picked the produce you take it to the center so people who need food can come and pick up FRESH produce.  I explained to Kendall what we were going to do and how important it was before we went but really did not know how much she truely understood.  The next day Justin's mom came and Kendall told her all about the garden; how some people could not afford food and how she helped to pick vegetable so they could have them.  I guess she picked up on it a lot more than I thought she would:)  The kids had a blast picking things and watering.  I loved that we showed them how much fun helping others can be.  I hope that I can continue to look for opprtunities for us to voluenteer.



Owen watered the fence;)



Kendall's First Pedicure and Manicure

My cousin Kari got married in July and I was one of her bridesmaids.  The day before the wedding all the bridesmaids got their nails done.  Kari was so sweet and invited Kendall to come too.  So she got her first "Pedicure and Manicure".  They do not do the whole works for kids but she got to stick her feet in the water and then have her nails painted.  She picked neon green for her nail color.  She loves having her nails painted so this was quite the treat for her!



Kendall

Kendall got a pot to plant seed in it from my parents for Easter.  When we got home she "planted" her own flowers in it.  She even dug little holes for them with her stick!

This is where you will find Kendall if you come to our house on a nice day; she loves to swing!

And she loves to be goofy!

Owen Lately

Owen took his first step about a week ago!

Kendall loves to pick out her clothes and Owen's clothes so this is what she picked out today for Owen.

Lately he has been eating up a storm and wants nothing to do with baby food!

He now says Jack (my parents dog)!  My mom told me he said it and I was like yeah okay mom, but then Jack walked by Owen and he said "Jack".  He did it like five times then the other day I got it on video but it is not as clear as in person.  So now he says Dad, Mom (always in a loud crabby voice; probably gets that from his sister) and Jack!

Owen is 9 months

Owen stats at 9 months:
29" (77%)
17 lb 7oz (8%)
Head 45 cm (43%)

I always find the percentages funny because when you look at Owen I don't think he looks like a skinny baby and the doctor is not concerned with his weight.  He is following his own curve just like Kendall did.  He continues to battle an ear infection he is on a stronger medicine to hopefully kick it.  I hope this one goes away so we can sleep though the night!  Thankfully he is a pretty good little guy during the day.  He loves trying new food; his new favorite is cheese and cheerios. 

He crawls EVERYWHERE and is into EVERYTHING!  We have a basket in the living room with toys and he is always digging in it.

He loves to play with whatever Kendall has!

Kendall is 3!

Kendall had her 3 year check up and her stats are:
37.9" (64%)
28 lb 9 oz (27%)

She was really good for the nurse and doctor are her check up I think partly because we have been there so much for Owen she feels comfortable there (and gets a sticker just for being the big sister at Owen's appointments).  She had her blood pressure taken and different development qusetions that she answered all on her own...so big girl! 

Kendall loves disney princesses so we had a princess tea party for her.  I decided to make a princess castle cake for her party.  So much easier than last years Dora cake!  I don't do well with piping a cake but the beauty of a three year old is she did not notice the imperfections.  She ate an ice cream cone tower (her favorite thing is plain ice cream cones, frosting and sprinkles so this was right up her alley). 

Kendall got clothes, barbies, barbie car, barbie bedroom set and a bike with training wheels.

Justin was in charge of pictures...

We had a variety of tea sandwiches, salads, mini banana bread, cheddar biscuits, fruit cups, strawberry ladybugs.

I have some of my great grandma's tea cups and I decided that she would want them to be used rather than sit in a box so we had lemonade floats and fairy berry tea.

So maybe blogging is not my thing...

Okay so maybe I am not a very good blogger but I am worse at writing things down for the kids to look at later in life.  I have not kept up their baby books but thanks to our old website, blogs and facebook I have most milestones documented somewhere.  I have been copying and pasting to my computer so I have them saved.  Owen has been battling ear infection after ear infection so sleep is not really his thing.  If their naps do line up I want to get a few things done around the house and don't have time to be on the computer blogging.  I hope one day to keep the blog up so family and friends that are far away can see what is going on in with our family. 

A simple thing that brings joy to Kendall...

Kendall goes to a kid's day out program one day a week for 2 1/2 hours at a local church.  She will continue there in the fall where she will be in the 3 year old preschool program.  So I have noticed that when I go pick her up she is super excited to see me.  She will run to me saying "mommy" and give me a big hug.  Then she absolutely loves to watch all the other kids run to their parent or grandparent!  It finally clicked a few weeks ago that Kendall gets so much joy out of seeing others happy!  I have now noticed it in other instances as well; like when Owen is laughing she is so smiley.  I hope we can continue her on this path and find some place where we can volunteer together as a family.  Any suggestion of where you could volunteer with kids?