What Summer Is...

Best Friends


Farmer's Markets


Great fashion


Swimming pools


Outside parties


Little buddies


Playing all day


Family


Crafting projects


We will be returning very soon to Arizona and can't wait to see the rest of our family that we've missed so much!

My baby...

Lately I've been thinking about how I am truly in love with my son. I never knew motherhood would be this way. He laughs and smiles all day long, every single day. He makes me so happy.

Sea Cruise

Ah, the life. Beach views, lobster tail dinners, my skin turning red and annoying Japanese tourists. Dave and I had such a blast on our little cruise to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico. We left Kai with my parents...but really started to miss him at the end.







Have you been on a cruise? You should go! Here are the pros: Food, entertainment, beaches...all available and planned for you. Cons: constant rocking motion gets a little annonying. All it all, totally worth it and a great value!

Life from Kai's Point of View

Life is happy as usual around my house. It seems to drive my mom crazy that I terrorize the bookcase daily. But my dad can't wait for me to walk. Here are some recent happenings...

I got my first ear infection which has not been too fun.



We have been spending a lot of time with my cousin buddies. Cooper is my best buddy. (Even though he drools on my toys.)



Jemma is my other favorite. She is always a sucker for the old 'binkie snatch'.



But after I steal her binkie, she always gives me "the look". Women.

Wildlife World Zoo

We had a super fun time at the Wildlife World Zoo out in Goodyear...for the most part.



You can get so close the the animals there. Only a rope fence was separating these kangaroos from us!



We went as a surprise for my sister's birthday. (Call her quirky, she loves a good zoo.)






Little known fact, I LOVE flamingos.




Feeding the sting rays!


Cooper, Kai's litte buddy-cousin, was so good at the zoo!

Riverdance

You may not know this about me...I LOVE Riverdance. It may be the fact that my name is Irish, it may be the amazing music and dancing, or it may be the awesome leather pants.





This was their farewell tour so my mother took Kacie and I to see it at the Mesa Center for the Arts.

Do I Have to Exercise Now?

Check out the new jogging stroller that my mommy got. She got it because my daddy likes to take me on jogs. But mommy knows she needs to be jogging everyday, too. I don't think she likes exercise very much though, because she never really does it. At least I look cute in my new stroller.

All by Myself!

Kai is almost 6 1/2 months old. He has two teeth and can do many things by himself.


He can crawl...



hold his bottle...



and even pull himself up. Yikes!


He still smiles and laughs all day and sleeps all night. What more could I ask for? (Don't worry, I know my next will be a hellion.)

How did you do it?

Time has flown by and my little Kai-bug is already almost 6 months. SO...I NEED ADVICE ON HOW TO INTRODUCE SOLID FOODS. Let's hear it. Meat after rice. Don't try barley. Fruit last. I want to hear it all. We have started rice cereal a little bit. Mostly I don't know how to balance nursing with solids. You know you are a pro. Shower me with your wisdom.




P.S. If your comment isn't boring you yet, please share your feelings about bumbos/booster chairs/high chairs. Are they all necessary, when do you start using a high chair? Thank you and good day!

What would you pay?

My new favorite hobby is "COUPONING". You may be thinking that isn't a verb. Well my friends, yes it is.



I paid about 11 bucks for all of these items. Usually the diapers and foundation are that much EACH!



Guess how much I paid for all of these items?


I paid nothing! Seriously! They weren't a gift and I didn't steal them! He he. I used several coupons (including a big one for TRANSFERRING A PRESCRIPTION. If you take any medication, you really have to use these! I also used the Extra Bucks program.) I actually walked away with 1.26 left on the gift card I got for the medication transfer. So I was paid a dollar to buy all of these!!!!

So much fun! I love it!

You got free candy...I got FREE CHIPOTLE!

For Halloween this year, we dressed up like mexican food. Why, may you ask? If you dress up like a burrito, Chipotle will give you a free burrito. We decided to push our luck and dress Kai up like the bag of chips to see if we could also get free chips and guacamole. Worked like a charm! (I guess it didn't hurt that his good looks were wooing each and every employee.)





Dave made all of the costumes. So many hidden talents in this man!



Pleat for ease of movement. (He thought of everything.)




Truthfully, I've never liked HALLOWEEN. However, now that I have a darling child to dress up...things may begin to change.