beautiful day!

last week it was so nice outside! we took advantage and walked to the "big park" with our soon-to-be new neighbors! it was very nice, but i underdressed us all and we were FROZEN by the time we got home. oops!!!

kai is re-discovering the park... funny how a winter away from the park can make everything seem new -- and sometimes scary! our little chicken is now a bit scared of the swings! last year he couldn't get high enough... i think it's a 3yr old thing. he is scared of a lot of things these days and i remember hallie going through this before too.

ice cube babies...

the deck!

our deck is done! kipp thought for sure it wouldn't be done when we moved in, but it only took them a day or so to build! ok maybe 2 days... but here it is! and still LOTS of yard left woo hoo!!

she is so cute!

emerson is such a little cutie these days! she is doing so much more... she's got such a personality! that is, when she is not sleeping... she still sleeps a LOT. 2 naps/day and sleeps about 14 hours at night. she is still sleeping this morning as i type this...

anyway last week she got her g-tube changed... it looks pretty and white again. the old one was too long, sticking out too far since she has thinned out from when she got that one last june. it had also discolored... ew! sorry for those who don't like to look at this stuff... this pic is pretty non-gross as far as gross CAN go!

awwwwww....


the kids were totally making her laugh last night after supper!


yesterday i joined hallie's playschool class on a field trip to the sea caverns at west ed! here is a penguin! his name is bam bam and he was being totally playful at the glass window!

my kids are nuts!
but i love them :)

busy week!

last week was busy! friday we ended up going to millenium place with juanita and her kids... it was great! we then headed for lunch at the nearby joey tomato's restaurant -- which was quite a sight! 2 moms with 7 kids all 4 yrs and under! it was really a bit krazy but the kids did so well and we managed to rack up a bill of $150! woo hoo! after the lunch, we were loading the kids into the vans and a lady came up to me... she went on about how she saw us in the restaurant and how she was amazed at how many kids we had between the 2 of us and she kept saying, "you are such a good mom, such a nice mom..." i was really surprised, especially because the kids weren't being little angels in there... it was so nice to hear that. i have to remember to be that old lady who makes the NICE comment when i am old... it truly just made my day!

saturday kipp wanted to take the kids on the rides yet again, so off to galaxyland we went. hallie and i went on almost every ride! she is such a daredevil! she can't WAIT for disneyland, the mall rides are now too slow, too boring ;) ha ha! kai, on the other hand, is a bit chicken! he goes on the kiddie rides, only SOME of them... and in the pic below look at his expression! "get me OFF!"

hallie on a ride... posing for the camera

kipp, hallie and kai on a new ride. kai was not impressed!


millenium place...


what a monkey!!
little emerson... she had a lot of fun here!

i just realized...

i have never been a mommy to a 15 month old and not been pregnant. this is a first for me! ha ha! i was pregnant from when hallie was 5 months old onward and then i was pregnant when kai was about 14 months old, onward.

let's play!

we went on monday and we were the only ones there for a while (us with 2 friends + their kids) which was nice! even when we left at noon, there were only about 2 or 3 other moms with kids there. i love non-busy places! although, let's play was pretty dirty... i was kind of put off... but the kids of course had fun.

beach day!

it was beach day at playschool today! kai enjoyed the pools in the classrooms! tomorrow is hallie's beach day.... how fun!

this was everyone's favorite pool... as you can see ;)

house...

our house is coming along... the exterior is almost done except for the cedar shakes in the peaks and the stone work by the garage and on the front posts. and of course proper front steps! oh, and they need to still build our deck in the back... less than 1 month until we move!!

the inside still needs flooring, railing on stairs, light fixtures, counters, baseboards.... but they have been so busy working on it... every time i drive by there are like 4 trucks there of random workers... kipp went inside last weekend and said the kitchen looked awesome... i want to see!! i'm SO impatient!

dexter's photo debut!

can be viewed here: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/halliekai/#page1

oh baby!!!

i got to meet a brand new baby today, mr. dexter! oh my goodness, what a sweetie! even though he puked at least 7 times during my visit, he is still just so so so adorable!!! and WOW is he ever tiny!!! i was hoping he was still going to look "newborn" like and he looks so newborn that he should still be inside that tummy! not even 6 lbs, he has lost weight. i hope tomorrow's appt goes well sara! thanks for having me over today and watch for some insanely cute baby pics to be blogged tomorrow when i get my camera back (forgot it at my parents' house tonight -- so sad!!)

swimming lessons!

the kids are taking swimming lessons for the next 2 months, weekly. they had their first class last week and loved it! hallie & kai are in the same class, and their friend keith joined them too! this is really the first time for lessons... well for kai at least. hallie took some as a baby, and then tried unparented lessons at age 3 but only went once or twice and was traumatized. this time went much smoother -- i'm so happy they can be in the same class!

the babes, viewing the lessons... on the other side of the glass... what's funny about this one is little erin in the background was totally all smiles for the camera!

the little swimmers!

waiting for the lesson to start...

cute...

i am one of the horrible moms who allows her kids to listen to nickelback... and hinder... and other stuff like that... not always, but sometimes when i am no longer wanting to hear the kids music..... and my little hallie has her mind made up that she is having hinder's "lips of an angel" song for her wedding song! haha!!! if she only knew what the song was about...

then the conversation went into how she is marrying kai... oh boy.... we have a lot to sort out here!

quirky 'lil emmy!

quite the face she's making...

at the restaurant - we went this week with my parents, my sister, my aunt and uncle, and my grandma. it was a great visit and the kids had fun too!

skating again!

sunday kipp took the kids skating again! i walked over with emerson in her sled too, for some pictures of course!

i also peeked inside our new house and our cabinets are in! they look awesme -- they are totally going to be destroyed by the kids, i already know it :( i also noticed our house is painted inside... and i really don't like the color *I* picked. oops :( i hope it looks ok once the rest of the house stuff is in (flooring, furniture, etc.)