today... friday

today, friday, was the first time all week we spent a half day at home. the rest of the week we have been busy busy busy it seems, and taking full advantage of the park DAILY! today was the first day we didn't make it to the park, however we did sneak a later afternoon walk/bike in. we walked/biked to the lake and the kids played with the rocket launcher kai got for his bday last fall. the neighbors joined us.

otherwise, this afternoon was spent playing on our deck, even enjoying a fudgsicle!

bobcat!!! we got our yard somewhat smoothed out, due to our recent basement leaking :( hopefully this helps. rough grade hopefully next week, driveway in may... things are coming along!
it's not often i get decent pics of kai! he runs from the camera!
this slide actually belongs to our neighbors now. we sold it... and we have our new play structure sitting in our garage, waiting for our grass!!! luckily, we still can use the slide until the neighbors have their back deck built.

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thursday kai's playschool class went on a gymnastics field trip, and friday hallie's class went. i went both days. both kids did really well... and i'm not just saying that because i'm their mom! i think both are suited for stuff like this, and today the gym coach said that hallie is super strong and well coordinated! i think we'll sign up again for gym in the fall :) unfortunately, i didn't get any great pics of kai yesterday but here are a couple of hallie.

and emmy at the park yesterday
mr. kai

HOT day!!

(ignore the underlining... ??) thursday was such a hot day! we went to the fair with friends sara, madison, cooper and baby dexter. liam has thursday afternoons off too, so he was with us as well. the kids loved the fair, and we went to the playground afterward to take advantage of the beautiful weather!!

kai, getting tired and grumpy and saying, "no more pictures!"

hallie - dressed for summer!!

sara and baby dexter

emerson climbs up the stairs and goes down the slide on her own! wow!

at the fair... kai was a bit nervous on the rides (just like daddy) but he actually did this one twice! hallie puts her arms up in the air, she loves rides -- just like her mommy!
hallie & madison, they had a blast!

this was a FAST ride the girls and liam went on, and loved!
this one was also pretty fast, the loved it!

kai, holding on tight!

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more random pics

best friends

we went into our room to find the kids had snuck into our bed...

spaghetti fun

here is the update!!!

the kids in the 'hood!

spring cleaning... my van... on the neighbors drive pad. i can't wait to get our drive pad poured! should be in may they told me today. rough grade next week!!!!

update already!!!

i know i haven't updated in a while..... oops! i keep checking everyone else's blogs and see them being *slowly* updated and wonder why there aren't more updates, and then i realized that i have been neglecting mine.

i haven't even taken the pictures off my camera from last week, oops! an update is in order, just will have to wait until tonight!

this morning we're off right away for a nice walk over to a friend's house who lives pretty close. a whole group is going... perhaps i'll bring my camera!

new pics...

these are from our last muttart trip with amanda and kids. i am pretty pleased with how these ones turned out. you may not even be able to tell that dominic was not wanting any part of having his picture taken or standing still for more than 1/8 of a second.

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/halliekai/album/576460762398415697#page1

zoo!

we went to the zoo sunday... met with a whole bunch of people! it was fun! our first non-summer zoo experience. the kids spent more time runing on the grass and climbing the railings than actually looking at animals. fun times!

hallie tackling emerson?!?

what beautiful exhibits (they are doing renos)

Hope in action!



a creepy whale without the water...

she is getting so big!

kai

kai was not himself on friday. he seemed to be feverish and he spent the entire morning on the couch. he didn't want to eat. he refused all meds. he has a sensative gag reflex and he gags even at the thought of taking medicine. anyway later in the day i managed to get some chewable tylenol into him (WHY do they make it so the kids have to take 3 tablets, just make it into one bigger tablet! he wanted to stop after only 1) and 20 minutes later, he came alive! he was back to normal and asking to eat. that tylenol is so magical. he he... here is a pic of him at dinner... still quite pale with "sick eyes"....

my emmy

emmy had her hearing test friday. she seemed to do ok with it, but they said it's hard to tell if both or only 1 ear is working because she wouldn't wear the headphones. they just had to do without headphones... which is fine, just not as accurate. after the hearing test, they looked inside her ears and i guess she has fluid in her ears. so, off to the ENT she goes. she also goes for her tear duct consult in june, so perhaps she may have some minor surgeries coming up. it never ends emerson!!!

and i can't wait for disneyland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a rare photo where you can see her top teeth. they are normally hidden.

beep beep i'm a jeep!

random picture post...

kipp's new wheels... he was tired of driving a car! (ok, i had some influence here... i won't lie! i have been almost 5 years without my jeep!!!!) unfortunate color... i really dislike green... and even more dislike "graphic splashes"... but what can you do?

hallie and emerson, at our friend's house in red deer on monday
our friend, angela's tortoise, shelby... they live in red deer and we went for a visit

we were also visiting great grandma in red deer. she made sweaters and hats and scarves... but not for the kids to keep. the kids just had to try them on. she is entering them in some crafting thing she goes in. we were given the pink sweater to take home though. hallie is thrilled. LOL

emmy's easter

emerson's easter pic... once she finally woke up! sleepyhead! that's ok, she got all of the "opened already" eggs ;)

almost all of them looking...

emerson update

emmy's physio therapist and occupational therapist came last week. i forgot to mention it. we got some great news! her PT won't be coming any more as emmy has managed to catch up. she is walking and seems to be on track! i'm really happy about this, but also sad because i really loved our PT. she was great to work with... i would like to somehow let her know this... perhaps sending a card or flowers. any ideas???

the OT was also great, she thinks emerson is almost on track except for a few things so she will come back one more time, but otherwise she seems to be doing great! what a relief, as we weren't sure on how emmy would be in this department!

as for her speech, emerson still isn't talking, however she just in the last day or 2 has starting repeating sounds, not quite words. for eg. we say "uh oh" when she drops something, and she says, "ah ah" back to us... so she says 2 seperate 'words' just not quite the same sounds. it's exciting though! she is trying to say a few other little things too, one i think is, "grandpa" but it sounds like, "uh ba!" also, she says, "ba ba" a lot and often she says it while hugging a baby or a stuffed animal. maybe that is "baby" ?? she is slowly coming along... i'll have to try to get some video of her sounds.

we had an appointment today at the hospital with the home nutrition support team. (she sees them still because she has her g-tube) -- it went well, nothing really to report. it's sort of pointless to see them because she's not using her tube, but we all get caught up to date on emmy's meds, what is new, etc. so i guess that's good.

friday she goes for a hearing test at the hospital just to rule that out. (as to why she isn't saying words yet) it's early but still good to get done.

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unopened eggs...