Merry Christmas

Hope everyone had a nice holiday. Lynzi enjoyed Christmas morning very much. Kellen was more interested in the empty boxes, of course.

My sister flew in from Brooklyn Christmas Eve and will be here a week. Yippee!!

mmm brownies

Christmas Pics.

I tried to get some pics of the kids, some turned out okay. It's not easy keeping a very mobile 8 month old still for even 5mintues. He was trying so hard to leap off the couch to get at my camera. Anything with buttons/keys he can push.

Lynzi put on some lipstick. Isn't she pretty? Kellen is now climbing the stairs.

Stuck

We've had the baby gates back up for about a month now. Kellen is soo fast that he can get anywhere now. He loves to grab hold of them and shake and shake and shake. I don't remember L being this active and getting into sooo much stuff. I turn my back for a second and he's got the phone or the tv remote that I swore I put up.

Starbunz

Oh I love these diapers. And yup those are ears.

Saturday

I got my hair cut
yesterday and love it.
It's easy to take care of and cute! Lynzi got her hair styled also. She was so proud to sit in the chair. Here's just a random pic of Kellen with a new favorite toy. The house phone! Showing off his scar from hitting the corner table.

Happy Halloween

Dorothy and The Lion.

We took both the kids around the neighborhood. Once it got dark we left Kellen with Nana and Gpa and took L to a few more houses. She really got into it and had a great time.

Aw

Aw. I just love my babies.

My big boy

Lynzi being Lynzi.

I bought some leg warmers for the kids at Target awhile back. I'm too cheap to buy baby legs. :)

Well Kellens that were marked 0-24 months are waaaaay too small for him so he's wearing L's 2t-4t ones. I especially like the green stripes w/the pink stripes.

Tumble

L with her face painted.
She was mad that her
arm didn't get done also.

Officially crawling now!

Oh, Kellen fell off the bed last night while he was sleeping. I guess he even rolls over in his sleep now. He's had a big red spot last night. Today it's still a big red w/a couple scratches. He is fine though, even last night he was laughing and playing after it happened.

Avocado!

I gave Kellen some avocado tonite. I think he liked it! He even tried to feed himself.

He crawled a few steps tonite, I actually got it on video! He's sitting up by himself now too.

6 months

Sigh, I'm been a bad blogger lately!

Things have been so busy around here. Kellen will be 6 months on Monday! He weighs 22.13 lbs, has 2 teeth on bottom and is really really trying to crawl. He loves to suck on anything and everything. He is such a happy baby-all the time. He's usually just a little crabby when he gets hungry.

We haven't started solids yet, I might this month. I'm not in any hurry really.

Lynzi is starting to exhibit her teenager side. (As my friends calls this age three-nager, ) She knows everything, doesn't need help with anything and loves the word NO!

She is such a lovely child most of the time, just sometimes her stubborness comes through. They both have their checkups on Monday.

Fall is really on it's way! Awesome. Sweaters and jackets. I love it.

Home Tag.

Home Tag-I tag
anybody who wants to
do it. 1. Laundry room-one day it will be clean

2. Closet-way messy

3.Bathroom-you only get to see this much.

4. Kitchen sink

5. Fridge and freezer.

6. Not really a pantry-just a cupboard that needs cleaning.

7. What the kids are doing-L watching tv, Kel-playing with his toys.

8. Favorite room-Lynzi's playroom. We spend a lot of time in here.

9.Bedroom-scuse the mess.

10. Dream Vacation-Someplace like this! (I think this is Fiji)

Teeth

Kel has been teething for a few days now. I finally got a close up shot. One tooth has popped up already and the other one is still under the gums. He hasn't been too grumpy at all.

Relaxing.

This is how I found L watching tv the other day. I guess Kellen makes a nice pillow.

I love Fall!

Today it is supposed to get a little cooler around here. I'm soo excited. Fall is my favorite season.

Sweaters, hot cocoa, leaves on the ground, cute clothes for the kids, decorating, Halloween, walks.

The only thing I dislike about fall is that winter comes next. Last fall I was super preggo so that means this year I have to go shopping for new clothes. The kids need some warm clothes too. Last year L was still in diapers so she may still fit into some of those clothes but at the rate K is growing I'll need to start buying 18 month clothes for him.

Help!

So I'm trying to change my background and make my blog cute but I can't seem to get it to work!
I follow all the directions but it still says there's an error and I can't get it to work.
Still learning all the fun stuff to do with blogging.

Some Pics

Nice pic At the airport

Feeling Sad

So I took my sis to the airport today. We had such a nice visit this past week. It was so nice for her to see Lynzi again and meet Kellen for the 1st time. I wish she lived closer so we were able to visit more often. We took quite a few pics, I'll get those posted soon. She is headed to NY to visit younger sis before she heads back home to CALI on Monday.

Having a good time!

Gosh, I'm having such a good time with my sister here. Today we took the kids downtown and walked around to some 2nd hand stores. We found a cool antique shop in town and got some neat finds.
Then I made her walk all over Iowa City till we finally found The Red Avocado restaurant then realized it is closed Mondays! Der!
So we went to the Co-op and found some yummy healthy food and went and sat outside and had a nice picnic. Then more shopping. :)
I'm sure we would have continued the fun but I had to go to work. I'm sure tomorrow will be just as fun. I will get some pictures posted soon. The kids were super good today, only whining intermittently about having to walk.

Ya for Big Sisters!!!

So we went and got my big sis, Melissa at the airport today for a nice weeklong visit!

Her plane was supposed to land in IL at 1:22 pm but it got delayed in Cali so she ended up having to wait in Denver for a few hours and finally got in IL at 7 pm! Made for a long but fun day. We took the kids to the Niabi Zoo in IL and shopping while we were waiting today.

Here a just a few pics of our day. More to come.

Curly Girl

I wish my curly days looked like this.

The babes

So excited!!!

I need to get better at this whole blogging thing.
So my big sister, Melissa is coming to visit next Friday from California. I'm so excited!
She hasn't met Kellen yet and hasn't seen Lynzi since she was about 1yr old.
I'm going to take her to some cool consignment shops in the area and out to eat at some new restaurants in the area. I just wish our younger sis, Laura could be here to hang out too. I'm prob. going to take a million pictures.

Okay, so I'm jumping on the Blogging bandwagon. I figured this would be easier for family to see how we are all doing vs checking Myspace, Facebook and etc.
We just had family pictures taken the other day. I think they turned out quite well.
Lynzi is getting bigger and smarter every day. Sometimes it's hard to believe she is only 3 1/2 from the way she acts some days. She is such a big help with Kellen. She loves to get diapers for him and make him laugh(which she is very good at)
Kellen is weighing in at a whopping 21 lbs at 4 1/2 months. He loves his toes, his big sister and rolling everywhere.