KELLIS COUSINS

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IN THE MOUNTAINS

Kimball, Chloe, & I waiting at the bank for the fishing party

Chloe, Eli, & Noah wanting to fish!

Grandkids at my parents house. Landon would never sit still so he's MIA. Kimball, Katelyn, Sienna, and Morgan.

Chloe wants to be a BIG kid so bad! She wears my high heels and steals my glasses. The little fingerprints are always appreciated. :b

SPLISH, SPLASH

FRIENDS AT TEMPE SPLASH PAD. (CHLOE LOVES THESE BOOTS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY NOTICED BY ALL THE PREVIOUS SHOTS. SHE WEARS THEM EVERY DAY!)
ADDIE & CHLOE

ADDIE

ASHTON & NIXON
THIS WAS ONE STRESSFUL DAY! I LOVE THESE PLAYDATES BUT THAT DAY AN ENTIRE SCHOOL BUS OF ELEMENTARY KIDS, PLUS SOME TEENAGERS WERE THERE!!! SORRY, PET PEEVE OF MINE IS BIKINI WEARING TEENAGERS OVERCROWDING CHILDREN SPLASH PADS. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?!?

KIMBALL

Kimball stats:

3 1/2 mos 15 lbs

eats every 3 hrs during the day and sleeps 10-12 hrs a night
smiles often, started loud belly laughs recently(really loves his foot to his mouth, he thinks it is hillarious!!!), and jabbers on all the time whenever Chloe doesn't have the spotlight. Bottom line terrific kid and a little scared if that means there will soon be a catch to all this good behavior.

I don't care what Brandon thinks...bathtub photos are sweet and precious!

Yippee! He is becoming a thumb sucker. I love that he self pacifies and as far a breaking him of the habit we will cross that bridge when we come to it. Plus, it sure is cute to see him try to fit his whole chubby little hand in his mouth!

He is a BIG cuddle-bug

Daddy relaxing with the kids right after a long day at the office.

(Can you tell that we are trying to save $ with our AC bill)
Thanks Brandon for all you do; allowing me to stay home with these two! We have loads of fun on playdates to the park and splashpads and sometimes mom gets to nap when they do. :b I have yet to find a more fun or rewarding job!

Egg Peeling

Brandon is so proud of how bright Chloe is and really gets a kick out of teaching her cool tricks like peeling a hard boiled egg.

CHLOE

Aunt "Coco" went with us to the water park and Chloe absolutely adores her aunt and her fun hat

This is Addie and Chloe watching cartoons and a short break when they weren't frighting over eachother's seat. (the duck is Kimball's inflatable bathtub)

Chloe doing her "cheese face"...I don't know where she learned this :b

Cheap thrills :b

Chloe stats: 19 mos and 21 lbs.

1-2 naps a day (about 2-4hrs total) and 11 hrs at night

Funny habit is climbing! She will use my kitchen stool, her picnic table, or anything that she can to get to all the things I don't want her to. The stool has been dragged from room to room throughout the house to get into candy, lotion, books, dvds, bills and everything else under the sun! She does it with a smile though and she is so darn cute and bright I often just let things run their course because I want to see how it will all play out. :b

Time outs range from 1-25 within a day. Last week Brandon had to disciplin her for the first time because after he had told her no and seperated her from the situation she went and got her sippie and chucked it as hard as she could at his forehead. It would seem we are entering the terrible 2's!!!

Chloe still loves her brother very much and gives him lots of hug and kisses and will even lay with him to tell him a story or teach him "itsy bitsy spider". I love my kids and they are so entertaining and I hope you think so too. :0)

"Cheap thrills"
Things we do to save $ while doing a night in!