A morning with Kaylee-

What do Kaylee and I do while big brother is at Preschool......

After we drop Brody off at preschool we come back home and Kaylee normally takes a morning nap while I run around the house trying to get some things done so that I can play with her when she wakes up! If I get all my things done in the morning then I can do whatever I want while they are both taking their afternoon nap. :) Today Kaylee and I worked on building her leg muscles by practicing standing up. She is pretty good at this and stood for awhile. (She did not pull up- I put her like this... but she liked it).

We then played in her room for awhile. I think she likes getting my undivided attention for awhile! :)

We then worked on getting her to move or at least reach for some things. She really liked playing with this and I kept moving it farther back to try and get her to move to it. She really reached for it but did not want to get on her knees and get it. I am sure that will come soon enough!

Then we went and picked up Big Brother and they played together when we got home. :)

First day of Preschool!

Today was Brody's first day of Preschool!!! Man oh man I can't believe that my baby boy is going to preschool!

We went to his school to see his teachers and his classroom the other night. It was fun to see what he is going to be doing this year and all the fun activities that they have planned for him! We were very impressed with his teachers and the school itself!

We have been talking about going to preschool all summer and preparing Brody for it. We wanted him to know a little bit of what to expect and what was expected out of him. He has been very excited about it and was ready to go meet the friends in his class and be a big boy by going to preschool.

Today went Great! He walked into his room no problem, hung up his backpack, gave me a high five at the door, got a squirt of hand sanitizer (I liked that part) before he went into the room and was off to explore everything in the room! What a change from where we were last year at this time when we would leave him at Sunday School! :)

Here he is in his classroom. You can tell that he is exploring here.. probably looking to see if there are any trains anywhere! :) When we were looking at his class schedule we saw that he will be busy from the time he gets there to the time we pick him up! It is very scheduled and organized and I like that a lot! He does not eat lunch or take a nap there. This particular preschool does it a little different than others.

When we picked him up he said he had a fun time and he liked going to music class. What a cute little boy!!

Daddy and Brody after his first day of preschool!

6 Months, Trains, Soccer, and Swimming!

Kaylee is now 6 months old!! Wow has it really been half of a year since she was born!!!?? She is growing up way too fast! We need both of our kids to just stop growing for a little while!!!! :) She is now sitting up on her own like a pro, and is really into playing with toys! Her favorite thing to do however is watch Brody play!! She is now getting to the point where she notices when we leave the room and does not like it one bit! Brody is funny- if we leave the room for a minute and she starts crying he will go over to her and tell her that it is ok he is right here!! :) He then always tries to distract her with a toy or by being silly!! Man that little boy watches our every move!! :) It is our prayer that they will always be able to play that good with each other!!! Kaylee is eating all kinds of baby food now and loves anything and everything that we give to her! :) She is working on using a sippy cup and is getting really good at it. One thing I have noticed is that she loves getting her picture taken!! :) We love you Kaylee Jo -

6 months

Brody and Kaylee got to go to one of Brody's favorite places with Daddy--- Bass Pro! Here they are riding the boat.

I can not tell you how many times in one day I hear the word "train". He is not really into playing with his trains anymore, he is now into making EVERYTHING else into a train!!!! In the picture above we were making a train from his blocks for all of his animals to ride on! Then if you look behind him - the house, step stool and tool bench was also pushed together to make a train! Today I fixed my hair on the pillow train that he made in the living room!! It is so fun to watch him use his imagination and pretend play!

Here he is after his last soccer practice! He did such a great job and can kick the ball really good.

We got to go swimming with my mom at a family friends pool! We had a blast and really liked putting those swimming lesson skills to good use!

Kaylee just had enough swimming and needed to take a nap in the shade!

Brother and Sister

He said a funny thing to me the other day-

Brody -"Mommy, water makes me sad."

Me - "Why does water make you sad Brody?"

Brody- "Because I like juice."

What a little ham!

Practicing his golf swing with daddy!

Kaylee sitting up, Kiddie Park, and Bowling

I think this is just a cute picture of Kaylee. :)


She is now sitting up on her own and she is really good at it. It is like a whole new world opens up when they learn to sit up on their own. She is at the point now what she wants to play with more toys and is really interested in what I am doing when I am playing with them. :)

Kaylee loves to play and has really enjoyed sitting up so that she can play with some of her toys. When you lay her down she gets really mad because she does not want to lay down anymore!

I think one of her main motivations to sitting up is to watch this little guy play!! She will watch him all day long and is really interested in what he is doing! He is really good about playing with her and bringing her toys to play with. :)

We have been able to do some really fun things with both sets of Grandparents lately! We went bowling for the first time with Brody. My mom came too which was a lot of fun! We also went to a cool kiddie park in one of our neighboring towns with Ja's parents, Holly, Ryan and Lilly. So we have been keeping busy and having a blast!

Here we are at the Kiddie Park-

Brody- Oh my gosh mom there is the TRAIN!!! CHOO CHOO!! Can we say obsessed?? I don't know what it is about trains that make this boy so happy but he loves them! :) He was extremely excited to see that there was a train that we could ride here!

Kaylee hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa.

Brody and Lilly loved riding on the swings that they had! This is a really cool park because admission is free and every ride is only 25 cents! Yes that is right! Now the rides are a little older and may not be the new fancy rides like some places have, but to my 2 1/2 year old he did not care-- and my pocket book really liked it as well!!! :)

Grandma and Grandpa got to take a ride with Brody on the train! This was his second time to ride it and he was so excited to be able to ride it again!

Aunt Holly, Uncle Ryan were riding on this ride with Lilly. It was fun to be able to do this together and have the kids ride some rides together.

Grandpa and Brody enjoying the ride!

Family pic at the park. We had a great time and will definetely be going back in the future!

Bowling-

We took Brody bowling for the first time and it was so much fun! He did a great job and really enjoyed watching the ball hit the pins and watching his ball come out of the machine. :) Here he is using the ramp.

Kaylee watching everyone bowl.

Watching his ball go down and hit the pins!

Marmee and Kaylee having a good time at the bowling alley!

We went to a nursery and looked around at all the pretty plants they had. It is a cool place that lets children ride on tricycles while their parents shop. Brody had a good time riding on a tricycle! We had a great day and finished it off with a yummy meal at McAlesters. :)