Friday, June 19, 2009

Cute Kids

We LOVE our "Small Group"
We meet every other Wednesday and encourage eachother to grow in our relationship with God, thrive in our Marriages, and pray for eachother as friends.
Our "small group" is not so small anymore.
We have 5 couples: 10 adults, 9 kids, and 1 fetus.
Here are some pretty cute kids: (1 baby boy not pictured...he was trying to go to sleep)













We are going on a "small group vacation" in August. It should be a BLAST with this crowd!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Big Boy Bed: Update

Last night (June 3rd) Kyle slept in his Big Boy Bed
ALL NIGHT LONG!

Yeah!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Big Boy Bed

Kyle gets a new room so that the baby can have his nursery.
We spent 4 hours at Ikea picking out new furniture. Thank goodness Kyle was at his Grandma's house. I don't think he could have handled 4 hours in that store! I found the perfect bedding on sale at Target. It is Green, Blue, and Orange Jungle Safari Animals! Kyle loves animals. Especially elephants and monkeys!
We don't even need to paint the room since the walls are green and match the decor! Yeah! That saves time and money.
We are not finished with the room yet, but we got the bed set up. I am happy with the way it looks!
Kyle likes his new bed. But....the 1st night he tried to sleep in it did not go too well.
It was a hot May evening. I put him in bed at 7:40 and he did not fall asleep quickly like he normally does. Was it too hot in his room? probably. Was he a bit nervous to be in a different bed in a different room? probably.
So...I had to go in a few times to "help" him. By 8:40 he told me he wanted to go to his crib. So I agreed and put him in his crib.
He has not wanted to try to sleep in his new bed the past 3 days. He told me that the new bed could be for the baby. He wants to keep his crib.
So....I figure I have 4 more months to try and convince him that his new room is cool and fun and hopefully he will agree to sleep in there one of these days.
Did any of you other moms have similar experiences getting your child to sleep in a big boy/girl bed? Any tips?


Kyle's 1st night in his big boy bed.


Hugging his favorite monkey at bedtime.



Cool new bed, Kyle!
You are such a BIG BOY!




Reading stories in his new bed.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

2 year old theology

Kyle and I were driving in the car today and we were talking about people that love us.

Here is how the conversation went:

Mommy: "Kyle, who loves you?"

Kyle: "Daddy and Mommy and MiMi and PaPa and Grandma and Grandpa..."

Mommy: " What about Jesus? Does Jesus love you?"

Kyle: "No. He is in a book and can't get out"

:)

Guess we have to work on that one a little more.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Spring Break

We took a trip to Arizona for Spring Break. This was Kyle's 1st time on an airplane. He did pretty good (for a 2 year old). Auntie Sarah got him a toy airplane. Chi Chi let us borrow her portable DVD player (LIFESAVER!) Kyle looked so cute with the i-pod earphones in his ears :)
We hoped he would nap on the plane...no such luck. Thankfully it was a short flight with no problems.


Watching a movie on the plane.


Playing with his toy airplane.




Watching the planes take off and land. So cool!




Mom and Dad made me wear my monkey leash at the airport so I would not run away and get lost.


We arrived in SUNNY Arizona on Saturday afternoon. We stayed in a condo with MiMi and PaPa (Troy's Parents)
We spent the week swimming in the pool, going to the Mariner's Game, at the Phoenix Zoo, at a Train Park, and enjoying the sunshine! Kyle did not like wearing sunscreen...we had to bribe him with M & M's :) Silly boy.

Cool Shades Kyle!



Daddy and Kyle at the M's game. Kyle even got to run the bases at the end of the game.

Kyle and Daddy riding the train.

We had a fun day at the zoo!

Kyle and Daddy playing soccer at the condo.
It was a wonderful vacation!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

New Shirt

Kyle got a new shirt!


He is going to be a big brother in October!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

March Snow

Global Warming???