9 Months Old

Whew! I think I'm finally caught up! (for now anyway :)).

We took Kaia to the doc at the beginning of June for her 9 month stats.

Here are pics of her by the Teddy Bear chair right before we went to the doc.

And here are her stats!

Weight: 18 lbs 4 oz (42nd percentile)

Length: 29 inches (91st percentile)

Head: 44.7 inches (71st percentile)

I am beginning to sense her daddy in her based on her height! She's going to be a tall one!!!
:)

Pool Time!

We FINALLY got out Brett's kiddie pool from his 2nd birthday over Memorial Day Weekend. I know, I know...I am guilty of not getting it out for over a year, but last summer was so darned HOT, and I was pregnant (and miserable). But, this summer I am not pregnant and I have much more energy, so we got it out for the first time ever.

Both of the kiddos LOVED it, and I had fun photographing their new swimwear :).

Wordless Wednesday

Planting Flowers

These pictures were taken, I believe, in early May when Steve and I were planting our flower beds. It's so nice that the kiddos are able to finally enjoy fun in the sun!

Family Pictures

On April 29th (Kate and William's Wedding Day..hence I remember the date), we had our first ever family photos taken! My friend Andrea has a good friend, Mare, who is a professional photographer. We had her take our pictures at Holcomb Gardens at Butler and were very pleased with how they turned out!!!

I have a feeling we will try to make this an annual event, as Brett is already 3, and we've not had them done before.

Here are a few of my favorites....

Big Girl!

So I haven't been blogging about Kaia's progress, but this girl has taken off...literally. In early April she started crawling (just over 7 months) and now she is majorly cruising and takes her hands off for short periods of time. She also uses a toy walker that she pushes very well. She is currently 9 months old and I expect she'll be walking within a month or two. These pics were taken over Easter weekend as well.

She has also cut one tooth and is working on a second. She also claps and "dances" when she gets excited. Anyway, just some updates on her progress!

Uh oh

These are from April... before she outgrew her saucer. I have to laugh because Brett did the same thing as a baby...getting stuck underneath it. I'm pretty sure I blogged about it then but it would take too much effort to find it and link to it again, so if you care to, you can look for it...

Easter

This year we spent Easter weekend at Steve's parents house in Chicago and came back and had Easter dinner with my family.

The kiddos got to go on an Egg Hunt the day before and Brett really cleaned up!

Here are some pics from the weekend...

Brett's Birthday Party

The weekend after Brett turned 3 we had his party.

Due to weather, we had the party at my parent's house (our house is a matchbox and couldn't hold everyone...we were planning to have it in our backyard).

And, ironically, or not, Brett's theme was The Backyardigans this year. So we had Pablo and Tasha plates, napkins, etc....

Here are some pics of his birthday.

Steve and I gave him a Power Wheels VW Beetle that looks like my car. He loves it!

He's growing up so fast!

Brett's 3 Year Stats

Okay, let's see how many blogs I can speed through while Kaia is napping...

Brett turned 3 on April 14th

On his birthday we went to the zoo as we normally do. But he had his 3 year appointment first.

Here are his stats, with pic by the teddy bear chair (taken on his birthday):

Height: 39 1/4 inches (83 percent)

Weight: 28 lbs. 4.8 oz (15 percent)

Still tall and skinny!