Have you seen the commercial for the new denim hug.gies?  If you have a baby boy buy them now and do this with them...

And then go to wally.world and make this and send it to all your friends...(blogger turned this after it uploaded and I have no idea how to fix it.  sorry but I wanted you to see the cuteness!!)

Kai does sooooo many cute things that I don't always get them written in his journal, so I thought I would make a list of them here...

• when we walk from room to room you like to hold my hand.
• one day out of the blue you started fake sneezing and it is too cute.
• you used to wave by moving your hand up and down, but after spending one day with your friend Ethan you wave by opening and closing your hand
• you have started waving at inamimate objects including your bike, your car and the fan
• you have these funny different ways that you walk.  I have no idea where you got them from but they are cute to watch
• you love to point to everyones eyes, nose and mouth
• you started saying "yuck yuck" and it is adorable
• you love to chase the dog around the house and you laugh so hard while doing it
• when we are out shopping you don't like anyone to push the basket, which makes it kinda hard to shop
• you have started closing doors with your stomach, don't know who taught you that
• you love to push the lock and unlock buttons on mommies key chain
• you don't say "thank you", you just hum the sounds that the words make
• you love to move things, I have a table full of canned mushrooms and tomato sauce that you got out of the grocery bag and put on the table\
• you have this silly little laugh that you use when you think you should be laughing
• we can't water the flowers while you are outside because you love to have your hand in the stream of water all the while getting soaked and not caring
• everything is "mama" you will point to something (a lot of the time it is someones drink) and say "mama" I can't wait until "mama" is only used for me!
• sometimes you will come up to me and take my hand like you have something to show me and you will lead me in circles around the house for a few minutes
• when I'm holding you you grab my bra strap and my neclace like you are afraid I am going to drop you.  FYI I have never once dropped you
• when you hurt your leg or arm I kiss it for you and you always want me to kiss the other one too
• whenever I change your diaper you keep pointing towards the door because you are afraid I'm gonna put you down for a nap

I am sooo ready for spring to be here.  I hate this in the 70's one day and in the 30's the next.  C'mon weather make up your mind already.

We have 24 different veggies and 6 different herbs growing on the back porch.  Some of them are ready to be transplanted, but we are gonna have to put them into pots until  it is warm enough to put them in the ground.  I am super excited about our garden.  I love being able to walk to the back yard and pick something and then cook it for dinner!!!  Plus it will be all organic and free!! Here is a pic of our cute little seedlings!!

Our house still hasn't sold, but Josh and I are dreamers so we are constantly thinking, talking about our future.  Josh has decided that he wants us to build a house, as in WE build the house!!  I am all for it.  I mean Josh is an architect and he is super duper handy, so I think we can do it.  Also, we have a cousin that is a plumber and a brother that is an electrician, I'm sure they would be happy to help (sarah, don't tell aubrey yet, I will have to sweeten the deal for him to come!!).  Josh has been researching and we can build for about $35 a square foot, which is awesome.  Also, we will get everything that we want in a house.  So I am busy reading magazines and cutting out pics of things I like.

We would also like to build this house on some land, we are in the process of looking for some.  We would like at least an acre but more would be better.  We would actually be happy with about 5.  I want it to be large enough to have the backyard with the pool, play area, nice yard and deck.  We also want to have plenty of room for a huge garden, and room for some chickens, cows (which we would have slaughtered to have organic beef) and maybe some horses for the kids. 

I am super excited about all of this.  It's funny how in my old age I am changing what I want in life.  I will just be happy to work the land and feed my family.  Also, for my kids to have place go play and run and I don't have to worry about them. 

Now for Kai news.  He of course is as cute as ever.  Thankfully he has started talking a little more.  I am soo over the pointing and "uhuh".  I have no idea what the kid wants and he usually just gets frustrated with me.  So he newest word is "yes"!!  He has been shaking his head "no" for a long time, so yes helps me to know what he wants...sometimes.  We have stated going to the library to check out books and for story time.

I finally did it...took Kai to get his FIRST haircut. I really didn't want to but his hair was just getting too long and even though I would have him all dressed in blue someone would inevitably call him a girl. I can't believe how much he looks like a toddler now and not a baby...I'll admit I cried a little. They grow up so fast and I guess this was one way I was trying to keep him a baby. I will miss those mornings with him sitting in my lap and me playing with his cute, blonde curls.

I am sooooooooooo extremely ready for spring. Please, please get here soon before I lose all sanity! It is just so much work getting out with a toddler in the freezing temps and the 80 mile an hour wind, so I stay home and Kai and I become stir crazy. I didn't leave the house last week until Friday. I was sick monday and tuesday and then it was just too cold the rest of the week.

The EB auction was a success. There hasn't been an ending total posted but on saturday it was at 6700!!! I am thinking there are so many other good causes out there that could have auctions like that to raise money for a cure. I am thinking of talking to Donna to see if we should do one for Fragile X.

In other news my brother and sil are ttc!! That is just crazy news considering I thought my brother would never have children. he has a neice up in Denver and I think she has helped Sarah sway him that they needed to spawn! I can't wait for Kai to have another cousin...we will definately have an excuse to go to Denver then.

Our house has been on the market for 9 months now. NINE...that is a long time. Still praying it will sell one of these days!

Kai is doing fabulously. He is saying some more words, but he tends to only say them once and never repeat them again. I think he does it just to annoy us. The same way he won't call Josh DADA but will run around the house babbling it all day long. He is a little stinker that way! He has a little peop.le farm book that has pop-up tabs. Last week he started pointing to every chicken on every page. That was the only animal he was interested in. It was too cute. Josh said it is because of his Grandpa (he owns some Chicken Ex.presses). I am just truly amazed at how smart he is and how much he really understands. Everyday brings new joy and new discoveries.

I am on my MIL computer so I can't upload any pics, but here are some I took with my cell phone. They are not great but still cute.

In this pic Kai is actually sitting on the dog. I don't know why Chip lets him do that but Kai thinks it is so great to roll around and sit on the dog. Also, he is holding his guitar. What's funny is that his shirt says "Make some noise" on it and has a pic of a drum set. He must be musically inclined!



This is Kai and mommy being cute.

Kai is sleeping and I am FREEZING!! Not that those two things have anything to do with each other! I may not have agreed to move home if I had known that this was going to be the "coldest and wetest winter in history", thus saith The Farmer's Almanac! I was actually leaving a grocery store when some random man told me he had read that in the Farmer's Almanac.


So to try and distract myself from the freezing temps here are some pics of the adorable Kai Bear!

Contrary to the looks of it there is not alcohol in his cup. I don't know why he looks drunk, but hey he is a cute drunk!!

This is his first time in the snow. He and daddy had lots of fun throwing snowballs at mommy!

Ok so he clearly got away from whoever was feeding him before they cleaned his face. I am sure it was not me, I'm his mother I would never let him walk around looking like that. I know, I know he needs a haircut...
He found this pot when I was cleaning out the pantry and it soon became one of his favorite toys. After I took this pic I walked in to find that he had used the pot as a step so that he could climb up on the couch and drink some of my water!!

Dearest Kai Bear,

We have spent a whole year together already. It has been the best year of my whole life. You are everything I have ever wanted and more. I have enjoyed spending every day with you and watching your grow. I am so amazed at the little boy you have already turned into. You are so smart and funny. For so long I wanted to be a mother, but I never really understood what it meant. Being a mother is the best job I have ever had. I wake up everyday knowing I get to spend it with you. You make my life so happy. I am so thankful to God that he gave me you. You have such a wonderful personality. I look forward to all the years we get to spend together. I can't wait to see all the things you accomplish.

Thank you for being my son and giving me the opportunity to spend my life with you. I love you more than you will ever know.

Love,
Mommy

Just born 11/17/09 12:59 pm
One month old

Unfortunately that is how old I am now. My birthday this year was kinda weird. I usually really look forward to my birthday but this year I barely remembered it. I think it is because Kai's birthday is so close to mine and I was (and still am) so focused on planning his birthday party(s).

We already had a party for him in Arlington and we are having one in Amarillo next weekend. The one in Arlington went well. We had lots of fun. We rented out this playarea. It was really nice that we were the only people there. The kids seemed to have a good time. I think Kai had fun too even though he wasn't walking yet. He loved the bounce house that had balls in it. He loves to throw everything!!!

The cake part was so funny. I am not going to tell you what he did. When I can get my computer working I will upload the photos and hopefully video so you can see it for yourself. He was just adorable.

Please continue to pray that we will sell our house. It is still a burden.

Kai has had his first infection...Tonsillitis. I would have never guessed. When he started running a fever I was sure it was the Flu since his Poppy was getting over it. But I was wrong. It will be so nice once he can talk and tell me what is wrong. In hindsight I am thinking his throat was hurting a while before his fever started. Poor baby. But he is doing much better now.

We are having his 1st birthday party in Arlington next weekend. I can't wait. I really hope everyone can make it. I think we are gonna have a lot of fun. And it is going to be great to see everyone again.

We still haven't sold our house. But we found out today that the house next door is for sale also. It will be interesting to see what they are asking and compare it to ours. We are thinking we need to paint the inside. It is colorful and apparently some people can't deal with color. I hate to pay to have it done, but if it sells the house then it will be worth it.

We really need to sell it so we can start paying off some debt we have acquired during our days of unemployment. And the sooner we do that the sooner we can buy our own house. Don't get me wrong, I am so thankful to the In-laws for letting us stay here, and honestly it has gone pretty well. It is just so hard to live in someone elses house. To cook in their kitchen. It is harder than I thought it would be. I am ready to be settled.

We are also talking about baby #2 which can't happen until we pay off debt and have a house. Also, I might need some health insurance first too!!!! Amazing AF arrived a few weeks ago. It was nice in a way that she made an appearance. I am interested to see how my cycles are going to be post baby. We are hoping to start trying again in January.

Here are some pics of the cutie pie!!!!!

We are here and we are trying to figure out what life here is like. It has been terribly hard to get into any kind of a routine. But we have been enjoying getting to see family so often. I know that Josh going back to work has been so much easier because I get to see my mom on an almost daily basis. So let me do a quick update of all things Moody.

Josh's job is going well. He doesn't hate it but doesn't love it. He has realized he is the most educated person there, even more so than the partners. But he is hoping at his 6 month review they will see what an assest he is and give him raise/promotion.

Living with the in-laws is going ok. We are still trying to get unpacked and figure out where to put all our crap that we feel we need right now. All the other junk is in two storage buildings. It is a little cramped, but hey it's free so we ain't complainin!!

Kai is doing wonderfully well. He is sleeping in his crib at night and at nap time. Sometimes it is fight to get him down, but we are working on a routine so hopefully that will help. He has started CRAWLING!! Before we moved he was army crawling which worked great for him because we had hard wood floors. But here we have carpet so it was a little harder. It didn't take him long to get up on those knees and now he is all over the place. He started waving also. He is so cute when he does it. He only likes to wave with his right hand which is weird because he does most everything else with both hands. He is eating like a horse. I swear the kid has no full meter!!!

This weekend he went on his first plane ride. We went to Denver for my brothers wedding reception. (they got married in march) He did great on the plane both times, although on the way back he was kinda fussy from being tired. We had a very nice time in Denver. It was nice to see Aubrey and Sarah, we only get to see them a few times a year. But now that we are closer josh and I hope to visit them some. The reception was very nice. Sarah did a great job putting it all together!! It was lots of fun getting to meet all of her family too.

We will be going back to Arlington on friday for Kai's pictures and also some pumpkin patch fun. I am not looking forward to going right after getting home from denver, but it will be fun to see friends again. Even though it is going to be a super short trip.

Well, I think that is all. My camera cord is currently MIA but when I find it I promise to post some knew Kai pics!!!

"Seriously it has been over 4 years, enough already, and you have a perfect little boy now too." This is the thought that continues to go through my mind whenever I blog, talk, think about my losses.
So to get my brain out of it's rut I will talk about that adorable little boy that I have. He is almost 8 months old now, can you believe it? I can't. He is up to 3 meals a day of solid food. He eats a ton. He is not crawling and doesn't seem to care, but he rolls like a champ and scoots a little too. He can always seem to get to what he wants to go. He is such a happy baby. I went to corner bakery today and 4 people commented on how happy he was. One lady even thanked me saying she needed a good smile. That just melts my heart when my son can bring joy to others.

He weighs almost 20 pounds now, not sure how long he is, I need to measure him. He loves the dog and the cats. If I am trying to feed him and the dog comes in forget about it. He watches to dog with this huge smile on his face. I can't wait for the days that they can play together. They will be great friends.

We have started using his car walker a lot more. Anytime I need to get something done I just put him in it. He loves to move around the house and try to chase the cats.

Here are a few of his 6 month pics

Be prepared for a super long post. I have lots to say, so here goes.

He is just toooooo darn cute don't ya think?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!