Home, Sweet Home

Just a couple of pictures of our apartment....


Our apartment is right behind the blue truck.

This is the dock on the complex fishing lake. Our complex is in the background.

This is a pretty typical sunset here. Always beautiful.

This is a "river" (actually a floodway) behind our complex. There are tons of rivers, ponds and lakes here. Very different than Phoenix.

1st Grade

Paige started school a couple of weeks ago. I can't believe she is in 1st grade. Even more scary: Caleb in Kindergarten next year. Paige was really nervous about not knowing anyone. But, she loves it now. Her teacher is Mrs. Dix and she has a therapy dog that comes into her class twice a week. (Paige + Animal = Heaven) She also met a friend that was also new to the school... Erin Perry. I think it was meant to be.

Happy Birthday, Shark Boy!

Caleb turned 4 on August 12th. Bless his heart! I feel so bad that it was such an anti-climatic event. He has been begging for a shark cake for weeks. However, after searching the booming metropolis that is Wichita, I came up empty handed. So, I had to improvise. It is very evident that my High School Cooking class should have spent a little longer on cake decorating. At least Caleb was pleased with the end result. That is all that matters, right. We started the day off with Caleb's favorite breakfast: German pancakes with strawberries. He would eat them everyday for all three meals, if I let him. After that we went to the kid's science museum called the Exploration Place, where Caleb settled in playing with, can you guess....the trains. That night we threw a little family party where he was able to open his gifts and have cake/ice cream. I think it turned out for him, and at least we weren't still in the hotel.

We Made It!

After a very long two days, we completed our trek from Gilbert to Wichita. Thank heaven that we didn't have to go much further. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get into our apartment right away. So, we had live out of a hotel for a week. I do not recommend staying in a hotel, unless you are on vacation. Feeding Lily was challenging...hence the carrot storm.

The kids were real troopers. It isn't easy for kids to be stuck in a hotel for so long. We were all very stir crazy.

It was so helpful to have my amazing mom help out on our journey. I really don't know what we would have done without her. (Pull my hair out, most likely.) Anyway. We have alot of catching up to do, so let the posts begin....

We're Off To See The Wizard

We have set out on our adventure to Kansas. So, I will be out of commission for awhile. When we get up and going, I will be back.

NINE MONTHS OLD

9 months and still going strong

Height: 93%

Weight: 99.5% :0)

Nine reasons we love Lily:

1~ Her sweet dispostion (except while teething ;o)

2~ Her two very sharp teeth and the four more that are breaking

3~ Her crawling....I think

4~ The way she LOVES to watch Paige and Caleb

5~ That no matter how hard she is crying, if you sing Itsy, Bitsy Spider to her, she smiles

6~ The funny way she dances (think Night at the Roxbury)

7~ How FLEXIBLE she is (she doesn't get that from me!)

8~ She refuses to eat baby food, but will never refuse food from your plate

9~ Her thighs...need I say more?

Our sweet Lily is nine months old today. I really can't believe she has been with us almost a year.

If you give a baby a fruit snack....

...it might look like this.

And if she has a fruit snack.....you'll probably need to start a bath.