Little Break

I guess it's time for an update of some sort! Kurt just recently had about a week & a half break after 3 LOOONNNGGG weeks of finals, but thank goodness they are over and his 1st year is officially out of the way! I couldn't be more proud of him for all the hard work he put into this past year. He even made the Dean's List for both semesters! Whoo hoo!! So over the break we just relaxed and spent some much needed time together as a family. I had Kurt help me paint some furniture for Kylan's room which I will post pictures of when/IF we get into a house the end of the summer. We painted a dresser, headboard, and bookcase all black. I'm excited to put together a new room for her. Wednesday we made a trip down to Wheeling, West Virginia and went to Cabelas. Kurt has been having withdrawals from guns, hunting, fishing and all that so we drove down (a little over 2 hours) and spent a couple hours just checking things out. I must say the piece of rasberry pretzel cheesecake fudge I got made it all worth it! Kylan loved seeing all the animals, especially the elephant. Of course I didn't get any pictures because the batteries died on the camera; just my luck, sorry! The drive was really pretty; lots & lots of tree covered hills!

One day we went to the Memphis Kiddie Park. Kylan loved it this time, last Fall she was a little unsure about it. But this time she wanted to ride all of the rides over and over. Her favorite was the boats, don't know why but she just laughed and laughed and didn't want to get off.

She still hated the roller coaster! Maybe next time!






The other day we heard Kylan crying in her bedroom so we went in and found her trapped in her closet. Dont' know how she climbed through that but she made it to what she wanted: all the wrapping paper/gift bags/ & ribbon!

We had a good Memorial Day. Went and explored a new park with Kylan, barbequed some hamburgers, played frisby golf, & I won a game of Settler's of Catan!! Now it's back to school for Kurt but we are counting down the days to come back to Idaho in July for 3 weeks.

Another . . .

We found out this week we are having another little girl! Both Kurt & I were almost positive that it was going to be a girl for some reason so when they told us at the ultrasound we weren't surprised at all. We are very excited and now have to work on agreeing on a name!

Indians Game

Last night Kurt & I were able to go to an Indians game. We had a ton of fun, it's the first MLB game Kurt and I had been to. We actually had pretty decent seats; they weren't clear up in the middle of nowhere! The weather was absolutely perfect. I didn't even need my jacket until maybe the 5th inning. Couldn't have asked for better! We look forward to going to alot more of these games in the summer, although Kylan probably won't be able to sit through more than 2 innings, if that.

Random

I finally did it! I pierced Kylan's ears; well not me myself but I got them done. Kurt finally gave in, I think his exact words were "I guess I can't stop ya." To me they make her look much older. I'm so glad we finally got them done.

Another new milestone is that we converted Kylan's crib into a little bed thing that she can get in and out of. I don't know why we didn't do this earlier; she loves it! I think she goes to bed and takes naps even better now because she's so excited to sleep in her "big girl bed." We were kind of worried that she wouldn't stay in it all night and up until last night we thought she had been until we went in and found nearly all of her books on the floor next to her bed. Looks like she'd been doing a little night-light reading but at least she ended up back in her bed nice and cozy!

I love this picture of her. Her and Kurt are best buds and she copy cats nearly everything he does so of course she had to wear one of Dad's hats because he was wearing one!
Bath time bubble fun!

Happy Birthday Kylan!

We celebrated Kylan's 2nd birthday on Friday! It was so exciting, it seems like she's been 2 awhile so for it to finally be official was great. Although the day was rainy and gloomy outside we still had a fun day. She decided to do me a favor and sleep in until 10 o'clock (Woohoo!), then we got ready to go and went and got a bouquet of balloons for her; I'd been telling her all week she could have balloons for her birthday and she didn't let me forget, I think she played with them more than her presents! We then met Kurt for lunch at Applebees and came home and she took a nap while I made her b-day cupcakes. She opened her presents when she woke up. Kurt said he never remembered a birthday like that when he was little, her's was more like Christmas, which I will admit we did spoil her a little bit. She got 2 new books, a ball, little airplane and toy truck, a farmer's truck to haul her animals around in, and her favorite, a tricycle from us then from Grandparents she got a My Little Pony, Blue Clue's coloring book, a new book, & a LeapFrog alphabet thing for the fridge, and then her friends gave her play jewelry, a barbie, coloring books and new purses,. We then had to persuade her to come eat dinner; we had one of the few things she'll eat: hot dogs, hamburgers, and chips. Then a few friends came over and we had cupcakes and ice cream. It was a wonderful, exhausting day!
Definitely ALL girl. She was carrying all the bags around wearing her play earring, bracelets, and necklace, and Kurt caught her posing in the our tall mirror in the bedroom.
Blowing out the candles, these next few are a little blurry for some reason, sorry!
She dug right in at first and then just sat there with her fingers mushed into the cupcake. She then took her fingers out and shook them all over which splattered pink frosting everywhere, we did get it on video.

Flying her airplane.
YEAH!
She absolutely loves her tricycle, too bad she hasn't quite mastered pedaling by herself!

Just a cute shot I got of her with her hair all curled.

Happy Easter!

We had a really great Easter this year! Saturday night we colored easter eggs, which Kylan was pretty excited about all the pretty colors and surprisingly we didn't make a very big mess at all! Then Sunday morning we gave her her Easter basket which wasn't all that much but she still enjoyed it; there was a cute little bunny, stickers, and some candy. Simple but fun!

Once she found the Smarties we had a hard time getting her to look at the camera, she was concentrating too hard on getting the wrapper open.

When we can get her to look at the camera, which is a chore itself, we can't get her to smile!

After church on Sunday we hid our colored easter eggs and Kylan had a good time finding them, but she was quite upset when we started breaking them to make deviled eggs, it was sad but worth it! We had the best Easter dinner ever. Kurt grilled some yummy halibut and we had twice baked potatoes, fruit salad, deviled eggs, and rolls. We both ate way too much but man was it good! I wanted to take a picture of it because I was so proud of myself but Kurt made fun of me so I didn't. But trust me, it was amazing, especially coming from me!

Spring Break!

So after 2 sucky weeks of Kurt being gone 24/7 studying for & taking mid-terms he FINALLY got a much needed Spring Break! We went to Kalahari, the Nation's largest indoor waterpark for 3 days with some friends. I forgot my camera so thank goodness Cindy remembered hers and took some cute pictures for me. We were supposed to go Tuesday morning but Kylan got REALLY sick Monday night and was up until 1:30 Tuesday morning throwing up. It was no fun, but she got feeling better and we made it there Tuesday night. We got a good deal on 3 days & 2 nights right there at the Kalahari Hotel so we didn't have to travel at all, just walked right down to the waterpark. It just opened last December so everything still felt new and clean, it was awesome! There were I think 10 waterslides, pools with basketball hoops, a lazy river, a big wave pool (which I spent too much time in; at night I laid down and would dream about being in it and it was making me almost sea sick, but at the time it was a blast!) and a bunch of little kiddie pools which Kylan loved. Plus, everything else you could imagine: a big arcade, pottery place, & lots of places to eat, they thought of everything! I went on a couple of waterslides but not the big ones that tossed ya around like a rag doll, didn't think that would be too good for the baby, but Kurt went on all of them several times. I think his favorite was the Toilet Bowl, it spun ya around in circles and them dumped ya out this little hole at the end! He could haul butt pretty fast around that thing, he even has the marks on his back to prove it!

Kylan was obsessed with the waterslides, she made Kurt go down them at least 50 times each day!






Kylan & Jeter, she was a little concerned that he was trying to keep himself from falling over by holding onto her so this was the best picture we could get because right after this Kylan saw a big window overlooking the waterpark and started running straight towards it and didn't stop and smacked right into the window, so that was the end of picture taking!

We can't wait to go back!

Cute as a button!

Trying to attempt a somersault!

Just me & Mom (or as Kylan would say "Acey", Kurt taught her my name and now she insists on calling me "Acey" instead of Mommmy. It drives me nuts, I think I've earned the title of Mom!)
This was after church and she was more than ready for a nap.

Valentine's

Kylan was so excited when she got a Valentine's package from Grandma Sherre in the mail! She couldn't believe it was all for her and that she didn't get in trouble for tearing it open! Her favorite was the new red necklace and the stickers. She thought the candy was just a noise maker, she didn't realize she could eat it. Thanks Mom!

Having Fun

So Kylan found a new place to play, under the table! I guess it's like a secret fortress or something to her. She just weaves in and out of the chairs and has only hit her head a couple of times; she learned fast.




Just being silly trying on hats and gloves!