Time for Fall

Wow time has flown by and I've been so busy I haven't updated in awhile.

Well Kaidence is officially 1!!!! She has 8 teeth and is working on #9. She started walking about 3 weeks ago now and is everywhere. She loves being able to keep up with Skyler for the most part. At her one year checkup she weighed in at 19lbs 6oz and 30 and 1/2inches long. She is still in the 25th percentile for weight but 85th for length. Her hair is still super fine and oh so white you can hardly tell she has any.

Skyler is 100% potty trained!!!! After all that stress he just decided one day he was going to do it all on the toilet!!! YEAH!!! He has been hard to keep up with as we spend as much time outside as we can. Days are definitely like fall now so it is time to bring out the jeans and sweatshirts. Skyler is starting to practice writing his name and he knows what letters spell his name so we are making progress. He could not start preschool yet this year because he missed the age cut off by 3 months.

Nick and I have been busy with working, spending time with the kids and keeping the farm up...mowing has been unbearable this year. We have to mow almost twice a week due to all the rain. We have a busy month plannned and hopefully we can get pictures posted of all our events. On September 19th Nick and I are going to the Bret Michaels concert at the Spencer Fair so we are pretty excited about that. We are taking the kids to the fair this weekend to see the animals tractors and campers of course!!! On the 25th we are taking Skyler and Kaidence down to ride on Thomas the Train!!! Yes the real Thomas the train is going to be in Boone Iowa and we are going to make it a day trip and he gets to meet Sir Topem Hat as well. I can't wait to see his reaction.

Otherwise everyone is healthy and happy!!!

Hope you enjoy the pictures and sorry for such a long gap in postings!!!

Life

Once again I have let time get away from me. We have all our concrete poured now and everything looks nice.

We have been enjoying the weather here and spending as much time outside as possible. My garden looks great so I can't complain in that department.

Kaidence is crawling and man is she gone in a hurry!!! She eats everything too of course it is like she has radar for stuff she isn't supposed to have.

Skyler is still trying to get part 2 of the potty training down and for my stress level sake I hope that is soon!!!

Nick has been busy fishing...he was gone all last weekend on a bachelor party and is going again tomorrow night.

Me well the kids keep me busy along with house work. Some Wednesday nights me and the girls hit up bingo for fun otherwise I'm just home enjoying the kids.

May Day

Well we spent out anniversary pouring concrete!! We put an approach on the garage and a few steps by some doors. We will be pouring the patio pry either at the end of May or beginning of June. We also took the kids to my Grandpa & Grandma Pyle's house so we could go out for supper and to a movie. That was a great ending to the day!! Thanks for all the anniversary wishes!!

The kids are doing fantastic. They are enjoying being outdoors we spend as much time outside or going to the park that we can. Otherwise there are not a whole lot of new updates as now we are just waiting for camping weather!!!

We love the sunshine!!!

Hey everyone. It has been quite awhile since I have gotten on to update everyone on our busy lives. The kids are doing fantastic. Kaidence started rolling with the first couple weeks of March so that was exciting and she also got her first 2 teeth in on the bottom. She is starting to be a jabber jaw. Still not a great eater but we are working on that.

Skyler has been glad to get outside and play!! He enjoyed Easter and the egg hunt but was not to keen on speaking with the Easter Bunny this year or even let me get a picture of them. It was way to cold out that day to bring Kaidence so she hung out with Grandma. We have spent a lot of time playing cars in the rocks and filling up the bubble lawn mower!! He rides his bike once in awhile but since Nick put down new rock on the driveway he gets stuck a lot and gets discouraged fast. Skyler loves to make Kaidence laugh and is trying to help out more with things that I do such as dishes and laundry!! Skyler had a very enjoyable 3rd birthday and we spent the afternoon with family having cake and ice cream. I think he enjoyed his new tool set and BBQ toy.

Nick is still working in Worthington at Bedford, is the chief of the May City fire department and sells seed in his spare time. Needless to say he is gone more often than not and if he isn't working....he is fishing! I think in the last week to 2 weeks he has been fishing at least 3 times.

I am currently working as a full time temp, and I was told that I will be full time soon, at Rembrandt Foods aka Rembrandt Enterprises Inc. Look up online if you are curious but they deal in the egg business. They raise their own chickens crack the eggs and sell liquid and dry egg products as well as precooked eggs. I work in Accounts Receivable currently but had an interview last week at another company so who knows just trying to find the best opportunity for me and my family.

I might not post as often going into summer as it will keep us busy. Today after church we went to the May City Fire Dept pancake breakfast. After that Sky & Kaidence and I went to the park in Ocheyedan for an hour to play. Allie came with but she had to stay in the car....poor dog. That is all for now.

Success!!!

So far this week Kaidence has rolled over a couple times, broke her first tooth through and Skyler has been diaper free for 24hrs except during bedtime!!!! We are making progress!

2010 Craziness

As you can see this is how Skyler thinks you wear underwear

Olives

Seriously.....who is in charge of this blog anyways. It has been way to long since my last post and I can tell that we have been nothing but busy around here. Of course we have had tons more snow and bad weather but this week has been a week of sunshine!!!

Where do I start...how bout Skyler. He has been leaning tons of new things from daycare and mommy....LOL. Not sure that is good when he is telling LoLo(his daycare provider) another kid is making him crazy. He is super excited that he is going to be 3 but has yet to be potty trained. I gave up I figure he will do it when he is ready.

Kaidence is growing long but has not put on much weight since last doctors appointment. She is now 14lbs 10oz and is 28in long. She sits up on her own really well but there are still no signs of her rolling over. She is definitely a stubborn one. She loves to be in her exersaucer and her Johnny jumper. She is super curious and I can no longer have her in the bumbo on the counter with me while I'm cooking. She was grabbing everything and throws it on the floor.

Nick has not been up to tons but is now the Fire Chief for the May City Fire Department and he loves every minute of it. Between that and work and selling seed he is not home all that often.

As for me....I'm currently in the unemployed pool. My last day at work was Feb 26 and I have been job hunting and have lots of resumes and apps out so hopefully soon the right job will find me or I will find it. I'm enjoying a week to myself by taking the kids to daycare and working on getting fit again. Stress eating took a toll on me!!