First Birthday

We cannot believe it, but yes, our little man has turned 1. We decided to have his birthday party in true 4th of July fashion with a BBQ and pool party. We, of course, invited the family and our close friends and ended up with about 60 people. Kai is such a popular dude! lol It was a great party! Kai loved every bit of it and didn't cry even though he ate lunch late and didn't take a nap until after the party at 4:30. He was way too busy playing with all of his friends and family and playing in the water. He went from the baby play area to the big pool with daddy.


When it came to cake time, little man did not hold back. He was so excited about everyone singing that afterward he clapped for all of us. Then he began checking out his cake and before we knew it, he was covered in it.


We are so blessed to have such a wonderful son who is loved, not only by his parents, but by all of our family members and friends. It was truly a special day spent with his grandparents, great grandma, aunts, uncles, cousins, family friends and his friends. Thank you to all who came out to celebrate with us and who helped make it a memorable event.

He's Walking...

Early in June Kai began to take a couple of steps here and there. Then a few weeks ago, he just started walking (but only when he wanted to). Now it seems like he never stops. lol

Adventures....

Wow, June was a crazy month for us. So many things going on and lots of fun and adventure. We started out the month with doing the baby dedication for Kai at church. Then we had some visitors, Kai's cousins, Garrett and Maddy. They were here for a good portion of the month, so we got to do a lot of fun activities during their time here in Florida. We took a trip to Orlando and visited Islands of Adventure. Kai was great and enjoyed seeing the park and doing a few rides himself. We also celebrated Eli's first Father Day by going to the Rapids Water Park. Needless to say, both dad and son had a great time hanging out in the park.

May 2010

May was a hectic month for our little family. Kai continued swim classes (well what little we made it to). Then he got very sick and spent 4 days in the hospital with a respiratory virus. Who knew that my first ambulance ride would be for my 10 month old. So scary! Needless to say, he was the hit of the hospital and a few of the nurses even claimed him as their boyfriend. lol However, Kai is doing great now (except every time he gets sick, I know I will panic). He seems back to his old self, playing and getting in to everything. We also had to say our goodbyes to Welo. I know that everyone will miss him dearly. So we took a trip to Orlando to be with the family. It was great for the family to get to spend some time together.

He is constantly doing something new or entertaining us. His newest thing lately, is that he likes to throw balls. He's pretty good at it too. He takes the ball with both hands and throws it, not necessarily in the direction you want him too, but it is still cute. He has some mad skills. lol He also has decided to only eat finger foods. He won't let me feed him, so dinner time has been a challenge. His favorites seem to be grilled cheese, a shepherd's pie type dish and a vegetable risotto. He is not walking yet, but getting close. He stands on his own, but seems to be too chicken to take any steps. He also has gotten 2 more teeth on the top, left side. During our time in the hospital, we realized how close he actually is to our little dog, Bruiser. He has a sing-a-long video and when BINGO comes on there is a Jack Russell that looks pretty close to Bruiser and every time he sees it, he says dog. It is so stinking cute!

Time is flying by....

Wow, Kai turned 10 months this week and I cannot believe it! It just seems like time has flown by way too fast. He is at a really fun stage right now. He continues to crawl all through the house and pulls himself up on anything he can to stand and scoot around that way. We are still not sure when he will try to walk, he seems a little skeptical of the hands free motion. Recently, he has learned to wave bye-bye, and to blow a goodbye kiss. It is so cute because he doesn't quite blow the kiss, but makes the muah sound. He is finally getting some more hair and doesn't look bald anymore! Yay!

Eating....well, that's a whole other story. He doesn't seem to really want to eat from a spoon anymore. He just wants to eat using his fingers. So we have been experimenting with pastas, different veggies and fruits, bread, cheese, waffles, etc. He had his first grilled cheese sandwhich and loved it. The puffs are his favorite, so we treat them like a dessert. lol We are using the sippy cup more, and boy has this been a little mission. At first he would chug from it and then end up spitting almost all of it out because it was too much to swallow. However, I must say that he has gotten quite good at using it now. The other day he must have been so thirsty because he was drinking from it like he was chugging down a bottle.

We found out that he LOVES music. When you put on his baby music videos, he goes into a trance watching while he dances (sways back and forth). He really is a good dancer. He also learned to turn his little mobile on and off in his crib. So his new morning routine is that when he wakes up, he tosses around and talks to himself until Eli or I go in to get him. Once he sees one of us, he then goes over to his mobile and turns it on. Then we spend about 5 minutes dancing and listening to the mobile. Is he not the cutest thing ever!

The Start of Swim Classes

Well, the summer heat has started to kick in here so Kai and I have started to adventure outside to the pool. Since our pool is still warming up, we are limited to swim classes at the YMCA on Saturday mornings. The first 2 classes were nice because the Y had the pool nice and warm (like a bathtub), but the last 2 classes have been quite cold. Kai really enjoys the water and splashes in it like he does in the tub. However, he really doesn't like to float on his back yet. Either way, mom and son are enjoying their Saturday mornings.

First Easter

We just celebrated Kai's first Easter. He also turned 9 months old. It was a touch and go weekend and we weren't sure if we would be able to do much for Easter as Kai got sick on Friday and didn't actually break his fever until late Saturday night. However, we had a great family day. We woke up and headed to church, then came back home for a little brunch and egg hunt in the living room. Funny story: When I first told Eli that I was going to do an egg hunt for Kai, he looked at me with this weird face and said, "He's not going to be able to find the eggs". Yes, my husband actually thought I was going to hide the eggs and then make Kai go find them. You all did know that our son is really advanced, right?!?! lol

Anyway, Kai loved the egg hunt! Well, sort of. When I release him into the living room, he crawled right to his first egg and then to his second egg. After that he just played with his 2 eggs, shaking them and hitting them together. He seriously could care less that there were 4 more eggs to go get. So I did what any mom would do and took the first 2 eggs and put them in his basket. Needless to say, he cried and was quite mad at me. But I held my ground and in a really cheerful voice pointed out another egg that was laying there. He decided to go for it and then for another. But once again, was content with his 2 eggs that he stopped his search. So "mean" mommy had to take those away and put them in his basket too. This time he was really mad at me, but somehow I got him to go after the last 2 eggs. Once he had them, I gave back the other 4 as well. So, I guess you can say he loved the egg hunt up to 2 eggs. lol

After the egg hunt, we headed to Boynton to have dinner with the family. When we returned home, we took Kai out back and let him pose for some Easter pictures. Apparently, he was too curious with what the green stuff was that he was sitting on. He kept kicking his feet around and making faces. It was pretty funny. It was a nice day!