Wheeler Farm

My dad's art studio is right around the corner from Wheeler Farm, so when we went down to spend the day with him and between classes we headed over to see all the animals! 

My Dad and Emeri had a great time chasing and checking out all the animals while Kyler and I followed behind! : ) 

Sneaking up on the sleeping ducks!

"Grandpa they woke up!"

Chasing the birds!

Checking out the cows!

Right after this that brown cow picked up her head to say hello and knocked Emeri right off the fence! 

Needless to say she was not getting back up on the fence and she was ready to move on from the cows!

Watching them feed a lamb!

Asking Grandpa about the chickens!

Watching the bunnies! 

Kyler just chilaxin in the stroller! : )  

LOVES THIS FACE! : ) 

He's such a trooper ! Always putting up with all of his sister's adventures!

On our way out!

If you hadn't noticed yet Emeri has cowgirl boots on in these pictures!

She got them a couple weeks ago and they are the only shoes she will wear right now! 

She LOVES them and they just so happened to be very appropriate for our trip to Wheeler Farm! 

I love my little cowgirl! : ) 

Thanks Dad for spending the afternoon with us!

LOVE YOU!

Working Out With Aunt Alex

My older sister has been working her booty off

 (literally)

 to be more healthy and because she going to Hawaii soon! 

I'm JEALOUS! : )  

Well, we were at her house the other day while she was working it!

Sammy and Emeri HAD to joined her!

It was very entertaining and cute! : ) 

Jumping Jacks

Push Ups

Swats With Weights 

Emeri and Sammy have cans for their weights!

Aren't they the cutest? 

And isn't my sister looking awesome?

After watching her workout with these two I realized how possible it would be to workout at home with the kiddos! I go to the gym in the evenings and pay way too much for a membership, maybe I should reconsider that membership when it's up next! Emeri and I can have a workout party time each morning! hahaha On the other hand I would miss my Zumba! 

PS I'm working on catching up from these past couple slow weeks!

I have a feeling this coming week on the blog is going to be good! 

Six Months

Yeah I know this is almost a month over due!...

Kyler turned half a year old on April 11th!

Hold up... rewind... can you believe my baby is already half way to his first birthday???

Isn't that NUTS?

At his check up he weighed in at 17 pounds 13 ounces 

and is coming in at 27 inches tall

His weight, length, and head are all right around the 70th percentile! So his BMI is almost exactly in the 50th percentile! 

Apparently he is very proportionate! : )

He had to get 2 shots!

He didn't even notice the first one, but after the second poke we got tears!

Tough guy! 

Here's what Kyler has been up too at 6 months (almost 7):

At 6 months he had his two bottom teeth NOW his two top teeth are so close to coming in too and torturing the poor kid! : ( 

This picture crakes me up!

Shock??

Hates tummy time with a passion!

At 6 months he couldn't roll over NOW he can roll over from his tummy to his back, but I don't think he will ever roll from his back to his tummy or ever crawl that's how much he hates being on his tummy!

He gave up on holding his head up and laid down!

And the screaming begins! 

: ) 

His stomach problems are doing somewhat better! I can now eat some dairy and soy, but I can't eat too much or it upsets his tummy still!

Emeri and Riot connected every baby toy in Kyler's bucket to his playmate! 

He was a bit overstimulated! : ) 

He devours baby food! He loves rice cereal and any fruit out there, but he is not a fan of his veggies! Yet! And oatmeal upsets his tummy so we wont be moving on from the rice for a long time if ever! (This kid has the most sensitive belly ever!)

Concentrating really hard to pick up his snack!

He's started to mimic us and it's hilarious! If we shake our head he'll shake his back, if we blow raspberries he will blow raspberries back, and he will stick his tongue out at us if we stick ours out at him! Of course he wont do any of this when we want to show anyone or if we get the camera out! Typical kid! : ) 

Most days he is a HUGE stinker when it comes to nap time! (And on a rare occasion he an angel for naps! I don't get it!) I have tried everything with this kid and nothing works! Thankfully he is a good night sleeper! (I know some of you are thinking "Let him cry it out! It's so hard, but so worth it..." believe me I have tried! He will just scream for hours and hours and he never goes to sleep! I don't know what else to try with this kid! I'm just counting my blessings that most nights he sleeps really well!)

Oh and he takes really good naps in the car, but as soon as we get out he wakes up immediately! 

Check out those cheeks! 

He can sit up like a champ now! Sometime his head gets really heavy and he face plants it, but he's getting better and better at holding up his huge noggin everyday! : )

He is starting to talk more and more everyday and I love the little conversations he has with us! 

His favorite person even more than me lately is Emeri! He just loves his older sister so much! It's so cute to see him light up when she walks into the room! And Emeri loves him just as much! I love listening to her talk to her brother! It's so fun watching them interact! 

I feel as if Kyler is quickly transforming into a little boy! The baby in him is going away too fast! : ( 

I love this little guy so much! I'm so lucky to have such amazing kiddos! 

Cousins

My kiddos have THE best cousins! 

Here's two examples:

I go to my sisters often to watch her kiddos while she volunteers and with a 4 year-old, a 2 year-old, a 1 year-old, and a Kyler things can get interesting sometimes! : ) 

The other day while I was over there I was in the kitchen making lunch and Kyler was having a hard moment! I let him fuss for a second before I went and checked on him! When I was at a point that I could leave what I was doing in the kitchen this is what I found...

... Sammy was laying next to Ky holding his hand and singing to him making him feel better! 

How adorable is that?

These two are too cute together!

Since the day Kyle was born Sammy has claimed him as hers!

She is so good at making him smile and laugh no matter what kind of mood he is in and she loves to "babysit" him when I need to make lunch or go to the restroom! 

Like my mom says, "You would never know they were cousins and not siblings!" That's how good Sammy is with Kyler and how much Sammy LOVES him! 

Here's another example:

Awhile ago we went to the park with cousins and this is what Emeri and Andrew did the whole time!

(I love when kids use their imagination!) 

They found walnut shells and decided to make rolly polly homes out of them, so they went around the park collecting "things" (flowers, rocks, leafs, pine cones, etc.) to go in the shells to make the most luxurious rolly polly homes they could! 

Andrew is a almost 5 years older than Emeri and most boys his age would never take the time to play with "the little kids" let alone a girl! : ) But Andrew is so good with the little kids! 

Emeri absolutely loves Andrew and loves playing with him!  

Look how much fun they are having together!

That is just two examples of the great cousins we have around here!

We are so blessed to live close to our family so we can get together often and our kids can get to know each other and play! 

I never lived close to any of my cousins we all lived in different states, so I'm even that much more grateful that my kiddos get to play with their cousins often! 

If you even mention playing with cousins to Emeri she jumps up and down with excitement! 

: ) 

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Last Friday we went to the park to have a picnic and fly a kite!

It was so nice outside! 

Perfect in fact!

However, it was not perfect weather to fly a kite! 

: ) 

But we tried anyway!

We found the sweet spot and kite flew for maybe 2 minutes!

After that Emeri just decided we would run around with the kite behind her and fly her kite that way!

And of course we can't leave the park without Emeri and Braeden playing some basketball!

SO CLOSE!  : )

(Love this picture)

Kyler had a great time too! 

He loves to be outside!

When nap time rolled around we tried to get him to snuggle up in his car seat and fall asleep, but he wouldn't stop smiling long enough for that to happen! 

Check out that double chin! 

I just want to kiss those lips!

When Kyler is outside his eyes are SOOOOO blue it's crazy! 

We were at the park for hours! 

I love spending time outside playing with my family not having to worry about anything and not having a time limit on fun! 

Hopefully

Hopefully this will hold you over for a bit until I find some more time! 

It's been a rough week for my blog! : ) 

Emeri wanted to go down the slide with Kyler yesterday afternoon!

He wasn't so sure about the whole thing! : ) 

hahahaha

Peas Anyone?

Kyler tried peas for the first time today! 

At first he was eating them fine with a kind of confused look on his face, I was surprised at how well he was doing! 

"Not so sure about this Mom!"

Then he got to the point of making yucky (hilarious) faces and gagging on them!

He then discovered that he didn't have to open his mouth!

He was squeezing his lips together so tightly that there was no way I was getting the spoon in there! : )

"There is NO WAY I'm opening my mouth again!"

So then we moved on to the fruit! 

It took some convincing for him to open his mouth to try it so he would realize it wasn't the peas anymore, but once he did he was one happy camper! 

Did you know it may take 10 or more attempts over several months to introduce a new food?

(Link to: 6 Food Mistakes Parents Make)

It does! How crazy is that?

We will keep working on those peas! 

We won't let them get the best of Kyler!

1 down 9 to go!