And it begins...

Very soon I am going to have two mobile children.  I already cannot keep up with Memphis so having two children that run is going to be way too much fun.  Kayzee gets up on her hands and knees but just can't get going on the whole crawling thing.  She has no trouble getting around though.  She can push herself backwards in her walker and she rolls and scoots anywhere she wants.  I love my precious Kayzee Lynn and her chubby cheeks:)

Memphis keeps me laughing and says new words everyday.  I LOVE how he counts to ten and he loves counting at the park whenever he climbs up anything with steps.  This is how he counted to ten the first time I heard him (which was a surprise to me because I have never taught him how so who knows where he learned it).  "One, two, three, four, five, sis, siete, eigh, nigh, ten"  The video clip is Memphis and the movie cars.  He surprised us by singing the "ugh" and flashing his adorable grin at us.  Please excuse my laughing in the background.  We also had some fun with the camera.

We are slowly working on our HUGE backyard.  We bought the house because of the huge lot size  and someday it will be how we want it to be.  It is going to take a lot of work but thanks to Danny's friend Chuck and Fugals, they got a lot done in one day.  Danny borrowed some Fugal equipment and that helped a lot.

We have had a lot of fun the past two weekends with both sides of our families coming to visit.  I miss them all so much and wish we lived closer but what fun we had!  Memphis LOVED playing with all of them.  And Kayzee LOVED being passed around.

I had a HARD week at school last week.  I planned on a softball week because I was not able to use my gym but the rain would not stop coming down and flooding the field.  So most of my classes had to have PE in the health trailer crammed full of desks so no running around for them.  Lets just say we were all miserable.  I took Friday off because I had had enough and I got to spend more time with my parents.  Now I am going to be taking Monday off too because I am sooooo sick.  Very bad food poisoning...NO FUN!  I only have one more week of students and then one more week of end of year fun and cleaning so I can't wait to be done with this school year!  Can't wait to be home with my babies all day and just enjoy learning and growing together.

8 Months and Ties

8 MONTHS
Kayzee will be 8 months old tomorrow May 4.  Time is going by too quickly.  But I don't mind because I can't wait for summer so I can be home with my two adorable children.

At 8 months Memphis was devouring all kinds of food, sleeping 13 hours at night, crawling and walking holding onto things and standing by himself.

At 8 months Kayzee is FINALLY eating a couple bites of baby cereal and baby food but seriously only a couple bites.  She LOVES biter biscuits and yogurt melts.  She is sleeping about 8pm to 8am most nights.  Once in awhile she will wake up to have a bottle at 6am.  She is scooting backwards and rolling around the room.  She is trying so hard to crawl.  I can tell she wants to so bad but her chubby body just won't cooperate.  She is definitely not developing as fast as my 9 month walker Memphis but THAT IS OK!  I don't mind her taking her time and being my precious little baby girl just a little bit longer:)

TIES
Awhile ago I asked how moms kept ties on their sons for church.  Most said wait till they are older.  I guess that was all Memphis needed.  He now LOVES to wear a tie to church.  He picks out the one he wants to wear each Sunday.  And it stays on the whole time.  Sometimes he doesn't want to take it off when he gets home.

And since he has discovered ties, some weekdays I actually find him dressing himself and the tie is a definite must!

Memphis surprises me everyday with new words and phrases and songs that he knows.  Since I work obviously he is learning new things at Day Care and he LOVES NURSERY.  If his teachers are not there he gets so sad.  He loves giving his teachers hugs and his favorite part is when they put a table half up and let him slide down.  One thing that I will be forever grateful for is the nursery's clean-up routine.  I have never really had Memphis clean up his room or toys around the house so I decided it was time to start.  I had no idea he knew this but I just started singing the clean-up song and picking up his toys hoping he would see my example and to my surprise he started singing along and he cleaned the whole house!  THANKYOU NURSERY!!!  He helps clean up every night now.  He also surprised me and sang wheels on the bus for me:)  So awesome.  He can sing along with his favorite cartoon songs and can count to 5.  My son is growing up:(

The only thing I don't like that he has learned is to hide or put things between us so that I can't catch him.  It is really annoying sometimes.  But sometimes it is hard to get mad at him.  This morning when we were getting in the car to go to Day Care he ran around to the other side of Danny's car and when I started to go around to get him he just ran around to the opposite side.  He kept the car between us knowing I couldn't reach him and he is too fast for me.  He thought it was funny and kept laughing and I couldn't act mad because I couldn't stop laughing so yes we were late but oh well.  I know that is why he keeps doing it because I just laugh along with him.  I LOVE my son.  He makes me laugh so hard everyday.  And he still loves to give me hugs and kisses.

MY KIDS ARE SO PRECIOUS TO ME