3's Company

Trip to North Dakota

2010-09-11T19:21:00.023-06:00

We took the kids on a 3 day weekend trip to North Dakota at the end of August. One of Tam's second cousins was getting married and so we decided to go to the wedding and stay an extra day to see all of Tam's mom's side of the family. We had THREE flights each way...yes, with the kids, and no we are not crazy. we had no choice. Kai did fine, I knew he would. Jaymes did OK, but not great, and really it could have been alot worse considering almost all the flight we were on were empty and she was able to crawl over chairs and such...had she been forced to sit in my lap the whole time, it would not have been pretty. With pacifiers, candy, food, books, DVDs, etc...we made it thru it. Probably not going to attempt that again until she's at least 3.

At the wedding, Jaymes and Kai were dancing machines. Jaymes was running around like a mad woman the whole time. She wore out the toes of her tights!! That's some hard partying. Kai and his cousins Jude and Joss liked the lights and trinkets the DJ had for the kids at the reception.

The last day of the trip we drove to Tam's aunt and uncle's farm outside of Fargo. Its a pretty large commercial operation, they grow black beans, corn, wheat and soy. Kai and the boys got to ride and drive HUGE tractors and run through the corn fields and pick corn....they loved all of it! We also visited Tam's grandfather's grave, Tam never knew him, he died before he was born.

Kai ate nothing but junk and ran wild all weekend, as a result, he was a little bit of an emotional wreck. Every time we had to separate from his cousins Jude and Joss, he would just about lose it and break down in tears...really anytime we told him "no" all weekend, he would about cry. I dont know what exactly he thought "vacation" was?! It was pretty funny actually, but by the end of the weekend Tam and I knew it was going to be a rough few "post vacation" days.

Lake House with Cousins, July 2010

2010-08-16T19:49:00.006-06:00

We went down to cousin Kenrie's grandparents lake house at Possum Kingdom in July...kids had a blast! Kai, Jude, Joss and Kenrie swam, jumped off the dock and road in the boat.....Jaymes, well she did some of the above, did NOT love the boat however..she cried the whole time we were on the water. We let the kids watch a movie together in the bunk bed room while the adults were eating/cooking..I went in to check in on them and found Jaymes being carefully guarded by Jude.....so sweet!

Bubba's 4th birthday

2010-07-05T11:42:00.010-06:00

What's amazing, is I have always hated the nickname "bubba"...and now, tam and I cant stop calling Kai that, we started when he was like a year old, and are still calling him that. I don't like it, but for some reason it stuck...much like "JJ"for Jaymes, I hate it, but I call her that?!

Kai's 4th bday party was at Main Event this year...he had showing interest in bowling lately and so we thought he would like a bowling party. And he did very much! It was also over 100 degrees the weekend of his birthday, so I am glad we opted for an indoor party. I hate that he has to compete with horrible heat every year on his bday, and it seems like the only thing we can do outdoors is be in the water?!

Kai's 4th year, I think, has been the best! We seem to have gotten beyond the tantrums and fits, and Kai is so fun and sweet to be around! He is very affectionate, smart and VERY curious. He shocks me everyday with the things he is capable of understanding and he seems to grow more and more inquisitive about stuff daily. He LOVES LOVES all things dinosaur, its a little bit of an obsession which Tam and I find kinda funny. Kai also loves movies, CANDY, McDonalds, donuts, ....to name a few. He is a HORRIBLE picky eater, and he and his dad and I struggle with this on a daily basis. I do know it could be worse (hardly) but we try to focus on the few healthy things he will eat. He is not open to trying anything new, and often complains about the way certain foods smell (good foods, like pizza, hamburgers)??. He is very much into his friends and his cousins and talks about them frequently. He has always been and continues to very much be ALL BOY. He could not possibly be a more active child, he wears us out..and we love every second. Kai is really good with his little sister, the other day when he woke up he told me "mom, Jaymes is my best friend"..broke my heart.

Kai, one day when (if?) you ever read this, you'll probably know how much your dad and I love you, we've never been shy about telling you. But, for the record, you are the sun in our sky.

Love you

mom and dad

Bode the Dinosaur

2010-06-27T07:08:00.009-06:00

We got Kai a 4ft tall inflatable Trex for his bday..we made the mistake of putting it in his bedroom overnight so that he would see it the morning of his bday (Sat, 6/26 we told him was his bday since we were having his party that day). Well of course he wakes up in the middle of the night and sees that massive dinosaur at the foot of his bed and screamed at the tops of his lungs! We was terrified of it and made us take it out of his room before he would go back to sleep. However, the next morning (and ever since) he has been obsessed with this dinosaur which he named Bode, by the way. He wrestles with it non stop, its only a matter of time before he pops it..but for now he loves his bode. These pics show basically what took place in our house all day Saturday...kai wrestles the dino while everyone else watches on (and gets the occasional knock in the head with it as well)

Save this for when he's in the majors

2010-06-14T11:37:00.004-06:00

Pretty goofy, but cute! He seemed to enjoy tball for the most part, some days he was less than thrilled about games and or practice, but its hotter than crap here in the summer, so I cant say I blame him. All in all, a good season.

17 month old DIVA!

2010-05-19T18:00:00.001-06:00

Jaymes at 17 months is a combo of personalities it seems....she is a diva for sure, very sure of what she wants, when and how she wants it! She also can be very sweet and loving to mom and dad, she often gives hugs and kisses and will lay her head on you when you hold her. Jaymes had been doing MUCH better about the separation anxiety, until the last 2 weeks!! She seems to have regressed a little. She was doing GREAT in church and would even cry for her Sunday school teachers when we left church! Well, this last Sunday she cried pretty bad when I dropped her off in her class, so I guess she's a little anxious about that right. She is back to crying when I leave the house, or when we are running errands and Tam is driving the car, she will cry when I get out of the car!? She cries for me around family and friends again, so I don't really know whats going on with that, a phase I am sure.

Jaymes is very very mobile, was an early walker for sure (10 months) BUT she is not very verbal. She only says about 3 words (momma, da da and uh oh). I think she spends most her energy keeping up with her brother and all that he does/is into. She lets me know what she wants by pointing and such, but she just is not much of a talker? The exact opposite of Kai, he was putting 2 word phrases together at this age? Tam's mom says Tam was the exact same way when he was little, so maybe that's it?

Jaymes is sleeping great, still taking 2 naps (most days) and still INTO her Paci. I would like to cut out the Paci soon, but she def needs it to sleep. We try to only give it t her at nap and bedtime, but if she sees it out, forget it! She will cry and scream for it.

Jaymes is just a bundle of sweet and sassy, and her dad, brother and I love her to pieces!

Love

Momma

First T-ball practice

2010-05-18T18:00:00.001-06:00

Kai has been VERY excited about Tball season....although prior to his first practice, he had no idea what that meant?! Well we had our first practice Tuesday, May 4th and he did GREAT! He paid attention, did what his coaches and his dad told him, and think he really had fun.....as soon as we left he was asking if he could play again. I think he will do really well this season! He seems to be one of the younger ones on his team, based on his birthday, but his coach made a comment about him being so tall, which for now, he definitly is. I was worried about him getting scared or timid about the whole thing, but he was smiling ear to ear the whole time. He will be playing on the Orioles, which of course we had to tell him was not the Oreos.

Here's some shots of kai in action.....first game was supposed to be May 15th, was rained out, so next Sat the 22nd will be his first game...hopefully.

Jaymes at 14 months

2010-02-18T10:37:00.008-06:00

It's been a while since I have posted anything specific about Jaymes's growth/development, etc. I will go back to her 12 month wellness apt, we were kind of shocked to learn that she was in the 15-20% percentile for her weight. Jaymes has always been a GOOD eater (crazy good) and from the moment we put her on a 100% table food diet, she has done really well. She definitely has a cute little ROUND (precious) belly that led me to think she was at least around 50% for weight, but we were wrong?! She is tall for her age, which we were not surprised about. Kai and her were both in the 90%th percentile at this age. Jaymes has been a much healthier baby than kai was, she has yet to have an ear infection that requires antibiotics, which we are thankful for. She has had some pretty bad colds though, and when she's feverish, sick, she DOES NOT SLEEP. I don't remember Kai being like that?

Jaymes at 14 months is still eating well, I will say in the last week or 2, she seems to have gotten picky about a few things, but I am not complaining! She likes her whole milk, but she is not as big of a fan as Kai was. Kai would carry a cup of milk around all day, Jaymes is more take it or leave it. She LOVES her waffles (whole wheat, no syrup) that she has every morning and her clementines! I know I sound like a mean mom with the no syrup waffles, but she really likes it just as much both ways, so I don't see any reason to pour sugar on it everyday? She does get butter on them though! She LOVES green beans, which is funny to me, bc I think that's Kai's most hated food of all time. She likes bananas, peanut butter and jelly, pasta, pizza, tortillas, the list goes on and on. She DOES not like Pei Wei, which again in ironic since it's Kai's all time FAVE place to eat.

Jaymes does not seem to be as vocal as Kai was at 14 months. I was looking back at the list of words that Kai was saying at this age, and she's nowhere near talking as much. As of now, she says, Dada, Bubba (kai), nite nite, shoes...that's it!! Tam says some of these are not even legitimate words bc you can barely understand her, but I know what she is saying!

Jaymes was an early walker, 10 months, and can pretty well keep up with Kai now. Kai has to be reminded several times a day to be more gentle with her. He tends to knock her down "on accident" quite a bit, which she takes in stride most the time. Jaymes thinks Kai's pretty hilarious and vise versa, which is pretty great. They get along pretty well most the time, although they do have an occasional tiff over toys. Kai struggles with sharing his stuff with her and still needs to be reminded daily to work on this.

Jaymes is still sleeping really well, most nights in the 8PM-6:30 range. She occasionally will wake in the middle of the night for her paci, but that's pretty rare. She is quite the fan of her paci, and we'd planned to wean her off it at 15 months...not sure we're going to be able to do that or not (or want to for that matter).

Jaymes you are a sweet little thing right now, mommy, daddy and kai love you to pieces!

Was NOT expecting this!!!

2010-02-12T12:11:00.006-06:00

February 2010 snow, puts our Christmas snow to shame! We knew for days we'd get snow this week, but we'd been hearing 1" accumulations. Not sure how forecasters were off by almost a FOOT! High record snow fall in one single day in DFW history. It really is pretty cool, and of course, Kai begs to be outside all day.

Christmas Madness 2009

2010-01-26T20:53:00.015-06:00

Well Christmas was chaotic and FUN! Kai was SO INTO EVERY LITTLE DETAIL this year...we looked at alot of Christmas light, talked about the Christmas tree almost hourly, discussed Santa and Jesus on a daily basis, and listened to tons of Christmas music!! Tam and I def took advantage of the old "Santa's watching Kai, better behave" trick. Wouldn't say it was too effective this year though. Jaymes was into the wrapping paper and boxes, as all kids her age are I guess.

Christmas Eve brought SNOW this year, which we all know, is very rare. Kai was totally into the snow, I would say as much as he was Christmas Eve in general. We made a rather scary looking snow man on Christmas Day, Kai really loved that..it was a little bit cold for Jaymes, I hated to not let her outside that day but it was brutal cold! Uncle Chase was out of control with the snow balls to the face that day, we all got nailed in the face. The first pic of Kai was after Chase hit him square in the eyes. Lets just say after that, we went inside for a while.

The week after Christmas Kai and I flew to Port Aransas for the day to see my grandparents. It was Kai's first trip on a plane, he loved every bit of it. There were def some times when I could tell he was a little scared, but over all he did well. He was very interested in all the flight attendants names and also the people who sat around us on the plane. We sat by the engines, and several times I had to tell him not to talk so loud, he was yelling the whole time In true Kai fashion, he was also very excited about the Sprite and orange juice he got to drink both ways.

New Years Eve we went to Uncle Tye and Aunt Krissy's house for some early fireworks. We learned that night that Kai still more or less feels the same way he did in July about Fireworks..not really a big fan.

It was a great year, we have much to be thankful for...hoping 2010 brings much the same!

Happy New Year,

Love the Pruitts

Just some random pics

2009-12-01T20:40:00.005-06:00

Kai has done really well with his cast thus far, he gets it off in about 4 days and we're all ready! He keeps saying "i am ready to get this off!", but he may be just repeating what I am saying? He has pics and signatures all over his blue cast, might have to save it for him when they take it off on the 14th?

I took some pics of Jaymes in her "Christmas legs", i love those tights!! Notice the crying pic of her, we've seen a lot of that lately....she cries a lot, plain and simple?! I don't know if shes teething, not feeling well, or what....she just has been pretty grouchy lately. Good thing she's really cute!!

Last pic is the tree, just threw it in for fun!

Merry Christmas everyone!

someone is jazzed this year about Christmas

2009-12-01T20:31:00.005-06:00

and its not me and tam....kai is pretty pumped up about all things Christmas this year. he about died when we pulled out the ornaments for the tree.....anytime we pass lights, inflatable decor in someones yard, any of this stuff, he will yell...."wook mom!" its pretty cute how excited he is.

here's some pics of the kids at the Fort Worth Parade of Lights. When Santa drove by on his float, kai yelled "santa, I want a kitchen!"'...who knows? Cousin Kenrie went with us and I think she had a pretty good time,

Dr Pruitt and his chick

2009-11-11T20:48:00.001-06:00

well, for the first time, i think kai really "got" halloween this year. he was interested in what he was going to be, and got the biggest kick out of his costume this year. he was very excited about trick or treating, even though he had no idea what that meant, this was our first year to do it. most of the trick or treating involved the kids RUNNING NON STOP from door to door. kai was a rookie, so he would watch the other kids and more or less just do what they did. he was very excited about the massive bucket of candy that he dumped out when we were done! he was agreeable to eat just 3 pcs for the night, but i kept catching him trying to sneak candy all night. jaymes was a chick(yes same costume from kai's first halloween, i cant help it, i love it too much). she was pretty content to ride in the stroller, until the last 2o min or so. after that she was tired of the costume and ready to go to bed.

For Kiki

2009-11-11T18:23:00.004-06:00

Kiki's last pep rally, its her Sr year! Took the kids, thought that they would enjoy all the fanfare, and they def did! Kai has a facination with the Bearcat Mascot, and finally (at the end of the season) has warmed up to him enough to give him a high five.

Jaymes at 9 months

2009-09-19T18:36:00.004-06:00

Miss Jaymes turned 9 months on 9/17. Jaymes is quite the vivacious, animated little girl. She is pretty quick to laugh, smile and squeal in delight. She loves her big brother and will laugh at just about anything he does. She is much,much better about letting other people besides me hold her, and does not cry as much when I leave the room. She still just has 2 bottom teeth, but is eating quite a bit of solid food. She really does like most anything I put in front of her. Some of her staple foods are black beans, avocado and cooked carrots. She likes grapes cut up really small and cheerios a lot too. She is a great sleeper still, most nights 8:30-6:30 AM. I DO wish she would sleep a little later in the mornings, especially on the weekend, but I cant complain. I think Jaymes will be an early walker, she is already showing lots of signs that she is getting close. She is much closer than Kai was at nine months. I wish we could freeze this age in time, I know I say it a lot, but 4-months to a year is my favorite age!

new pics of Jaymes

2009-08-31T20:13:00.003-06:00

Cant really tell from these pics, but miss J finally has enough hair on her head to hold a bow (like a clip)..this makes me VERY VERY happy.

Tam's 10 Year High School Reunion

2009-08-31T20:05:00.010-06:00

Tam's 10 reunion was last weekend. My aunt and uncle offered to keep the kids overnight for us, so we could go out and have fun! We needed a night out for sure, and we're thankful they wanted to keep the kiddos. Tam and I had so much fun, we stayed out late and got to sleep in (well, as much as we know how to ?). Tam and I went to the same high school, although yes, I am 3 years older..so I saw lots of the younger siblings of people I went to school with.

back posting (bubba's 3rd birthday)

2009-08-31T19:54:00.006-06:00

I just realized I never posted any pics from Kai's third bday. It was a fun day, we spent it at Honey and Gpa's by the pool. We had a slip and slide, but the kids pretty much stuck to swimming. Kai got an electric car (FJ Cruiser) and he's still pretty into it, 2.5 months later, which is good!! Here are some pics from the day.

some new stuff

2009-08-24T18:56:00.005-06:00

As in typical pruitt fashion, we let the anti-virus software on our computer expire......long story short, we had to buy more RAM in order to get the latest virus scanners, and it took some time...also just got a new camera, which was much needed.

here's few shots i got of tam and the kids in the last few days

things are pretty chaotic around here with Jaymes on the move...she is un-stopable. Kai starts school next week, which is VERY good for him, lots of activity and things to do, which is the best possible thing for our high-energy, strong willed, intense, loving little guy. sleep has gotten better around here, in fact, I dare say we are doing GOOD in that area...Kai still has to go to bed with the door open, but all in all, he's not having near the bed-time anxiety he was about a month ago.

well our youngest is now mobile...

2009-08-07T06:55:00.003-06:00

Yes, sweet Jaymes is now crawling. Its been about a week now and she's pretty much all over the place. Jaymes also has TWO teeth now, the first popped thru about the time she turned 7 months and the 2nd one, I just noticed last night. I've been giving her tiny pcs of banana and avocado at night on her high chair tray, mainly just to keep her occupied while I cook dinner. Surprisingly, she's done pretty well with the pincer grasp and so far likes both avocado and bananas. She has had few of the Gerber yogurt puffs and LOVES those. She still sleeping pretty well, most nights, down by 9AM usually up between 6-6:30. However, occasionally, she will have a late night/early morning wake up. As I sit and write this, I am EXHAUSTED due to her gettting up at 4AM today, finally going to sleep again at 5:45, Kai getting up about 5:50......AGH.

HIATUS!!

2009-07-27T08:35:00.001-06:00

I know, I know...we have been MIA lately! We've been all over the place.....in a nutshell, since Kai has turned 3, he has had some MAJOR MAJOR anxiety about bedtime, and our nights are no longer lending themselves to uploading pics blogging. By the time we have him in bed and asleep, its time for us to go to bed!! Its been a long 3 weeks, I would like to say we're about over this phase, but I am not sure??? Turning 3 has done a number on our little guy, in general Kai's been going thru a lot of STUFF! Separation anxiety, un-willingness to participate in swim lessons, soccer camp, etc....MAJOR MAJOR attitude and discipline problems, talking back, etc. He's also seemed to have "gotten smarter" (for lack of better term?) overnight, which is a great thing, but along with that, he's become scared of alot of stuff, questions things a lot, FIGHTS everything we ask him to do....all of this is going on at one time, I think its' just a phase for him, I HOPE. I do really love that he's so much better at communicating with us and the funny/cute things he says to us. All in all, with all this growing up, has come the good, the bad and the ugly.

promise to post more when our nighttime becomes a peaceful, calm place again....

weekend trip to the beach

2009-06-19T22:11:00.009-06:00

We took a 3 day weekend trip to Port Aransas few weekends ago.....although we had some sick kids and money was stolen from my in-laws, all in all, the trip was a blast! Kai got to enjoy some time on the beach and he was a huge fan~! He loved all things Ocean...the sand, the shells, the sandcastles, the waves, all of it.....Jaymes took long naps under the tent both days...I think the heat and the constant sound of the waves made her very sleepy. Here's a few pics from the weekend, I esp love the one where Kai is holding Jaymes in front of him.....JJ is making the worst "I am going to kick your butt" face.....she seriously looks like a wrestler

dearest jaymes renee

2009-05-18T10:38:00.004-06:00

i cannot believe you are already 5 months!! i think because this age is my FAVE, you seem to be racing through it, and i hate that. I want you to be 5-6 months old forever, and i know that is ridiculous. I just love this stage though because you are such a little snuggle bug, you love to be held, you laugh, you smile, you talk to us (in your own way) and you just could not be any cuter. I know that there are lots of great ages you will pass through, but so far both you and your brother were just dolls at this age. You still sleep pretty solid (YES, still in the miracle blanket :), although you are an EARLY riser most days (5:15 anyone?).

You have been eating rice cereal for about a month now, and you like it ok, but are still not that great at eating it, most of it still ends up on the bib!!!

you think your brother is hilarious, you laugh at him and his antics...he loves you very much as well, but has to be reminded every SEC to be gentle with you, he adores you, but also wants to tackle you, plow you down and knock you down..that is his love language.

You are still a pretty bad mama's girl, and are very easily overwhelmed by crowds and loud groups of people. You have gotten a little bit more friendly with both sets of grandparents and aunts and uncles....you are not near the social butterfly your brother was, and that's ok...you just need to warm up to people.

JJ you are just a little ray of light in our family of 4 (well, and kai too)....I hope this growing up slows down a tad..

love
mama

brother and sister

2009-04-30T07:28:00.001-06:00

Not much to say about this pic....just love it so much!

'lil cowboy

2009-04-30T07:22:00.003-06:00

So Kai had "Rodeo Day" at school last week..this is our poor excuse for a cowboy outfit, but hey what can I say....Kai's style (dictated by us of course) is DEF more urban/surfer/long hair/california boy.....Tam is VERY particular about what kai wears, and usually any outfit I pick out is not up to his standards....so this is why when "Rodeo Day" rolled around, our choices were VERY limited...

not sure why he's carrying around his camo Easter basket, 2 weeks after Easter...that basket has been a big hit to say the least.

FEED ME!!!

2009-04-21T09:44:00.005-06:00

I am a little behind on posting on Jaymes' 4 month stats.....she was 13 lbs 10 ozs (50%) and cant remember her length, but it put her in the 95% for her height....which is good news for her 5'4" mom, here's to hoping she is blessed with her daddy's genes for height....it's tough being short!!!

JJ is doing good overall...she sleeps pretty solid at night, does not normally wake at night. She has been doing a little (well sometimes a lot!) crying before she falls asleep lately..think she is overtired and just needs to cry it out. I let her cry for 5 min, go in her room give her the paci, then let her cry another 5 min...this has gone on for upwards of an hour few days this week. Frustrating, but I think she will be over this soon, and really she is pretty great sleeper overall so I can't complain too much. YES she is still in her miracle sleep swaddle blanket.....so what??? I mean even if she does have to take it to Kindergarten for naps, that's cool right?!?! I know, I know, we need to wean her off this blanket, and we will...soon, maybe, we'll see?

JJ is VERY much a mama's girl. She wants to have mama in sight at ALL times and really prefers to be held by me all the time. I think it is sweet of course and I don't mind it, but it does make getting things done around the house a bit difficult. Also, I do feel bad that I cannot always pay as much attention to kai as I would like, bc I am almost ALWAYS holding Jaymes. I guess that is what his daddy is for? Kai has done pretty well adjusting to Jaymes being around, and I think having to share my attention with her has actually been good for him.

Jaymes Renee, you are a sweetheart and as far as I am concerned, the most adorable little girl on God's green Earth. You may be a little high maintenance at times, with your extreme dislike of being put down and not being held. But, I figure, you're our last baby, I will hold you as much as I can.....gladly!
-love mama

I am sorry but....

2009-04-13T18:48:00.004-06:00

I have the 2 cutest kids ever.....

And I am only their mom, so in no way is that biased...

why so serious??

2009-04-11T07:55:00.004-06:00

few shot of miss J...she has begun to laugh and smile much more lately, but I can never seem to catch them on camera. you cant really tell from these pics, but gal has lost the majority of her hair....few litte wispies on top is all we got, not near enough for the obnixous bows I am always subjecting her to!

tree hugger

2009-04-11T07:49:00.005-06:00

lately, we have tried to let kai play outside as much as possible. he will run around for hours on end, picking up sticks and rocks, weeds, clumps of mud, etc...one day this week, I could not find him anywhere after I had gone inside to change Jayme's diaper. I finally heard a little voice "mama, I am in my tree" and this is how I found him. He loves climbing in this tree, although he cannot get very high in it, he does not know the difference!!!

JJ 3 months old

2009-03-25T19:14:00.002-06:00

little late on this as usual! would write more but I am lucky to just get pics up these days

pruitt landscaping

2009-03-25T19:11:00.003-06:00

TWO for the price of one!!

so happy together

2009-03-09T17:19:00.006-06:00

Notice how I do have a pic of both kids smiling, BUT it is not the SAME pic....I can never get both kids to smile at the same time...jaymes will start crying, then when she does smile, kai will refuse to look at the camera and vise versa....anyway, here's' my happy kids!!! (most of the time anyway)

playing dress up and NOT excited about it

2009-02-14T09:19:00.004-06:00

My best friend had bought this dress for Jaymes for Easter and I was looking at it the other day thinking it was maybe going to be a little small by then. So, we tried it on her..she was pissed to say the least! Kai however was having a good time in front of the camera!

JJ is 2 months old, already?

2009-02-14T09:12:00.004-06:00

I really cant believe it, i can honestly say it has been the fastest 2 months of my life. jaymes is such a chubby little roly poly, and i really thought that she was off the charts as far as weight was concerned. surprisingly, she was 11 lbs, 4 ozs at her 2 month check up, which puts her in the 75th percentile for girls her age. But man she is the cutest little, thing ever! check out these cheeks!

overdue post

2009-01-28T10:01:00.008-06:00

Jaymes was a month old on 1/17, so this is little bit late....

Jaymes is doing well at 1 month...she has already caught and survived her first cold (think she caught it from Kai).....she was at Cook's Children's Hospital ER last week late one night (long story, but basically she was running a fever and bc she is so young, they told us to take her straight to the ER).......among other things she had to have a spinal tap (which was BAD), but all in all she was fine....

not sure how much she weighs, she does not have another doc appt until she 8 weeks old.....at the ER they said she was "9 something"??? As long is she is growing (which she def is) I am not too concerned about her weight

Jaymes can smile, and occasionally she will...but she is much more serious than her brother was at this age...I remember Kai around 6 weeks being a very jovial, smiley baby....Jaymes, not so much, she is all business.....feed me, or put me to sleep is her philosophy

Jaymes still sleeps really well at night, she goes down about 9:30 and will wake up around 3-4 AM, eats and goes right back to sleep....I think that's pretty good for a 6 week old baby?

Brother Kai is still loving his sister very much..he loves to run into her room in the morning when she wakes up and talk to her....Jaymes always smiles in the morning when her brother

greets her.

We are the throws of potty training Mr Kai, all in all, not going so well....I will leave it at that

profile comparison

2009-01-14T08:00:00.004-06:00

the top pic is of Kai at around 3-4 weeks old, bottom pic is Jaymes at 1 month old....their profiles look pretty similar to me...they both have VERY full cheeks and big eyes! I am not sure how much Jaymes weighs right now, but I know she is no where near as big as kai was at 1 month (he was over 10 lbs)....I think Jaymes is near the 8.5-9 lb mark and still does not fit in a lot of her newborn size clothes....

Jaymes @ 3.5 weeks

2009-01-10T09:22:00.005-06:00

Some recent pics of miss jaymes renee...so far she has been a great baby..she does not cry much at all (really only when she is hungry) and has been sleeping pretty good...she had a great night last night. We put her to bed at 9:30, she slept til about 1:15, woke up to eat, and I put her back down around 2:15......she went right to sleep and I had to wake her up at 7:15 to eat again....so me getting up only once during the night is very very nice!!

few holiday pics

2008-12-27T08:52:00.006-06:00

this Christmas was by far the best yet with kai...he was able to somewhat grasp the whole santa concept and was excited about the possibility of getting presents. he was so wild, wired and hyper for 3 days straight....i think that craziness combined with all the junk he ate, the altered sleep schedule and the adjustment of his new sibling made things a little crazy around here.....plus tam and i have had little sleep as well....now that the holidays are over things hopefully will get a little calmer....

here are some pics from the last few days

Newest Member of the Family

2008-12-24T09:55:00.005-06:00

Jaymes Renee Pruitt

Born: 12/17/2008, 12:01 pm

7 lbs, 4 ozs, 20 in long

2007 vs 2008

2008-12-14T08:32:00.007-06:00

here's last years Parade of Lights vs this year

new baby's room

2008-11-16T13:51:00.014-06:00

well she does have a name, and despite some negative feedback we've gotten from it, we're not changing it......the new little girl in our family will be names Jaymes Renee. Jaymes is pronounced like James, and yes we realize lots of men are named James, but her name is Jaymes and she will not be made of, or picked on because of it....why, because she will be cute and sweet and she will grow into her name like everyone does..not everyone liked the name "kai" when we picked that, and now I cannot even imagine him being named anything else. We picked Renee for 2 reasons: 1) it is tam's mom's middle name 2) renee is french and we took a trip to the south of France the year she will be born and LOVED IT......we found out we were pregnant with kai when we were in Italy in Nov 2005, but he ended up with a Hawaiian name?

anyway, i digress..here's her room;

little behind, as usual

2008-11-16T13:44:00.008-06:00

i am bad enough with keeping up the posts here, i cant imagine when our little girl is born....it will be a success for me to post ever again.

here are some pics from Halloween..kai had a great time, he really like being in costume, and was pretty excited about all things "Halloween"...we went to Crossroads Halloween Carnival and him and his cousins played games and ran around all night trying to get candy..we still have not done the whole trick or treat thing, maybe next year?

the footie pjs

2008-10-27T19:54:00.004-06:00

one of the many reasons i love cold weather....the footie PJS. I dont know why, but they crack me up. this may be the last year kai's little enough to wear them without looking ridiculous. he got a pretty big kick out of them tonight, he ran around laughing at himself and was jumping up and down like maybe these pjs were going to make him jump higher.

what we've been up to

2008-10-03T14:33:00.012-06:00

here's some stuff we've been up to:

few of aunt kiki's high school's football games

craft Saturday at Lowes every other Sat, so far kai's built a sailboat and a firetruck

kai's hair is starting to get long again, and a bit unmanageable.

kai started Mother's Day Out twice a week

Went to a friends wedding and had to leave a little early bc we were really worried that kai was trying to knock down the cake table, in an effort to get a piece of cake..he is his mother's son

day at the Dallas Zoo

2008-08-24T19:00:00.005-06:00

I guess i should say "morning" at the Zoo. We normally go the the Fort Worth Zoo, but Dallas Zoo is pretty close to us now as well so we figured we'd try it out. We got there right when it opened (9 AM) and there was NOBODY there. The Dallas Zoo is bigger than Fort Worth and there seems to be more to do and more exhibits, but honestly we felt like there we no animals. There was only 1 elephant and Kai was most excited to see those, see we were disappointed. We walked from there over to the tiger exhibit, no tigers?! We went from there to see the Kangaroos, at the Fort Worth Zoo there are always a ton, running around like crazy....at the Dallas Zoo, there was one, and he was sleeping on the ground. Hoped to see a big roaring lion, no lions...but we did see enough I suppose to make the trip worth it. From now on, think we'll stick to the FW Zoo.

kai's first concert

2008-08-09T10:56:00.006-06:00

well, the much anticipated "Wiggles Live" show was last Saturday. We could think of no other way to explain to Kai that we were going to see the Wiggles so we told him we were going to the "wiggles house". he seemed to understand and when we got there, was pretty enthralled by the lights and music and all the other kids bouncing around in their seats. when things got really loud though, he got pretty scared and spent most of the hour and a half show, in my lap. he really seemed to like much of the show, he was smiling most of the time, and not really saying too much. think he was a little overwhelmed by it all. by the time it was over, he was getting a little antsy and ready to go...as were mom and dad!

case of the sweet tooth

2008-07-14T19:47:00.007-06:00

well, kai seems to enjoy a good cookie, piece of cake, scoop of ice cream (the list goes on and on) as much as his mom, which is not necessarily a good thing....some would say my sweet tooth is somewhat of a problem, let's hope kai's is not so severe. since it became warm out, we've introduced kai to popsicles, or "pa a goon" as he calls is (who knows?). the first few popsicles he had, he refused to eat, he just held on to them....i had to force a few in his mouth for him to know what he was missing, and well, he has not looked back once. so far he has liked all kinds of popsicles.....these pics are from when he had a "Jello Pudding Pop" few nights ago...we should have taken him outside, we normally do, this particular night we just got lazy and were trying to keep him happy long enough for us to eat dinner!

"Two old"

2008-07-06T18:23:00.008-06:00

For weeks we've been trying to teach Kai how old he was going to be on his birthday, but all he will repeat is "two old", leaving out the "years". We had kai's party at Bedford Splash and he's been excited about going for weeks. when i woke him up from his nap on Saturday and asked him if he was ready for his party he whispered "water park"....Bedford Splash was ridiculosly crowded so we're really did get to play with cousins and friends much, I couldn't see through the mass of people to see where everyone was most the time. But Kai had a good time. Abby made his AWESOME Elmo cake, not only was it an exact replica of Elmo, but it was SO SO GOOD. And I am a very tough cake critic. Kai was very bashful when we sang happy birthday to him, but when tam and i sing it to him at home, he just smiles and loves the attention.

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY LITTLE KAI, MOM AND DAD LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

ALL boy

2008-06-23T19:25:00.005-06:00

If this pic does not accurately portray our little boy, i don't know what does. he loves every ball he has ever owned, baseballs, basketballs, soccer balls, racket balls, wiffle balls...the list goes on. right now, every night we wage the battle of "what can i take to bed with me?" he normally wants to take one of his balls to bed with him, this particular night, he took two..and when I went in to check on him before we went to bed, this is how I found him sleeping.

we're back!

2008-06-07T15:19:00.006-06:00

we've been pretty busy over the last few months. as soon as we got back from Europe, we had 3 offers on our house.....so yes, we have now finally moved. we also found out that we are having another baby (sometime around 12/31)! i have not been feeling all that great over the last few weeks, had alot of trouble eating and overall just lousy morning (all day) sickness....and to top that off, I am suffering from a HORRIBLE case of Poison Oak rash..........long story short, I think kai had it on his shoes and clothes and it got ALL over me....face, neck, torso, back, legs, arms....I am now on about day 10....things are not good, but i am hoping they soon get better..? kai has about 3 little bumps on his arms and luckily they don't seem to bother him.

anyway, in happier news kai is becoming quite the 2 year old. temperamental, opinionated, bossy but also sweet and loving...not too mention a little bit of a mommy's boy (which drives tam crazy). kai is also starting to talk in 2-3 word sentences which has been pretty funny....alot of times we can only understand one of the words, but it's still pretty cute

these pics of kai aren't of anything in particular, but there somewhat recent

all grown up

2008-04-18T12:13:00.007-06:00

we got back from Europe and it seems kai's hair had grown a foot! both grandmothers said his hair had to be in a ponytail the whole time we were gone to keep the hair out his face. we figured it was about to start being too hot outside for long hair anyway, so we cute it. it does look cute, and it does make him look very grown up..which kind of makes me sad. here are some before and afters.

sunday paper on the toilet

2008-03-31T18:53:00.006-06:00

Yes folks, Kai went "pee pee" on the potty twice last Friday. I am not getting my hopes up though, after all he's only 20 months old. It is a good sign I think, but I am not going to expect too much as far as getting him trained right now. Tam and I did try and get him to go again on Sat and Sun, but he was not really into it. As you can see, he was willing to read a book on the toilet, but not actually go to the bathroom. Like many things that Kai does, Tam and I took this as an opportunity to point and laugh at him :)

Our Easter Boy

2008-03-25T18:45:00.001-06:00

I think the best part of Easter was the Easter Hair that Kai woke up with, I swear this child's hair is getting more unruly by the day. I know what you are thinking, CUT HIS HAIR, well I can't, his father has forbid me.

Kai loved all the festivities of Easter, he hunted eggs and ate some candy, but I am not sure he totally understood the concept of the egg "hunt". He just kinda followed me around and was very easily distracted by sticks and rocks (as usual). But it's okay he looked cute and mom and dad enjoyed some of his candy!

the lawn boy

2008-03-17T19:41:00.007-06:00

kai volunteered to help his dad do some landscaping this past weekend. we got him a rake of his own and put him to work! he ran around and dug up weeds and played with dirt for about an hour....he was very fascinated with the way the cool potting soil felt in his hands. he kept a tight closed fist around the soil in both hands. needless to say, when it was time to go inside we had a minor tantrum :)

basketball in the driveway

2008-03-11T19:23:00.007-06:00

again, sorry for the lack of blogging lately..now that our house is back on the market I am spending 90% of my free time making sure the house is somewhat clean and ready to show, in case some potential buyer decides that they want to see it.....to later tell us, "we don't really want a house with a pool".....ok.whatever. Info I could have used BEFORE I spit shined the place. The remaining 10% of my free time is trying to get in at least 7 hours of sleep a night.

anywho, amidst all the house chaos, we're trying to make sure we spend time with kai everyday doing fun stuff and playing together as a family....preferably outside, which is always weather permitting here in texas.

tonight we played some basketball in the driveway before dinner...kai's a natural i tell ya :)

Jumping Party

2008-02-25T19:56:00.004-06:00

I mentioned a few weeks ago that Kai loves to go to "Jumping Party". He will wear himself totally out by running non stop for an hour, climbing stairs and going down slides. But oh how does he love it. I think it's great that he loves it so much, it's great excercise and really, he is just a boy and needs the phyisical outlet! We try to go on Friday's because it's open jump (jump as long as they want for $7), but latelty we've been busy and we've missed a few Fridays.

sorry, it's been a while

2008-02-04T20:47:00.000-06:00

I think i have mentioned before that Tam does not help much with blogging, so it's sometimes hard to find time to get on here and update. not too much is new on our front, as we speak Kai is fighting some kind of bug (isn't he always). he was fighting a fever almost all day, when we got home tonight he was up to 102.7....gave him some Motrin and he seems to be okay..at least it's not ear infections, I remember this time last year we started on our downhill slide of ear infection after ear infection, after ear infection. Life after ear tubes has been good.

this last weekend (FRI) we went to "Jumping Party", which is basically an indoor playground for kids with bounce houese and inflatable slides. Kai's still pretty little and needs help getting up some of the slides and such, but he does love it! I did not take my camera (dumb I know)

here's some random recent pics of Kai

18 months old and way too cool

2008-01-06T12:58:00.000-06:00

kai turned 18 months old today, and I really can't believe it...while sometimes it seems not that long ago, most the time it seems like he has been with us forever! I can barely remember life without kai, he made that much of an impact on our lives!! I suppose that's what children do :)

in the last few moths, kai has made GREAT strides in his talking....he will now attempt to repeat just about any word we ask him to say. he can say a whole slew of words, most are one syllable, some are 2 or 3. The funniest things he says are Uncle Tye (sounds like Uh Uh Ta)....and Uncle Bones (my bro's nickname), that sounds like (Uh Uh Bo)....we have to spell some words now too because if kai hears us talking about certain things (like cookies, bath, The Wiggles) he will sometimes throw a fit until he gets these things...i think we are fast approaching the Terrible Twos.

Kai understands most basic commands and really sometimes it surprises me that he comprehends so much of what we say to him. he is, for the most part, a very happy and playful child. kai loves, loves, loves balls and to play outside. really he's just a very active and boisterous little boy all around. he is ALWAYS on the go and is a pretty strong and aggressive boy.

here's some pics of kai in tam's sunglasses, which he loves to wear.....kai always needs to be on the cutting edge of fashion!

few pics from Christmas

2007-12-27T08:51:00.000-06:00

we have been pretty busy, but here's some pics from our various family christmas parties. I will post more in a few days!

cousins or twins?

2007-12-10T14:20:00.001-06:00

This is a recent pic of Kenrie and a pic of Kai this time last year (same age that Kenrie is now)

all i can say is wow, very strong resemblance here.

Evil Knievel

2007-12-06T21:07:00.000-06:00

well apparently our son cannot play with any of his toys the way they were intended. he has to turn everything into a stunt, trick or death defying obstacle. we have had more bumps and bruises the last week than i can count. i suppose this is all part of being a parent (esp to a boy) and we'll get used to his antics. but boy is kai a BOY....he is so rough and abrasive, but we would not want him to be any different! he keeps us on our toes and makes us laugh EVERY day. we'll take the trips to the ER, broken bones and all the other stuff that comes with our wild Kai....bc oh how we love him

here's Kai sanding on his toy horse (that he is supposed to SIT on). He stands up, lets go of the handles and yells at me and tam to make sure we're watching him.

kai the interior decorator

2007-12-03T20:08:00.000-06:00

we drug out the lights, ornaments, and tree this weekend and kai was very intrigued. he kept walking over to the tree every 5-10 min and pointing at it, like "what is that"..and it was like he was in disbelief that it was still there each time he would walk around the corner...it was really pretty funny. we especially liked the special ornament that he personally placed on the bottom corner of the tree, a bunched up Kleenex. it fit in nicely with the black and white theme we did this year.

it was really cool though to think about how much has changed in a year. this time last year kai could only sit and watch us put up the tree and decorate..this year he was all up in our business every step of the way. and we would not have it any other way :)

Fort Worth "Parade of Lights"

2007-11-26T20:35:00.000-06:00

The three of us went to the parade on Friday night....Kai, after getting a rough start with a FIERCE temper tantrum, had a GREAT time. There were horses, marching bands, lights, Santa....all things he is in awe of these days. It was pretty cold outside but we wrapped him up pretty good and I don't think he even noticed the cold weather.

Thanksgiving 2007

2007-11-25T15:25:00.001-06:00

This year we spent Thanksgiving day with Tam's side and we had a good time! Tam got to play with his cousins Jude, Joss and Kenrie. Kai had his fair share of Thanksgiving food, his favorite seemed to be the sweet potatoes and the buttermilk pie....do you see a pattern here? Can you say "like mother like son"......yeah we have a thing with sweets me and Kai. Here's some pics of Kai on Turkey Day.

ahhhh yes, more football....

2007-11-19T19:18:00.000-06:00

seems like we're always at a game or watching a game on TV these days!! I don't think there's anyway Kai will grow up and NOT like football, between his dad's Coyboys (Wyoming), his mom's Cowboys (OK State) and his dad's OTHER Cowboys (Dallas). Tam told Kai a while back "Kai, the Cowboy is the only mascot you'll ever need to know!"...so true! The kid does not stand a chance at not being a fanatic like his dad. So far he seems to love football, much more so in person. Kai has really enjoyed this football season and going to his aunt KiKi's games (she cheers). He mostly loves running around the bleachers, but sometimes he'll sit and watch the game and say "ball" and point over and over and over. Here's some pics of last week's Aledo playoff game, when it was actually cold for about 5 seconds.

goofing around

2007-11-13T20:25:00.000-06:00

dad's out of town for a few days so me and kai went to dinner with Honey and KiKi. We went to Pei Wei, Kai got his usual, the honey seared chicken. He was occupied for a while with the chop sticks, after he got bored with that he colored in his "Peanuts" coloring book.

long day for baby kai

2007-10-31T20:17:00.000-06:00

We had lots of stuff planned for Halloween this year. We started at Tam's company for their carnival, then onto Crossroads Church for the HUGH carnival they have. The Crossroads Carnival consisted of a petting zoo, lots of bounce houses and too many other activities to list. Kai was running around like crazy in his typical fashion the whole time, nose running with snot the whole time!!! I think he had a good time, and after 10 min in the car on the way home, he was asleep....Kai never sleeps on in the car, so I guess he wore himself out! I dont have pics of Kenrie but she was an adorable butterfly, Joss was Mickey Mouse and Jude was Batman....all very cute.

busy weekend

2007-10-17T19:29:00.000-06:00

we had a busy weekend, sorry i am just now getting around to posting. friday we babysat cousin kenrie...she was a sweetheart. kai and baby kenrie took a bath together....kai was pretty much his normal wild self and splashed water all over kenrie..i am sure she was annoyed! if not now, soon she will soon be irritated by her boys cousins and all their debauchery.

Saturday we went to a Halloween Block Party in a neighborhood of some pals of ours. Kenrie and Kai got to wear their Halloween costumes. Kai played in the bounce house for a while, but all in all he was tired that night and basically had a breakdown resulting in us only staying for a while.

Sunday we went to a friend's house and rode one of their ponies and also saw their week old donkey.....kai loves animals so he really had fun doing that!

signs of Fall

2007-10-08T20:13:00.000-06:00

are everywhere....yet no fall weather here in DFW. This is one thing I hate about living in Texas, we have no seasons.....winter and summer and that's it. I want FALL, cool weather and a break from the oppressive heat. I want to be able to take kai to the park without his facing being bright red from heat and humidity (in OCT)! Here's some pics of Kai looking for pumpkins and also at one of KiKi's games. Kai loved picking out pumpkins, but loved the ballons at Calloways even more.

identity crisis

2007-10-01T18:06:00.000-06:00

now as i have mentioned before, tam and i like to do stuff to kai and then point and laugh at him...ie, dressing him up, doing crazy stuff to his hair, etc..this should explain the ponytail. this is one of tam's favorite things to do...put his hair in a ponytail and call him Steven Seagal. Now I, on the other hand, think this is a sign that his hair is entirely too long. but i dare mention the words "haircut" and I get the death stare from Tam. so no hair cut in the near future....

1st baseball game

2007-09-23T09:19:00.000-06:00

We took Mr Kai to the Ranger game Friday night. He was semi-interested for a while. He liked to clap to all the music they play between the batters. He also likes to people watch so he was content doing that for a while. I think we were only there a little over an hour total, before Kai got too restless and ready to go. But it was fun, 1st of many sporting events to come I am sure.

bfast of champions

2007-09-16T18:30:00.000-06:00

any guesses on where we had bfast on Sat? kai did enjoy his 3 donut holes, but I think mom and dad get more excited about going to Krispy Kreme than Kai does! we go about once every 2 months or so....unfortunately the Krispy Kreme by our house does not give out free hot donut samples anymore? tam is still pretty upset about this.

pretty in pink

2007-09-10T19:44:00.000-06:00

I think pink may be my favorite color on Kai! here's some pics of him playing around the house in his pink polo. i know it seems like all our pics are in the house, I swear we do take him out of the house all the time! we just always forget our camera.

my sweet boys

2007-09-10T19:35:00.000-06:00

here are my sweethearts, horsing around (which is really all they do anymore). lots of rough-housing and playing around..i guess that's what boys do. kai is getting to where he likes to play rough and is starting to get his share of bad falls and "boo-boos".....we had our first bloody lip the other day, first of many i am sure

blondie

2007-08-28T19:53:00.000-06:00

i am posting this for no other reason than to have a document of how blonde this kid really is! i am still in disbelief of how white this dude's hair is! i was blonde at a young age, as was tam, but not to this extent. i love kai's fluffy clear hair, but i do fear it will not be this way forever. same with his baby blue eyes, i hope they're permanent?

and no, we don't let him play with electrical equipment, he has issues with the charger to the computer...he has to pick it up every day.

public humilation

2007-08-27T18:48:00.000-06:00

so on Sat we took kai to Bedford "Splash".....it is a very small version of Hurricane Harbor or NRH20. Anyway, so it's no secret kai is about the fairest skinned kid EVER. His hair is practically clear and his scalp is white as can be. It is always difficult to get sunscreen on his head, and when we do, it takes a few days to completely come out of his hair. well, problem solved! tam found a swim cap at the dollar store! now, i will say this swim cap was equally as great to tam and I because we found it so funny, but it did keep us from having to mess with sunscreen in kai's hair. and laugh at kai, oh boy did we! we joked that he was embarrassed all day at the swim park, because his parents made him wear this stupid hat! I don't know I think it's pretty cute though?

daddy's boy

2007-08-14T19:44:00.000-06:00

After taking alot of heat for my lack of involvement with blogger.com, I decided to shake the label of "deadbeat dad" and pimp my pen. Kai had a big weekend at Possum Kingdom lake with his Aunts and Uncles and Tim and Shelli Herlevic. Kai loved the boat and just stared in disbelief the whole time we were on the water. It was a little more challenging for mom and dad since we did not have much time to relax with all of the potential hazards around. It is so much fun to come home and play with Kai now that he is a little older and loves to wrestle and laugh. Everyday when I get home and lay on the floor Kai will run and tackle me over and over,it is a game that never gets old to him. It is amazing how big he has gotten in a year and it makes you realize how fast they grow.

this and that

2007-08-06T18:38:00.000-06:00

I figured this would be a good title for this post, since it's about nothing in particular. I have not been the best about posting lately, I find it hard to find time! And I really have no help from tam, he's not a regular poster on here!

kai is obsessed with cell phones and is always grabbing our phones and running off with them. tam decided it was time for kai to have his own cell phone (after all he deserves it right?) obviously, that's a joke, but we have an old cell phone that we gave kai, and oh does he treasure it! he carries it around and holds it up to his ears like he's listening to someone. we make sure and pack it in his diaper bag when we go out, so he does not feel left out, should tam or I talk on our phone. really tam and i like to mostly make fun of it and laugh about it, but kai will never know, he just thinks he has a cool phone. he has thrown it on the ground so hard already that 2 numbers have fallen out, but he cant count, so it's cool!

kai has been saying a lot more words lately...mostly out of context and often repeated for no reason, but we still find him a genius! he can say ma ma, da da, ki ki (well sorta), ball, duck, pool, dog, one, uh-oh, ......he also likes to point to things and say "dat" over and over and over....what he wants is for us to say what things are.....pretty cool, huh!

world traveler

2007-07-31T17:56:00.000-06:00

kai looks like he's just come back from a vacation in Mexico! oh but if only.....mom and dad went for 3 days and brought him back some festive gear, doesn't he look cute!!! the maracas only lasted about 24 hours until one was broken on the floor...not suprising, kai plays very rough!

Our Cobra Kai turns one!!

2007-07-08T09:25:00.000-06:00

Well one year ago, on 7/6/2006 our sweet little boy was born. I don't think we quite knew what we were in for back then (well, does anyone really)? The last year has been the most special of our lives. Little Kai makes us laugh everyday and continues to surprise us with how smart and playful he is! It seems everyday he's learning and doing something new.

Sat was Kai's 1st bday party, and for the first time in weeks, it was sunny ALL day. We played in the pool for a few hours, had a pinata, ate pizza, opened presents and ate cake and ice cream. I think Kai had a lot of fun! Kai's abey and aunt taya made him an AWESOME "Cobra Kai Never Dies" (ya know from The Karate Kid) cake.....seriously it was crazy good!

what a great year it has been baby kai. mom and dad love you more than you'll ever know. we know you'll not remember any of this 1st year of your life, and it really bums us out. i guess we'll just have to tell you how fun and crazy it was!

love mom and dad

aqua man

2007-07-02T20:31:00.000-06:00

well despite having nothing but rain the last, oh i dont know, TWO FREAKIN WEEKS, we still managed to get in the pool on Sunday. It's not even right that we've only gone swimming like 3 times this summer, kai is really missing out. While I love the rain and i def love the cooler temps that it brings, occasional sun would be nice, at least on the weekends!

we got a walker (almost)

2007-06-24T08:19:00.000-06:00

for about 2 weeks now, kai has been able to take about 5 steps at time

but he really has no urge to walk anywhere?

probably because he is the fastest crawler of all time, and gets where he needs to be very promptly.

this weekend has been BRUTAL with kai's sleeping patterns, Sat AM up at 5:45, Sun AM up at 5:35 AM.....maybe he's anxious to practice his walking. i doubt it, seeing as how we have to force and bribe him with toys to walk. but man 'ol man this early rising is killing mom. since we were up with the chickens on Sun, tam decided we should take kai to Krispy Kream, and introduce him to the best donuts ever. kai very much enjoyed his 2 donut holes and milk. i know i know, prob not the best breakfast for a 1 yr old, but hell, he needs to energy to walk right?

11 months and a birthday!!!!

2007-06-07T14:20:00.000-06:00

No not kai's birthday, but his new cousin Kenrie's ACTUAL BIRTH DAY. We have been excited about getting a girl in the family!! She's going to be pretty out numbered by all her boy cousins, but she's be a tough one I imagine. We saw Kenrie for the 1st time yesterday and she's just perfect! 6 lbs, 5 ounces and just a sweetheart!! Congrats Tye and Krissy

Kai turned 11 months old yesterday, and oh the changes the last month have brought!!! I can proudly say he has added 2 new words to his vocab, "duck" and "uh oh"....but "uh oh" sounds more like "uh uh" when he says it.....so so so cute!

Kai has been getting pretty brave and stared standing up on his own for a few seconds. He is still too scared to take any steps, but he will stand up for a few seconds and balance himself. He really has decided that the best place to practice standing like this, is the bathtub.....which as you can imagine causes some problems.

Kai still goes to bed REALLY well at night and without a fight, and he sleeps great all night long. BUT the child is an early riser for sure. I am talking 6AM on the dot everyday. Now during the week this is fine, I am up at 5:30 everyday anyway. But Sat and Sun, come on, 7 would be nice??

Love you more and more everyday baby boy!!

and no, i am not the worst aunt in the world and forgot to take a pic of baby kenrie, i am just the biggest idiot in the world and cannot find our camera cord to upload the pics. typical.

new face?

2007-05-21T19:46:00.000-06:00

Kai has been making a mysterious new face these last few days......it's half smile, half scared look? But the thing is, he is smiling. He is not scared or mad, he is genuinely happy. But why the weird face?

I love all his faces, really I do, but I am hoping this one is not his permanent smile.

So sad on Mother's Day

2007-05-14T19:40:00.000-06:00

On Sunday our church, HopeWorks, had a baby dedication for all the babies born in the last year. Well, Kai was there, but I would not say willingly. Poor Mr Kai woke up Sunday with another 102+ fever.. I will spare the details, because after all, it seems all i talk about on here is his illnesses.....perhaps that's because that's our life these days!!! He was dressed up pretty cute and he hair was all curly and California boyish. But the dude was just sick.....as is evident in these pics. Oh well, all that matters is that tam and i remember that day, and the promise that we made to the Lord to teach kai to know him.

ssweeeeee'min

2007-05-14T19:27:00.000-06:00

well saturday we thought maybe kai would be ready to take his first dip in the pool. with temps as high as they have been, we figured the pool would be ready to go. Now truthfully, I thought it was a little bit cold, but as the day got warmer and warmer, it got more and more pleasant in the water. we dipped Kai in, and he kinda gasped, i think he was taken aback.

to say that kai loved the water is an understatement. i think we have a water baby on our hands. he was so cute and fun to watch. he just kept smiling so big and waiving his hands around. anytime i would act like i was removing him from the water, he started to panic. i am so glad he's old enough to enjoy the pool this summer. I remember last summer he was a newborn, and i thought to myself "next summer he'll love the pool"...thinking that was so far away....I cannot believe how fast time goes by.

No way!! Kai is 10 months old

2007-05-07T20:12:00.000-06:00

well he actually turned 10 months on Sunday (5/6). I was out of town Friday and Saturday with my two best friends visiting one of our best friends from college. We went to Newport Beach, CA for the whole weekends and it was so fun! It was VERY hard for me to be away from Kai this long, but I made it through the weekend with out any breakdowns. Kai and his daddy had a great boys weekend, it included some lounging by the pool, breakfast at Waffle House and lunch in Dallas with one of dad's friends on Saturday.

10 months came so quick!! I swear it seems every time I look up, he's another month older. This last month had included another ear infection, a HORRID diaper rash, couple more fevers....same old same old.......BUT also so much fun with kai! He's getting to be a little more verbal (not really). He's just added Da Da and Ga Ga to the regular Ba Ba he was saying for a while. He's eating lots more foods and still seems to like most everything.

Kai is not yet walking, but I am very ok with that..Kai gets where he needs to be, trust me. He is still a great sleeper, most nights 8 until about 7ish. Pretty darn good if you ask me.

Here's Kai modeling his new brown hair bow...no, not really, tam and I were just playing around. These are future blackmail pics.

The Bassmaster

2007-04-29T09:48:00.000-06:00

Although Kai did not go fishing with his dad on Sat, he was pretty interested in what the boys brought home.....Tam, Jay and Terry caught 47 Bass on lake Ray Hubbard! When they returned home, Kai was in awe of all the fish flopping around...he sat and watched them count them and lay them out......

note: this is when kai's eyes were so jacked up from his sinus infection. poor little guy :(

hey aunt shel, unlce jay..when's the fish fry

another bout of ear infections

2007-04-24T19:30:00.000-06:00

over the weekend, kai was having some serious issues with his eyes....i will spare you the details but it's pretty yuck, but suffice it to say, it was very hard to look at...every time i looked at Kai I felt like he was hurting and I felt so bad for him...he never rubbed or scratched his eyes, like they were bothering him..they just looked horrible.....i took him to the Dr on Monday, thinking he had some sort of eye infection. As soon as Dr Senevey walked in he said "well, I bet ya his eyes are the least of his problems"......I was dreading what he would find....turns out Kai had double ear infection and a sinus infection.....this is his FOURTH ear infection, but this one was alot different from the other ones, no fever, no fussiness. I would have never known Kai was sick if it had not been for he eyes

so another round of antibiotics for the little guy

he seems better today, acting like he feels good and his eyes look MUCH better.

cold easter sunday

2007-04-11T20:09:00.000-06:00

Kai's first Easter was a blistery cold Sunday, especially for Texas. I think the high temp was somewhere in the 40s. Therefore, there's not many pics of Kai outside hunting Easter eggs. Most of the days was spent inside, while mom and dad ate all day! Kai did have on his Easter outfit (or Easter Dress as tam calls it) on all day. We managed to take some pics of him in it.

Also, here's a pic of cousins Jude and Joss clowning around with baby kai.....kai was giving tons of kisses and all was fine, until Kai bit cousin Jude.

9 months old

2007-04-07T12:17:00.000-06:00

Kai turned 9 months old on Friday. The last month or so has brought a lot of changes in Kai..he's so much more fun lately (this could be from all his colds clearing up?) and a happy boy all around. Kai knows what he wants when he wants it, and he'll let ya know! when he's eating, if you take something out of his sight, or don't feed him fast enough, he protest like crazy! It's pretty comical. He also is very fond of the game, "throw my toy on the ground, and you pick it up"....OVER AND OVER AND OVER. This one's a lot of fun for mom and dad! kai has a good bud at daycare, Caleb. When I pick him up everyday, his teachers always comment oh how he and Caleb play so well together! Caleb was born just 2 days after Kai, I guess one day we'll tell Kai that Caleb was his first friend!

Kai had his 9 month checkup on Friday on he was 80% for height (29.5 inches) and 50% for weight (20 lbs 7 ozs). Doctor Senevey said all was well with Kai and that he looked just perfect. I had been wondering about his ears but they were clear.

Some of kai's faves right now:

food-chicken nuggets, graham cracker, yo-baby yogurt

toys-the plastic hook from his fishing pole, his light up frogs and his balls (mini basketball, football and soccer ball), plastic lids form the Gerber baby foods.

we love more and more each day baby boy kai!

mom

2007-04-03T05:57:00.000-06:00

This is one of my favorite pictures of kai recently. he has been a pretty happy baby lately...beteween sickness and teeth, we have had a couple good happy days here and there! He waived "by by" yesterday for the first time. Cant quite say it yet, but soon i think.

three musketeers

2007-03-29T19:12:00.000-06:00

here's a pic of kai with his 2 best buds....cousins jude and joss. this pic was taken last sunday we went to taya and andy's house to play outside and eat dinner for Pop's bday! I think we have lots of crazy and rowdy years ahead with jude and joss..these boys are gonna play rough and tough, i have a feeling. Their cousin Kenrie (not born yet), being a girl, may have to toughen up once she gets here!

he loves a good remote

2007-03-23T06:41:00.000-06:00

i know i talk about kai's tendency to search out "forbidden" item in the house all the time.. I wanted to show you what i meant....this AM, kai was eager to play with his basketball (balls are some of the only toys he still has interest in) so he held it in one hand while trying to reach the remote with the other hand!!

disregard the huge amount of drool in this pic...kai has 3 top teeth coming in as we speak...he has been drooling like crazy this week, and biting anything he can get his hands on!

he plays hard!

2007-03-15T09:26:00.000-06:00

Over the last few days, kai has been playing his little butt off!! he crawls around the house in such a furry, his poor little knees are just as red as they can be.

I also noticed yesterday he was actually out of breath, it is pretty hilarious! He knows where he wants to go, and he wastes no time in getting there. He really could care less about most of his toys, he'll play with his various balls, but he mostly likes things around the house....the broom, remote controls, cords, the camera, cell phones, even the little plastic lids to his baby food containers! good grief we could have saved some cash had we known we could entertain him with all this junk!

8 months old!

2007-03-09T14:29:00.000-06:00

well we are back in business!! my dad was gracious enough to get us a new camera so we are back to posting pictures, thanks Dad!!

Kai turned 8 months on tuesday and boy the last month has brought some changes! kai is fully mobile and into EVERYTHING!! we cant leave the room for too long because he will find the most dangerous item around and put it into his mouth....we have baby-proofed the house to an extent, but we have some work to do still.

after lots of practice with his abby, kai has also learned to clap his hands...he loves Pat a Cake! it's so so so cute! I have noticed that kai is, how should I say this, VERY AGGRESSIVE! the other kids in daycare seem to be very docile and peaceful, delicate? Well not Mr Kai...every time I go to pick him up from daycare I find him, yelling, pulling on things, yanking on hair!! he's a very ACTIVE, energetic kid..not a bad thing, just makes me laugh..I don't think he will grow up to be shy....maybe he's just a typical rough little boy?

last night we went to see aunt KiKi after her cheerleading tryouts. kai took her some flowers and took her mind off all the stress...we're sure you did great aunt KiKi! If you make it, you know we'll be at the games next Fall....speaking of cheerleaders, I think Kai has more pics with cheerleaders than any other 8 month old in the world!!!

new pics coming soon

2007-03-04T07:44:00.000-06:00

i promise....we still have no camera so I have to rely on others to send me pics! It's killing me not to post though bc kai is getting so big (and cute of course!)

7 months

2007-02-10T07:35:00.000-06:00

okay i realize that I am a few days behind here, but we've been pretty busy......tam's been out of town for work, which means I have no time to get on the internet at home

kai turned 7 months on Tuesday (2/6), and what a big boy he is now!! he is now crawling all over the place....gone are the days when we could leave him unattended for a few min on the floor with his toys! I did this the other day not knowing just how quickly he could get around..well, i came back into the living room to find him chewing on the computer cord....he's also now sitting up in his crib, i layed him down to nap and came back into his room to find him sitting up playing with his blanket!!!

kai had a bad couple of days about a week ago, could not seem to kick a bad cold he had gotten...it was tough on the little guy, but he's finally coming around...

kai seems to be pretty advanced for his age ( i know, bragger mom again)....but there are 3 babies in his daycare that are all July 06 babies, and he's doing more than all of them...none can crawl but him, and 2 of them need help to sit up...he also is alot more verbal (this can be a bad thing)....kai talks ALOT...not words of course, just babbles on and on..sometimes VERY loudly, most of the time in public...i think it's adorable, but sometimes he gets to screaming in a quiet place, and we get some angry stares....oh well, he's only going to be a baby once, so i try to enjoy it!!!

it was almost a year ago (2/13/2006) that we found out our baby was going to be a boy...i remember we were pretty shocked, we thought we were having a girl for sure! I wondered what kai's personailty would be like, what he wouldook like, etc...it's so fun to now see him grow and turn into a little boy....

these pics are the most recent i have ..due to the camera thief of late 2006, our pictures will be lacking for a while

what a difference a few months makes?

2007-02-02T11:06:00.000-06:00

I took some pics of Kai last night in his high hair, they are almost identical to the pics i took back when he was 4 months old (he is 6.5 months now)....look how much he has changed! I think he looks more like his dad now???? the top pic is the one from yesterday.

he loves his bath time!

2007-01-20T09:39:00.000-06:00

not much new to report....just thought I would post these cute pics of Kai at bath time. Kai LOVES taking a bath. He kicks and splashes water all over the place, practically going crazy the whole time. he does not talk or smile really, he just gets down to business and starts kicking his feet to see how much water he can get out of the tub. Sometimes he even whimpers when we take him out of the water.