Splashpark Fun!

My sister called me the other day to see if I wanted to take Kaelin to the splashpark in Pearland. Sounded like fun. So yesterday we took Kaelin and Carissa there. The first one we went to was crowded and didn't have alot of water stuff going on. The second one we went to was much better! I slathered the girls in sunscreen and let 'em go. They had a blast! Kaelin ran around non-stop in all the different sprinklers and puddles. Here's a few pics. We'll definately have to go back again!

7 years ago today

I can't believe it's already been 7 years since we got married. We had a nice evening just the two of us. We went and had dinner at the Olive Garden then went and saw "The Land of The Lost". Interesting movie, we'll leave it at that. It was nice to have a chance to get out of the house by ourselves. We don't get to do that very often. Kaelin was seriously wired when we got home. It should be fun trying to get her to sleep tonight. I guess I better get on that. :)

No dogs allowed

We have a pretty strict no-dogs-allowed-in-the-kitchen-while-we're-eating rule. This includes the plastic, non-verbal kind as well. Case in point:

Some new pics

This week has gone by so fast! Kaelin has done really well with her stitches. The only time she fussed about them was when we would take the band-aid off each night to clean them. I took her in yesterday morning and had the sutures removed. It was not a pleasant experience at all! We had to hold her down again and she screamed the whole time. She kept yelling that she needed medicine or a new band-aid. Then she started yelling "Thank you" to the doctor. She's so polite, even when she's being held down. Here's a pic of her band-aid she's been wearing.


We have been having a hard time getting Kaelin to get into and stay in her high chair lately. So on Thursday I took her shopping and we found a new big girl booster seat! She loves it! It's pretty similar to her highchair since we had the space saver one, but it's new and she's happy with it. So far no problems getting her into it, just getting her out of it!

Kaelin and Daddy were playing "fort" in Kaelin's bed the other night. They were pretending to look at jungle animals with their binoculors. So Mike took her outside to use the real binoculors to look at stuff. It was so cute watching her look through them!

And she's spent. :)

Last night was Mike's sister's graduation. It's so wierd to me because 10 years ago I was graduating. The reunion is next weekend already. Eek! Anyways, there were almost 1000 students graduating this year. They had it out on the football field and we were able to see Colleen as she walked by to go sit in her chair. It was so hot and the ceremony was so long that we didn't make it. It took an hour for them to even get to the part where they present the diplomas and then Colleen was about 500 names in. It didn't start until 7 so I'm sure theygot out of there really late. Kaelin stayed with my parents because I knew she would not have fun if she went with us. After we left we stopped at Chili's and had dinner. So yummy! Then we went and picked up Kaelin from Mom's. She had pizza for dinner and went swimming. She was ready for bed as soon as we got home, which was awesome. I was so tired that I went to bed shortly after I put her down. Here's a pic of our graduate!

I have to go to church tomorrow to run the sound system. My step-dad is preaching and the normal sound guy will be out of town. So I have to go up there today for a run through. Shouldn't be too hard but I don't really like going to church anymore.

Next week or so will be super busy! Tuesday is our 7th anniversary! Then Mike has a dentist appointment and our reunion is on Friday night. Then we have Kaelin's birthday pics and Geri's baby shower on Saturday. Then we're either going bowling or up to Humble Saturday night. Then it's Father's Day and Kaelin's birthday after that! I can't believe she's going to be 2 already!

Not winning any awards any time soon

We had to take Kaelin to the ER again tonight. She fell while running away from me in the living room and gashed her forehead open. I heard her hit and new it was a hard hit so I scooped her right up and hugged her tight. Mike came running in and when I pulled her back to show him I saw the gash. I knew immediately it needed stitches. Mike grabbed a wet rag and held it on right away so it didn't bleed very bad at all. She was screaming she needed a band-aid so Mike put a piece of gauze and some princess tape on it before we left the house. I showed it to her in the mirror and she settled down. The whole way to the hospital I was freaking out because she was so calm and quiet. She just held my hand and looked out the window. Once we got into a room the nurse came in and looked at it and said she'd definately need stitches and it would be awhile. Thankfully Mike's mom met us there so she helped us keep Kae entertained. She was running around and playing and trying to jump on the bed the whole time. The nurse practioner came in and told us he was going to numb the area and that we would have to wrap her up and hold her down so they could suture it. That was horrible, she was scraming the whole time. They covered her eyes so the light wasn't in her face and she was fraked out that she couldn't see any of us. Then she started saying "Thank you nurse Kevin" even while she was screaming. Broke my heart. I had to look away and try hard not to lose it so she wouldn't hear me cry. As soon as they were done I scooped her up and unwrapped her. She's happy with her princess tape and is excited about going to pick out new big band-aids tomorrow. I need to call Dr. McAtee and see when they want us to come in. The ER said 5 days to have sutures removed but I want to check with them just in case. Well. I'm exhausted and going to try to settle down before going in to bed.

Kaelin's new outfit

I finished Kaelin's new outfit today. Her pictures aren't scheduled until June 13th, but I figure this way she can wear it tomorrow to recital. Here's a few pics.

I feel alive again!

Thank goodness I woke up feeling much better today! Still a little bit of a lingering headache and some pain in my jaw but nothing too. bad. Kae and I just hung around the house today, I didn't want to push it and be out somewhere and unable to drive home. Not that anyone wants to know this, but I started my period again yesterday. Suprised me because it's only been 33 days so I wasn't expecting it for atleast 10 more days. It seems like my body is trying to get it's act together. Maybe in a few months I'll have a completely normal 28 day cycle. Wouldn't that be great if having Kaelin whipped my reproductive system into shape? Here's hoping!

I got the ribbon that I ordered for Kaelin's hot pink and zebra outfit! I'm so excited to start on her jeans, I really hope they come out cute. I'm going to use this tutorial for them. I really want to do some of her birthday pics in this outfit. I cut a bunch of pieces of ribbons and heat sealed them. So now I just have to cut the hem off a pair of jeans and start sewing! I would like to figure out a good way to trim the pockets and belt loops in ribbon also. I may have to hand sew those or just use on iron on adhesive. I also got the white and ballet slipper ribbon. I'm going to make a onesie and tutu set out of that for dance as well. I just need to get a good white onesie to use for that one. I think that's all I'm going to make for class this summer. I still have some other tutus I made that she can wear with a leotard.

I can tell when I'm typing while I'm over tired because I start to ramble. So I guess I'm gonna brush my teeth and head to bed.