My Dad's A Superhero!!

Dad may be able to save two birds from our chimney (the past two weekends we've had one stuck in there), but Kailer's superhero Dad made a big "oops" while playing with Kailer's balloon .... uh-oh Daddy, now what?!  Nothing that a ladder couldn't get down, but I had to take a picture - just to remind Dan in say, uh, several years when one of his children may do the same thing to his elk!!

As I pulled out my box of maternity clothes today to get them washed I groaned, "Ugh, 10 weeks (give or take) of these clothes?"   I was hoping I'd feel differently about them this time around, but I don't.  Then I tried to look at the bright side of it thinking, "Hey 10 weeks of a 'new' wardrobe!"  Unfortunately my reverse psychology didn't change my perspective.  As a side note:  I'm pretty sure that a man came up with the idea to make maternity clothes out of materials that need to be ironed.  Seriously?  How many pregnant women want to spend more time on their feet than necessary?  So now I also have a pile of clothes waiting to be ironed - quite honestly, one of my LEAST favorite chores.

With time going by faster than we'd expected Dan and I took this last week to get the baby's room painted.  Now we just wait, and pray, that it's a girl or we'll have a lot to "re-do" after baby arrives!  To answer any questions or smash any pending ideas by others, "No!" we will not have another one if indeed this little one ends up being a boy.

With all that being said we have managed to keep busy enough recently that the camera has probably got a thin layer of dust on it as it sits waiting for me to remember to take it with us when we go out and about.  We'll just call that Baby Brain (a very REAL syndrome, in my opinion)!

One VERY Happy Boy in his Lightening McQueen Hat and Toy Story Shirt ... sure glad we have had some sunshine to enjoy!

The Earth Song!

I hope that you will enjoy Kailer's "Earth Song" as much as Dan and I have since he learned it at pre-school. I've been informed, by Kailer, that they sing this song every day before they eat lunch.


"The Earth is good to me."
"So I thank the Earth for giving me the things I need, like the sun and the apple seeds."
"The Earth Is Good To Me."

The "Dog Days of Winter"

Jeepin'

A little Jeepin' action on a Saturday afternoon!

Eagle Vision

Yesterday Kailer's G'Ma clued us in to a web-site (http://www.decoraheaglecamalerts.com/index.htm) where you can watch a mama Eagle nesting on three eggs, with the possible opporutnity of seeing the babies once they hatch.  So yesterday afternoon, right after Kailer (okay and me too) woke up from his nap, we logged on and checked it out.  Kailer was really into it and kept wanting to watch the Eagle.  Finally when you could tell it was night out, I was able to convince Kailer that we should "let the mommy sleep."  Needless to say, we fired up my laptop first thing this morning and were honored to see the Daddy Eagle (I'm only assuming it was the Dad, I don't know for sure) come swooping into the nest and trade places with the Mommy Eagle.  She took off and we got to see the three eggs that the site reported she had been lying on and then the Dad very gently used his talons to scoot the eggs around so that he could nest on them without harm.  It really was awesome to watch and I feel blessed that we got to witness that exchange of 'care-taking' this morning.  I'd recommend that everyone check it out, it really is cool and fun to watch throughout the day!!

Happy Leap Day!!

Kaielr Sledding!

Kailer's firs time sledding was not quite the success that we were hoping for - but we made him stick it out for a bit anyway!  We were hardly away from the truck when the sled tipped, ever-so-slightly, and he thought he was going to fall off!  The tears started to roll, but after some convincing on our part, we were able to take a few runs on the sled.  He went with both Dan and I, but then proclaimed, "I'm just done!"  So, Dan and I took a few runs on our own, played with Mesa and headed out.  We're hoping that next time we can make it for a little longer.