Compass Movie

Twice in one day. Amazing huh? :) Kaiya's taking another wonderful nap and so I have a little freedom before cleaning my bedroom takes me prisoner...

I thought I would post this link just as an FYI. I received this same link from more than one person today via e-mail. Which makes it blog-worthy.

http://snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

First Beach Trip

We've lived here 2 months and finally made it to the beach! Tony had a free afternoon last Saturday and even though it was overcast we thought we should take advantage of it while we could. The waves were extremely rough and so we were soaked head to toe by the time we left. Kaiya was very nervous at first but once Tony held her in the waves she decided it was fun. She kept saying -- "More!" "More!" And when the water would hit her Tony would say, "Whoa Kaiya!!" Pretty soon she started exclaiming, "Yai-Ya!!" each time she went through a wave.






It was fun and needless to say we didn't hear much from her on the way home:

And for the record -- it took me 3 washes to get all the sand out of her hair. :)

A Mom's Day...

This is a forward that I received a few weeks ago. I wanted to post it for you - it should make you smile... at least a little bit. :)

The "poppy"

The week after we got back from Indiana, Kaiya started pretending to go potty on her little potty seat. I took the following pictures during her playtime before going to bed. She's gotten good at playing by herself lately, so when I wandered past the bathroom and found this, I had to get my camera. At first she didn't realize that I was taking pictures. After snapping a couple shots I asked her what she was doing and she said, "poppy" -- which translates to potty. :)

If you look closely you will see a little wad of toilet paper in her hand. And notice of course that she is fully clothed in her pajamas while using the poppy.

Love the expression here. Like -- get a life mom. Can't you find something better to take a picture of? Can't you see I'm on the poppy?

And of course, can't forget to wipe! :)

And now we must flush...

The day after the potty pretending, Ruthie sat her on the potty while getting her bath ready. A minute or so later Kaiya said: All Done! and stood up. Ruthie looked down and Kaiya had tinkled in the potty. We had a big party in the bathroom. It hasn't happened since then, but we go to the potty several times a day anyway just to see if she can do it again. It's probably her second favorite thing to do -- next to eating, of course. :)

And mama's favorite part is her announcing in public restrooms exactly what I am doing. :) There is no decency anymore... It's quiet in the public restroom and the minute I sit down Kaiya says loudly, "Poppy?" "Yes, Kaiya. Mama's going poppy." "Poppy!!!" Repeat at least 10 times.

Indiana Round Two

Here are a few more pictures from our trip. As usual, I didn't take enough.

This is Kaiya with Boston.

Kaiya w/ Nanny (Tony's mom)

Kaiya is very into buckles lately. Like the kind on the cart in the grocery store. She can just sit and buckle for hours. The only catch is she can't unbuckle them yet. So she'll get it buckled and then we hear: "HELP!" Which translates to: "Come as fast as you can and unbuckle this please."
The night before flying out we stayed with Austin and Kristina who live in Indianapolis. They don't have a crib, but had a crib mattress that we bumped up against the wall (w/ blue blankets). This was a new one for Kaiya. I wasn't sure how she would do b/c she is a major thrasher in her sleep. I put her down, she went to sleep and when I went to check on her before going to sleep myself, this is how I found her. In the middle of the floor between her mattress and mine! :)
Sweet little thing. I pulled her up into my bed, put a pillow on the other side of her and we made it through the rest of the night.

Indiana

We're back! Kaiya and I flew back to Florida last Friday and have been working at getting caught up on everything that piled up. Bills... Laundry... Ironing... Tivo... :)

The trip was nice and relaxing for the most part. We spent time with friends and family that we don't see often anymore. I'm gonna post these pictures in phases... so here's phase one. The rest will probably come in the next few days.

Caught Kaiya playing by herself. It's just cute to see her entertaining herself and beginning to pretend. And she would rather be naked lately than have clothes on... it's strange.

My friend Bethany and her daughter Enna came all the way from St. Louis to spend a couple days with us! It was a great way to break up our trip and so fun to visit and have the girls play together.

This is Kaiya with Uncle Brent and Aunt Bekah. Posing in front of Brent's new beast blazer truck. Kaiya is way into trucks, so she had to get a close view of it. He bought it when we were home -- Just in time for hunting season!

Just a cutie pic of Kaiya in a basket. We had a girls night with Rachel Kratzer, Jen South & Molly Ryall -- all went to high school with Tony and married Tony's friends. Anyway... Kaiya and I had yummy salads with them and hung out for a couple hours. Kaiya played with Jen's little guy Boston. Pics of that to come... in phase two. :)