Kasey 6 month and Landon 3 year portraits

On June 4th we had portraits done of the kids for Kasey's 6 months and Landon's 3 years at JC Penney.  I think they turned out really cute. 

Dallas Zoo and Thomas and Friends Live

Went to Dallas Zoo on 5/31/09.  This was Kasey's first time.  Grammy, Landon, Kasey and I went to the Dallas zoo for the free TI weekend.  We had a good time.  Kasey was really good, and Landon enjoyed seeing the animals and playing.  He saw a friend there from TI moms (Ian Wright) and wanted to do several of the same things he was doing.

They think this elephant is sad because it's friend passed away not to long ago.  He didn't look real happy.

We got to see them give the giraffes a bath and feed them lettuce, apples and carrots

Landon by the elephants and giraffes

Near the end of the day.  The crew hanging in there in hot weather

Landon wanted to ride the carousel and he rode the Rhinoceros which he asked for by name.

As part of Landon's birthday we got him tickets to Thomas & Friends Live on Stage.  It had Thomas, Percy, Gordon, James & Harold the Helicopter.  Landon paid attention and did very well.  Of course they had some of the songs he knows and some other ones to get the crowd involved.    It was at the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prarie.

Landon and I as we got to the Theatre

By the Thomas sign with his new light up Thomas toy.

The three of us

Look it's Thomas!

This is Thomas, Gordon and Percy

singing happy birthday to Uncle Jim

The kids wishing their uncle Jim Happy Birthday.

PreSchool & Gymboree

Tuesday June 2nd was a big day for us. It was Landon's last day for his preschool class. He was in T/TH 2s PM class. He'll be going to summer school at the same place 3 days a week, but it's still weird that his first year of school is over.

Kasey started Gymboree today for the first time. They changed locations and we didn't know that until Greg got to the old place and saw the sign on the door. Greg said she had fun. She really liked the parachute and seemed to really like the bubbles. Greg said that she was grabbing at the bubbles. We'll have to get some pictures when more than one of us can go.

We've also signed Landon up for swim lessons that he'll start next Tuesday.

Kasey 6 months

Kasey had her 6 month doctor appointment today. Everything looks great. She weighed 18 lb 3 oz (87% - down from 91%). She is 27 inches tall (88% - up from 83%). Head circumference 17.125 (79% - up from 69%).

Kasey is doing well. She definitely has fussy times and has some difficulty going to sleep depending on where she is and how tired she is.

She's wearing 6/9 month clothes, but they are starting to get small. She has a couple 12 month things that fit just fine. She's wearing size 3 diapers. Her hair is getting longer so she can wear a bow or headband. Of course she can now take off the headbands.

She's sitting up quite well. We still sit close in case she falls over, but she's doing really well.

Kasey also grabs at everything. She'll lean and reach to get just about anything.

She rolls from her back to front, but not front to back yet. She also likes standing sometimes more than sitting.

She's still eating only breastmilk. She'll start solids very soon. She will eat about 6-10oz during the day while I'm at work, and she'll eat with me early morning and multiple times in the evening. I'm still pumping at work twice a day.

Sleeping is interesting. She goes to bed between 9 and 9:30 almost every night. She had been pretty consistent waking up after about 7 hours of sleep to eat and then going right back to sleep. Of course this past week she woke up a couple times and thought it could be fun to stay awake. Greg and I weren't so thrilled. One night Landon woke up multiple times and Kasey wante to stay awake after eating. I'm sure we'll get it all worked out. I was reading back and Landon's monthly updates and he did the same thing at six months wanting to stay awake. He ended up in our bed when he did that.

Landon's 3 year dr appointment

We had Landon's 3 year doctor appointment today. It was a different visit than the others. They asked him questions about foods he liked, asked him to count. Also told us to start talking to him about strangers and about private parts. Can't he just stay a baby :)

Landon weighed 33.4 lb (66% - up from 59% at 2 years), and was 38 3/4 inches tall (77% - down from 83% at 2 years). His head circumference is 20 inches

Landon is very create and fun. He really likes playing outside. Today we were playing outside and he decided that we should sit on the bench and pretend to ride a train. Then he was kicking the soccer ball into his goal and he wanted me to sing the song that they play at FC Dallas games when the fireworks go off. I told him I didn't know the song. He then hummed the song for me. I still have no idea what it is, but it was so cute.

The last several nights Landon hasn't wanted to eat dinner. We pushed him pretty hard. At the appointment today she said it's normal for him to even stop eating dinner. Of course tonight he ate a huge dinner.

Greg has taken Landon to a couple FC Dallas soccer games. He seems to enjoy them, but wants to walk around quite a bit. He's very good at remembering things like what he sees at the games, what people tell him, about places he's been.

He's such a joy!

first bike ride, school party, few other things

I updated several other blog entries this weekend from May 9th including Mother's day and Landon's Birthday.  Check them out!

May 20

Landon went for his first bike ride on the street.  It's great weather so it's nice for the whole family to get outside.

Kasey started having allergies today. She has a little bit of a stuffy nose, and her eyes water quite a bit.  She still seems pretty happy, but hopefully she doesn't have bad allergies.

Landon's First Bike ride

The big guy with his helmet and his 16" bike - we later added knee pads after the first fall

May 21

We got to go to Landon's school today for an end of the year party.  We got to have a snack with them, do an art project, listen to them sing some songs that they usually sing, and read a couple books.  It was fun and there were parents there for all of the kids!

Here are some pictures from the party:   click here

Landon with is first Preschool Teachers at AppleCreek - Ms Melinda and Ms Amanda

He is in the 2s T/TH pm class

We went for another bike ride, and Landon's friend Liam got to ride bikes with him.  Kasey had a ride in the 3 wheeler stroller for the first time.  She usually sits in the care seat stroller, but because she's sitting up well can start sitting in the bigger strollers.

Kasey started holding her own bottle more this week for the first time.

Riding to the park right by our house

Kasey's first time in the stroller with 3 wheels

Landon and Liam running about

Ready to ride back home from the park

We are doing some repair on the bike, the boys took off down the street, but then brought each other back.  

May 23

Greg had to do lots or yard work, Landon helped with his own rake :)

I had eaten Landon's birthday cake which had butter and milk, and Kasey seemed ok.   So I decided to see if ranch on a sandwich was ok.  Bad idea.  Kasey wouldn't go to sleep, got fussy and then got sick all over the place.  Back to no dairy for me :(

Landon and Daddy raking

Just a cute picture of Kasey - 5/23/09

May 24

Kasey was taking a nap this morning so I got to give Landon a bath.  We got some bath letters out and he made me letter pancakes, scrambled eggs, egg (which aren't scrambled), and bread with a spoon, bowl and bath letters.  Very fun.  It doesn't get much better than that.   

We went out to lunch today and we put Kasey in the high chair at the restaurant for the first time.  She did pretty good.  We ate late so both kids were fussy by the end of the meal.

Landon got some games for his birthday.  We have tried playing several of them.  He seems to really like the Ladybug game.  We played it several times today at different times in the day.

Kasey decided that she wanted to hang out from 3 to about 5am this morning.  That makes for a really long night.  Greg wasn't able to go back to sleep which was pretty bad for him.  We did get to go see a movie on Memorial Day.  We went to see Angels and Deamons.  The movie was good, but we kept comparing it to the book which they changed quite a bit.