Kasey's first plane flight, Visit with Grandpa

Friday April 24th we went to Odessa, TX to visit the kids' Great Grandpa.   This was Kasey's first airplane flight.  It's amazing how much stuff we have to take with two kiddos.   We had it all planned.   Greg had the 2 carseats and the backpack, I had Kasey in the sling and pulled the big suitcase, & Landon pulled the small roller bag.   I'm sure we looked like a crew.   To bad we didn't get a picture of that.  Anyway, we got several good pictures from the trip below.   We had a very nice visit.   

Here we are at the airport after security.  Landon is checking out the airplanes.

Landon wanted to go on that color plane.  Of course the one we rode on going out was painted the old colors, and Landon was dissapointed.  We got to ride back in one with the blue, and he remembered on Sunday that we didn't get to ride in a blue one on Friday.

On the plane for Kasey's first plane ride.   Landon has to have his own seat now.  Both kids did well.  Landon got his own little drink with lid and straw and he got some pretzels.   Kasey did well.  She ate a little bit on takeoff, and then chilled out most of the flight.  She fell asleep by the time we were landing.

Nadene playing with Kasey

Grandpa reading Landon a book.  Landon kept taking new books to Grandpa for him to read.

Kasey sitting up playing

Greg is showing Grandpa what the blackberry can do.  He read severy entries on our blog on the blackberry.

Kasey and Mommy

Mommy, Kasey and Landon

Nadene and Grandpa with the kids

Grandpa and Kasey

Nadine and Kasey

Nadene reading Landon a book

Grandpa and the kids

Greg, Grandpa and the kids

Grandpa and Kasey

Daddy and his kiddos on the plane going back home (April 26).  I think the kids were tired as both of them fell asleep (as you can see below) on takeoff and slept majority of the flight.   I think they were tired from having off schedules, and everyone getting up early for a few days.

Western Day

It was Western Day at Landon's school today. We borrowed a hat, vest and scarf from his friend Liam down the street. I think Greg had to bribe Landon to take this picture, but it's really cute. Landon has started saying he doesn't want pictures. Does that mean I take to many???

Greg took Landon down to Liams to get the stuff and take it back. I guess the boys just go crazy when they are together. I'm sure part of it being that it's been wet so there has been less outside time.

Landon has also decided that he wants to take a shower instead of a bath. He's gone through this phase before when he was younger. Not sure how long it will last...

Landon knows the days of the week. In school they learned the days of the week and that there are 7 days. They sing a song to the tune of Clementine. Of course Greg and I get it caught in our heads. Sunday Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday Friday, Saturday....

Kasey is 5 months old

I looked at Kasey today and thought she's going to be as old as Landon before I know it.  Crazy how time flies.

Things are going well.  Kasey was sleeping about 7 hours a night, but the last few nights she's woken up twice in the night.  I'm assuming she's going through a growth spurt.   Of course Landon has started waking up in the middle of the night to blow his nose or go to the bathroom.  Needless to say we haven't been sleeping much.

Kasey has started sucking on her fingers in the last week of so.  She'll suck on either hand, but the middle 2 or 3 fingers.  She doesn't always do it, but is doing it more.

She seems to be getting bigger and bigger.  This past weekend I had a 6-9 month sleeper that I really had to work to get on her.  Some of her other 6-9 month clothes are already to small.  I haven't bought any 12 month clothes, but I expect that I will be sooner rather than later.  We're also going to start using size 3 diapers because the 2-3s we are using are getting a little small. 

Kasey still has crazy hair that just seems to be getting crazier!  I think part of it is that she gets hot from getting upset and so her hair gets oily.   It's also long in some parts and short in others which doesn't help.

The other night I was sitting upstairs with her and showing her some pictures.  When I showed her Landon, Greg or the Grandmothers she got a huge smile on her face.  It was cute.

She went on her first plane ride to see Grandpa on April 24th.  I'll post more on this later.

She has been rolling over some, but not always.  I haven't seen it in a long while.

Kasey for sure loves her brother very much.   He's very sweet with her and they both seem to enjoy hanging out.   I'm not sure Landon will feel the same way when Kasey starts taking his toys, but we'll see.

Smiley Kasey - 4/19

Showing off her cute outfit - 4/19

Sitting up better and better - 4/25

Kasey rolling over

So apparently  Kasey is rolling over now, but I haven't seen it.  Yesterday (4/22) Kasey rolled over several times for Grammy/Gramps and Greg.  I still haven't seen it, but we could probably say it's her first week to roll over.    I think she's rolled over from back to front and front to back.

Landon isn't limping anymore which is good.   I don't think I put this in the blog.  Landon was running around outside in Crocs, tripped and fell.   One of the crocs fell off, and he hurt his ankle. He was limping for a while.  It got to the point that we took him to the doctor.  He even had an xray.  luckily nothing was broken so it was just wait and see.  Several hundred dollars later we see that he's doing well.  YEA!

couple cute videos of Kasey

Kasey laughing (4/15/09)

Kasey's new noises (4/17/09)

Landon's room - 4/19/09

We started doing some more decorating in Landon's room. I've had these decals since he moved into the room last October. oops. Anyway, Landon helped me to arrange them so it was fun, and I think it turned out pretty good. His comforter has the sports balls on them. I've also bought some unique prints that we'll put in his room. I'm supposed to get the last one back from framing on the 23rd so hopefully we'll get those up later this month.

Kasey sitting up and couple other updates

I really think Kasey is sitting up and Grammy agrees with me. Greg doesn't agree. She will sit up for a little bit on her own, she will try to put her hands downs some (her body is so much longer than her arms that this doesn't help much). Anyway here are some pictures. We'll say she officially started sitting up this week (week of April 11th :)

We got to meet Haley Beth (Beth and Andrew Hamilton's 2 week old baby girl). Haley was a very good baby, and the boys enjoyed playing together. Kasey got a little over tired and was fussy, but we had a good visit.

Kasey and Haley Hamilton - 4/18/09

Meeting Haley Hamilton - 4/18/09

Kasey laughing at Landon - 4/18/09