Tuesday, December 15, 2009

1 year ago

So I loved this video last year and thought I would post it again. Kellen has grown so much since then. Last night we took him to Christmas in the Park at Longview Lake and he loved looking at all the lights. He said a new word, elf, and said it about 100 times. There were lots of elves in lights! He also is constantly asking for eggnog, but he doesn't really even drink it when I give it to him.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

It's been forever...

I know it's been a long time since I have posted but I will try to do better. I went from working 1 day a week to 5 days a week plus some evenings/weekends, and I just haven't had time. This is the last week of that and then I should be down to 2-3 days a week until summer.

We had family pics taken about a month ago by my friend Beth, who I used to work with at the Freshman Center. We went to Unity Village and she did a great job!
These are my favorites:




Sunday, November 1, 2009

Fall Pics






Last weekend we took Kellen to a pumpkin patch and to the zoo. While we were at the zoo, I fire truck was there that he got to climb in. Kellen loves fire trucks, so I was sure to get some pics.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Moonwalk






We went to Ashlin's birthday party last week and they had a moonwalk! I used to love those when I was a kid. Kellen was too little for it last y!ear, but loved it this year.
Also, Lee and Kellen play hide and seek all the time, so Kellen loves to hide. Here are some pics of him hiding in the cooler. He loved it when Lee rolled him around the driveway!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Kellen feeding the ducks

We took Kellen to Loose Park this weekend to feed the ducks. I brought some bread and Kellen decided to eat some, too (which was funny because he normally doesn't like bread).

I also have some pictures of Kellen picking raspberries off of the bush in our back yard. We go out a few times a week for Kellen to pick what is ripe, which he immediately eats.
Oh, and here's a picture of Kellen putting some lip gloss on - which he got out of the diaper bag.







Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Cars and smoothies, yum!

I make myself a protein shake for lunch a couple days a week. Kellen always want some of it because it has yogurt and berries in it, which he loves. I just got him a matchbox car on Sunday, and as you can see, he likes it!

Monday, August 10, 2009

Corn on the Cob

Kellen's favorite meal is steak, baked potatoes and corn on the cob. We have been eating corn several times a week since it is in season. This is a cute video of him chowing down!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Bubbles

This past week we went to Paradise Park with a friend, and I took Kellen both to the zoo and Deanna Rose on the weekend to get out of the house while Lee has been tiling our master bath. The picture with Kellen eating the banana is after we got back from Paradise Park. He painted his own face for the first time!

Today we went to the farmer's market in Lee's Summit. Kellen likes that because I don't keep him confined in the stroller, I buy him a snack and there are usually dogs around for him to pet.

I also included pictures of Kellen blowing bubbles, and a picture from when we went out to dinner for my mom's 50th birthday. This is a picture of him being quiet, sitting on my Dad's lap. He was the only child in the restaurant and a terror!






Sunday, July 12, 2009

4th of July




I'm a little late posting this, but our dishwasher has been broken for over 2 weeks now and it seems like all I am doing is dishes!

We picked 10 pounds of blueberries the morning of the 4th. Chris, Connor and Ashlin joined us. Kellen didn't pick any but ate so many he got diaper rash the next few days.

I also found a cute sparkly hat at Target so I took a few pictures of Kellen playing around with it.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Talking on the phone

We were at Brian and Chris's for a bbq Saturday night and all the other kids were either in bed or had left. Kellen usually does really well staying up past his bedtime. It is 10:30 or 11 when I took this video and we were in the midst of putting his pajamas on.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

New pictures!

I have a lot of various pictures I want to share. Kellen has gotten a big kick out of riding his Zebra lately, but what he really likes it standing on it, sometimes with 1 leg! It won't be long until he falls off and breaks his neck, I am sure.

He also helped Lee open his father's day gifts, which is the first time he had been interested in ripping open the wrapping paper. And I have a picture of him outside before we were playing in the baby pool yesterday with his hat on. He ripped it off right after the picture.

This past week, Kellen's favorite toys have been books. All he wants to do is sit on my lap and read. I love this of course, since I had been and English teacher and have been reading to him since he was about 6 weeks old. He also likes sitting in the new basket I got for him to put his books in.

Oh, and Kellen has started saying uh-huh. It's great because now I feel like I can have a conversation with him.






Saturday, June 20, 2009

Eating prunes!





Lee fed Kellen some prunes for breakfast and he was really hamming it up!
The other picture is Kellen trying to feed Ginger some of his snacks. Jackson always takes them of course and he kept trying to force them on Ginger.
I am amazed at how smart Kellen is and how much he understands although he doesn't say much of anything. Lee gave Kellen his empty cereal box thinking Kellen might want to hide some toys in it and play, and Kellen walked right over and threw it over our gate into the recyling bin. And that's exactly where it would have ended up.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Deanna Rose Farmstead

My mom and I took Kellen to Deanna Rose for the first time on Thursday. He loved the goats! We ran into my cousins Mike and Marci, and their baby Lilly, who is close to Kellen's age.
I took a million pictures and have some video. Small world!







Thursday, June 4, 2009

Expensive taste already

Whenever we are in my bedroom, Kellen grabs the two purses I actually use to play with and drags them all over the house. It cracks me up. As you can see in the background, he has tons of toys to play with but my purse. I gave him an old one to play with, but he only wants the ones I actually use! I caught him putting lipstick in his hair a few weeks ago.