no news is good news right?

I really have nothing in particular to blog about today. Just updating all you lovely people that like to know how we are doing.

Duane is still in pain and waiting for workman's comp to approve something, physical therapy or an MRI for more surgery. So, we hired a lawyer that was recommended by our bishop, who is a lawyer himself.

Kade is in school and learning so so much. He knows his days of the week, months of the year, can count to 13 and count backwards from 10, learned red, green, and yellow lights and what they mean, comes up with funny phrases and new songs every day. He is almost fully potty trained, except for nights. Well, this week, he has been having quite a few accident actually, but he was doing great for 3 weeks. It'll get better again. Just a bad week:) He is still as obsessed with baseball as ever but has realized that there are times when he just cannot where his helmet/hat/mitt everywhere we go, e.g. church, school, birthday parties, the library, etc. We go to library storytime every Tuesday and he really enjoys the songs and stories and getting new books every week. He is in swim lessons and can now swim across the pool with no floatation aids or help from the teacher, with hsi face down in the water blowing bubbles. He is such a little sponge right now and we are just really enjoying every single moment that we get to watch him grow.

Kellan is 5 months now and is the size of a 9 month old.He weighs 20 lbs. He is in 12 month clothing and is sitting up by himself(for the past month), rolling, starting to clap, dance, and scoot backwards on his belly. I love this age sooo much and really really missed it with Kade being such a big boy. He melts our hearts with every smile, every move he makes really:) It's so fun to witness all the developmental milestones and things and little clues to his future personality. He is such a little light, just like his brother.

Dad is doing well. His doctor eliminated 2 of the 3 blood pressure medications he was on and commended him for his hard work. We just had his brother from Carson City and his wife come visit us and it made Dad insanely happy to have them here. I am really glad that Kade is growing up with knowing his extended family, as I didn't really get that opportunity.

As for me, the home is a challange as we have moved and it is almost twice the size as the house in Lathrop. I also work (as much as I can with all the crazy that exists in my life) for my sister's swim school. I do the office work, coach the swim team, and try to help out as much as I can wherever she needs me. I babysit my nephews on Mon/Wed and my best friend's daughter on Tues, which I love having all of them. Friday's are my days with the kids, just spending time. I try not to make any plans because I really want to make it their special day with mommy.

So that's our lives these days. Happy healthy kids and Dad, happy Mama and Papa and we're just trying to get through everything that life throws at us. Here are some pictures of the baby loves to hoold you over:)

Oh, and did I mention that Kade is the most loving, affectionate big brother EVER. He has never once been aggressive or mean. I absolutely LOVE it:)

Cousins, Cousins Everywhere!

The beautiful thing about living in Tracy again is that we are super close to my sister and her boys. They come over quite often I love having our children grow up together and be best buds. Here are some pictures I shot of them the other day playing in the backyard.

Also, my mom and brothers, and friends. So, when we want to have a family get together, its as simple as that. My brother, Shawn, is in the Navy and is being stationed in Japan so while he is underway my sister-in-law and her 3 kids moved up here from San Diego for the next year. We love having them so close and plan to spend a lot more time with them. So, they have twin girls who turned 4 this week and we had a little mini-birthday party for them at my sisters house. It was so fun to get the majority of my mom's grandchildren together, we were only missing 2 out of the 11.

Kellan was asleep for this picture:)

And yes, I said those girls are turning 4 and Kade is as tall as them, its true:)

And kids aren't kids without a picture like this

Also, Uncle Beau makes himself a target for situations like these...

If you remember this time of year last year, we went to a Childrens' Hospital charity event called Color the Skies. http://lacyboo.blogspot.com/2008/08/color-skies.html

Well, this year we went again and having two kids, I found it very difficult to break out the camera, but I did get a couple shots of Kade and his cousin Brody in the jumphouse:)

And looking at that other post is so so funny because Kade was such a little guy! OH how I love my sweet big boy:)

So, all in all, it was a fun-tatsic weekend with lots of family. We have it pretty good to be that close with all of our loved ones.

Mr. Tellies

Time for a Kellanator post:)

He fully rolled all by himself the other day and it made me so sad how big my boys are growing. Kellan is 17 lbs of love, laughter, and absolute joy. We are so lucky to have such sweet happy boys as we do. Now, that in no way means they don't have their good and bad days but for the most part, they are just complete joys:)

So, here is what Kellan has been up to:

playing on his belly

being a bumbo baby:)

going to work with mommy and playing in his exersaucer(camera phone on this one:)

and a whole lot of this:

He has been talking quite a bit, making lots of noises. He started scooting around in cirles on his belly the other day. He is just starting to become to mobile and so so big. He also started rice cereal which has been fun and messy:)

It's so funny trying to remember allt he mommy tricks and things you do to make things easier for yourself and how very much your forget in 2.5 years. I find myself saying all the time,"OH! I remember when Kade started doing that." I am just loving every second of being a mom. I love the ages my kids are at and almost don't want them to get any older but I'm sure I'll love every age just as much:)

Kade's Prayer Tonight

"Dear Hebenry Fodder, Dank do for dis food. Dank do for my Daddy and Mommy and Tellies and Branpa. Say fings Jesus Trist amen."

I love love love this sweet little boy of mine:)

Then and Now: Kade aka Sadest Post Ever

Did I mention he started preschool today? He's too big for mommy to take pictures of him, by the way. When I asked him what his friends' names were he said,"Tony and Corey." It's hard to imagine that 2.5 years ago he was just a little peanut like Kellan. So, for reminiscing purposes, here are Kade's pictures from then to now...

Birth:

Three Months:


Six Months:

Ni ne Months:

One Year:

Fifteen Months:

Eighteen Months:

Twenty-One Months:

Two Years:

Twenty-Seven Months:

And now, Thirty Months:

Ok, so did that not make you want to cry, because I, for one, definitely have been for the past week. Not because he's growing up necessarily, but because I let it go by so fast. I used to make fun of my sister for this with her first and now, I apologize...I feel your pain:) I cannot help but look back and fall in love all over again with this sweet little boy:)

Kade's first haircut

You all know Kade's hair. The long, blonde curls that just keep spiraling as they get longer. Well, it was getting a little crazy, e.g.

So, I was brushing his hair one day and it was down in his eyes and past his neck when straight and wet. I decided to pick up the scissors and get to it....and here's what happened

But don't you worry, those curls are here to stay:)

When the hair is actually combed, he looks like such a big boy:)

the baseball boy

Since Kade was pretty young, he has loved baseball, a love brought on by Duane and my dad, but really he loves to watch every sport. But, oh baseball. He has several different baseball caps and a couple different mits, and lots and lots of balls-hard balls and soft balls. He has a tee, bases, and 2 batting helmets that he wears around EVERYWHERE. Not to mention he has a fabulous arm, which scared us a little because we don't want him to mess it up, but whether he plays or just watches the sport, it makes us smile to see him love something so much. Here are some recent Kade baseball shots:)

i found this shirt for the 4th and knew kade would fall in love with it. he saw the it day before and made me let him wear it lol

the helmet:)

pitcher in palo alto

singing and dancing to "pitcher's got a big butt" lol

hey batta batta swing batta!

We also have a family conflict of the battle of the bay, a's vs giants. duane, of course, is the a's fan and my dad is the giants fan. Kade's new thing is listing off all the people that he loves and the other day, he said,"Mom-mom, I love the Giants." I laughed and said, "What about the A's?" He then says,"Oh, yeah, I love the Oakland A's AND the Giants." lol...he is just too much sometimes and we are loving every moment of it:)