The Sweetest things

Sorry I haven't posted in a while it's been rather uneventful this past week, so not to much to report on. Except for last night, are you ready? Drum roll please......... Keiani slept all night long! Even though it took a very long, very stressful full hour to get her to go to bed last night she slept from 10:30pm untill 7am then nursed and fell back asleep untill 8:30!!! This has happened once before and it was a one time deal so I dont plan on getting my hopes up to much. I have to get used to sleeping through the night as well because I was up like 3 times last night for no reason. grrr... It would have been nice for everyone to get a full nights sleep. Lets all hope this is the begining of something beautiful.

In regards to the pictures posted above this is Keiani climbing the outside of my mothers stairs! Don't worry she didn't get to far after Grandma snapped the photos :)

Grandparents weekend

Keiani had a busy weekend filled with Grandparents and Great-grandparents.

Saturday Andrew and I had a much needed "morning" date. We saw a movie and had lunch it was so nice being out of the house baby free and enjoying ourselves for a few hours. No nap times or diapers to worry about. Although we did do a little shopping for decorations for Keiani's 1st Birthday comming up. Keiani had a great time at Grandma Sue's and Grandpa Gary's. She took a dip in the hot tub and help Grandpa out on the computer.

On Sunday Keiani and I spent the day at Grandpa and Grandma Palmers while Andrew worked. It was a nice laid back day we got to visit and spend some time with Keiani's Great Grandpa Les. We ran around outside and got a little dirty. But dirty is always fun! Although Keiani left looking like she had been in the ultimate fighting championship we had a great time. She did happen to give her self a black eye, a bruised chin, and she cut her elbow. This "walking" thing is sooo much fun!

Well heres to a week filled with new adventures...

Up river and through the woods to Grandmothers house we go...

We spent the day at Grandma's house yesterday much to her delight. Keiani got to play with her new blocks and wooden puzzle that Grandma got her. They we so much fun. We also took a walk down to the park were Keiani got to swing for the first time in a big kid swing. She loved it so much. We ran around the playground for a while and climbed on the dinosaurs. We even had the rare photo were I think Keiani actually looks like me strange huh? not like her dad but me :)

I guess Keiani got confused with all the playing and big girl swings that she forgot she needs to nap. We only managed to squeeze in 1 nap all day! Amazingly she wasnt even that grumpy but I don't think we will make a habit of it.

We are looking foward to this weekend and I'm sure Grandma is as well. Andrew and I get to go have a morning date while Keiani hangs with Grandma. Then on Sunday we get to go to Anacortes with Andrew. While he works we may stop in and see Grandma and Grandpa Palmer and visit with Uncle Derek too. Busy, busy, busy. Hopefully the weather man is right and it will be a dry trip. Well I'm off to pump, the pit falls of date night :)

Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of Rum!

I finally understand what all those grandmas and great-grandmas mean when they say they used rum to ease their teething tots. Thats right I get it, the more you drink the less you care that they scream. Right! Right???

Today has been a fun one in mommy land. I know its a day we have all been warned about. A day our mothers have been waiting for. Are you ready for it? Well lets start with Keiani teething..ahhhh.. I'm glad I still have hair left she has cried for a good 30-40% of the day which is very unusuall for our usual bundle of sunshine. Not only that but she has been extremely touchy and very needy I think that she has gotten the latest version of seperation software installed. This new and improved software acurately measures the distance from her to mommy, if I happen to exceed the 1 foot rule a screeching alarm sounds.

In addition to all of this maddness my own OCD tendencies have gotten the better of me and the fact that Keiani screams when ever I turn the vacuum on (another fun trick) or the fact that I can't mop the floor because we disposed of the old dirty mop head and the store no longer carries it any more so I need to get a whole new mop all together and its been like 3 days since I mopped!!! My head just might explode! I will have to get on my hands and knees to clean the floor again tonight. As for the vacumming Keiani and Daddy may have to go for a walk :) You know what that means.... break for mommy :)

Sorry It's been so long thanks for the vent.

Zuanich Park

Hurray for sunshine! We had an awsome day at the park today. Daddy insisted it was warm enough to go swimming in the lake but we settled for the park instead. I think it was a great choice. Keiani got to explore so much, we checked out the play ground and tested the slide for durability, we toured the grounds and ended our day with a sampling of the local vegitation. Fyi daffodils not that tasty. Special thanks ot Aunt Chass for joining us and bringing along baby Sophie :)

Hope you all enjoyed the beautiful day as much as we did.

Growing Like Weeds

Keiani had her 9 month Apt. yesterday and she soo big! She weighs 22pounds and is 30 in. long. This puts her at 95% weight, 98% height, and 83% for head size. She is still pretty chubby but the leg rolls are starting to thin out a bit :)

She is becoming such a beautiful little girl. We are so proud of her.

Walk this way baby