Kristen's Knees

About a month ago I took Kristen to an orthopedic specialist for her knees. She has been having chronic pain in her knees that we just can't figure out the reason why. So all that to say that the last time we were at the Dr.'s office Kristen had X-rays taken of both knees. This time when we went into the Dr.'s office she said, "Mommy today they are going to take pictures of my knees and my knees are going to say 'CHEESE'!!!".

Ladybug Party Pictures

These pictures are out of order..but you get the idea. Silly Blogger couldn't get them the way I wanted them. Dad, if you are reading this the picture of Kristen opening a present is the camera! She loves it!

Kristen's Ladybug Party

Saturday, July 19th we had Kristen's Ladybug Party. She had been excited about this party for about three months. We talked about it almost everyday, thinking and planning what she wanted to do with her friends. So this was it. We had friends and family over and we celebrated ladybug style. We ate a little Rubio's Baja Fresh lunch, played "Find the bugs" game and each child potted a flower to take home. After we potted flowers we came inside and Kristen opened her presents, and boy was she thrilled! After presents we sang Happy Birthday (thanks to Amanda!) and ate Ladybug cupcakes. It was a fun party and most importantly Kristen had an blast. Each child took home a mason jar filled with live ladybugs to take home to their gardens!

Some sweet pictures

One of my favorite pictures....

One of Paul's favorite pictures...

The new table where we have food available to ALL animals and babies...

Kristen's "mad girl" face...

Kristen's "happy girl" face...

Falling

Today Austin fell off of our Radio Flyer horse and was stuck between the wall and the horse with his head down and feet straight up. He also fell off one of our kitchen chairs. He fell off of my back while we were playing "horsey". He fell off of a kiddie stool that he was sitting on. It was a falling kind of day I guess. He is fine, no serious injuries. Actually no injuries at all, just spooked a couple times and a few tears. He's so tough.

Inspired...

One thing I forgot to mention in my post below was a very special moment at Chuck E. Cheese. Kristen was riding a ride while clutching her three, very dear, tokens in her hand. The ride stopped and she turned around to see a little girl sitting on the "Barney" ride. Kristen said, "I wanna give her a token, Mommy". She proceeded to put the token in the ride for the little girl and said, "There you go!". The ride started and the little girl had a smile on her face. Kristen was so happy for her, gave her a smile back and went on with her, now two, tokens.

She inspires me...I love her love for others.

Pictures from Kristen's Birthday

Kristen's 3rd Birthday

Today was Kristen's 3rd birthday..and I still can't believe my baby girl is 3! Where does the time go? I know I am going to blink and she will be 18...well let's not think about that. Anyway today was a very fun and relaxing day enjoying her.

It started off with Kristen waking up and yelling MOMMY at the top of her lungs! I went running into her room to see her with her hands on her face saying, "look at all this, balloons, hats," and I said, " HAPPY BIRTHDAY!". She was so excited..it was so sweet.

Later in the day, Daddy came home early from work and Uncle Joe (Paul's brother) came over. Kristen and her Daddy decorated her cake and then we headed to Chuck E. Cheese. After winning 400+ tickets we ate a little pizza played some more and then headed home for cake and presents!

Before we left, Paul put out the presents so that when we got home Kristen would see them right away...and she did while jumping up and down. It was so cute! She got some presents and a doll that she has been wanting for quite awhile...her name is Carrie. Kristen is the best little mommy. I love watching her interact with the doll....I pray she will be a great mommy one day. After playing with all the toys, we ate some cake, played outside, and went night night!

I kind of wanted the day to be longer..I think birthday's should be stretched out over a 3 day period...one day just doesn't have enough hours to reminisce about the good years that have passed. Ya know what I mean?

Still can't believe she's three...but so excited about this next year of life.

Fun things about:

AUSTIN right now....
1. He says "animal" all the time, he is obsessed with animals right now
2. He loves to try and count and sing his ABC's
3. He climbs on EVERYTHING and thinks it is funny when he gets to the highest point. These places include the kitchen island, window sills, backs of chairs, tops of tables, counter tops, etc. (The other day he had climbed on top of the counter in the kitchen and was standing over the stove top...uh oh!)
4. He is a cuddler
5. He talks, a lot, and repeats almost everything you say
6. He loves Mickey Mouse
7. He likes to drink whatever Mommy or Daddy is drinking (coffee, tea, soda, water, milk, etc.)
8. He likes to walk on his tiptoes and pull at the front of his shorts in a crouched position
9. He climbs on Mommy's back anytime I get down on the floor
10. He doesn't really like to eat

Wave of Milk

Sometimes I think that I am having a bad day and then I realize that someone else is probably having a day much worse than mine. So if you have had a bad day today mine might not be as bad or it might be worse, but hopefully it will make you laugh!

Well we had gotten home from Trader Joe's and I went to put a bag on the counter, the handle broke off (silly bags) and POP went the GALLON of whole MILK! All over my floor and underneath my fridge...right before dinner...so needless to say dinner was a bit later tonight.