Due to Blogger's "Genius" picture upload system, I can't change the order without a lot of effort on my part so sorry it is a little out of order!
Malcolm was feeling sick and not wanting to eat so he fell asleep instead. Poor guy! I believe that was the day he had an ear infection!
Easter! I told you this would skip around a bit! I used Kool aide packets and water to color eggs! My sister Claudia came and helped and it was TONS of fun!
Malcolm watched!
Eggs before. Another pinterest tip I "Hard boiled" them in the oven. Best way ever.
Claudia was really good at making fun colored ones and Kevin made a Scottish flag. lol
The Easter bunny was good to us this year. He is pretty awesome we have to say and may I say good looking. ;-)
We left out an egg for the Easter bunny and he enjoyed it and even left a note which is not shown here.
Ready to see their baskets!
Malcolm had fun opening his basket as shown above! He loved the edible grass.
My mom and Malcolm have a special bond. I love it!
Ok so here is back to the sickness that happened before Easter. Like begining of the month. Kevin and I got food poisening from Black Angus and both ended up at the ER. My sister also got it but rode it out at home because she is in between insurances (until August 9th when she gets hitched!)
While we were in the ER Kaylee also got an ear infection. (2 kids with an ear infection at the same time no bueno!) Then almost immediately got a stomach bug.
Malcolm was the last of us to get a stomach bug and boy was it SAD!
Kaylee actually had the worst week I think. It started with the ear infections, then the stomach bug and then everyday after that she woke up and threw up and slept in it to where she woke up with vomit in her hair every day or she would puke later that day. I brought her back to the doctor twice before a doctor believed me that she needed to switch antibiotics. Once she switched she stopped vomiting. Mothers instinct=REAL
Who says you can't have silly fun while sick. She was extremely attached to me and wanted cuddles ALL the time during this time.
Once they were feeling better we got to enjoy the sunshine happening around us. It is SO nice to have a backyard to play in!!
We love going to the park and discovering all the different parks San Diego has to offer. Above is Mast Park in Santee, CA
I actually love Smart and FInal carts. They sometimes get too rough (Kaylee) but mostly cute and cuddly.
Aunt Manda came over to visit while her hubby was overseas with the Navy. Kaylee LOVES her Aunt Manda!
Oh here is the note! I knew I took a picture of it! Thank you Easter bunny!!
So here is the deal. I am super behind. Like majorly. And if I am going to be able to catch up in time to be able to post as I go later I am doing it a month at a time. So here we go. February.
I already blogged about out trip to see great grandma Burroughs but here are a few more pictures!
Uncle Jim and the kids :-)
Fun moments. Malcolm fell asleep on me! Always nice to get cuddles. And below, Kaylee put on a purple wig. :-) HILARIOUS!
Kaylee woke up early from her nap and so Daddy got her and they finished the nap together.
Kaylee and Malcolm continue learning how to play together.
Look at that face!!!
Kaylee makes cupcake for family home evening!
Sibling cuddle time!
Malcolm discovers the joys of a box. "I'm in a box!"
Kaylee pulls out her inner "Louisvillian" and finds a Derby suitable hat in the patio to wear.
Kaylee and Malcolm play out in the back yard often and love to make use of their matching rocking horses!
Another benefit of living in San Diego is we can go to the beach randomly in February for a nice picnic!
Malcolm ditches the baby tub and goes for a sit up bath with big sister!
The start of a long month of sickness. Malcolm was diagnosed with bronchitis (No body got time for that!) and was prescribed an inhaler. These pictures were taken at the doctor using their nebulizer. He cried until he slept. Then cried again.
Then Kaylee got sick too. It was bad folks! Very bad.
Can you believe that a year ago I was in the hospital awaiting this little man's arrival? Today we celebrate the best baby known in history. Here is some of my favorite things about Malcolm:
~He is a good sleeper! Takes perfect naps and has slept through the night since 9 weeks old! Seriously I don't really have "Bad Nap Days" with Malcolm. He is wonderful.
~His kisses! He like to smother me in kisses. Mainly me too. He sometimes gives daddy kisses and occasionally Grandma or Grandpa. But mainly me. Even his blowing a kiss is so special.
~His unbelievable smile. He is such a happy boy. He smiles all the time and when out in public he flirts with all the ladies. People LOVE it. I love it. He can brighten your day like THAT! (I just snapped through the computer)
~ His love for his family. I love how he laughs at Kaylee and loves watching her do pretty much anything. I also just love his laugh. I love how he can't decide who he wants holding him sometimes because he just loves everyone so much!
~ How he loves to have something in his mouth at all times. Whether it is food (which he loves) or a sock he loves to just hold something in his mouth sans hands. It is hilarious.
Malcolm has brightened up all of our lives and I am SO grateful to have him here.
Somethings Malcolm can do now (I know I haven't written a monthly post in about 3-4 months oops!):
~Say "Up" "Mama" and "Dada"
~Stand by pulling up on something and/or no hands
~Cruise
~Crawl like a mad man
~Laugh
~play with toys usually the right way too. How they were intended to be played with. examples: Rock on a rocking horse, put a ball in the hole so it can go down all the little tunnels it needs to, shake rattles, honk horns, etc. The boy is a pro!
~Talking about toys, he can throw a ball and then crawls after it and throws it again. Like I said, Pro.
He is probably pretty close to walking. But he like to take his time. He now has 8 teeth the 8th one just came in 2 nights ago. I can even feel the molars under the gum so that will be happening soon!
Ok now for the pictures! We had a family close friends (might as well be family) party for him May 4th and today May 7th is his actual birthday. I thought I had more pictures but these will do!
We made one 3 layer funfetti cake for everyone and one funfetti smash cake for Malcolm. He LOVED it!
His Aunt Manda was there! Also his Uncle Michael was there!!
Above: Uncle Bob, Grandpa Connors, and Aunt Claudia!
Below: Aunt Ree, Aunt Claudia and in the way back Grandma Connors and Laurie Smith!
I was REALLY proud of my decoration picks. All dollar store and target "dollar section! I have better pictures I will hopefully post later! I also got red, white and green streamers put up (like the Mexican flag) His party was cinco de Mayo themed since his birthday is so close to the 5th of May. :-)
Birthday DAY!! I made him a birthday beakfast of Birthday chocolate chip pancakes because he is just that awesome!! He was happy and I washed off all the choclatey goodness off his belly, legs, arms, and face later! :-)
And here are some fun videos of his party. Ignore the fact that I had no clue my undershirt was falling out of the sleeves on my shirt. Yes I pointed it out and thus will be noticed but I had to let you know it was totally not what I though was going on. I was going for festive not sloppy boppy. lol
Still working on a few more posts. Need to add pictures and stuff. But I thought I'd write a general this is how we are doing post.
Kaylee at Mast Park
Mom and Malcolm at Mast Park
Kevin is doing great. I am so proud of him. Right now he is working at his new job in downtown San Diego!! He has been there for a few months now. He loves it and we hope that they officially hire him on as an employee instead of a contractor (temp) soon. Our insurance sucks but it is insurance which I am grateful to have! Not having insurance is horible. He taught a class at my cousin's music school last session and he did SUCH a good job. It is an advanced vocal class. He has some really tallented people in it. He will be teaching next session too. He also helps out with the choir there where I help on piano. He misses his family (as do I) but he loves it here.
Kaylee and Malcolm are hilarious. Sometimes annoyingly so. Malcolm loves the word "Up" so much that he says it randomly and a lot of the time. So we get comversations like this.
(In the morning when they wake up Malcolm still in his crib)
Malcolm: Up
Kaylee: Don't say up! (Oh yea did I mention that she gets jealous of Malcolm saying up? Yea that is why it is all hilarious)
Malcolm: Up Up Up
Kaylee: Malcolm! You DON'T say Up to my bed! You don't get my bed this is my bed!
Malcolm: Up!
HAHA or while sitting at the table eating lunch or dinner or breakfast or anytime they are sitting at the table-
Malcolm: Up!
Kaylee: Malcolm! You DON'T say up to my food! Don't get my food! This is MY food!
So we are trying to get her to say "Down" when Malcolm says "Up" so it is more like a game. It is also a ton better but it is slightly hilarious. I have to get after he though and hide my smile as yelling at your brother for something he can't do and isn't doing is totally inappropriate. Another similar thing she does is this:
Malcolm : Ba Bla Ba Bla
Kaylee: You don't say Ba Bla Ba Bla to my food!
Like what?! Where is she getting this?
It's funny. Something to remember and bring up in the teenage years to embarrass her.
I'm doing good. I love teaching piano to my students at Staump Music school. Just being a part of that place makes me happy. I also love being a mom and doing fun things in this beautiful city with wonderful weather most of the time. My parents got us Sea World passes for Kevin's birthday which is SO cool. I have got at least once a week ever since we got the passes. We also used the passes to get a huge discount on a season pass to aquatica the Sea World water park that opens this summer. It used to be Knott's Soak city so we are excited to use those and go VERY often. There are fun parks that I have discovered and re discovered. I love going to the many malls here to walk and shop. Life. is. Good. :-)
In February (see I told you I'm behind!) we had the oportunity to go visit Kevin's
grandma and introduce Malcolm to Great Grandma Burroughs. It was SO fun
and she is seriously one of the best ladies ever! Both of the kids
loved her. I think it is safe to say she loved our kids too. We want to go back really soon. She only lives about 3 hours away from us. It is definately one of the reasons we moved out west. It was cool because Kevin's Uncle Jim was there as wel so we got to get to know him better too. Now, I will let the pictures speak for themselves!
Grandma feeding Malcolm Cheerios!
Grandma taught us this yummy trick while we are there. You stick a candy cane (blueberry in this case) into a lemon and suck the lemon juice through the candy cane. YUMMY!!!
I haven't posted in awhile! But I am going to start updating you with some posts soon! We have been really sick this month and so I have been dedicated to my little babes and getting ourselves all healthy. But it is time to get everyone back up to date with us. So sorry!!
Some quick news, in case I haven't said it before I have 2 nephews are on the way SOON! My brother in law Allen and his beautiful wife Britany are expecting a son next month and my brother in law Rodney and his beautiful wife are expecting a son sometime in the next 10 weeks!! I'm so excited but I also wish I could go see them both in the hospital and meet them. It is so fun to see my nieces and nephews grow up and I am excited to get more! My family rocks.
