The end of June!

We finished out the month with a birthday party! Andrew, Keldrie's youngest cousin (as of right now), turned 1. If you read my blog on a regular basis than you know that one of my sisters-in-law, Gaby, has quite a talent when it comes to making personalized cakes. She has no formal training and just watches all those cake decorating shows to get ideas. Here is the latest creation for her baby boy:

As you might guess, the party was Cookie Monster themed.

Lots of older cousins sure do come in handy when it comes time to open presents. 

I knew you people where holding out on me! This stuff is way better than those vegetable purees mom keeps feeding me. 

SUGAR RUSH! 

Thanks for inviting us Gaby! These things are always so much fun. And for whatever reason, the toys at your house entertain Keldrie so well. The toys and the cousins. 

So what else is new? Well, Keldrie is getting more defiant when it comes to her afternoon naps. A few days ago she refused to stay in her bed. So after 2 hours of Matt going in and taking her toys away and her getting out of bed and getting a new toy to play with, we let her come out. Then dinner rolled around. This is what happened:

She did eat about half her dinner before she zonked out. Then we decided to just put her to bed. She woke up about 8, played for 45 minutes in her room and then put herself back to sleep.  It was pretty nice.

Keldrie has also been practicing her photography skills. Here are two of her best pictures so far. This one is of her own forehead. I bet she had some trouble seeing after she took this one. 

And this second one is of our upstairs hallway. She has no fingers in view and the camera is right-side-up. She'll be a pro in no time. 

A little pregnancy update now: I've been having this pain in my right hip. I didn't do anything to it as far as I  can remember. I just woke up at night and as I walked to the bathroom (where else does a pregnant woman go in the middle of the night?) my hip popped with each step. I called the nurse at my doctor's office in the morning and she said it could just be my hips getting prepared for the baby bump that will be coming in a few months. I had some trouble with my hips last time around too. It is most likely my ligaments getting real loose, real fast and too early. The nurse told me to stay off it as much as possible, so that's what we've been doing. Just when my nausea was letting up enough that I was beginning to think about cooking or maybe doing the laundry, this happens. My poor husband has had to pick up the slack. Not a word of complaint out of him though. He's such a trooper. I do have an appointment this week, so if it gets worse I can talk to the doctor about it. That's what is new with us kids. The best news we've gotten this week is that Matt got the 4th off! The whole day! I'm so excited. 

Happy Independence Day Everyone!