For the Love of Kai: October 2011

Happy Late Birthday to Kai!

Wow. Where did the time go? I remember so clearly the smell and the feel of those first few days home with our new twincy little baby. It was cold and white outside but so nice and cozy in our under construction house. The last few days I have been catching little sniffs of the coming cold weather scent that is so distinctive and have found myself immediately brought back to those precious first days. My sweet little Squeaker all bundled up and snuggled in, family in every room of the house filing it with love and giving support. I was so excited, so invigorated and completely blissed out!

I hope I never forget those days. They already seem so far far away.

So, what's new in the life and times of Kai?
(Note: I wrote this blog a few weeks ago and never got around to finishing it! Ha ha.
Well, I'll post it anyway. Maybe I'll put in a new one for his 9 month birthday next week.)

(These were all the topics I was going to post on!)

life update, work, nanny

So close to crawling

2 teeth and one on the way

biting

sleeping issues

full babbling

words

chasing kitties friends?

sitting

food!

Giving Kisses!

First family trip to the fair. Kai LOVED it! We stayed up way past bedtime and he never made a single fuss. The highlights included watching a flying trapeze act, older kids running around playing with balloons and light sabers and the best was the "Old MacDonald Farm" He saw chicks hatching, a big piggy nursing her piglets, mini sized goats (Kai's fave), Geese, Alpacas, baby quail, a cow and a row of 7 ponies being fed by small children! We stayed in the animal house for quite sometime. Kai was completely wrapped up and in awe of the ponies, the goats and the piggies.

In fact, watching the little piglets nursing on their mommy, he looked up at me with wide inquisitive eyes. I told him the piggies were nursing. He then excitedly signed "nurse" for the first and, so far, only time. It is the one sign we have used since he was tiny. He will respond to me when I use the sign to ask him if he wants to nurse, and has done so for a few months now, so I know he knows it. He has also picked up and used a new sign I taught him... "light", his favorite thing in the world.

Mama's little man.

This stick is for you!

(I swear Kai said stick a couple weeks ago! He repeated it after me twice, while playing with a stick (ok, he's always playing with a stick, but...) Jon thinks I'm an over eager mommy and just heard what I wanted, but I wouldn't have expected to hear him say stick. He also thinks that I didn't 'really' hear Kai say avacado, but I heard it! So it was a little baby tongue and pacifier garbled...)

Joking aside, Kai has been heard saying Hi, Dada, Mama (though not as clearly) and today he said Yum! My little genius!

Hanging with Xena at Rach and Dan's place this weekend. (Good friends of Jonny's from Seattle days) It was a lovely trip. We visited with wonderful folks, ate incredible food, played with some very fun older kiddos and two lively little kittens! We sat around a fire, watched the sunset, had a sleepover and even took a ride on the very fun lift machine to see over the distant hills.

More fun with sticks. : )

Doesn't he look so innocent here? I can't get over that face!

It took us a little while to figure out the sideways manuver. At first we thought that scooting 2 feet was tuckering the little dooda out. But then we realized he is actually pausing to get a better view! With his head turned to the side, he can see above him with much less effort than craning his neck. Another favorite pose for our munchkin is to lay himself backwards over our laps, arms, shoulders and just check out the world upside down. Again, his eyes actually open wider this way and he gets an unrestricted view. Smart little cookie. ; ) It does make me wonder what seeing the world through his eyes will bring to his life and his being that is a little unique. Perspective colors everything...

Workin' on it...

Oh yeah!

I know I'm cute.

Raspberries and scooting... King of the multitasking!

These following pictures are from about 5-6 months old. One of these days I plan on posting an entry detailing our fun filled trip out to the west. Here are a few of the cute portraits from that era, you know, just in case I don't get to that post. :)