Swimming!

The kids have been having a blast swimming in our pool this year! It is the only way we have been able to kick the heat this summer! 

 Both of them do very well with their lifejackets on. Their favorite thing to do is JUMP into the pool! Enjoy this fun video I put together with some of the pictures I got this weekend!

 

Strawberry Picking

We went Strawberry Picking a couple weeks ago...here are our pics!  I water marked them for my F&J blog and was too lazy to change it so you get the same ones! :) 

Burns Park

This weekend I met up with my long time best friend, Jeannine.  She was in town for her borther's wedding.  We met at Burns Park, a park we used to play at when I was a kid.  It was really fun to bring my kids to my old stomping grounds! 

Get ready for picture overload!

We got to take a picture of the 2 of us together for our Craft blog

Nyah is a climber... and she has no fear!  She got all the way to the top with no help (I was RIGHT there the whole time though)

Kyan had a ball running around with the other kids!

Can you hear me now?

Yep- She can!

On both sides of her head!!

Nyah got her soft band BAHA today!

When the audiologist put the hearing aid on Nyah's head her face lit up with delight. She could hear! Then i whispered in her hearing aid "Say 'hi mommy'" very softly. And Nyah said "Hi mommy!" clear as day! It was beautiful! I got tears in my eyes right there at the Dr!

When I took it off for her nap here is our conversation:

Nyah: On on on!  

Me: Do you like it better when it is on?

Nyah: Yes!  On Please!

Me: I will put it on when you wake up from your nap.

Nyah: OK

I can tell that she can tell there is a difference!  It is so cool! 

Not to be outdone by his sister, Kyan spelled his first word (besides his name) today all by himself while were outside with sidewalk chalk. 

Kyan: Mom- H-O-T spells HOT! (said while he was writing each letter)

Me: Yep- WOW!  Great job!

And he was right!  It got to 92 degrees today! HOT! 

We caught a butterfly!

Our backyard is like a butterfly farm.  There are TONS of them flying around, so it was only a matter of time before Kyan asked me to catch one for him.  And I am happy to say that I was successful!

 Kyan was so delighted that he carried it around for the rest of the afternoon singing to it. 

"Mom, he loves to hear me sing!"

He would set it down and preform for it.

"Mom, he is watching me ride my bike!"

He would glaze into the jar watching it.

"Mom, I love my butterfly."

"So, Ky-Guy, What should we name him?"

When I asked him if we should let it go he yelled "No- Mom!  I love this butterfly!"   But I think we will let him go before bedtime tonight.

Nyah's Ear Surgery

Today Nyah had a tube put in her right ear.  It is the first surgery that either of my kids has had and I didn't like it one bit!  But Nyah was a trooper and she did great!

I am pretty sure I cried more then she did! I got to go down with her to the OR and be with her as they put her to sleep.  I was so glad that they let me do this, it was a much easier transition for Nyah.  The hospital staff were wonderful. 

It was a short surgery... only like 15-20 minutes. So, we were home for lunch.  Nyah was tired today but otherwise normal!

Here are some pictures of our time. 

After the surgery,  she drank 4 cups of apple juice... poor thing was so hungry!   But she did so great!

Happy Birthday Nyah!

Nyah turned 2 this weekend!  Where does the time go?  I mean seriously wasn't it just yesterday that we brought her home?! 

We got her a playhouse for her birthday and she loved it! She played in it for hours! 

Egg Hunt 2012

Our church had their annual egg hunt this weekend.  The kids always have a great time!

I got my new camera last week and I was excited to get some action shots of the kids... so there are a lot of pictures for you to see!

All I wanted was a pic of them with their buckets after the egg hunt, but couldn't get them to both look at the same time.  Classic!

a Bicycle built for 2!

Getting creative with keeping the kids entertained outside!

They both loved it and had me and Jason laughing pretty hard too!  
It was like our own little mini-parade!

Mom- can we go to the park?

Yes, yes we can!

With the weather being so BEAUTIFUL we have been doing a lot of playing outside and going to the park! Hooray for an early spring!