Showers of Family

Showers of Family

We went to Cleveland in April (the first of our four-month series of monthly trips to the midwest) for Rachel and Brad's wedding shower. We got to see lots of family and take lots of pictures. The first video was at the shower and my cousin, Dawn's daughter, Leah, was making Kai giggle. Luckily, I got it on video. The amazing thing about that is Kai was a pretty sick kid that day. His eyes were red and puffy and he was all congested. Lucky us Leah was able to help keep his spirits up, even though he was sick and exhausted.

Another favorite video of mine is the one with Lucas "flying" through the air by his jumper. He was "super Lucas," even if it was only for 45 seconds!

We forgot to take pictures on Kai's very first flight (must have been first-time parent jitters, worrying about Kai and flying). So, we got pictures on the flight home (technically his second flight).

Later in April, we got to try out some rice cereal. For Kai, not so much. He didn't like that it wasn't getting to him through a nipple! Perhaps he just wasn't ready...

If only I didn't need sleep...

Not Quite Four

Easter

(I wrote this post way back in April, but kept forgetting to attach a web album and then post it. I "re-found" it and decided to post it. So, even though it looks like it's old, it's actually new to the blog.)

So it's been so long, I can scarcely remember the last time I wrote for the blog. Who would have thought that 40 hours a week at work (ok, so it's really only 37.5 hours!) would mean this blog wouldn't get updated all that often? Needless to say, the transition of me going back to work has been a bit rocky at times. And we're still trudging on...

Kai's been sick this past week and therefore not sleeping well. I've spent three of the last four nights sleeping with him on me propped up in the comfy chair in his room. Thank goodness we bought the chair that reclines! Last night he slept ok, but tonight we can hear him coughing so I'm gearing up to another night in the chair. I think that although he's stuffy, if he didn't cough, he'd be able to sleep ok. Why the heck do colds love babies so much?

And to make matters worse for Kai, we're due to be on a plane to Cleveland tomorrow. So, for his first plane trip he won't be feeling as well as he could. I hope he won't be too cranky on the plane...and good thing it's not that long of a flight!

So, some of the pictures and videos in this posting are over the last month and a half. Kai hasn't gained all that much weight over this time, but he sure has continued to smile and be interested in things. He's following more and more things with his eyes and he loves it when Cosmo comes over to smell him when he's laying on a blanket for his massage.

We can't wait to see our families again in Cleveland this weekend!

Long time no blog...

Small Update

Yep, it's been a while. I guess you can blame me for that (rj). See, got Ruth a new mac laptop and it wasn't too friendly with good ol' picassa and web albums. However, being the genius that I am, I now have it up and running for her. This will be my first, and for your sake, hopefully last, update from me. There are few pictures in this one but two really good videos. It's a good thing digital video doesn't degrade with the amount of times you view it because the video of him laughing is priceless. I have probably watched it at least 50x...no joke. In any case, enjoy the pics. Hopefully Ruth will get some really good narrative for you all in the future.