Jak Se Mas

Sunday was another day of sunshine before more rain comes our way. I took the kids to meet my dad, stepmom, aunt and uncle at my Busha and Ja-Ja's. The annual church bizarre was going on so there was something to do in their itty bitty town. Here are some highlights of the trip.

My driving/photography skills of the Fightin Texas Aggie roadside landmark outside of Reagen. The good news is that even though they widened Highway 6, they safely moved the barn! Gig 'Em Aggies!

Baby K and her Great Ja-Ja

Who is that lady? Yep, its me. I'm never in the pictures, but this really nice random lady on the hayride snapped this one for me. Baby K decided to just ride in the stroller and not on the hayride.

A and Grandma trying to win some toys!

B and his Ja-Ja. B just won and picked out some safari animal toys, just more for mommy to pick up!

Where is the big daddy? He stayed at home and got the crews working on the house...on a sunday! We had to let some things dry out from all the rain and then there is more prep work to do on the ground before the slab goes down. It should be ready for the slab on Tuesday.

big green tractor

its bugging me that this pictures are out of order, but i can't get it to let me move them around. it used to let me.

Here they are in the big green tractor on the road to the farm.

turning off of FM 5

with their Papaw leaving our lot headed back to the farm...about a 10 minute drive by car

this land is OUR land

Here's Papaw working on getting our lot smoothed out.

Here is the side/front view of our new land. Yep, we're on another corner.

Here's a back view of our acre. We were able to keep several of our mesquite trees.

This was a sunset on the way back from our lot to the farm. I was waiting to get a picture of Brady and Anna with Papaw. They rode with him in the tractor all the way back to the farm. They thought they were big shots getting to ride on FM 5 in the tractor.

Rockport 09

the water was really pretty. we stood knee deep and you could clearly see your toes. A didn't want to get in this time around.

the only pic i have of father & son this trip. they stayed in the water and played pretty rough. me and my girls stayed on the beach and soaked up some rays.

Baby K napping on the back porch while the big kids played in the little pool right beside her.

the trip killer--no it isn't Clark W. Griswold after they strolled through the slums of St. Louis. its my lovely flat, but not really a flat. it was the sensor in the valve that was leaking.


kids in the little pool. copano bay in the background...insert randy rogers song here. :)


very tired kids after a few hours at port A beach.

the sisters livin it up beach style. looks like they're throwin some signs.

rollin over at the beach!

takin it all in.

it was a fun little trip. our final goodbye to summertime. i will miss you dearly. we were able to hang out with old college friends and meet their kids. Kyle & Tiffani have a beautiful bay house on Copano Bay in Rockport. Our kids got along great and had fun playing! The men of course thought they were big bad fisherman, but notice...were there any pictures of some big redfish or any fish at all? ahh, no. They did catch 2 keepers, but that's it. Of course, it was all the weathers fault right. Have to wait and see whats in store for next year!

we are here

K's last pic with the sign. Their last night in our house. K helping us pack the last day.

We got one, but could have used 20!! The proud men that loaded the attic.

it's been almost a month! wow how our lives have changed. i missed several chances to blog, so let me catch you all up...

-Baby K is a chunk! at her 2 month check up she was 14 lbs, 12 oz!! i couldn't believe it. i knew she could fill out a diaper like her mom used to fill out the Rocky Mountain jeans! She was 24.5 inches long too. Needless to say it put her off the charts, over the 100th percentile in both categories. I was delighted since B&A were always somewhere between the 50th and 75th percentile. I tried weighing her at home just this week and she was just over 15 lbs. Other than not missing a meal, she is doing great. I had to start her in daycare full time just after my last blog. I cried. like a baby. for a while. But I had to do it in order to get our house packed up, plus I was already in my inservice week at school. She loves her teachers and we love them. Ms. Nelda is the best thing any mother could ask for. All of the ladies in her infant room are wonderful. I think they all secretly like Baby K the most, but I won't tell. She rarely cries...big sister still cries waaaaaaaaaaay more than Baby K has ever thought about crying. Tomorrow she will be 3 months old already. some of her milestones thus far: coos and talks to us all the time, starting to reach out for your face or objects in front of her, grasps onto her clothes/blanket and cuddles with it, blows lots of bubbles/drool, excellent head control, loves to practice sitting in her bumbo seat, sleeps and eats like a champ!

Baby K on August 6--2 months and 2 days old.

I took these on our front porch. It was the first time I put her in the bumbo to try it out. She did an exceptional job with her head. See...I was doing this kind of stuff and NOT packing like I should have been doing!

-C and I thought we had the whole move thing figured out. We thought it wouldn't take long to pack the rest of the house at the last minute. Boy were we WRONG! Thanking my lucky stars, the night before, my Dad had called to see what our moving plans were. He mentioned they might come help, but I didn't want to ask for his help. Neither of us wanted to ask for our parents help, WE are the grown-ups now and thought we totally had it under control. HA!! Thank God that Friday morning the door bell rang and there they were to help. I think we would still be packing had my Dad and Cindy not showed up. And I am very thankful for the loyal framer Chris has used during his time as a builder...Manuel. He and a few friends helped us carry and move tons of stuff. I am so thankful for them.

-it feels weird to be living in my inlaws house without them here. i feel like our stuff is everywhere and it kind of is. we've got tons of stuff in our Mobile Attic unit (they are much cheaper than pods), in the garage and dining room at my inlaws. For the first week, I had no clue where anything was. K needed a manicure, but she had to wait for a week until I could find the clippers for her! There have been several stories like that. In the meantime I thought I was going to lose my mind. Going back to work full time with a newborn, pumping schedules, nursing, crying Anna, big brother talking my ear off, laundry, dinner, cleaning, getting used to driving 35 mins one way to get to work and digging in boxes for a week--you think i'd be down at Betty Ford. Somehow I'm not. My mom came up the next weekend and occupied the kids so we could bring some peace to the boxes. I was able to do that, but still have my moments from time to time.

-big bro and sis are adjusting well. B gets it. We took him out to where the new house will be and he seems to understand that daddy is building us a new house and we cannot go back to his old house. he did have a short day or so where he seemed down, but he's ok now. after the second or third night at the inlaws, A cried and wanted to go home. she did it a few more times, but shes good now. their new dog Kopper is out at the farm and thats all she cares about...that and her new pink cowgirl boots.

yay for pictures

kiersten enjoying her spa treatments. she's 7 wks in this picture at 13 lbs.

this cracks me up! she's enjoying some time at the pool. look at that lytle hair line! i think she's going to favor chris and his family.

little miss drama enjoying the kiddie pool

two crazy kids in the bath! brady wearing his home depot safety goggles just in case he needs to build something in the tub.

brady showing off his mad swimming skills

where is summer?

so much has been going on. i don't have much time to blog these days. let me give a quick run down and then i gotta hit the sack.

-we sold our house in less than 3 wks. yay. but there have been hiccups with the buyers however we are set to close on aug. 18th
-i go back to work on monday aug 17th--boo!
-we are going to pack up and move out by aug. 15th so we can try to unpack at our new temporary home--my in laws house
-they are packing up and temporarily moving into their little farm house. Thank you Lord for allowing them to be so giving and gracious to us. we are taking over their home while we build our new one.

somehow in the midst of it all i am trying to get all of these things done....
-get the house packed as much as possible by august 14th
-get my classroom ready for Meet the Teacher on august 20th...when i go "back to work" as a teacher that means three full days of workshops and trainings. then you get one 8 hour day to prep your room for Meet the Teacher--that is after being off all summer long. so if you read between the lines that means you have to go in during your own free time to actually get a good head start on work. not to mention summer school was at my campus so all my stuff is packed up high and put away. lucky me.
-prepare for first day/week of school starting august 24th
-continue to have enough milk (aka pump as much as possible) to supply her habit. yep her habit is a 6 ouncer of breastmilk (shaken, not stirred LOL) every 4 hours or so
-put my baby K in day care/school! insert a crying mommy here--that's me
-i'd love to finish reading twilight--people you can put the book down when you've got 3 kids interrupting you every 5 minutes!
-i'd also love to start reading my teacher book that i said i would get to this summer. ha!
-K goes for a check up next week. will post details at some point. btw...i weighed her last week at the breastfeeding center and she was a hefty 13 lbs at 7 weeks.

i'm rambling now. just wanted to let you know i am trying to blog and i have some pictures to post, but just not there yet...