Oh the Things You Find...

So, Zeke is getting bigger and really starting to play more on his own. Today, I went to get in the shower and this is what I found:

Turns out Zeke was giving his tiger and bear a shower at some point this morning. I'm just glad he didn't turn on the water. It is lots of fun watching him grow.

Also the other day, I asked him to go get some tissue for his nose. He left and came back a few minutes later with an arm full of toilet paper, and a stream of it following him down the hall. He managed to get it out of the bathroom, all the way to living room without tearing it at all. I was impressed. Unfortunately, I put it up before I thought to take a picture, but here's a picture of the roll after it was cleaned up:

Fun stuff!

Zeke drinks tea!

We have raised a very culturally appropriate child in that he LOVES to drink tea. Now keep in mind we generally only give him apple tea which is a lot like hot apple juice, I'm not sure if there is any real tea content in it. But this is the child who a few months back walked up to some random man on the street who was drinking his cup of early morning coffee. Zeke looked up longingly with his big blue eyes and the man GAVE him a couple of sips of his coffee!!! Thank goodness we've never been overly paranoid first-time parents. Anyways, here are a couple of pictures of Zeke enjoying his apple tea.

Kaiyah's first smiles, and a relaxing Saturday morning...

Kaiyah has been giving a few grins out the past couple of weeks, and we finally got around to capturing them with the camera! Here they are along with a couple of pictures from this morning.

A Visit from Mawmaw and Pawpaw...

Well, Zeke and Kaiyah had lots of fun this week with Mawmaw and Pawpaw. Zeke has been walking around all morning asking about Pawpaw b/c he had to go back home early this morning while Zeke was still sleeping. Here are a few pictures of the fun we had, and here is a link to more. It's different from the link that's on our family page, so don't miss out. It also includes the story of how Zeke romanced this little girl:

Mawmaw, Zeke, and Kaiyah on the boat.
Pawpaw and Kaiyah

Baby Shower #2!!!

So, my wonderful sisters-in-law came up with the idea of having a cross-continent baby shower for Kaiyah. Fred and Renee (Dan's parents) came to visit (we are having a great time FYI) and brought gifts from people back home. Saturday night we opened the suitcases and had a great time looking at all the gifts! My goodness, Kaiyah is going to be one well dressed little girl!!! Thank you everyone for the beautiful gifts!

Here we are opening gifts . . .

Kaiyah got SO many cute things. I don't know if you can see them all very well from the picture, but I'm sure you'll get to see her modeling in future blogs!

Check out all these precious shoes, and I think there were a pair or two that hadn't been opened when we took the picture! Isn't it fun to be a girl!

Kaiyah's First Bath...

Kaiyah lost her umbilical cord about a week ago and the next day, she had her first bath. We took a video of it and left in all the sounds so you can enjoy it like we did. Have fun.

Baby Shower

Some of our friends here gave Kaiyah a baby shower yesterday. It was so sweet and thoughtful of them and we had a good time! Kaiyah slept through her party for the most part, and we were all grateful!!!

Kaiyah and Mommy leaving for the shower

Yummy Food!

Fun Presents!