jennifer & jewell

Kaylea and I spent Wednesday evening hanging out with Jennifer & Jewell.  Kaylea was pretty good - it's hard for a 2 year old to find something to do that doesn't get her in trouble in a non-baby proofed house :)
We had pizza and Kaylea jumped on the trampoline.  She had one melt down because she is so darn independent, but all in all, we had a great time seeing our friends.

what we've been doing

I have been terrible at taking pictures this last 10 days or so, but we have been busy getting ready for the move.  Jordy & I went to Lafayette to find a house and when we came back I spent a day with Kaylea.  We went to see Mimi in the hospital and then went to play at Outside In.  Kaylea had a blast bouncing in the spider man house and going down the slide.  We then went over to see Miss Kaidyn and her baby brother Keegen.  Kaylea is finally over me holding other babies, so I got to snuggle up with him for a bit.  Kaylea held him, too and gave him a kiss.

This week we are trying to soak up some time with friends and family before we head to Lafayette.  Sunday we celebrated birthdays - mine is the 7th and Shannan's is the 8th.  We had lunch at Nana & Pop's house.

Last night we went to Chick Fil A and had dinner with Brittney, Kaidyn, and Keegen.  Kaylea & Kaidyn played more than they ate, but had a great time.  We went to see Mimi.  She was doing a lot better.  I was relieved.  She has been feeling awful.  While I don't think she feels back to normal, I could tell that she was feeling much better than days past.

We have a busy next few days ahead of us.  This mama is overwhelmed with gathering documents for our loan and making sure things are ready for the move, but we are trying to have some fun, too!

the letter "a"

I had a birthday part this weekend and when Kaylea came downstairs and saw the cake, she said, "that's an A."  Jordy and I were in shock.  We did not tell her that there was an "A" on the top.  Later, we learned from our favorite day care workers that they have been working on letter recognition.  It was funny, because they didn't think any of the kids were picking up on it!

we bought another house

We will soon be the proud owners of a second home (ok, not for too long, thank goodness).  We took a relocation trip to Lafayette to search for a house.  I knew that I would end up finding something that was new construction.  We love the house, but really wish it had a basement.  It has a 3 car garage and an attic so we will have room for some storage.  It was crazy because none of the houses up there were all brick.  We thought about building an all brick house with a basement, but decided we would never be able to get our money out of it, so we bought this one.  It is really close to the day care I like and not too far from the Post Office.  We also liked the price :)  Another great note, the builder will be our next door neighbor.  He is letting us have early possession, so that means we won't have too many nights in a hotel.

front view

soon to be zebra bathroom

park, just around the corner, for kaylea



kitchen - love the cabinet space

community pool - kiddie pool, too!



living room

dora umbrella

Nana bought Kaylea an umbrella - it is Dora...she is in love.  She says, "it has to keep the rain off of me."  She is so stinking cute!

moments

Kaylea woke up really early this morning...which sucked, because we were leaving to house hunt in Lafayette at 8:30.  I went to get her out of bed at 6am and brought her into our room.  She tried really hard to go back to sleep.  She kept moving trying to get comfortable and kept sticking her little butt up in the air, but she just couldn't make it work.  She finally climbed over me (she insisted on being on the outside) and put her hands on Jordy's face and said, "you so pretty, daddy...just so pretty."  It was the sweetest thing ever!  And for that, she got to watch cartoons in our bed at 6am!

helping with laundry

Jordy had open house last Thursday and K Monster decided to help me fold some laundry.  She tried so hard and folded all of the dish towels.  She folded them four ways...and then, she picked up all of the clothes I had folded and put them back in the basket (not folded of course)! 

daddy's $1 yard sale find

Jordy was picking up cookies for the gender reveal party last weekend and when he was driving back he spotted a yard sale and saw an easel.  I have been looking for something like this for awhile, but we had decided not to buy anything new since we are getting ready to move.  Jordy said he couldn't pass it up for a $1 so he picked it up.  Kaylea loves it.  She mostly likes erasing what you write. 

baby murray

It's a Girl

Candy

Team Girl

Last weekend, we hosted a gender reveal party for our friends Katie & Matt.  They did not want to have a shower since this is their 2nd child, but wanted to celebrate, so this is what they came up with.  We had a great time hosting and found out they are having another little girl!  

happy birthday max

Last weekend, we celebrated Max's birthday.  He turned 2 on Saturday and celebrated Mickey Mouse style.  Kaylea liked playing with the trains on Max's train table.  Kaylea loves to sing the birthday song, but usually gets overwhelmed when the group starts singing.  Not this time!  She sang right along with the group.  Max got a little overwhelmed when the song began, but he was happy to dig into the icing.  He asked for a fork - too cute!