Kierra laughing.

This is not the best picture but I was able to catch her laughing.

Kierra

American Princess

Daddy putting Kierra's feet in the pool while still in her Sunday dress.

It was VERY hot on Sunday so after church Dad took Kierra out and put her feet in the pool to cool her off. Kierra loved it. Brianna loves the pool too but had to change her clothes first.

3rd Birthday trip to Disneyland

Riding the carousel.
Eating a special ice cream treat.
Kierra loved the Winnie the Pooh ride.
Exhausted from a few hours at Disneyland.

On Monday Brianna's Aunt Amy and I took the girls to Disneyland for a few hours. I wanted to take her for her birthday since Mom got us passes for Bri's and Kartyr's birthday. Brianna loves Disneyland and even pretends she is going when we aren't really going. Brianna had fun but it was super hot and busy so Mom did not have that much fun. I like going to Disneyland but only when it is cool and not busy (the not busy part is hard to come by). Kierra liked the Winnie the Pooh ride and was quiet during the ride but as soon as it was over she started crying. Thanks MomMom from Bri and Mom too, for the day at Disneyland.

Daddy Day Care

Look at that intensity
My willing model Sammy
First victim uh, I mean first find.
Sammy's friend BOB

This posting is going out later than I had wanted but hey that is par for the course (at least at our house). Due to a wedding in the family several family members have been out of town (the most important ones being the baby sitters)we have been doing a little time share sitting for our two girls and my little cousin. With this arrangement it was only a matter of time before it came down to me. So being the experienced, fun, cool, and just down right awesome dad, I stepped up to the task. (note: the small fact that I was able to take a day off of work had no reflection on my excitement. I did it for the children.)( ha ha ha ha )

Due to my lack of time (as always) I will not go into a lot of detail of the day but Included are a couple of pics of the days activities such as Lady bug hunting (Brianna found out that lady bugs do not do very well in a bottle of bubbles.)
The second most exciting activity of the day was swinging on the swing set (It was fun as long as dad would push them. As for Kierra she just wanted to sleep and eat all day so I let her, after she finished her chores. ( just kidding)

That is about all for now the next posting should be back to normal I have already gotten in trouble for posting on the bosses blog. Bye for now

Wesley

Misc pics

Bathing beauties-1st time in the big tub with sister
Bri checking out Kierra's new seat
Kierra loving "sitting up" and being outside.
My favorite thing?? Fingers!

I have been talking about getting Kierra one of these seats and just hadn't done it yet. She loves it. She is always trying to sit up and can't yet by herself so this lets her be upright to check out everything that is going on. Kierra is definitely teething and will chew on anything but her favorite thing is her fingers or better yet Mommy or Daddy's fingers if she can get them in her mouth.

3rd Birthday Party

Brianna's 3rd Birthday Party at the park
Brianna's cousins
Kierra
Opening presents

Eating "Pupcakes" as Bri calls cupcakes
All partied out!!!

Today we had a small birthday for Brianna at the park with 8 of her cousins. Bri had a great time. She is so happy that it is finally her birthday. She has been waiting and waiting for her birthday. Kierra loves being outside so she had a good time too but she was all tuckered out and fell asleep on the way home.

First Cruise

Kierra on the cruise ship with her visitors badge.
Papa and Brianna exploring the cruise ship. (She loved it.)
Cousins at play.
Kierra cooling her feet in the pool.

On Saturday we attended one of Wesley's cousins wedding which happened to be on a cruise ship. Brianna was so excited to be on a "big" boat. She wanted to stay on it. Kierra seemed to enjoy it too. Unfortunately for us we did not get to stay on and take the cruise but we have definitely decided that we want to try cruising someday. Last Friday Brianna had 2 cousins over to play. They had a great time together. Last weekend it was 101 degrees one day. We set up the little swimming pool for Brianna to play in and Kierra got to put her feet in for a few minutes. The water was very cold but Kierra didn't seem to mind. She is growing and changing so fast. Thanks to any and all who prayed for us last week. I started back to work on Wednesday and was quite concerned about how Kierra would do (before she didn't tolerate me being gone at all). Thank the Lord she did very well for Grandma both Wednesday and Thursday.

Katrina's visit

Brianna posing for Katrina
Kierra "posing" for Katrina
Bri with her teddy bear in her miniature sling
Kierra napping
Katrina and Kierra

We have enjoyed having Katrina with us for a couple of days. Thanks for coming Katrina. The girls are doing well and we have stayed very busy. Brianna started her new 3 year old preschool class today and loved it except that she said that one little girl didn't want her to love another little girl so Bri said, "I said, 'Well we can both love her because that is life'." Maybe mommy has answered "that is life" to a few to many questions of "Why?" lately. Julie

Our Busy Week

Last SundayVisiting our friend RachelMommy's friend Taone meeting KierraLittle Miss Statue of Liberty (she found some clothes pins and this is what her imagination led her to do)The top of Miss Statue of Liberty's head

Kierra (Daddy is not happy about the headband)KierraBrianna playing at the park yesterday with cousin Sammie.Cousin Sammie

This has been a busy week for us and will be an even busier weekend so thought I better get this updated. I have been cleaning and trying to do all the things that I wanted to get done before going back to work (I still didn't get it all done but oh well.) We went to visit Mommy's friend Taone and her little girl Rachel. The girls had fun playing together. Then I found this headband and tried it on Kierra and it was so cute that I had to take pictures. Daddy will not be impressed (he does not like headbands so I usually don't put them on the girls but!!!) Yesterday when I picked Sammie and Bri up at preschool I decided it was so nice outside that we would take a little picnic to the park and they could play for a little while (it works great to wear them out.) They played and then came home and slept for quite a while. Yeah!! Well the girls are calling so I better go. Julie

Kierra is 3 months old

Kierra



This is what she really thought of the photo shoot. (She was screaming.)


Kierra is 3 months old and is such a joy. She loves to smile and coo and is making more and more new sounds. Sometimes she even surprises herself. She is usually a good baby except that she does not like to take bottles. She is having to take at least one bottle a day to prepare for Mommy going back to work next week. She takes bottles the best from Daddy but he won't be there either. Brianna loves her baby sister and "babysat" one day for a few minutes while mommy went outside for a couple of minutes. When I got back Bri told me, "She was good and didn't cry. I think you have more work you need to do and I will babysit Kierra." It is so hard to believe she is 3 months old already. Time really does fly. Julie