My Oh My!

I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to raise this little guy! As any mother knows, it is indescribable the feelings I have for him and I can hardly stand it. Travis and I were in bed the other night and we both agreed how we missed him, just in the few short hours it had been since we put him to bed. I know! It sounds so silly and I would have never dreamed I would, could feel this way. Like I said before, it almost hurts. And I am the luckiest girl on the planet to be able to do this with Travis. I mean it, he is such an awesome daddy. Kaelan loves him so much and Travis will do anything for this little munchkin. Spell bounding. I'm just so thankful God saw us as fitting parents. I'm not sure what we did pre-Kman but I'm pretty sure it pales in comparison!

How he keeps us busy!

We do a daddy and me swim lesson on Saturday morning with 3 of the other boys from our baby group. This is such a nice change for us girls who get to sit by the pool chatting away while our hubbies swim with the boys. Thanks daddies!

We went out to the East Coast for a bike ride and this is what happened with 3 hours until nap time! This was the second time Kaelan rode co-pilot in 2 weeks and it happened the first time too. I think it is the perfect vibration for him and he just can't resist. Funny.

Back to the zoo!
We have a pass for the zoo and we go all the time!
K is really starting to love going now that he is older.

Our new bath technique.
We don't have a bath tub in our condo so K gets to take a shower.
It is way more fun for him and don't worry the tiles are not at all slick.

Drop Kicking Madness

I returned home from my trip to the US to discover that Kaelan had figured out how to strategically set the soccer ball down so he could get a really good running kick at it. Before this, he would simply chase it wildly all over the room trying to kick it. Since he had made so much progress in the week I was gone, I thought I would show him this morning how to drop the ball then kick it so he could get more "air time." He watched me do it a couple times before I had to run off to work. Would you believe I walked in the front door this evening only to see him launching the ball 7 feet in the air, over the television, and off the wall? I couldn't believe my eyes! When I tried to get it on video, he became more interested in seeing what I had videoed than actually kicking the ball but i still managed to capture a little bit of it. I'll have to try to video him again so you can actually see one of the high kicks...its crazy! Should we have named our son Pele?

Please?

In this video, Kalaen drilled the ball straight at me before I could get the camera going. Unfortunately, after realizing I was trying to video him, Kaelan insisted on reviewing his performance each time which kind of defeated my attempt to capture his truly glorious drop kicks. No matter, we turned it into a learning experience and how to use the word "please." For those that don't know, sign language for "please" is to rub your hand in a circular motion on your chest. This is what K-man is attempting to do in this video right after kicking the ball straight at my face...