July 4th Weekend

Everyone was off of work for the July 3rd and 4th, so we took advantage of having all of us at home for such a long time.

On Friday, July 3, we went to the Zoo. :)  We tried the monorail for the first time -- I don't think we'll be doing that again.  Too bad it doesn't look more like a train -- KP loves trains, but he was NOT digging the monorail.


KP with his new shades :)


Even the lemurs were hot -- and it was 9 am!!





The penguins were the coolest!!  We have great videos of them swooping underwater.  We were lucky enough to be there at feeding time.  We would go back to the zoo just for the penguins -- I just wish their exhibit were a bit larger (also because they have misters :) )


Amazingly enough, this is not a zebra -- no stripes on the belly.


I SO want this waterfall!!


This is where the pelicans tried to eat us.


This is what pelicans look like when they are saying "who? us?"





This is KP trying to match his face to his shirt on the monorail.


Meerkats!!! (Just for Daddy)


Don't ask.  I have no idea.


This is the cutest little guy.  Because he is so cute, I bet he would eat a small child if given the chance.



Mimi was nice enough to watch KP on the 4th.  They went out to Mario and Ashley's for a cookout, and reported back that they had a great time. :)

Since we were kiddo free, Mommy and Daddy got to go visit some friends up in the middle of nowhere and set off fireworks. :)

On Sunday, July 5, we went to Grandad Lynn and Grandma Sheri's.  We were too busy eating to take too many pictures, but it was nice to hang out with the family.

KP found the stash of whole wheat cheerios and dug in with Grandma. :)



When KP woke up from his nap, you'll never guess where he wanted to go....



























We had a great weekend!  Friends and family, what more can you ask for?

xoxo
Margot

Welcome, July :)

KP discovered a new place to "hang out".  And, of course, instead of scolding him or putting him in time-out, Daddy took pictures.



He is also getting wayyy more talented on his slide.  This is a picture of him walking up the slide backwards.



xoxo
Margot

June comes to an end...

One of KP's favorite activities in the morning is skyping with Bachan and Jichan.



Whenever I am at the computer in the morning, he climbs up in the chair with me and points at the Skype icon and says "chan -- chan". :)  Sometimes we can get them, and sometimes we can't.

This picture was taken because KP wanted to show off his "cheese", otherwise known as Mommy's camera. :)

We also went to the spraygrounds -- again.  I think that 2009 will be remembered for us as the year of the sprayground.  It has become a regular stop for us -- so much so that we keep swim trunks in the car just in case we have a little bit of time to kill.



















































xoxo
Margot

Spraygrounds!!!

We went to the Spraygrounds this weekend and had a great time. KP loves running through the water and splashing and dancing. :)

We went last year, and he liked it then, but you had to really walk him through all of the fun stuff. This year he was doing pretty well on his own. :)

But, before we get to the pictures and videos (yes, there are both). I was digging through our blog from last year because I wanted to see if we had posted pictures of him at the spraygrounds from last year to compare. Instead I found something that puts everything into perspective. One year ago, on June 11, 2008, KP had his colostomy reversal done. As we reach these milestones, it is so hard for me to believe that changing ostomy bags was such a huge part of our life for what seemed like so long, and now I can barely remember it. So much can change in just a year! A year ago we were up to our ears in ostomy bags, and then all of the different pastes that followed his reversal, and now we are on a potty training track -- somewhere we never thought we would be. And it has all happened in the blink of an eye. Wow.

Okay, enough of my blabber, here are the pictures. :)

And the rest of the videos are too big to post. Sorry, guys.

xoxo

Margot