Monday, June 30, 2008

That is one horny toad

On Saturday while my dad was out at his hunting spot, he caught a little creature and brought it home for Drew to enjoy. And surprisingly, he did!
It's a Texas horned lizard, aka: horny toad. It's not a toad or a frog but his body shape looks like it so that's why it's called a horny "toad". They are pretty common in certain areas around here. He has horns or spikes all over his body and even has little claws. One of their defense mechanisms is the ability to shoot blood out of their eyes up to 5 feet but we didn't witness this lovely demonstration. I couldn't believe that Drew and Sevy held it. They started by giving it five and both had no problem putting it in their hands


I didn't even want to touch it. My brother tried to get Avery to touch it but she's more of a squeeze-the-froggy kind of girl than pet-the-froggy at this point.

After they played with it and explored it, we let it go in Papaw's backyard. Here are the kids chasing it and then it ends up on Drew's head. That horny toad could not get away fast enough.

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Welcome to the world

The newest member of our (extended) family has arrived! Kat went in for a C-section on Friday and delivered Kristian Teik (pronounced Teek) at 2:18 pm. He is a healthy 8 pounds 2 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long. He looks just like his older sister, Sevy, did when she was born. So far he's more interested in sleeping than eating and doesn't fuss at all. That's my kind of baby! We think he's a cutie patootie and we are so glad he's here and that the delivery went well. Kat is still in the hospital but she's doing good and will probably go home tomorrow. Congratulations Jon and Katrina! We love little Teik!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Cheer Texas

We hit up Cheer Texas this week for some energy burning entertainment. All the cousins went and they had such a good time together.

Kat is 40 weeks pregnant and decided to jump in the foam pit with Sevy. She was hoping to coax the baby to come out but no such luck.
As I've said before, Avery is pretty fearless. She crawled over to the alligator bouncy house and after she crawled into it, she continued to climb strait up the steps to the top and then slide back down on her tummy. I didn't help her at all and she was pretty proud of herself. She loved it.

We love going to Cheer Texas because the kids have so much fun and come home exhausted. Hooray for Cheer Texas!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Stinky cheese

Avery is such a funny little girl. She has some funny quirks that make us laugh. For instance she likes to put things on her head. She will pick small things up with her little pincher fingers and place them one by one on her head and in her hair. I don't know why she does it but it's funny to watch. She knows that clothes go over her head so everytime she comes across some sort of cloth item (clothes, towels, Drew's underwear that somehow end up all over the house) she will try to put it on her head. It ends up just laying there like a turban and she crawls around with it on her head. Again, it's just funny to see. Here's a video of her enjoying Drew's pj's.



The point of all this is that today we had another quirky moment. Like most babies, she likes to take things out and put things into containers. While I was trying to clean today, I put her in her highchair and cut up some little cubes of cheese and let her go to town. I took a break from cleaning to play with her and took off her shoes to tickle her feet and left the shoes on the tray for her to play with. (She's a non-walking baby--they're clean ok?!) I look over a couple minutes later and this is what she was doing.
Can you tell how much she enjoyed herself? I had to laugh. It's nice to have live-in entertainment.

Monday, June 16, 2008

A new swingset

With the recent installment of our backyard, it was time to finally get Drew a swingset. He was so excited when Brent brought it home and he was happy to help put it together.
It only took Brent a few days to get the whole thing put together and the kids love it. When we pull into the driveway, you can see the top of the tent over the fence and Drew always says, "I want to go play!" And of course, wherever Drew is, Avery wants to be also. She's getting around very well these days so she will try to climb the ladder to the top of the slide but her favorite thing is to climb the slide from the bottom up. Drew will sit at the top and yell for me to "Move the baby!" so he can slide down without hitting her. I appreciate his consideration for not plowing down the slide and knocking her over like a bowling pin. Although she would probably think that was pretty fun. Avery is actually a fearless little girl. She has no concept of boundaries or limits. She will climb up, on, and over anything. She will climb to the edge of something and swing her leg over without hesitation as if the 3 foot drop off the bed is just a step for her.
She can stand by herself now and is quite proud of that accomplishment (as are we!). I know she will be walking any day now and then I will really have to step my game up. She does things I didn't have to worry about with Drew. I didn't have to babyproof nearly as many things with Drew. He never got into drawers or cabinets, he never ate things off the floor, and he certainly never found joy in splashing in other people's pee. Avery does all of the above and then some. She is quite a character. She is so busy and into everything.


Brent and I have so much fun with the kids and they make us laugh everyday. There is never a dull moment and I love the joy they bring to our lives each day.





*Side Note

I realize I devoted a whole post to motherhood in honor of Mother's Day and that I did not give father's the same respect. In my defense, I have no idea what it's like to be a father but I love my baby daddy and I appreciate all he does for me and the kids. To us, he hangs the moon and we're glad he continues to come home to us day after day. We love you.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Local Celebrity

Our local news stations periodically do a pharmacy or prescription drug related story and Brent is usually the pharmacist interviewed. He is on the local news at least once or twice a month. He was interviewed today about a proposed Medicaid prescription reimbursement cut. I'm always proud of how smart he sounds when he "talks shop." But he was less proud that he was on tv and more pleased that in his interview, the cameraman got a nice shot of his Seattle Seahawks shirt. HERE is the link to his video. To watch the clip, you have to play the video that is in the top right corner. Enjoy.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

I'm a winner!

I can't believe I won something. At our local scrapbook store, if you are on their mailing list, you get your name entered in their birthday contest if you come in and purchase something during the month of your birthday. I, of course, shopped there in April so I was entered. I received the newsletter today from the store and THIS is what it contained (scroll down it's on the right hand side). I get a $25 gift certificate to the store just for being born. Well, and for spending money in their store. I'm so happy! I am usually unlucky in these kinds of things so I was pleasantly surprised and just thought I would share.