A day on the greens...

Or an afternoon in our living room, same thing if you're one! We plan to tag along with Jon one day soon to the golf course and let him experience the REAL greens, but for now the living room carpet will have to do.

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Family and play time, Kellen's 2 favorite things...

Well, his Momma is his favorite, but family and play time run a close 2nd and 3rd...(haha Jon). In between the rain and cold temps we've manged to get some outdoor playing in and he soaks up every second he can. He will be (already is!) an outdoor kid. The love for his red wagon just keeps growing, and more importantly when his family visits and takes him for a stroll around the block he is a happy happy boy!

Mimi and Pops , 2 of his favorite people

Notice the finger up and pointing, I think here he is telling Pops which way to go

And it's always a treat when Grandma Ida visits! Great Grandma's are a hoot, at least ours is ! We love her dearly:)

Went to Mimi and Pops for a play day with Brittany and Lily, two of the silliest most fun girls we know!


Lily and Kellen are buddies now.. they both light up when they see each other, and Lily is an awesome older cousin to her 'baby Kellen'.. We asked her to hold his hand and walk around the drive way so we could get some cute pictures so she grabs up his hand and says 'c'mon baby kellen lets go get married.' and then giggled and laughed. She knows shes a card.

This was his response to what she said.. lol

                                  These two laugh and play and are great friends.. gotta love your family!

A red wagon and some overalls...

A day away from 13 months.. Practically running everywhere. He communicates so well and is very responsive to what were saying. I can say 'kellen you want to go take a bath', and he will walk to the bathroom and stand by the bath tub. Or Kellen, do we need a diaper change. and he'll go to the room where we change his diaper. Speaking of, I am being a little lazy about the potty training thing so far.. Mainly because its hard to admit that my teeny little baby could possibly be old enough for this already.. but one day last week I decided I would try it out.. I took him to set on his mini 'throne' and at some point of me talking about what it was for he went! So I tried to praise him and all that jazz that makes a grown person feel like a total idiot (potty dance included).. Later on, Jon and I were in the kitchen and I saw K tugging on his shirt and I said, do you need to go potty?' and he ran to the bathroom, sat him down and he went again! I dont think its going to take long I just have to train MYSELF to start taking him and working with him on it.. and like i said, part of me is in denial that my little 6 lb baby I brought home from the hospital is even big enough to do this... sigh. -- Like all toddlers he is all about the finger foods and feeding himself. But he will still eat the shakes I make him along with his finger foods. Several months back I started blending him up shakes with spinach,blue berries, bananas and carrots and whatever else I happen to have (strawberries,zuchinni,avacado).. They turn out bright purple but they taste like bananas and he loves them. For him, this is about the only way I will get him to eat this stuff as he is not going to pick up a piece of dry spinach leaf off of his plate and eat it and go back for more. Even on days he only takes 5 bites I still feel better about the fact he is getting those vitamins and nutrients. and he loooves him some green beans. YUM.. or mmmmmm as he says :) --  The Veggie Tales dvd 'God Made You Special' is a HUGE hit around our house.. its part of his morning routine along with his waffle and apple juice. Jon and I walk around singing the songs and humming them in the car. We've concluded we are officially thooooose parents... what can ya do!  I do recommend this dvd though its adorable.. I find myself wishing these blogs were a little more interactive.. I basically blab about my child into the wind with no feedback or thoughts or opinions in return.. It would be cool if I could find a little network of friends/ fellow bloggers (some are just extremely bored at work and look for anything to pass the time.. trust me, i get it. that is why i started a blog in the first place.).. who, just like myself were newer parents just struggling through trying to do the right things for their kiddos while working , paying bills, and enjoying familly life.. blah blah.. anyways.. Kellen LOVES to be outside. Now that the snow is gone he acknowledged the grass and realized he loves it. We take wagon rides around our block about every day that the weather is remotely nice. He will point and laugh and enjoy himself. Usually the neighbors dogs or cats will come up to say hi or at least bark and he yells at them or barks back.. ha
                                     
When we get home he thinks it is his turn to pull the wagon, and he tries so so hard to do so. He gives it such an effort that I usually try to help him out so he thinks hes pulling it a little ways..

He is such a good sport when I have the camera out.. Here he is literally humming and ignoring me though.ha

My parents have lots of pictures of me running around wearing overalls and my hair in pony tails. We brought Kellen home in overalls. something about a baby in overalls is just adorable to me... Osh Kosh really needs to pay Kellen and I for these ads...  :)

Double Trouble...

Cousin Brody came over again...These two had a good ol time on a leisurely wagon ride through the back yard.. After several minutes Kellen realized I was focused on getting some pictures taken of Brody so he started doing funny things to try and get my attention. A barrel of laughs... If these two aren't a wagon full of mess then i don't know what is.

"Cousins are those childhood playmates who grow up to be forever friends."- Anonymous

"A cousin is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost." - Marion C. Garetty

Getting so big at 7 months old.. He was loving the wagon ride with Kellen and hangin with Uncle Jon.

Those meteorologists get it right every time...

Those meteorologists get it right every time... NOT

Just like everyone else in our area we are itching for some Spring like weather. When Jon said lets go to the Tulsa Zoo last Saturday I thought, its february but what the hay. He had afterall checked weatherchannel.com and the highs were 70 degrees..

'Tulsa, it's like the Paris of Oklahoma.' -- Chandler Bing

Arriving in Tulsa it's 40 degrees.. on our way to the zoo we watched the temp go up one degree per 5 minutes until we arrive and its a sweaty 44 DEGREES.. I mean what are ya gonna do! If you dont go ahead and go then ya took a 2 hour drive to eat at mediocre Applebees..we have one of those 5 minutes from our house! So off to the zoo we go, frozen fingers and all. and it was probably one of the funnest trips there we've had.. low stress, funny kids, and plenty of non present animals to make fun of the zoo for not having and ourselves for being there! Fun day.

Jaxson enjoyed the penguin show.. and Jon is in short sleeves because he insisted that i wear his coat because I was cold and he wouldnt take no for an answer. He's great like that.

                                           that birds gotta biiig head.                                          

RAWRR

4Wheelin Some Trails, Splashin through some mud!!

Just kidding!! He may not be tearin up the trails with caked on mud just yet but give him a few more months and he'll be well on his way!

Ofcourse it took a few tries to get this 4wheelin thing down.. technical difficulties in figuring out which leg to hike where.

"hmmmm, I did what you told me to do mom and it didnt work!"

Now what...?

Put the camera down and help me figure this out!

OK, ok, i got it

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K had a play day with his cousin Brody, 'The Brodes' as Aunt Jen likes to call him.

They are finally to the point they will set together and acknowledge one another without Brody crying because Kellen is trying to scratch and claw and poke at his face. Only about 5 months apart so it will be fun watching this little friendship bloom.

Man, isnt this fun to set on the same blanket and chew stuff together.

Yay Brittany's here, show some luuuuv

Brittany is in town for a visit and spent the day with us. we hadnt seen her in a couple months, so Kellen was shy towards her at first but it didnt take long and he was back to laughing at her goofiness and mocking her funny noises and facial expressions. It was a gorgeous day to do a little shopping, chilis and why pictures ofcourse!

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Baby quirks, baby quirks.. can i even say 'baby' anymore ? This little tyke is ONE. He is officially a toddler, oh my... He is loving cars and trucks and sports balls and books. He mimics LOTS of words. every family member is like, 'listen to this, he just said....' He will say what you just said really quickly after you say it.. so technically hes said lots of things, just really quick and only ONCE! ha   He says down when he wants down from eating. Door, down,ba(bath),dee(drink) have all been added to his vocabulary. Oh and how could I forget, 'wow' and 'whoa' ... and he knows when to say them to, its awesome! My sister got him a 4wheeler for his birthday and when he saw it he got excited and said WOW.. and then while playing with it he just kept saying 'wow' and 'whoa'.. sooo sweet. He did the same for all his birthday gifts at his  party. let me tell ya, it sure makes giving a gift extra sweet when the recipient says 'whoa' in the tiniest little voice :)

and the walking thing is old hat by now.. he is already trying to run! Tonight I got out some books we hadnt read in a while and brought them in the living room and said lets read, and started one of the books.. and he gets up and goes over to the basket that has his books in it and stands there and points.. He saw the Elmo colors book and wanted to read that one instead.. So I got it down for him and he sat down and read it over and over.. also into everything.. no drawers or cabinets are safe, look out!

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In the spirit of St. Valentine's Day, since you brought it up...

Last year we had a five day old baby home from the hospital on V day.. This year was low key as well, but when I woke up I had chocolates and a card by the coffee pot.. and the card was my favorite HOMEMADE!

This is one of my favorites ever...

I love my husband.

'Heeeey, its Jaxson, coming over to plaaaay'

There is a cartoon that we have randomly watched with Jax with a theme song that says "hey its Franklin, comin over to plaaay.'.. and for years now Jon randomly sings this when Jax is here. (if you havent heard this little tune you might have snoozed through that part of this post. sorry, the tune gets stuck in my head, crazy cartoon turtle!)

Jon was able to pick Jax up a few hours early this past visit, so we still had some playing hours left when they got home.. We quickly collected some gear, of which the sand toys from Florida were involved.. He loved our trip to the beach and is always looking for any excuse to get the sand toy bag out of his closet!  And if you hadnt guessed by now, I'm always looking for an excuse to break out my 25lb camera, and on this particular day I decided to use my 55lb honkin lens.

 It's not much of a snow day unless you lay smack dab in the snow and make some angels!

And we built a fort.. well, I built a fort.. Jaxson gave strong suggestions of how it should be done and then decided he'd use his shovel to gouge holes and call them 'windows'. KIDZ.. its like they dont even get that forts are serious business and there is NO time for playing around...     lol

I love the Davis boys.. They all three have a smile that will knock your socks off

 ...and the miniest of the Davis crew, he concluded the 4th try was NOT a charm for him to acknowledge and accept the snow. he still wanted nothing to do with the cold or the whiteness.

 He preferred setting inside the door watching us play and eating cheddar bunnies.

A nerf gun war broke out at 1900 on the dot at our casa.. at one point jon yelled 'put your hands up where I can see them'.. and our one year old raised his hands. too cute.. then Jon  yells 'a little monster is attacking, a little monster is attacking'.. and the 5 year old Jax leans over and whispers, 'It's just Kellen.'... haha Kids are priceless. We also enjoyed some competitive games of indoor baseball. Momma Jen can throw the HEAT!

:)