Party in my crib

Kamren slept in his bedroom, in his crib for the first time ever.  He did such a great job, I mean how could he not, sleeping, eating and pooping is what babies do...  Daddy hooked up the monitor and the fun began, after gliding/rocking Kamren to sleep, I laid him in the middle of his crib, placing his binky where he could grab it easily. 
the giraffe was playing relaxing, stay asleep music, so i laid in bed listening to it and finally falling asleep only to wake up every couple hours to run and check on him....  He was snoozing big time.

Kamren slept til 5 am....  Yay...  he slept really good and I only wished I slept half as good.

I nursed Kamren and then laid in in the co sleeper next to my bed and we slept another 2 hours.... I woke up to Kamren smiling, drooling and playing with toys next to my bed, he looked over and laughed.... I love waking up next to him, it's going to be so hard to keep putting him to bed in his room, I'll be missing that cute bright cheery smile when I wake up.

I love feet

okay, i love baby feet and toddler feet and my own feet.  Ah ha.   Kamren was taking his morning nap in the swing, cuz he loves to nap there or my arms, and even though I prefer letting Kamren sleep in my arms, sometimes I have to do things around the house and leave it to the swing to hold my lil man.

check out these feet

check out that smile

Rice Cereal

Highchair - check
spoon - check
bowl - check
rice cereal - check
Kamren - check

it's a go....  Kamren did well with the rice cereal.  I think he was disappointed in the amount he got.  He was ready for a big bowl and instead only got a few spoonfuls.  Sydney and Peyton couldn't wait to feed him, and he didn't mind who was shoveling the cereal in...

We also picked up a bunch of jars of Earth's Best.  Sweet potato, squash, carrots, peas, pears, apples, bananas, apple blueberries.... and a few i can't remember.  With daycare fast approaching, we decided we'd start the first foods now instead of later.  So far so good.  Tomorrow morning, we're having rice cereal again. 

Kindergarten

I can't believe how fast the time has gone.  I have two kindergarteners and I'm not sure who's more excited about it.  For the last 6 months the girls have been talking about going to big girl school.  As it grew closer I got nervous, my lil girls are growing up.  With school a month out, the girls got more excited and then Sydney decided she wasn't ready for Kindergarten.  Peyton was more than ready for the both of them.  The week before school started we had an orientation and meet and greet with the teachers.  Sydney wanted to make sure I was staying with her during the meet and greet and i was. 

First we met Mrs Stecca (am teacher) then Mrs Aboukhadijeh (pm teacher)  Both teachers are in the classroom during the entire day helping each other.  Nice since there are 24 students, nice to have a 12 to 1 ratio....  there was a list of things to do - visit the restroom, find the light, find the sink, where are the coatracks, the rug, the cubbies, tables, chairs, drinking fountain, playground.  Read a book, do a worksheet.  We made the most of our 30 minutes.  Over the weekend Sydney still wasn't sure about going to school without me. 

When the time came, both to the girls did fine.  They got up early, ate waffles, took pictures after getting ready and then we got to school early so we could take more pictures and see them off.  I thought the two would be inseperable, but only for day one.  By the time school was over, they had made new friends.  Sydney was holding hands with Paige and Ashlyn and Peyton was content to be independant, she did however play at recess with Braydon who gave her his phone number and said they should have a playdate.

We celebrated the first day of school with a trip to Esthers cupcakes (i forgot my camera) and shopping at Arden Fair mall. 

Day 2 - Sydney was still holding hands with Paige and Ashlyn - who's mother came up to me to let me know her daughter talks nonstop about Sydney... i could tell because Ashlyn didn't want to let go of Sydney's hand.  Peyton talked about snack time with her friend Kylie and that she was also friends with Paige.

Soccer Practice, the girls never can get enough of practice, after practice the sprinklers came on and the kids played in the water for a lil while.  I think it was the highlight of the day.   The kids get a lil cranky on the way home - are we doing to much?  I think so.  They are missing naps.

Day 3 - The girls were in a groove getting to and from school, hanging out with friends, doing worksheets, playing on the playground.  Peyton conquered the firemans pole and Sydney was going to try on Thursday.

It was also Lane's first day of school, so we planned to meet up with him and his sisters for frozen yogurt.  What a blast.  We went to tops yogurt where the kids ran around like crazy, played volleyball with balloons in the store... yes, it was crazy, but oh so much fun. 

Nana and Papa came over for dinner and we made Chicken Taco's.

Day 4 - Thursday both girls were shooting down the firemans pole, Paige was mad at Sydney and hanging out with Peyton and the weekend was fast approaching.  I headed out to meet a friend for coffee and walk around McKinley park, it was a beautiful morning, wishing I could have a morning like this everyday.

Friday - The girls brought home some of thier classroom work.  They were stoked that school was out for the weekend.  We met up with Papa, Grandma, Tio's Avila, Dominic, Donovan and Devin for Pizza and fun.

First day Pictures:

More 1st day of school photo's

Cousins & Soccer

Here are some pictures of the kids hanging out @ Bianca's soccer tournament in Auburn.  It was a great tournament.  The first game on Saturday the girls lost 4-1 against the Mustangs.... I'm not sure what happened that game, but it put the girls in a position of needing to win the rest of the games in order to advance.  Amy and Tyler showed up to the first game with snacks... Yay for starbucks Iced Mocha's... i was in need for sure. 

Game 2 the girls were down Madi and Bianca was playing defense in her spot.  Bianca can't remember much about the game and neither can I.  We won, getting the maximum points.  Game 3 was on Sunday and we were down players.  We were going to be playing with 9 girls on the field... and all we needed was a tie to advance to the championship against the Mustangs..  Velocity dominated the game with 9 players... and we got the tie we were looking for. 

championship game we were back to full strength, if you can call 1 sub full strength...  I had to leave before the game to attend a sharing parents meeting but I got the highlights when everyone got home.  The game was evenly matched....  back and forth, Bianca was playing defense again.. and we needed a score.  There was a free kick for us, Eleanor hit the ball hard, sending it to Haley who headed it and Bianca ran up, controlled the ball, driibbled and scored.... the crowd went wild... and Velocity won....  The Mustang coach was pissed but after the game he went up to Ben and let him know that #7 was the MVP.....  that's my girl.. #7  way to go Bianca....

Sleep over

Patrick came to hang out for a few days and nights with us.  The girls all enjoyed having him around and he couldn't get enough of Uncle Ben.  He kept tabs on where and when Ben was coming back and always greeted Uncle Ben with a huge hug. There was a dance off between Bianca and Patrick, there was a kinect sports tournament and even some Fable 3.

Playdate with Norma & the boys

Norma invited us over to swim.... finally.  It's been a couple of years and I guess her backyard is now playdate worthy.  We couldn't wait for 1 o'clock to roll around, so Bianca and I headed to the salon to get pedicures, it was so nice to have a massaging chair and someone to pamper my feet, and my toenails were in need of some TLC and midnight blue polish.   Picked up my nephew Patrick and then headed to show Kamren off to Norma.

We arrived in grand style... me dropping my phone in the water - it stopped working for a few hours... 

Pool time.  Kamren enjoyed visiting with Norma while me and all the kids played some Marco Polo... the water was cold at first, but after 5 minutes we were all used to it.  Richie was sleeping after a hard day on the soccer field and I think all the fun in the backyard woke him up cuz he couldn't wait to join the party.....  okay maybe it didn't happen exactly like that....

Alex loved holding Kamren and was surprised how much Kamren liked his mom.  I guess they have a cousin who isn't so happy when he's being held....  

First Tooth - 22 weeks

Monday August 8th....  Kams first tooth popped out....  the best thing was he didn't bite me... nope that's not how I found out. It was better than that....  I had my knuckle in his mouth, letting him bite it, and that's when he bit down hard and I felt that sharp pain....  turned him over and I could see the tooth.  So exciting, he's not even eating food yet and he's got a tooth....  Hard to believe. 

He hasn't been cranky or anything, just Mr Mc Drooly... I love my Mr Mc Drooly. 

Routine out the door again....  School starts for Sydney and Peyton on Monday.... and we don't have a good routine as it changed just last week because soccer practice was added to the agenda.  They love soccer practice, soccer and especially coach Donnie. 

Bianca has a part time babysitting gig, a lil girl named Lucie, she's 9 months old.  We all went over to meet Lucie and her mother Caroline.  The kids played with her ceramic tea sets, she has a tea party themed nursery, very cute.  She had lots of fun toys that kept all the kids entertained.  We need to go toy shopping for the lil man, he's tired of the toys he's got.

Last night was my last indoor soccer game of the season.  I won't have the time to play since we're coaching soccer again this season.  We got our butts kicked last night again. (2 weeks in a row) No subs and played down again...  last week at least I scored, this week I couldn't trap the ball worth a damn or shoot one in the net. 

Todays plan...  go buy a couple more memory cards for my camera, they are all full and I haven't gotten a chance to download them, or do anything with them.  I need to get all the files from my laptop and transfer them to my PC upstairs, make a lil room.  Gym time, swim time, board meeting too. 

What happened to July?

July was good to us.  We spent the 4th of July at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.  We stayed for the fireworks, that was a huge mistake, no fireworks are that great, to wait an hour afterwards to leave the parking lot.  There were too many people, lots of honking and angry people trying to get home. 

Seems like everytime we go to Six Flags we find new rides or new shows.  So far the best shows are The Dolphins, Sea Lions and Shouka....  We finally braved the splash zone for Shouka...  Sydney, Peyton and me....  Kamren, Daddy and Bianca stayed dry at the top of the stadium.  We were soaked half the day from the drenching of Shouka...  We met up with Mike, Shannon, Stella, Diego and Gabi on one trip.  The kids had fun going on rides together.  I think the Cobra is still a big hit.  Shannon, Bianca, me and Sydney went on Pandamonium (Tony Hawk ride)  it was lots of fun.  Everyone liked getting wet on the water rides, Shannon put her hands up the entire time, not sure how she did it.  We can't wait to meet up again there.

The gym has been good to us, Bianca and I have been doing 5 miles everytime we go... on a new machine that adds Chest Press and Leg Press during your laps...  it's a great workout and one of my favorite next to swimming.  I need to get to the gym a little more often, but it's so hard because I don't like missing out on what Kamren is doing.  Even if it's only 2 hours.  I guess I should be okay with it, since I'll be going back to work and he'll be away for 8 hours instead of 2... 

Playdates are still our favorite things to do, we skip the gym on those days and it's worth it to see the kids having so much fun.... but those tantrums that come from Sydney on some of those days... I'd like to skip those......  I need to go through my pictures so I can add some.....  Kam is asleep, perfect time to try it.

Combat Crawl

Kamren has been scooting for awhile now (a few weeks) but now he is doing his own version of the combat crawl, grab and drag.... He grabs the carpet, blanket, a toy and drags himself forward....  he did the whole backwards moving and realized he didn't like it much....  So the last few weeks he's been putting his knees under himself and he'd lock his arms and lift himself up (not at the same time) and now he's doing this combat crawl and putting his knees under him, and almost moving like a snake forward...  *lol*  it's great....  put him on the floor (he loves it) and he just goes...  time to get gates and start the toddler proofing...  it's way to soon for this... isn't it? 

Everytime I pull the video camera out... Kamren decides he loves what he's playing with and won't scoot, crawl or roll....   I need to hide the camera so he doesn't know I'm getting him on video.  Time to go buy a bunch of DVD's to video tape.  I'm going to hire the girls to video for me.... Maybe he'll show off for them.