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Construction - Part One

We decided to close in our back patio to make more space for baby boy Yost. I thought I'd post some pictures as the construction progresses. The weekend before construction started was so busy with family in town and Kaitlin's birthday party that we forgot to take any "before" pictures so I'm using some from Kaitlin's party. If you can imagine the top two pictures side by side, you can get an idea of what it looked like before.




















Day 1:















Day 2:
They put our door in the woods.














Now we have ply wood :(














They also cleared out the grass for our new patio.















Day 3:















Day 9:
After 9 business days, nothing much has changed. A couple little things have gotten done here and there, but construction has pretty much been at a stand still for the past week due to weather, standing water, and waiting on windows to come in. I have to admit I'm getting a little stir crazy. The plywood and darkness in my kitchen would be a lot easier to handle if I could see some progress outside. Hopefully work will get started again soon!

Other Highlights from August

Circus Day
The last day of summer at Kaitlin's school was circus day. They had a balloon man, made circus hats, got their faces painted and had popcorn and circus peanuts. Kaitlin must love to have her face painted because both times they've done it at school her teacher said she was very still the whole time and didn't touch it when it was done.


































Cake
We made a practice Elmo cake - I think Kaitlin liked it!

Supper Club
We have dinner monthly with 3 other couples. This month we were at Chaz's house; he and Kaitlin had a great time together!

First Day of School
Kaitlin moved up to the 2-year-old class this year! Here she is on the first day of school:

Big Girl Bed
We took the front rail off Kaitlin's bed because she has been trying to climb out (and because it was getting hard for me to get her in and out) She loves her big girl bed and will play on it, sit on it to read books, and put her babies in it...















...but she won't sleep in it!

Even with a rail!

Gettin' Fancy

I borrowed this idea from a friend. I thought maybe if I gave Kaitlin the full pedicure experience and made it fun, she might actually let me cut her toe nails. It worked, but I didn't anticipate her wanting to paint my toe nails as well:

Kaitlin's Birthday Weekend

We had lots of people in town for Kaitlin's birthday and we had lots of fun at her party. We pretty much celebrated the entire weekend because Kaitlin's attention span wasn't long enough to open all her presents at one time. So, she opened some at her party, some later that night and the rest on her actual birthday. We had a Sesame Street themed carnival party and it was lots of fun. The kids seemed to enjoy the games as well as exploring the "woods" in our backyard and feeding the fish in the pond. I made an Elmo birthday cake and we weren't sure if it would be enough for the kids and their parents so Keven made a train cake as well. All the kids wanted to eat the train cake which meant we had lots of the Elmo cake leftover for later :) I'm putting pictures from the entire weekend in one slideshow because I'm too lazy to separate out party pictures from the rest of the weekend!

Virginia

We took a trip to Virginia to visit the Kidd family in late July/early August. We had lots of fun visiting with family and even did some touristy things this time. Kaitlin loved playing with Grandma's turtle and we went to the indoor playground at the mall to play one night. We visited Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown and of course did some outlet shopping! And we couldn't drive all that way without going to the beach at least once. The highlight of our trip was meeting baby Robbie, my sisters little boy. Here are some pictures:

It's A...

boy! Kaitlin's going to have a brother. Everything looked normal on the ultrasound, so we are very relieved about that. He weighs about 8 oz. It's hard to imagine how tiny he is right now! Here are some ultrasound pictures. I love the one of his tiny foot!

















Also, I finally remembered to take some pictures of my baby bump. Here I am at 18 weeks.

Kaitlin's 2-Year Checkup

I took Kaitlin for her 2-year checkup this morning. She weighed in at a whopping 21 lbs 8 oz and is 33 ½ inches tall. Yes, she is still very skinny and her weight is still just below the 3rd percentile, but Dr. Carter said he isn't worried as long as she is still getting taller. He said she looks wonderful! She had to get two shots and was such a big girl - she didn't even cry! Kaitlin has been very busy this past week with her first day at preschool, lots of family in town and her birthday party. She had a great time and is loving all her gifts. We also started construction on our house this morning so things are definitely hopping around here. Hopefully, on Thursday, we will find out if Kaitlin's going to have a brother or a sister. I go in for an ultrasound and I'm very anxious about it. I'm ready to see the baby and get some reassurance that he/she is healthy. I will post some pictures from the party soon, but tonight I am just too tired!

Cat in the Hat

Today was Cat in the Hat day at Kaitlin's school, so all the kids had whiskers and hats. I didn't get the whole hat in the pictures, but Kaitlin looked so cute that I just had to post some anyway! By the time I realized that I didn't get the hat, her nose had already rubbed off.

Florida

Here are some pictures from our South Florida adventures. Kaitlin, Kyler, and Kohl had lots of fun playing together. Kaitlin is still talking about and asking to go to MomMom and PopPop's house and Uncle Kenny and Aunt Melissa's house. I tell her that it's really far away, but she doesn't seem to remember all the time in the car! We also took Kaitlin to the beach for the first time. She loved it! She loved playing in the sand especially. We had to coax her into the water, but once she was in she had a blast "jumping the waves" with Mommy and Daddy!




Keven and I took a side trip to Discovery Cove in Orlando to celebrate our seventh anniversary. It was incredible! Here are some of our pictures:

Big News

We just wanted to let everyone know that Kaitlin is going to be a big sister! Baby #2 is expected January 27, which happens to be Grandma's birthday! We're excited about some other big changes coming up including an addition to our house and a new big girl room for Kaitlin.