Corn-on-the-Cob

Another first: Corn on the cob. And she loved it!

Destruct-o

Khloe has (rightfully) acquired a new nickname around our house - Destructo. Since we came back from Oregon, and while we were in Oregon, she began to wreak havoc wherever she went. She is so interested in taking things apart or taking things out. Like all the tuperware lids out of my mom's tuperware drawer or, as shown here :), all the laundry out of the basket. But seriously, don't I have enough to do and a hard enough time doing it all without folding the laundry three times because she has, yet again, pulled it onto the floor?!

Gone to Or-i-gone

Okay, really Oregon but it only rhymes if you say it like a New Englander. :) My mama turned 50 on April 14th (I know, I know... she doesn't look a day over 40!). And my dad and I arranged it well ahead of time as a surprise. Every time I talked to her I'd nearly spill the beans. But we all managed to keep the secret. Khloe and I arrived on the 13th at midnight and snuck downstairs to bed. I hid all the evidence of us except Khloe's bottle front and center in the fridge. When mom and Ethan got up in the morning to have breakfast there it was!

Unfortunately I did a lousy job of picture-documenting the trip. Here is what I did catch:

Khloe riding the wheeled bear. She loved it. My favorite is the tune Ethan is humming.


Khloe seeing the chickens up close and personal. She wasn't really sure what to think.
Don't you love how the have the exact same expression? LOL.
Khloe enjoys a See's Vanilla sucker. One of my mom's favorites too.

And she got TWO teeth while we were there. Here's the first one just barely peeking through.

Aaron and Kadence

Aaron and Kadence came to visit us this weekend. It was SO fun! The first day we picked them up from the airport then checked out the Children's Museum. The girls loved it. They even have a room designated especially for crawlers. That evening, of course, we watched basketball. The night proved to be quite eventful as Khloe woke up with some kind of stomach bug and was sick all weekend. Luckily we were still able to get a babysitter (thanks Janssen) the next day. Us adults tried out Mama Maria's in the North End to celebrate the guys' birthdays. I thought it was fun and delicious. Aaron order came topped with foie gras (so cultured!) and mine had Maine Fiddleheads (who would've thought that would be ferns?) And the last day we were able to take them to Faneuil Hall Marketplace for a sampling of Boston food delights like the lobster roll and fried Ipswich clams.

It didn't take Kadence too long to warm up. We were so glad! The girls had fun playing. Here they are playing peek-a-boo.The girls were only too willing to help Aaron open his birthday gifts. Notice the matching leopard print pants. (After all, who doesn't love animal print, right Kristen?)
Kadence loves Elmo. Every time I see something Elmo-themed I can't help but want to buy it for her. I found this magnetic book with mini Sesame Street magnets you can rearrange on the pages. She liked it. And as you can see she is quite the talker now, such a little smarty.

Beautiful Boston

We are certainly loving all these warm spring days here in Massachusetts. Every time the temp gets above 50 we are at the park or on a walk to soak it in. This time we tried out a park on Wollaston beach, from there you can see the beautiful Boston skyline.

Skunk Again!

There isn't much better than getting a package! We were surprised by two fun packages. Khloe received a little stuffed, pink piggy (like one I had and loved when I was little). She just kept kissing it. And, I guess, singing to it?

This is what Khloe's kiss looks like. Lots of licking/slobbering.
The next day Ellie received a package. Remember the skunk? The note read: Dear Ellie, Here is skunk you can plan with.She loves it! She's always taking it under the chair to wrestle.

First Hair Cut

Baby's first hair cut-what a landmark! When I was pregnant, Wes and I were looking through pictures and dreaming about what our little girl would look like. We came across pictures of Ryan (as a baby) and his long locks. Oooh, I turned green with envy wanting that hair for my baby. Then in the third trimester we went in for another ultrasound and the technician pointed out her hair waving in the water! I got so excited and sure enough she had that hair! Although it may be tradition to wait for the first birthday to give a first trim I had to snip off all the scraggly, uneven long parts. Ta-Da, here's the result: