Austin Fair & Hanging w/ Family

Here are some pictures from the Mower County Fair - of course we had to take pictures by the tractors, etc. Connor's exact words...."well I'm ready - does someone have a camera to take my picture?" He's gearing up for his Senior Pictures 13 years early!


Tractors!!

Senior Picture Pose

A couple cute little boys!

The boys hitting up the train...Mike was afraid of the loud bell, so he stayed outside, turned out to be a little tiny whistle. lol

K w/ G-ma & G-pa Lind at the fair

My Favorite Little Man!

Okay - you are 1 are you really supposed to know how to eat sweet corn?? Lord!

Taking G-ma & G-pa Loftus for a walk, lol

Just checking in on you Great-Grandma!
...and making sure your walker wheels are safe and ready to roll

Love You Great Grandma!

Beach Day

Last week Mom and Jodi and I took the kiddos to Clear Lake for the day. It was a gorgeous, hot day...so it felt really nice! Quite a drive for us, but well worth it. We had a picnic lunch, hit the beach, made sandcastles, played in the water, splashed in the splash pad and then shopped a bit after we dried 'em all off. Next year Claire Bear will get to try it out!! Here are a couple pictures from our day!

The Boys!

Weekend in Milwaukee

This weekend we went to Milwaukee to visit Auntie Kristie and Uncle Brandon. It was our first LONG car ride for Kayden since we were in California. Of course, it didn't go well. lol It poured the entire way there, and the traffic was horrible - as you can see by Eric's photos - he didn't enjoy the ride, and OH YEA - Kayden only slept 25 minutes of the 5 hour drive! Needless to say we were very excited to finally arrive at K&B's! It was nice seeing them and meeting their puppy - Ellie (not sure if I spelled that right). Kayden loved her, it was super cute - every time she would lick her lips or let her tongue hang out - Kayden would do the same thing! And he kept bugging the poor puppy - Ellie would run away from my little Master of Disaster!
Kayden did not enjoy sleeping in his pack-n-play, so I really haven't slept yet. But we still had a good trip. Yesterday we went to the Wisconsin State Fair - very cool fair, and yummy food. It rained on and off, so we had to seek shelter a few times. Here are some pics from the trip, and our lovely drive (he did sleep half of the way home today)! Let's hope he does better on a plane ride in a few weeks! Thanks for having us over K & B! xoxo


Starting the drive, and already yelling!


AHHHHHHH - I will just throw everything you give me Mom, go ahead snap photos - don't care.


Daddy going crazy with the rain, crazy drivers, and max speed of 50 mph for 5 hours! lol

How many puffs can I fit in my mouth?!?

Eating yummy fair food.

Checking out the cows...Happy Cows Live in Wisconsin, or was it California?

That is ONE big horse, WOW!

Chilling out with Auntie Kristie after the fair - it was a little humid so we had to strip to our diaper, how revealing!

OMG - look at this awesome puzzle set my Mommy & Daddy got me!!

Uncle Brandon and Kayden checking the quality of the coffee table. Good work boys.

Ellie & Kayden playing, or chasing each other!

Kayden and Brandon

....Mommy....are we HOME YET??????? lol

Kayden Meets Cubby & Our Week In Review

Last weekend we brought Kayden to the Olmsted County Fair in Rochester. Not worth the money we paid to get in, but Kayden loved seeing all the animals and getting free milk in his sippy cup at the Dairy Booth! As you can see it was a smidge cold for August, but we still were glad we went. We are really excited for the Mower County Fair this week!! YEAH!!

Also this week Kayden got to meet Cubby, Grandma Lind's new puppy. Connor introduced the 2, and Kayden wasn't sure what to think about him. It was cute, you can tell Kayden isn't around puppies very often. After Cubby licked him clean, K gave him a shove - he'd worn out his welcome!


Kayden at his first County Fair - it was the Olmsted County Fair, not recommended. LAME



Kayden LOVES fish


Can't I get in there and play w/ them?

Claire Bear all smiles!

Kayden already knows how to take Connor down. lol

The boys cruising Wal-Mart

Connor introducing Cubby to Kayden

Look Mommy - a PUPPY

Cubby licking Kayden's lunch off his fingers

...I didn't do it!

Okay Cubby, ENOUGH already!

Walking Videos

Here are a couple of videos from the last couple days of our Big Man Walking. He is getting pretty good, and very brave! I came home from Dance convention the other night and him and Eric were on the deck. He walked all the way from the patio door to meet me at the gate!! The other night he even walked from the hallway to his changing table! I am already exhausted from chasing him - good thing I got new tennis shoes! :) hehe

When he falls, he does so gracefully (most of the time) as to not hurt himself. Yes we do have a few bumps and bruises and scratches, but we are hoping he continues to improve at catching himself. He usually won't walk if I have the camera out - but Eric was bribing him w/ raisins (his new fav snack) in the second video. Enjoy and visit soon!!

WALKING!

Hey All - just a quick post, we have a WALKER! Kayden decided that since his birthday month was nearly over he had better walk. Friday night was GO time. He walked just about everywhere on Friday. Only crawled a few times. Even walked to the new neighbors, he loves them! Grandma and Grandpa Lind stopped over and he even walked for them! Good job Kayden, we are so proud of you!!!!!!!!

I have video's on the camcorder, but not sure how to get them on here. I'll post them when I get home from JFK Coach's Camp! Gotta love laptops and wireless internet~ :)

Jam Session - Kayden & Savanah

The other day our friend Savanah came over, and Kayden has found his new buddy! They played and he had such a blast, you can tell she is an awesome Big Sister!! Here is a video of our journey to the park...Kayden tends to jam to some songs Mommy really likes. Well Mommy really likes Taylor Swift's new song so we had it playing. Kayden and Savanah started dancing! It was super cute...watch Kayden's face in the last frame - you can tell he likes his Savanah!