Kyra and Tristan

Kyra is getting so big. Some days it is hard to remember she's only 6 months old because she acts like she is older. She had her 6 month appointment last week and is 15lbs12 ounces: still not double her birth weight but she is so active she has probably lost some. She LOVES to get in bags and purses. The other night she crawled over to the diaper bag and pulled the diapers out to play with them. She is obsessed with diapers--not on her bottom but in her mouth.

Kyra has also learned how to pull herself up on things. The first time was on her car seat. She is so determined and stubborn. When she puts her mind to something, she will succeed. The following photos are of her getting up into her car seat.

Tristan had his first two T-Ball games last week and they are so funny! The helmets are usually too big and when he runs in one he reminds me of Dark Helmet from "Spaceballs". too cute. He hit very well but is still confused as to where the bases are. It doesn't help when most of the teams decided to be green this year and you can't see the bases thru 20 little kids in green. I am still in shock as to how psycho some parents can be with little4 year olds. Yelling at them and telling them how bad they are playing. There were some HUGE jerks at the first game and the biggest one I knew from the bank. He was a jerk there so I shouldn't be surprised at him treating his son like garbage. There was also a grandparent who thought it was a good idea to take photos from the pitcher mound during the game! WHAT??? They asked her to leave and she said, "But this is the best angle." and stomped off. Too bad they didn't let her stay and get hit in the head with a ball. Some people are so stupid! Tristan had fun and doesn't quite understand that when you're playing 3rd base, you can't leave and find mom to get a drink or tell her how you want to play the DS when you get home. Yes--he did this. ;- )

This is Tristan with his hand up saying, "Where is the base???"

This little boy kept hitting the top of Tristan's helmet.

Date....What???

When Devin and I were dating we would go on a date 2,3, sometimes 4 times a week. Before we got married we made a pact that we would have a date night every week. Than Cortlynn was born and the weekly date became more like a monthly date. Fast forward a few years and I need to look in a dictionary to see what the definition of "date" is. Our Anniversary was no different. :-) In October I placed a bid on a 1 night stay at a themed hotel at Cortlynns Halloween Carnival; expecting someone to outbid me. Nope-I won it. I thought I would have a year to use it but it actually expired June 30. So=Anniversary here we come.
Kyra doesn't like a bottle anymore and I didn't want to leave her so I knew she would be coming with us. Everyone is so busy that I wasn't sure what to do with the other two kids. Hmmmmm....So Devin worked and told me he would get off earlier than 5:00: nope-he got home closer to 7:00. We decided that we would sneak out for a few minutes and get some ice cream-just the two of us. Ice cream was good. We came home, picked up the kiddos and went to the hotel. (the kids LOVE to stay in hotels-so why not) You're really not supposed to have kids at the hotel so we "snuck" them in. We actually had a back door so it was easy. Everyone was hungry so we decided to get pizza. Too bad the first place closed at 10 and the other place closed the door at 10 and you had to go thru the drive-thru. We finally got back to the room with pizza at 11:00.
The next morning we woke up, snuck the kids out, and headed to Idaho Falls for Kyra's 6 month check-up/shots. Yep that summed it up. Ah well, spending time with the family can't be beat and the kids enjoyed a night away from home.