K & A Christensen: July 2010

4th of July

Since the 4th was on a Sunday this year, we celebrated on the 3rd. The extended Christensen family has a family reunion every 3 years and this year they decided to do it on the 3rd of July. It was a lot of fun! It was held at Alex's Great Aunt Jean and Great Uncle Ted's house and they have these 2 awesome kiddie pools. One is shallow for the little kids like Delson and the other one is a little deeper for the bigger kids. They also had a bounce house for the kids. Needless to say, Delson LOVED the pool and the bounce house and he kept running back and forth between them. Alex had Delson duty while I nursed and rocked the baby to sleep, and both Alex and Delson were pretty wiped out at the end of the day.

The whole family.

Great Grandma with Kambria.

Alex managing Delson at the pool.

Delson loving the pool.

Delson fell asleep within 10 minutes of leaving the reunion. He was exhausted!

The Growing Children

Delson is almost 19 months and Kambria is coming up on 6 months. Delson has just starting saying "No" after all of this time and he really likes to scream it over and over when he is throwing a tantrum. It's wonderful (sarcastic of course) but I'm glad he is finally saying it and not just shaking his head. He is also saying "all done" now which is very helpful when he is finished eating. However, he still forgets that he knows words and he likes to whine a lot too, but I know that that is pretty normal for this age. I have purchased myself some earplugs so that when he gets on a whining spree I can just ignore him completely without it getting on my nerves. I decided that is the only thing I can do because if I keep telling him to stop he doesn't and if I give him a timeout he still continues when it is over. So earplugs it is.

Kambria is able to sit up on her own for a few seconds now if she is holding herself up with her hands. It is wonderful. It should only be a couple more weeks before she can fully sit up on her own and I know she will love that. She is getting cuter and cuter and so interactive. However, I have been having a terrible time trying to wean her because she does not care for formula. She takes a bottle of breast milk just fine, but she spits out formula. I am so over nursing, so I hope she learns to take formula soon. I know she will love eating food soon too. She watches us all intently whenever we are eating and I feel bad eating in front of her, so I think I will start her on rice cereal next week. My two little ones sure keep me busy and sometimes drive me crazy, but I love them and am grateful God sent them and trusts me to be their mother.

Cute boy wearing Momma's hat.

Sleeping beauty.

Kambria sitting in the exersaucer.

Happy girl!

In both of these pictures Kambria is talking rather loudly, her new favorite thing to do.

Best Friends Forever

Tanya, my best friend since 1st grade, came to visit me with her two little ones, Kali, 2 years old, and Griffey, 5 months old. We had a wonderful and crazy time together. We went to the parks, we played in the pool in the backyard, the babies kept us up all night, and Kali and Delson got hand foot and mouth disease together. Even though we had sick babies and there was a lot of whining towards the end of the week, all in all, we had a fabulous time together. I miss Tanya and her kiddos and am sad I probably won't get to see them again for awhile, but it was a lot of fun while it lasted.