The Children's Museum

So apparently I just saved this instead of posted it... hehe.

We met Amanda, Brian and little Gabriel at The Children's Museum in Houston. This was a wonderful place to meet. It was one of the only central locations that we could think of. The mall on black Friday wouldn't work. We also thought about the Zoo but decided inside would be better. This turned out be be a GREAT idea. The boys had so much fun. I do have to admit the adults had fun as well. We were able to visit and catch up and play with all the toys!

The Childrens' Museum has a great toddler play area with pyramids and lots of great areas to crawl on. They also had TONS of toys, the great thing about the toys is that they were constantly changing them out and cleaning them. They had a really cool big lite board. The ball pit was a big hit Kase and Gabriel had tons of fun in it. The adults enjoyed watching the boys take just one ball back and forth from each other when there were tons of balls in the pit. :)

We miss hanging out with Amanda and Brian. We for sure have to get the boys together again really soon! Click on the link below the previous post for the pictures of Thanksgiving and the Children's Museum trip!

Kase's First Thanksgiving

Kase had his first Thanksgiving! Chris and I took of a few days from work and drove to Magnolia to visit the family on Wednesday. We had Thanksgiving dinner at Mangaw's house! We had 37 people at the house for dinner. It was crazy! Kase got to meet some of his cousins that he has not had a chance to meet before. Kase had his normal baby food lunch but also partook in some big boy food. He ate a few bites of turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes and a bite of potato salad. He had so much fun trying different foods and eating with us at the dinner table.


After dinner the sisters traded Thanksgiving gifts. This has been a tradition that they have done for as long as I can remember. We had some desert and coffee and shared family memories. The boys played the bean bag toss game for hours to work off the Turkey. Of course there was a little football watching too.


We have so much to be thankful for again this year. We are so very blessed with our new addition to our family. I want to thank each and every one of you for your prayers and friendship. We wish every one a Happy Thanksgiving and a very Merry Christmas!

Kase and his "my first Thanksgiving bib." His little outfit is cute... it says "turkey rocks!" but we forgot to get a picture :(


Cousin Reagan with Great Aunt Whitney

The gift bag from one of the Turkey day gifts. This bag has been passed back and forth every year between Mangaw and Aunt Jane. The tags are on the outside to prove it.

The boys playing. Every one is in deep thought. It was a very heated game.
Great Aunt Dana and Reagan enjoying the weather.

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Oh memories

While trying to find something to entertain Kase with tonight, I found some videos of my FAVORITE Sesame Street guys. The Yip Yip Martians were the best!! Hours of fun and enjoyment. Chris' favorite was Oscar. Chris and I started talking about other characters that were a close runner up to the Yip Yips and Oscar... The results were Snuffaluffagus, Slimey (the little worm who hung out with Oscar), Barkley and of course Count. I hope you enjoy the video!

Also Happy Birthday Sesame Street. Last week was Sesame Street's 40th Birthday!

My First Halloween

EWWW there is something icky on me mommy!

Lunch with my first Halloween bib!

Let me at it!

I'll get the guts !!

YEA!! That was fun!

We had a great first Halloween. Kase loved his Paci with Vampire teeth !! He also got to carve his very first pumpkin!!

Halloween Night

Kase and few of his cousins, Addi (a ballerina) , Jaxson (a Lion) and Amber (A cheerleader).

Mommy and her little Monster

The Monster Man!

Kase enjoyed his Halloween with all of his cousins. A few cousins showed up a little later so we didn't get pictures with them in their costumes. So we are missing picture of Coy (Popeye), Coryn(butterfly) and Carter (can of Spinach). Kase got hot in this little stuffed outfit. It was really funny and he didn't mind that thing on his head at all. He's such a good boy. He even growled a little while in his monster suit!! The adults enjoyed a little conversation time as the kids ran around and played. We made some great cupcakes and ate hot dogs. It was a really fun first Halloween for Kase.

Spaghetti

Kase loves Spaghetti. It is Beechnut Pasta and Veggies, but tastes like Spaghetti O's. He practiced chewing. Since he was acting like he was chewing we tried moving on to the yogurt melts, but he choked on them so we'll have to wait a little longer on those.

We've also started trying the pureed meats. The Earth's Best Dinners he really likes. Beef and spinach tastes like Chili and he really enjoyed that. It doesn't sound that appealing to mommy but he's such a good eater. We've only found a few things that he hates. Beechnut Mac & Cheese, but he likes the Gerber Mac and Cheese and of course broccoli.

Crawling

Kase is on the move! Not quite sure if it qualifies as a crawl... Its more of an army crawl / scoot! Who knows. He will get up on knees like he is going to go for a crawl... then lays down on his tummy and does this. :) lol He's growing up way to fast ;(

Corn Maize

Kase in the Pumpkins!

Yummy! My Pumpkin

Hi Mom! Why am I in the dirt?

Lost in the Maize

Picture moment! Kase is hiding his eyes.

We had a great time last night out at the Corn Field Maize. We only got lost a couple times! It was very dark and we only had our cell phones to light the path. They had question pages that helped you along the path. If you get the question correct it would give you the next set of directions. If you get it wrong it would send you in the wrong direction. We did the first half of the Maze with just Jason, Kase, Chris and me. Then the rest of the group joined. This was the first time that Megan, Lindsae, Robby and Michael got to meet Kase. Kase loved the maze and just talked the whole time through. We didn't get to make it all the way out of the pumpkin patch before dark. We took some pictures in a little picture spot that they had made. He was so tired by the time that we made it home.

First Big Boy Bath

MMM I caught a crab!

My loofah mommy!

He is learning the "you've got to be kidding me Dad" look early!

Kase has officially out grown his baby bath tub. We had to move to the big boy bath. He has always loved his bath but this has taken it to a new level. He can kick and splash and play. He loves the Loofah! We bought a fun color changing loofah. He laughs when we bathe him with it. I guess it tickles. He loves to splash his bath toys around the bath and yells at them when they won't come back. Since he can't sit really well for a long period of time, I was afraid he was going to float away in the bath so we purchased the Safety 1st bath seat. It is WONDERFUL! Kase loves it... it still allows him to splash around and play. It also allows mommy to not have to hold him every second and can play with him in the bath too.

Our first injury

My little boy had his first little injury last night :(. Kase was rolling around on the floor playing with all of his toys. He rolled over and bonked his head on the TV console. He didn't hit it very hard but he did start to cry. Daddy picked him up and he said mama and tried to come to me. I held him for a few minutes and then put him in the bath. Once he was in the bath I noticed a little bump on his forehead. It wasn't even big enough to get a picture of :(. Of course being the paranoid mommy that I am... I had to google how to tell if an infant has a concussion.

We had a long night last night too. Kase has a stuffy nose and he seems like he's teething. He didn't sleep from about 2 till 4. So mommy is very very tiered.

Also today was Kase's 7 month birthday. He is growing so fast. I am excited for all his milestones but it makes me sad too. Last night while up at 2 am. I was rocking him in my arms trying to get him to go back to sleep and it brought back memories of the first few weeks we had him home. I used to be able to hold him in one arm and now it takes two. Its amazing to me now how big he is and that he ever fit in my tummy.

Kase did get to have a little special fun today. His cousin Jackson turned 1 yesterday. Jackson brought in cupcakes at the day care for his birthday. Kase doesn't like sweets but he did love to tear up the cupcake. He liked to feel the difference of the texture of the icing versus the cake. The cupcakes were green, so he looks like a little munchkin.

First words?!?

Kase sitting on the floor playing.

Enjoying a football game with daddy!

Nap time to recover from the fun!


More napping!

Trying to crawl, Getting so close!

Last weekend Chris, Kase and I were in the car heading into town. It was very quite in the car and all of the sudden Kase said "mama." Chris and I both turned to each other and laughed. We both chalked it up to baby talk not thinking that it meant anything. Pretty much just baby babble coming from the back seat. I didn't get my hopes up and classify this as his first word. Over the course of this week, the ladies at the day care swore he said "dada." He also says "baba" but I don't think he has any idea what he is saying nor does he identify what he's saying to an item. Well that was until yesterday. Chris still thinks I'm crazy and it doesn't count but I think it does. :) Last night Chris was holding Kase and giving him his night time bottle before bed. Kase was really fidgety and was acting like he didn't want to be held. Kase turned around and looked at me and said mama. Then again today we were playing on the floor and Kase said mama as I got up to walk off. Most websites out there say that kids really don't say their first word until 13-18months. But other web sites say that you count the babbling of the mama and dada between 6-9 months? I dunno?

Until further notice I'm counting it!

Kase will be 7 months old tomorrow. He is growing so fast and reaching so many milestones. He sits pretty well now. As long as he is focused on the toy he is holding he will sit by himself for several minutes. No official crawling just yet. He scoots on his belly and rolls to get where he wants to go. He made it down the hallway and into the office the other day on his own. He doesn't have any teeth yet either. He has two little bumps on the bottom but no change in the last few weeks. You can tell its bugging him, he bites everything and drools buckets. I'm hoping that the tooth will come soon so he can have some relief.

Here are some pictures from the last week! Enjoy!!

Where has the time gone!

Where has the time gone. I can't belive that Kase is over 6 months old now. I apologize it has taken me so long to post for his 6 month info, but we have been batteling all kind of sicknesses. Also I appologize for the delay of offical 6 month pictures. Our flash for our camera is in the shope :(

We went to the Ped. office on Tuesday. His ears are looking better and recovering nicely from his ear infection. Kase wasn't able to get his 6 month shots or flu shot becuase he started getting congested and they didn't want to add anything to make him worse. The Doctor said that he was growing well. He was 18.5 lbs and 28.5 inches long. He is in the 95% for height and about 50% for weight. So we had a tall and skinny kiddo.

Also another interesting thing is that he is grabbing everything with his left hand. That would just make daddy happy to have a really tall lefty. That would make for a great pitcher :).

Kase is so close to both sitting and crawling. I just know any day he's not goign to be where I left him. He seems like he is goign to get teeth any day now too. I can't belive how fast he has grown. Time sure does fly.

Gig'em Aggies

WHOOP!!! Well today marks the first game of the 2009 football season. This is a very bittersweet day. Today marks the loss of my husband for about 4 months. Between Aggie football games and Cowboy's games, my husband is a lost cause until the Superbowl. I haven't decided if its a good thing or a bad thing. He focuses all of his energy on football which mean I get alot of alone time. Scrap booking, shopping, what ever I want to do. This year is slightly different. We have Kase now. So my normal scrap booking or shopping time is now Kase time. Chris is so excited about getting to watch football with Kase, so I could just leave the boys to it. My fear is that Chris gets so engrossed in the TV that he might completely ignore his cries. To break the TV hold I must stand in front of the TV or call Chris' name loudly. I don't know if crying will do it or not since I can talk non stop and he will not even know I'm in the room.

Any way :) I do want to give a shout out to the Aggies. Tonight they won their first game against the New Mexico Lobos. 41-6. My son's first Aggie football game, on his 6 month birthday was a winner! Gig'em Aggies... Lets hope this season is better then the last couple! Looking forward to Sept 19th against Utah... this will be the first game of the year at Kyle Field.

5 Months Part 3: Bad Dreams

As Kase gets older, he is becoming much more expressive. You can tell now what he wants. He reaches for things and acutally moves to go and get them. He laughs at his daddy and me when we do something funny. He is also developing quite the little temper which at times is funny but others can be a little frustrating. On the weekends he wakes up around 7:30 and has a bottle. He then likes to take a morning nap. He hangs out on the couch with mommy in our PJs. One morning we caught him having a dream. Poor little guy. It really makes you wonder what they dream about.

5 Months Part 3: Who needs a roller coaster

I have decided that Kase is going to be a roller coaster lover. He loves to be thrown around. He also loves to look upside down and hang off the couch. He loves to bounce on the bed. There is a bed at our ranch house that is really bouncy and squeaky and that is great fun! Any time he is upset if I pick him up and toss him in the air or give him a little bounce he starts laughing and cheers right up. His giggle is just so cute. This is also a great work out. I work my biceps and triceps without ever having to leave the couch.

5 Months Part 2: NO Broccoli

At 5 months old we found out that Kase HATES broccoli. Our doctors encourage us to make our own baby food. So we were pureeing anything we could get our hands on. He has really enjoyed peas, carrots and apples. He tolerates sweet potatoes, and dislikes squash. He has a whole level of hatred for broccoli. It was actually pretty funny. Broccoli can flying back at me... he even shutters at the after taste. Check out the video :).

5 Months Part 1: Inks Lake

Kase turned 5 months old. We had alot of very exciting happenings during his 5th month of life. Our first exciting event was Inks Lake! Every year my side of the family gets together and spends a long weekend at the lake. The last few years we rented a house. The house has 3 rooms which is tricky with 16 people. However to me it works better then camping because it has an AC. This house also has a hot tub and a pool table for entertainment. So along with hanging out with family Kase got to go on his first boat ride. He really seems to like it. We bought him a really cute little life jacket. We bought the smallest one they had and it was still way too big!

The little green clad family, resting after our day of traveling from Hondo to the Lake. Yea for vacation.

Uncle Colby makes the best highchair!!

Blog Catch up - Part 8: Jumperoo

Well I think this is my last post and I've caught up. Due to all the other toys we have we were not planning on purchasing a Jumperoo. Our cousins who have little boys a few months older then Kase were going to pass theirs down to him. However, Kase is bigger then his two cousins. Or pretty close in size so Kase would grow out of the jumperoo before he would be able to inherit it. After looking at Babies R Us we found an adorable one. Kase LOVES Old McDonald Had a Farm. Thats his favorite song. He smiles and laughs every time he hears it. We found this Jumperoo at the store called the Fisher Price Laugh and Learn. It has barn animals and plays Kase's favorite song. So we went ahead and bought. He likes it alot and he's trying to figure out how to turn the seat around. He can some, but he gets stuck and frustrated still.

At the front of the toy there is a ball that spins around with some ducks in it. That is by far his favorite part of the Jumperoo. Ducks are his favorite right now. Other then the Elephants he still loves. I really do think Yellow is currently his favorite color. He'll drop anything he's doing for something yellow if its offered to him. Its adorable. I'm afraid mommy and daddy are going to have to buy ducks pretty soon. lol

I'll have to get some video of him in his Jumperoo but the pictures will have to do for now!

Blog Catch up - Part 7: Peas Please

We decided to go ahead and move to veggies. Chris and I have decided to make our own baby food. Last weekend we spent the whole weekend making a stash of baby food. We made sweet potatoes, Broccoli, Squash and Carrots.
I couldn't find any peas at the store so I went ahead and bought baby food peas from the store. We decided since we were still in the middle of making the food we'd start with the canned stuff. Plus I thought starting with Peas would be funny. I LOVE Peas. Chris HATES Peas. Every since he was a baby he hated peas. Ginny said that even when he was an infant Chris would spit peas right back at her when she tried them. That is pretty much the same reaction we still get today as an adult. Due to the family drama with peas I decided it would be an appropriate food to start with. Chris grabbed the video camera. I was bracing myself for projectile peas coming back at me. Kase loved them. It even came with a YUMMMMMM. It was so cute. He savored those peas and swished them around his mouth a bit and talked about how much he liked them. We've been making the yummy noise with him while eating his cereal and he's caught on to that.
In this video its hard to hear but you can hear him going "mmmmmm" when he takes a bite! Enjoy!

Blog Catch up - Part 6: Outdoor FirePlace

I know its been a while since I've caught you up on Chris' outdoor project. We now have an outdoor fire place. It turned out very well. I can't wait till it gets cooler outside again and we can use it and make some smores!! We also bought some Furniture from Potterybarn.com. A great outdoor section and a table with an umbrella. We can now completely enjoy our outdoor kitchen. As soon as we find some time with all the events coming up we will have a party and invite every one out to try it out!

Blog Catch up - Part 5: Other Babies

Living out in the country we get to see all sort of cute little baby animals. The other morning Riley and Tyson found this brand new Baby deer that was still wet. He was so cute! He was born only a few hours before we took this picture.

Blog Catch up - Part 4: 4 Months Old

Kase turned 4 months old on July 5th. On Monday July 6th we went to his 4 month old check up. The nurse measured his height, weight and head. We then went back to our room. About 1 minute later another nurse came in and told us they had to remeasure his length. So we went back out to the scale and they got the same measurement. The first nurse put the measurement into the computer and he shot off the growth chart so they decided to remeasure in case he messed up the measurement the first time. It was correct. Kase is off the growth chart for height. 27 inches. He is also 17 pounds.

We spoke to the Dr about all of the issues we've been having. From constipation to diarrhea. At first we thought it was a food allergy. We switched to a hypoallergenic formula and it still didn't make a difference. A few days later he got better so Dr. Benbow believes it was a stomach bug. Kase received his 4 month old shots and took them like a champ. He slept alot during that afternoon.

Another big conversation we had with Dr. Benbow was about solid food. He told us to give him cereal with every bottle and he told us to start on veggies as soon as he has mastered solid food.

Yea for moving on to Veggies!!

I can't belive it's been 4 months already. They grow up way to fast :(

Blog Catch up - Part 3: Kase with Popa's Ring

We have been wanting to get Kase's picture taken with Popa's Aggie Ring. Kase's Great Grandfather wore his ring every day since he got it. The ring is completely worn down and you can barely see the Eagle. Kase really didn't want to cooperate because he was really tired from the previous day being 4th of July. We did get a few really great shots though. Enjoy!

Blog Catch up - Part 2: Misc pics

Chris took a few misc pictures in the "photo studio." The one of the elephant is one of Kase's favorite toys. His name is Eddie. You can play a scale on its nose. If you punch the button on his left hand he'll play continiously. Kase has learned to push it to play the music. Its pretty cute :)

Blog Catch up - Part 1: 4th of July

It was Kase's First 4th of July. Of course we have the bib to mark the day. We were pretty busy on the holiday. What was supposed to be my relaxing 3 day weekend turned into a very busy 3 day weekend. Since 4th of July fell in Saturday this year, we were given Friday off. That was a nice treat.

On Saturday we had a family reunion we had to attend. This was the Zerr family reunion. Chris grandfather Metz Zerr, (who passed away last year) had 5 brothers and sisters. The only time that side of the family ever gets together is when some one passes away. So last year we all decided to have a family reunion some time during 2009. It proved to be a very interesting afternoon. Some of these people haven't seen each other in 20 years. I had never met most of them. Chris didn't remember any of their names but that's understandable since he was in diapers the last time he met most of these folks. We had an afternoon of BBQ and Volley Ball.

Kase was the only baby there for a long time so he did get alot of attention. We decked him out in his cute patriotic overalls. Eventually another baby who was almost a year old showed up. We laughed because Kase was bigger then he was.

After we got back from the family reunion we took a little nap and then went down to the pool for a swim. We normally have the twins put on a fireworks show for us but since it was so dry we didn't get to see fireworks this year.

Kase was so worn out that we pretty much stayed inside for the rest of the weekend to relax.