birthday party

well kael had cake for the first time. i cannot believe he is 1 yr old!!! it has gone by so incredibly fast, insanely fast. he is a wonder still. he's so much fun, so much personality and i love to cuddle with him ( when he lets me) he got some great toys that he likes to play with now...although today he was still dragging around the pots today, no matter how many toys he has.
at his party, grandma and grandpa were there, uncle andy and his girlfriend. and my friends shelley, nate, with their son sam. and sarah and andy with their beautiful kids...Israel and Arwen.
at the party i realized why you should give out party favors to other kids..so they have something to play with. and we should have opened up the gifts at the beginning to the other kids had more toys to play with.

and the funny thing was that they all hit meltdwn at the same time.....and nap time came shortly after for all kids involved...:) it was fun.

soon

will post soon pics of kael's party and stuff....feeling sick (head cold, body aches...etc..) and just not feeling like being social. but will post soon

one year ago.

i was pregnant, in labor, early labor ut still, having contractions, still walking up and down the street hoping that i would dilate further without intervention. i can't believe it's been a year, one year ago, it was just me and mike ( kind of, not really but you know) and wow...i'm glad that right now i'm not in pre-labor/early labor, etc...you know, the pain, i didn't know then it would be so long....anyways, here's a few pics i couldn't find the ones i really wanted to show you of how massive i was. i miss vancouver, lovely isn't it???

little steps

kael took a few steps..between me and mike...he was so excited and sooo was i!!! stay tuned...his birthday is friday and we'll take lots of pics....

life

life is moving on. i can't believe the summer is almost gone. it's been so hot here Kael and I haven't even been able to enjoy the summer enough. I'm wondering why i moved back to wisconsin...cold winters and hot summers...i think i prefer the coast. (but we're not really going to move anywhere. ) maybe in a few years or something we'll try the east coast.
anyways....kael's birthday is in 8 days, we're going to go up to my parents house to have a party for him, since we aren't that close with anyone down here. it'll be a small party but i still think it'll be really fun. i'm looking forward to seeing andy again and his girlfriend.
so all that to say that there is nothing much to say.

feist

my new favorite cd at the moment is 'FEIST" The Reminder.
check it out.