boys weekend

Robin was invited to head up north for the weekend to do some scrapbooking and baby-holding at the Harms house with Anna and Addison. this meant that Scott needed to escape, so he brought Ethan to Rochester to have a boys weekend. we took the little guys out on the town a few times to get something to eat, and we went to Grandpa Randy's to check out the tractors and cows. other than that, we stuck close to home and went to the park and also took a wagon ride. it was a good, long weekend and Scott and I think the boys had quite a bit of fun. check out our evidence below.

they're both a bit tired on Friday evening after their bath

on Saturday they discovered an issue with sharing

they seem to have the problem solved

on Sunday they got out of the house again and rode through the neighborhood

and after their adventure they needed a snack

then they wanted to hide underneath the chair cushions

finally, they burned off the energy they had left
(this is the type of supervision you can only get when dads are in charge)

dog walker

kyle & I both admit that our dogs are severely neglected when it comes to walks. I think we may have found a solution.

then again...maybe not?

hello third trimester

here's a brief 28 week update: first of all, I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going. for some ridiculous reason, I have been surprised at how different it is to be pregnant with a toddler to chase after. I'm not sure if I expected to still be able to lounge around all day or what. I have to admit though, that all of the chasing and lifting of said toddler has helped to slow down the growth of my backside. thanks, miles! I recently passed my glucose tolerance test and got vaccinated for h1n1. due the shortage of the seasonal flu vaccine, I'm still on the list for that one. baby k.2 is clearly going to be some sort of gymnast. I was literally groaning in pain last night as he/she decided to do a variety of acrobatics. I'm pretty sure a complete 360 was successfully completed. ouch. I'm happy to know that all is well in there and am starting to get anxious to meet this little one. which reminds me...kyle and I should probably start discussing names. as you may have read in yesterday's post, miles is planning on calling his sibling "signing" - not really what we had in mind.

peace out

we had the video camera out tonight as dinner wound down and we caught Miles in his continued tomfoolery. this included his constant claim that his name is, "'Siah" (short for cousin Josiah) which he thinks is hilarious. we also asked him what the name of his unborn baby sibling should be. he says it should be, "Signing" (short for Signing Time, his favorite video to watch EVER). this was the last bit that we caught, requested by Sarah last Wednesday. at this point he was desperate to get out of his chair and finally watch some Signing Time DVDs after his bath and before bed.

**UPDATE** we wanted to thank uncle brian for teaching this to miles