One thing that I'm getting better at as I get older is admitting when I've screwed up... so... today I made a big mom mistake. I'm sure it wasn't the first, nor will it be the last. So here it is... I tried to cut Kieren's hair today. I can almost hear all the veteran moms out there saying "rookie" as they shake their heads. It all started very innocently with just trying to "clean it up" around the ears, but one ill timed squirm turned into getting the clippers out and now it looks like I'm sending my 8 month old off to boot camp! Fortunately, Kieren doesn't know that it's himself in the mirror yet or he'd be sobbing in his room right now instead of playing happily on the floor. I guess we can save the drama for when he's 13. I'm confessing here first in hopes that it makes it easier to admit to Jeff how badly I screwed up... wish me luck.
addendum: Jeff barely noticed and Kieren's hair grows amazingly fast so two weeks later, life (& looks) are pretty much back to normal... guess I was the one being dramatic this time. :)
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Home?
News Flash: The Labharts spent the weekend in Bend, without visitors!
It's been a whirlwind of a month and officially 6 weeks since we'd had a weekend at home together. Don't get me wrong, it's been a wonderful summer and great to see so many friends and family, but I for one was ready to just hang out with my boys. We had a fabulously lazy weekend. Going for walks, playing with Kieren, checking out our neighborhood farmer's market and eating a coconut cream pie! Yes, Jeff and I ate an entire pie this weekend... :) Jeff had asked me to make him a pie in lieu of a birthday cake. I was hesitant because I didn't think that I liked cream pies. Well, it turns out that I DO if they're not made with Jello & Cool Whip. :) Whipping cream, coconut milk and eggs means that the diet starts today...
Kieren has branched into some new foods lately too and it's the perfect time of year to be experimenting with fresh fruits & vegis (no coconut cream pie for him yet.) He'll eat most any fruit and tried blackberries from the farmer's market this weekend. I thought they might be a little tart for him but he seemed to like them. I also tried a spinach, basil & mozzarella combo that he took down with gusto! We hesitantly gave him the first spoonful, he mulled it over and then opened up for more. I'm not sure why I was so surprised... as evidenced by his physique, he likes to eat. :)
So where has the last month gone???
A bridal shower weekend in Portland and then the next weekend Jeff and I were both in Kendra & Felipe's wedding at Willamette Valley Vineyard. It was a beautiful day and a little nostalgic to get to walk down the aisle together....
Jeff did a hiking & fishing trip in the Strawberries with his dad & uncle while Kieren & I got some bonding time in with G-ma Melanie....
A trip to Lynden for a baby shower and some family time. 4 generations together and all of my Grandma K's 8 granddaughters were there which made it a special day...
An "auf Wiedersehen" party in Tillamook for Megan, Jeff's sister, as she moves to Germany for 2 1/2 years...
Whew! And there's been a steady progression in Kieren during all this. He's starting to get mobile and has been getting up on all 4's and rocking. He's not moving forward yet, but he IS moving and therefore into EVERYTHING! He likes to eat magazines and has definitely mastered the idea of "the grass is always greener." He wants whatever you have no matter what he has in his other hand. He's especially fond of cell phones, grocery lists and remotes and he's certainly a curious & persistent one...
So I titled this blog "Home?" partly because we've not been home much this summer and partly because we're in the process of getting a new one. We're set to close on a house this week and though this means many more projects and weekends eaten up with yard work and home repairs, we're all getting excited about having a space to call our own again.
It's been a whirlwind of a month and officially 6 weeks since we'd had a weekend at home together. Don't get me wrong, it's been a wonderful summer and great to see so many friends and family, but I for one was ready to just hang out with my boys. We had a fabulously lazy weekend. Going for walks, playing with Kieren, checking out our neighborhood farmer's market and eating a coconut cream pie! Yes, Jeff and I ate an entire pie this weekend... :) Jeff had asked me to make him a pie in lieu of a birthday cake. I was hesitant because I didn't think that I liked cream pies. Well, it turns out that I DO if they're not made with Jello & Cool Whip. :) Whipping cream, coconut milk and eggs means that the diet starts today...
Kieren has branched into some new foods lately too and it's the perfect time of year to be experimenting with fresh fruits & vegis (no coconut cream pie for him yet.) He'll eat most any fruit and tried blackberries from the farmer's market this weekend. I thought they might be a little tart for him but he seemed to like them. I also tried a spinach, basil & mozzarella combo that he took down with gusto! We hesitantly gave him the first spoonful, he mulled it over and then opened up for more. I'm not sure why I was so surprised... as evidenced by his physique, he likes to eat. :)
So where has the last month gone???
A bridal shower weekend in Portland and then the next weekend Jeff and I were both in Kendra & Felipe's wedding at Willamette Valley Vineyard. It was a beautiful day and a little nostalgic to get to walk down the aisle together....
Jeff did a hiking & fishing trip in the Strawberries with his dad & uncle while Kieren & I got some bonding time in with G-ma Melanie....
A trip to Lynden for a baby shower and some family time. 4 generations together and all of my Grandma K's 8 granddaughters were there which made it a special day...
An "auf Wiedersehen" party in Tillamook for Megan, Jeff's sister, as she moves to Germany for 2 1/2 years...
Whew! And there's been a steady progression in Kieren during all this. He's starting to get mobile and has been getting up on all 4's and rocking. He's not moving forward yet, but he IS moving and therefore into EVERYTHING! He likes to eat magazines and has definitely mastered the idea of "the grass is always greener." He wants whatever you have no matter what he has in his other hand. He's especially fond of cell phones, grocery lists and remotes and he's certainly a curious & persistent one...
So I titled this blog "Home?" partly because we've not been home much this summer and partly because we're in the process of getting a new one. We're set to close on a house this week and though this means many more projects and weekends eaten up with yard work and home repairs, we're all getting excited about having a space to call our own again.
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