Monday, October 27, 2008

His first big lip....

Yesterday Britton was crawling around in his Sunday clothes after we got home. He had on one of those cute knit sweater outfits. I was in the other room when I heard him starting to cry. I rushed in there to see that one of the threads of the sweater had gotten caught on the hardwood floor and he was stuck. Being mad that he had gotten stuck, he pushed off, and his arms buckled under him and he did a nose dive into the hard floor! He was screaming. Now, having had three very dramatic girls, I am trying to make sure and make him a little tougher than them...ha ha ha. So, I picked him up and reassured him he was fine. He screamed for a good bit, then I got him calmed down, only to find, a few minutes later he was chewing on a stuffed animal and blood was coming out. When I looked inside his mouth, his new tooth had blood around it. Then I felt really bad for trying to brush it all off! This morning when we were on the way to school, Baylee commented that Britton must be really cold because his lips were blue. I found it a bit unusual, so when I got home Seth took a good look and realized his upper lip was swolen. I guess this is the first of many he'll have, huh? It still didn't hold a candle to Baylee's lip when she was two, but that's a whole 'nother story! ;-)

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Mummy turned Alice, Pink kitty, and Strawberry Shortcake

Last night Baylee had a costume birthday party to go to. She had been saying for some time she wanted to be a mummy. SO...Seth got some sheets and shredded them. He wrapped her up and I painted her face and off we went to the party. She was unrecognizable to those who didn't see her walk in with me, and she looked great! She won the scarriest Halloween costume award and is SO proud of her ribbon. However, after a night of gauze and sheets unraveling, she's decided not to be a mummy for Halloween afterall! Tonight was another costume party, so Seth took her to buy one this time. Our mummy made an amazing transformation to Alice from Alice in Wonderland! Accompanying Alice to the party was Madison the pink cat, and Strawberry Shortcake! They looked adorable and after dropping the 3 off at the party, Britton, Seth, and I went on a date to dinner! It is so weird only having a baby at a restaurant! What a fun and eventful day!

P.S. The Joker will be following these three on Halloween, as well as a miniature horse, and one undecided mommy!

Monday, October 13, 2008

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

One Wish...

Ok, so here goes! I've been thinking of doing this for a while, and am just getting around to actually getting started. Not only does this provide a way for friends to keep up in our lives, but it actually gives Seth's parents in Africa a way to log on and see what is going on in our lives without missing the cute little stories that happen every day that I might forget to email everyone about! And yes, Seth was born in Africa. Ask him sometime, it makes for some interesting stories!
All is well in the Kalb house today. Baylee and Madison were in school, of course, and I took Kinsey and Britton to the park with Mom. It's the small things that I miss sometimes with the girls in school, but this is my last year with Kinsey, so I am trying to stop and enjoy those things. As we played at the park, she stopped to pick up big leaves. The first one was the Daddy, the second the Mommy, and the little one was Britton. I had to laugh, but it was so cute! Then she picked out more that were Nana and Poppa leaves, and then, interestingly, she picked out Great Grandpap Kalb on the farm. Now, I am not sure what made her think of him all of the sudden, but I thought it was cute. We actually got a package from that set of Great Grandparents today, and in the letter, Great Grandma Kalb wrote that Great Grandpap was selling his cattle this fall. He is 86 and can no longer take care of the cattle in the fall. This was saddening for Seth, as he put it, it's a "chapter closed." Now when we go to their farm in Ohio, and we take wagon rides pulled by the old, large tractor, it won't be to see the cows anymore! The girls will surely be disappointed!
All of that to say, it made me stop and think. Ironically enough, later this afternoon, Baylee asked me..."Mommy, if you could have any one thing, what would it be?" Now, she's been studying Solomon in the Bible, who asked for wisdom when given this same question, so I had to stop and smile and make sure I said the right thing in case she had that story in her mind...LOL. Actually, though, my only wish would be to grow old, see all my children grow up and have children of their own. Now, my how the tables have turned. If you had asked me that question 10 years ago, what a completely different answer you would have gotten! :-)
I'm off to bed....my alarm comes early!