Watching Kai

So I'm well overdue for a post on here! It's been a crazy few weeks at work and home that I hardly have time to breathe!

With the little bit of spare time I had today, I decided to download all the pictures off my camera that have been sitting there for quite awhile now. I found these ones from when we babysat Kai back on September 11th.

Looks like they're playing!

Kai was reading to Karsen

They're so cute! Kai is very active and Karsen just loves to watch everything that Kai does.

Thanks Walker & Tiffany for letting us babysit!

Love, Michaela

PS - More posts coming soon!

Evergreen State Fair

This past Sunday we got a call early from the Brooks Family inviting us to go to the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe for the day. I love going to fairs and hadn't been to one in a few years, so we decided to go and at least walk around with the boy since he likes being outside.

One of the first things we saw when we walked inside the gate to the fair, was the pony ride. Tiffany really wanted Kai to take a ride so we went to check it out. Turns out you have to be at least 9 months old to ride the ponies - dang, Karsen is about 6 months too young. Oh well, I guess he can go next year! But at least Kai go to do it!

He had no problem going for a ride:

I think his saddle was starting to slip to the side, luckily one of the guys working the ride fixed it:

We started to just walk around and we found a few tractors, so Walker and Kai got up to "test" one out.

Just as happy as can be!

The day started out overcast and very mild, but then the sun came out! Time for sunglasses!

Kai wearing Tiffany's sunglasses:

Me and Karsen wearing sunglasses. I'm wearing a pair of Tim's because I couldn't find mine and Karsen's don't really seem to want to stay on his nose:

We stopped for some food and then we found the animal petting area! I decided to take Karsen out of his stroller so that he could get a closer look at the animals, but I didn't let him touch any of them since he's still so young.

Getting a look at a baby cow:

Up close and personal with a baby goat:

Checking out the little pigs:

Kai wanted to check them out too:

More goats - Karsen's facial expressions reads "Can we get away from these stinky things now?"

They had a kid's area setup at the animal petting area, so we took the opportunity to take some pictures of Karsen...of course!

He didn't want to look at the camera:

I got in one of the pictures too:

After walking around all the farm animal houses, it was lunchtime for Karsen:

We strolled around the fair grounds some more and this is what Karsen did most of the time:

At 2 PM there was a Clydesdale show that we went to check out, plus it gave us an excuse to sit and rest our feet for a bit.

Just outside the arena for the show, the Brooks Family took a family photo..haha!

Just inside the arena was an equestrian shop of some kind, so Walker tested out the cowboy hats:

We sat in the stadium style seats in the front row so that we could keep an eye on our strollers. Kai turned into a monkey and was hanging on the railings:

Kai is such a little cutie!

As we were leaving the fair, we got some family pictures to remember the day.

The Brooks Family:

The Freitag Family:

What a fun and tiring day! It was so fun taking Karsen to the fair! It will be more fun when he actually knows what's going on, and when he's able to go on rides! At least I got cotton candy and an elephant ear! Yum!

Love, Michaela

Walker's Birthday

Monday night we went out to dinner for our friend Walker's birthday. It was nice to go somewhere with air conditioning because it's been so warm out and our house feels like a sauna.

This was the first time Walker held Karsen:

Of course Kai was there too and his parents and all 4 of his grandparents each took turns chasing him around the place. At one point his Mamma B (Linda) was carrying him while I was rocking Karsen - it was the child carrying section haha!

Kai loves to give Karsen kisses and it looks like Karsen it trying to kiss back:

After dinner we went back to the Brooks' house for dessert. At one point during dinner we had put Karsen in his carseat without buckling him in and when he got to the Brooks' house we discovered that we had forgotten to actually buckle him in before putting him in the car! Eeeek! I swear we aren't bad parents! That's a mistake we will never make again....hopefully!

Happy Birthday Walker!

Love, Michaela

Mill Creek Festival

Saturday morning we woke up feeling pretty rested because Karsen slept for 7 hours straight! Woo-hoo!! I got him to go down at around midnight and he didn't wake up until just after 7am. Is that considered sleeping thru the night? :-P

It was good that we were all rested because we had a full day planned. We were going to the Mill Creek Festival and Street Fair to walk around and enjoy the nice weather that we've been having.

Getting ready to leave:

Walking from the car to the fair:

Just like car rides, the stroller ride put him to sleep:

Every year they have a Corvette show and it's always kinda fun to see all the different ones that they have.

The boys and the cars:

We parked a couple of blocks away so on our way back to the car we decided to stop at Central Market to pick up some things for the carne asada dinner we were making at the Brooks' house that night. Since I still had the camera with me, I decided to take some pictures of Karsen in his stroller while we were in the store and since he was awake.

I love this picture!

Checking out the meat counter:

Strolling thru the fresh produce section:

While we were waiting in line to pay for our groceries Karsen was making some funny faces - it was cute!

Want a kiss?

Big eyes!

At the street fair we came across a booth that sold bubble wands for kids and I thought it would be fun to get some for Kai to play with that night at dinner - he loved them! He would dip the wand into the soap dish and then just start flinging the wand like crazy haha!

Karate chop!

He made a big bubble!

Everytime we see Kai, he's still just so interested in Karsen. This time he thought it would be fun to put his Crocs on Karsen's feet. Haha!

One day those shoes will fit:

Tim was holding Karsen and Kai decided that he wanted to sit in Tim's lap too:

After dinner we sat around the fire pit to make s'mores. This was Karsen's first camp fire.

I love how you can barely see Karsen's head peaking over the top of his blanket!

Toasting a marshmellow:

It was a full day but we had fun and Karsen was such a good boy! He seems to really enjoy being outside.

Love, Michaela

Consignment Sale

On Friday Karsen and I were invited to go to a children's consignment sale called Cute as a Button with the Brooks family. I had never been to one before but thought it sounded like something fun to do.

It was at one of the local elementary schools and it was nothing but moms and young kids there, but I guess that figures for a children's sale and also because it was during the day on Friday when most people are at work.

We found a couple of fun things to buy like some sleepers (size 6mos) and a water repellent blanket for going to the beach (Hawaii for Thanksgiving!!). The highlight of the event was probably the vendor booths that they had setup along one of the walls. One lady makes dresses for little girls out of pillow cases that are super cute and another lady makes tutus but there was one lady who does photography and she had a mock studio setup and was taking pictures of the kids for free. Karsen was asleep in the stroller and I didn't want to wake him up so I didn't think he was going to get his picture taken, but our friend Kai did. After shopping around for awhile, Karsen woke up and wasn't fussy so I thought we would try to get some photos taken.

There were some other moms who were watching and everyone kept saying how cute Karsen is and someone said that I was really pretty and should have my picture taken too. Lately I haven't really enjoyed getting my picture taken, but at least I had makeup on that day, so I jumped in for a few photos with Karsen.

The photographer was really nice and made us feel comfortable. As soon as she sends me the pictures via email, I will be sure to post them - I can't wait to see them!

The photographer:Karsen's first professional photo shoot:

It was a really nice day out and really hot, so while we waited for Tiffany to pay for her things, we hung out in the covered play area right outside with Kai and his grandparents.

Kai was really interested in Karsen:

Afterwards we decided to go get some lunch at a deli in town and we ate outside to enjoy the nice weather. Kai was still really intrigued by Karsen and was even sweet enough to give him a kiss! It was so cute!



Karsen had been such a good boy all day and started to get a little fussy while we were eating, luckily I brought a bottle for him! I fed him while we watched Kai run around - I can hardly wait for those days! Ha!

Kai had a pickle that he ran around with and it probably touched everything!
And Kai's lunch meal came in a fireman's hat! How cool is that?!

It was a fun day! Thanks to the Brooks family (Tiffany, Kai, Linda & Bonny) for inviting us!

Love, Michaela