Cruising

Kaarin has started cruising along the furniture! She is especially motivated by the phone or remote control.:) For now she mostly goes in a straight line, not around corners. But that will only be a matter of time!! She is doing great. She has been eating a nice variety of foods & is self feeding a lot of them. Last night she ate pizza for the first time, & she has also enjoyed meatloaf & chicken this week. She is not quite as hesitant as Kellen was with new foods, but also not quite as adventuresome as Annika was. She saw the dietician (I can't remember if I wrote about this -- sorry if it's repeat info!) last week & is still small, but she really has no concerns. She is having us come back in 3 months for one last check up.

Annika has been so cute lately. When I call her 'Baby Girl', which I do partly just out of habit since that's what I have called her since she was a baby, she says, "Not baby. Ah-ni-ka." :) She is counting to 3, knows all of her colors by name, & is talking a ton. When she sees someone is sad in a book or something she says that they are sad because they "want mommy & daddy."

Last night Kellen told me, "I like that shirt on you. It's a nice shirt." LOL. I or someone must have said that to him.:) It's funny how things kind of roll out of your mouth & you don't really think about them until you hear them repeated back to you! Kellen is officially enrolled in the Senior class for pre-school next year. He will go M-W-F instead of Tu-Th. The class should be mostly the same kids, so that will be nice for him.

Our work continues to roll on at a fairly quick speed. Today we have an electrician, drywaller, plumber, tiler, etc. all coming out to work. One bathroom is taking shape nicely, & today they are going to take out the kitchen floor. This will make the week a tad interesting, since we won't be able to go into the kitchen for a few days! This means, obviously, that we won't be able to cook, but also that I won't be able to go into Kaarin's room! I haven't decided what to do with her yet, I may have her share the room with Kellen & Annika...we'll see.

My deal of the week last week is the car DVD player: basically the cheapest one that we found that would work for our kids (meaning they wouldn't have to wear headphones to be able to hear) was $699 (9" screen) on sale at Car Toys. This included installation, but with a few other things that would need to be added on the total bill was going to be over $900. Ouch. So, we looked around a little bit more, & found, on e-bay, an 11" screen for $329!! I took all the info in to Car Toys to make sure it would still work...even with having to pay for installation it will cost just over $500! Nice. Obviously still an expense, but a much more acceptable one. It will be nice to have on our several long trips that are coming up...first one being our trip to Palm Springs! We have our route mapped out, lodging booked, so we're ready to start packing! Hopefully it is a smooth trip. If nothing else, the novelty of being able to watch Finding Nemo in the car will be enough to keep them entertained for the first day.:)