hello all!
Kie is currently down for his late afternoon nap--so I'm using this time not so wisely to catch up on my blogging. Ah but it is so cathartic for me!
This past weekend we held a party for our friends and family. It was a party JUST BECAUSE! Mainly though we have been MIA all summer long working on the house. So it was nice to finally see some good friends we haven't seen in nearly a year. It's amazing how FAST life goes when you have a little one.
All my family was in town. Including my older brother, my beautiful sister-in-law and their two precious babes. Also my dad came over early Saturday morning to help me prep the food since Justin had to work.
I am so sad we didn't get ANY pictures of the party. We had around 30 guest show up. And we had a WONDERFUL menu.
We had ice cream pina colada punch (if you want the recipe for any of this message me and I'll gladly give it to you!) homemade cold shrimp dip, shrimp-chicken-pineapples and veggies skewers, lemon creme pie bites, homemade hot lobster crab dip, spinach and artichoke dip and an array of other finger foods.
It was delicious!
As for this week--we have been trying out different baby gyms for Kie to attend. We went to My Little Gym and My Gym. I am so pleased to watch Kie interact with all the many things there is to do. He is already so athletic. (He gets that from his mama and his dad). His dad is a natural at everything he does. And I'm pretty nimble myself.
Kie was able to do a couple of pull ups on the gym bar. He did some handstands--AND he did a BACKHAND SPRING! (assisted of course). But he never is scared and he just does it! He is a brave boy!
I am debating which class to put him in. He's also pretty young so I may hold off until he's a year old--which is just a few months away.
Speaking of-I'm trying to gather thoughts/ideas for his f i r s t b i r t h d a y . I won't be going all out and spending thousands. It will be a family affair. But I will be making the gist of the party food and decorations.
Alright-I guess I need to wrap this up. I have a house to clean and laundry to fold.
But I'll leave you with some pictures from this week and some pictures of Kie's room (nursery) that I promised in the previous blog.
If anyone wants to share some ideas for a first birthday theme--I'd love to hear them! Thanks in advance!
Oh and also we are leaving this weekend for a getaway! We rented a cabin on Lake Buchanan at Willow Point Resort. We're excited to go since we've never been! Alright seriously wrapping this up now.
Until next time,
-HK-