Mariners Game...Way Back in April

I know, it's amazing to see a new post.  Pinch yourself...go ahead.  It's real. Can you believe it? Let's see, when did I post last?...April 15th.  Huh...that is a pretty long time.  1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... wow, over 6 months ago.  Oops.  That is a long time.  I mean, 6 months is pretty much a quarter of Kallen's life.  Sorry guys.  I guess all the pestering I've been getting from family and friends is well deserved.  For instance, my brother-in-law, Aaron, said that he officially "terminated" me from the blogging world.  Now I can't have that, so here are some posts for all of you out there who care.

These are from a Mariners game way back in April!  Here he is with Daddy, waiting for the game to begin.  Isn't he cute in his Mariner's jersey?

This was only the second time we took Kallen with us to a game.  The first time, the little squirt was only 7 months old, so taking him wasn't a big deal at all.  In fact, he fell asleep while at the game...even with all the shouting, music, and noise.  This time was a little different.  He still was a good kid, but he definitely did not want to sit still or stay in his seat.  Instead, he wanted to explore and walk everywhere.

In order for him to stay in his seat we had to resort to feeding him lots and lots of snacks, and we had to entertain him with every toy I had in our diaper bag.  Even then, he only lasted until about the 6th inning.  Hey, that isn't so bad for a 1 1/2 year old.  

Stay tuned for more posts.  I have 6 months of pictures to post.  So I'll take it one day at a time.

Taking a Walk to See the Ducks

Kallen loves to get outside and walk all around. In fact, exploring is one of his favorite things to do, which we just don't do enough of. So when Uncle Aaron and Aunt April wanted to visit the duck pond near Grandma and Grandpa's house, everyone was up for it... especially Kallen.

Kallen liked walking on the trail by himself, but eventually he got a lift from Grandpa.


Daddy couldn't help but start to chase the little guy while he was on Grandpa's shoulders. Being chased by Daddy is one of Kallen's favorite games.

Hurray we made it to the ducks! When we first got there, I had to hold onto Kallen tight because he wanted to tromp right into the water to get those ducks. He wasn't happy that I wouldn't let him. I tried to explain to him that the ducks were in water and he couldn't go in there...especially with all of his clothes on. He didn't like my explanation and still wanted in the water. All he knew was that those ducks were inches away and they needed to be caught.


Yeah for Ducks. On the walk back, Kallen often stopped and clapped for himself. And of course, we all would stop and clap for him as well. I love Kallen's face every time he starts clapping. He always looks like he is so proud of himself.

What's better than Easter Eggs...Shopping Carts!

Okay, okay. I know that Easter was over 3 weeks ago, but hey, better late than never right?

For the week of Easter, we visited Kallen's Grandpa and Grandma Hill in Eugene Oregon. The Easter Bunny dropped off his basket full of eggs a day early this year, so Kallen and his cousin Daniel got to enjoy their easter candy a little earlier than usual. He was even nice enough to hide Kallen's eggs a little easier for the little guy to find since he is so young. They were all just laying on the grass in plain site. We thought that as soon as he saw the eggs on the grass that he'd get excited to pick them up, but no luck. He looked, no I should say glanced at them for one second, and then ignored them completely.


He wanted to walk around the yard rather than searching for eggs. What's the deal? Is this kid not the spawn of me? I mean, what kind of kid of mine enjoys exploring the great outdoors rather than eating chocolate? I don't know....hmmm. If I hadn't actually given birth to the little guy I would wonder.

While searching Grandpa's yard, he discovered many things. First, he met Salem, their mild mannered puppy dog. He loved petting him with Grandpa and Uncle Aaron.


He also discovered a basketball, which he tried to pick up and carry everywhere. Maybe he thought it was a really big egg.


The eggs the Easter Bunny left might not have been a hit, but the other gift he left definitely was. A Shopping Cart! Kallen loved it. The Easter Bunny hit a home run with this gift. Kallen would drive the cart all around the yard and then when we forced him to come in, he continued to drive it all around the house. Kallen is funny with his shopping cart though. He doesn't like anything in it. If you put anything in the cart he will take it out immediately. Maybe we'll need to work with him on that. After all, a shopping cart is not that useful unless things are in it.

Caution!! Construction in Progress

I'm attempting to redo my blog and make it as cute as all of yours...however, my task isn't going so well. I need help. I figured out how to create a different heading, but it's not centered...ahhhh, this is driving me insane. I hate it when things aren't centered. Call me anal, but it really does drive me nuts. Also, I want to add cute prints for the background of my other elements, but I can't figure out how to do this. Do any of you know how? My friend Cameron tried to help me, but I still can't figure it out. She said something about saving digital scrapbooking prints to a website on the internet and then pasting the html code to your blogging site, but I'm just not smart enough to figure this out. I don't know where to paste it on Blogger. Do any of you know? If so, please help! Please don't let me go insane because I can't figure out this html stuff.

It's a Twister, It's a Twister!

Don't worry, we haven't had any foul weather up here in Washington. But we have been hit by something...something terrible. If I didn't know any better I would think the Tazmanian Devil paid us a visit...but he didn't...it was someone else.





Who was it you ask? It was none other than the Kallen Baby! Yep...the Kallen Baby. Some might say he is just as bad as the Tazmanian Devil. Other's might believe he is far worse.

He actually isn't bad at all. We think he is the sweetest thing in the world, however, he does know how to make quite the mess...just like the Tazmanian Devil. It is amazing how quickly our little tyke can destroy our house. I honestly think he might be related to Taz at times. After looking at the following pictures, I think you all would agree.

He accomplished all of this in less than 10 minutes. Wow...our boy has some serious skills.

My Special V-Day Surprise

Valentines Day turned out to be very different for me than I had originally imagined. I made Tyson promise me that he wouldn't spend any money this year, and for once, he actually kept his promise (he usually cheats and buys me stuff anyway). All we had planned for our romantic V-Day was to drop off the squirt at my parents for a few hours and go out to lunch together. That was it...which some of you might think is a horrible way to spend Valentines Day, but it sounded great to me. Plus, I can't even remember the last time we ate a meal alone together.

The day started off pretty normal, Tyson being the wonderful husband that he is, got up with Kallen in the morning, fed him, and allowed me to sleep in. This all by itself is the best gift my husband can give to me...and he does it often...I'm so lucky. I finally crawled out of bed around 9:30, showered and got ready for the day. Then I got Kallen dressed and ready to go, which wasn't until about 11:30. That's pretty good for him, considering that he usually stays in his pajamas for most of the day. Some days, neither one of us get out of our pajamas at all. (Did I ever mention that PJ's are some of my favorite things to wear?) Anyway, around noon we were ready to hit the road.

We were on our way to my parents, when Tyson suddenly mentioned that he was shocked that I hadn't turned on the radio. I hadn't really thought about it, but then he proceeded to turn it on. It wasn't a surprise that the the CD kicked in, because I had previously been listening to one of my Josh Groban CD's the day before (and no Tyson and Toby, he is not gay). However, I was surprised when it wasn't Josh that I heard on the CD but someone else. It took me only a second to recognize that I was listening to our song, our Biscuits and Honey song. Many of you probably do not know this, but one of the first dates Tyson ever took me on was going up to the mountains together and cooking Biscuits and Honey over a campfire. Sounds kind of silly, but it really is one of the best dates I have ever been on. Afterwards, some of Tyson's roommates (Jeff and Brian) thought it was a funny date and decided to write a song about it. Then they had the chance to record it using a neighbors sound equipment and the Biscuits and Honey song was born. It truly is our personal song and I think that is awesome! So it might have been a really small thing, but to have Tyson sneak into my car beforehand so he could surprise me with our song on Valentine's Day was a very great surprise. I loved it. (If I knew how to post this song on here, I would let you all listen to it, but I don't know how to. Sorry.)

After this, our day again proceeded much as I thought it would. We dropped off Kallen at my Mom's and then we drove towards one of the three restaurants that Tyson had picked out beforehand...Thai, Japanese, or Indian. But as usual, I vetoed them all and we ended up going to Red Robin...my favorite restaurant of all time (can I get a big cheer from Meg?). It was so tasty and I didn't regret my decision.

Afterwards, we went around the mall and hung out, enjoying the squirt free time that we had. Then we decided to go back to my parents and hang out there for awhile. For the rest of the afternoon, we just hung out and I thought our fun Valentine's adventure was over. However, around dinnertime, Tyson asked if I wanted to do our activity? I was confused and asked him what he was talking about. He left the room, went outside, and when he returned, he had two long sticks in his hand, a jar of honey and a can of biscuits. With a smile, He asked me if I wanted to have some biscuits and honey with him. How cute is that. So the rest of the evening, we sat around my parents fire and cooked some biscuits with honey.

Now that is a great Valentines Day if I do say so myself.

Seattle Children's Museum

My parents joined the Children's Museum here in Seattle, so we decided to check it out one Friday. They had a special exhibit that was just for young toddlers like Kallen. Once he gets older, I bet he'll love the other sections, but we'll probably just keep hanging out in the toddler area until he gets a bit bigger. Here are some of the fun things he got to do.

I don't know what these toys are called, but Kallen loves them. In fact, one time a bigger kid walked in front of him to play with it, and Kallen got a little frustrated and tried to push him out of the way. Silly Kallen.


Kallen is a little afraid of slides as you can tell from this picture. Also, he's afraid of elevators. Have any of you ever heard of a kid afraid of elevators? Kind of sad huh? Hopefully he will outgrow this. At least in the second picture he tolerated going down the slide with Grandma.



This whole toddler exhibit had a sea theme, so they had some plastic seaweed that the kids could walk through. Kallen liked this a lot too.


This was a whale that kids could climb through. No matter how hard we tried to get him to climb through it, Kallen wouldn't budge.

Now this last picture shows Kallen's favorite part of the whole exhibit. He loved playing in the water with all of the boats and sea animals. Most of all though he just loved to splash. I felt bad for all of the other kids that were around him, because he got them all wet. They had little splash guards that the kids could wear, but they didn't really help. By the end of the day, he was soaked.

More Snow

This winter has been great for snow. We usually get one or two good snow days, but this year we've had a few weeks. For instance, last week, it snowed every day. That just doesn't happen here in Western Washington.

Now that Kallen is a walking machine, we wanted him to be able to enjoy the snow as much as possible. We bundled him all up and took him outside to play as often as we could. He absolutely loves the snow. This was the first day that it began to snow.


This kid loves to walk in the snow. One day we just walked around and around our house for about 1/2 an hour. He doesn't fall very often, but when he does, he gets stuck like this. Then he just freezes and sits there stuck in that position until someone comes over and helps him back up. It is actually pretty funny.


For those of you that like videos, here is a short one we got of Kallen the first time we took him out. At first he didn't know what to do.