Fun at the park

Yesterday we decided we needed to get out of the house for some fun. We were all tired of being inside but it was a little too late in the day to take the boat out. We called up my sister and met her and her 3 boys out at the park with my mom and dad. We enjoyed Little Ceaser's for dinner and had fun playing at the water area of the park. McKaila wasn't too pleased with it so she stayed at the playground area with my mom. That is why I have all pictures of Kameron. I stayed in the water area with him.

This is Kameron dancing :) The only picture I got of McKaila. She enjoyed her pizza.

Kameron really started enjoying the water when he stepped into this little ring.

This is the continuation of the picture above. He would try to block the water from coming out from two spots but the spout in the middle would shoot him in the face.

He was trying to bite the water.

My bald boy

So I had some issues today. I really needed to trim Kamerons hair because it was getting long and his ears had those wings around it. You all know what I'm talking about right? So I got the scissors and started trimming. Well the scissors weren't that sharp and he kept wanting to play. So I finally asked my mom for her buzzer. I look through the blade sizes and find one that I think looks right. I read the number 1/4 " on it. For some reason I was thinking more like 1 inch. I don't know. Anyways I started at the middle of his head. After I started that one line I realized it was too late. My poor baby was going to be bald. I felt so bad. He does look cute but I buzzed off all of his hair :( Here is a picture of him afterwards. He doesn't seem to mind the breeze on his scalp. Look through the other pictures to see how much I really cut off. It was a lot. Poor guy. I don' t know what was going through my head. Probably all the stress from today.

Life's Challenges

Life has been very tough the last few days. We had some unexpected things happen that have made me too stressed to enjoy life. We are buying a home in Dumfries, VA and we close next friday (my birthday). We were supposed to be getting some down payment assistance for first time home buyers but that fell through (long story). So besides having to come up with a large downpayment now we have also found out that all of our household items being shipped from Bangkok won't arrive until Oct 10 at the earliest. Yup, that means no beds, no cooking utensils, nothing until October. I am thinking that this is way too much for me to handle right now. I know the Lord doesn't give us more than we can handle but this is all taking a toll on me. Besides all of this my little sister is getting married Saturday so I have been extremely busy trying to help my mom with everything.

The kids seem to know I am stressed. Kameron only wants me to hold him all day long. McKaila is refusing to take naps now which means no naps for me. I haven't really been making her take naps which is probably my problem now. Kameron and McKaila are currently sharing a room at my moms house and Kameron will sleep longer if Mckaila isn't in the room. So I keep her up so he can sleep longer because he is extra cranky these days. I need to be strict and make her take naps but with our schedule lately its been hard and honestly I don't have the energy to keep putting her back in bed.

Life is just seeming too difficult these days. I just want to stay in my room and cry all day long. I don't get the pleasure of doing that. I get to take care of my two little smiling faces all day long. Don't get me wrong, I love my children but being a mother is difficult sometimes (I'm sure all mothers will agree). Well if I don't post in the next little bit its because too much is going on and I don't have the time or patience to write. Until next time....

The Lake

We had such a great day today. This afternoon we decided to go out on my dads boat. McKaila has been asking to since before we arrived in Idaho. (I forgot to mention- the kids and I flew to Idaho the other day for my sisters wedding. We'll be here a month or so) My older sister, Gina, and her three kids (Isaiah, Kadren and Tyler) decided to join us for a ride. McKaila wanted to stay by her PaPa the whole time. My dad even let her help drive the boat. Kameron had mixed emotions about our adventure. He was sad and crying because he hated having the life jacket on but then he would be fine and screaming with joy when the wind was blowing in his hair. Both McKaila and Kameron had very short naps today. I'm talking ten minutes max when we were driving in the van. They wouldn't go down when I got them up. That added more drama to Kamerons cry. Enjoy the pictures.

Here is Kameron sitting in the boat waiting to go.

McKaila was brave and even jumped on the tube for a ride with her cousins. Left side is Kadren and then Isaiah is holding McKaila and Tyler is on the right side. My dad went really really slow with her on it. She lasted maybe 30 sec. and then she decided she wanted off.

Kameron and I. He was not so happy.

A few minutes later he decided it wasn't so bad. Although he doesn't look too happy in this one he really was.

Isaiah was being very brave and he would stand up on the tube. He looks like he is surfing. He did really well and didn't fall off.

McKaila decided she was getting pretty tired. She didn't fall asleep like this but she was close to it. She loved snuggling up with Papa. If you look closely you can see her eyes.

Before we headed in Isaiah asked if he could jump into the lake. McKaila didn't like the tube so she didn't really have any experience with the water. I asked her if she wanted to get in and she said no at first but then she saw how much fun everyone was having. Isaiah was being such a good helper and making sure she was safe.

About two minutes after we got into the truck this is what I found. He was exhausted. The lack of sleep finally caught up with him. Look at that double chin:) His new nickname is Bruiser.

We had such a good time out today with my family. While my sister and my dad were getting the boat cleaned up and hooked onto the truck I decided to take the kids over to the swimming area. McKaila loves the water and was out in the deeper end with her cousins. I finally took off Kameron's life jacket since I was holding him in the water and he was so happy. He was splashing and laughing and loving the water. Thanks dad for taking us out today.