Catching up...

Get ready - I finally have some time to get to blogging again, and there's lots to share!

Luken is now a card-carrying FOUR-YEAR-OLD! We've been having all sorts of fun to celebrate! More on that in future posts.

He had his annual checkup and was pronounced perfect in every way! He did not enjoy his "pokes" (shots) at all, though. :(

He is now
Weight: 38 pounds (80th%)
Height: 39 3/4" (45th%)

Keeley also had a well-visit and is
Weight: 21 pounds, 13 ounces (20th%)
Height: 31 3/4" (55th%)
Head: 46 1/2 cm (70th% - catching up to her brother, ha ha!)

She also endured 4 shots, but got a little toy and a lollipop for her trouble, as did Luken. After their appointment, we met our friends, Krysta and Lucy, for lunch and dessert! :D

The weather here has finally cooled off considerably - as I type, I have a few windows open and am enjoying the fresh air! It's fun to wear long pants again! The kids both look so much more grown up in their Fall/Winter gear. It's nice to have a change, too - I was getting tired of their Summer clothes! ;)

Lunch with friends.

Some of you know about our playgroup pals - the Moms and kiddos Luken and I met at the New Mom's Group at the hospital when Luken was only weeks old. Over the years, some of our friends have moved away (the nerve!) so we rarely get to see them anymore. Sabine, India, and Kai were in town for a few days, and we were lucky enough to have a long lunch with them on Friday, right after Keeley's haircut. None of the other Mamas could make it, so it was just the 6 of us! It's kind of funny to think of meeting one friend, but being a party of 6!


Sweet Keeley with her new haircut!


Luken, hamming it up for the camera!



Flirting with Sabine.


India didn't really want to smile for the camera, so I had her get goofy!

The two big sibs playing. They had lots of fun just being silly, and really did great considering we were there for two hours!

Sabine and little Kai! (This was our first time meeting him!! :))

Playing under the table.

Hiding....

Enthralled by the flower.

Sweet little man!

Luken, sad about something or another...

India and Kai - so sweet together! :)

Silliness!

If you want to see all the pics, or if you are Sabine and you want to know whether or not I uploaded the photo of India with her finger in her nose :P click here: http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/lukeeley/2007-10-October/10-12-Sabine/

Keeley's First Haircut!

It was time.... her hair was hanging down into her eyes, and with all the wonderful photo ops this time of year, I really wanted her at her best!

So, Luken and I took her to a super girlie haircut place for her very first haircut!

(A note about these pictures that I feel compelled to mention: Another lesson learned - well, one I "knew" but was due to experience at some point or another. I left my camera on some custom settings one day after I took some pics of some items we plan to sell, and they were NOT the correct settings for these pics! :( So I have fixed them as best I know how...)

Getting all set up in the chair with the bib. I don't know why the woman put it on backwards. It was also not the day to put her in a skirt, I learned! ;)
Oh, and this was also her first lollipop! They have very fancy lollipops at this place!


Trying to entertain her with something poofy so she wouldn't be freaked out by the snipping.


First cuts...


Watching her gorgeous self in the mirror.

She didn't quite know what to do with her lollipop...

... but she's a smart kid - she figured it out! :D

Mmmmm...!

Cutie pie!

A little off the sides...

Luken got a cool lollipop, too!

He knows exactly what to do!

She was so well-behaved!

A little bit more snipping.

Getting her picture taken for her official first haircut certificate!

My little ham!

Getting a glitter star on her cheek! (I declined the glitter in the hair, LOL!)

Voila!

Luken got a cool shark tattoo for being so well-behaved!

The certificate presentation.