Split Rock Light House and Lake Superior

On Friday, Kyle had some appointments with clients up in Northern Minnesota near Duluth. So we all went along for the ride. We saw Lake Superior and stopped at the Split Rock Lighthouse which is one of the best preserved lighthouses in the United States. It also is celebrating it's 100th birthday this year. It was a beautiful time of year to be up there, the trees were starting to change color.

Family

I've been feeling like I should get my overflow of thoughts into words. I feel so frusterated many times through out my day and yet I shouldn't. I am so blessed and lucky. I have truly good kids. Kizzy is such a sweet girl who is caring and loving. And since her vocabulary has grown, communication with her more easily has made a dramatic difference in her listening and behavior. Kendal is a dream baby. Literally, he hardly ever cries. He doesn't cry when he's hungry, he just grunts. He fusses a little when he's tired but as soon as he's placed in a quiet dark place he just drifts off. He cries when he's gassy, but again as soon as it passes he's as good as gold. I still joke that I poke him sometimes to see if he's real, babies are not supposed to be as good and as easy as he is. I'm also blessed with an amazing husband. He truly loves being a daddy. I know that Kizzy, Kendal and myself are more important to him than anything else and that he would do anything for us. He always puts our needs ahead of his. I know he hates the fact that right now our life is not what he wants for us. Even though I struggle with our living situation alot, I try really hard to not complain to him because I know he beats himself up about it alot. And even though I could lists a hundred things that are really very difficult for me about our situation, we truly are happy. When the 4 of us are alone together we are so happy. One of the things that we've learned living here is that nothing is really all that important except being together as a family. I regularly sing a primary song to Kizzy that I've altered to personalize it:
"I love Kendal, and Kizzy.
We love Daddy, yessiree.
He loves us and so you see,
We are a happy family"
This song has sort of become our family anthem, we sing it so often. But as simple as it is, it is so true! We are a happy family, and we truly enjoy spending time together. It's kind of harder to have a social life with friends when we don't have a place of our own to invite them over too, but in a way it's ok, because we've become very close as a family and we have fun together. Today I've been very down and I knew that I needed to just express the biggest blessings that I have to help me put things in perspective.

Something in the wind

I think changes are coming for our family. I don't know yet what, but there's something in the wind telling me that life will be changing for us. Stay tuned...

Root for this Weekend!

So as everyone knows you cannot predict when a baby will be born. And there is no sure fire way to induce labor. Because of that I'm freaking out. I would very much like my baby to be born this weekend. Next week, Tuesday-Sunday Kyle has a seminar that lasts all day every day. It's not the end of the world if I go into labor and he has to miss a few days, and I realize this, but to me these Seminars are a big deal. The point of these seminars is to teach Kyle and point out unknown resources to us that could generate a much bigger income. The economy has not been kind to my father-in-law's business and as a result we have had to live with other people for over a year now. Much much longer than we ever thought we would have to. So to me, since the potential is there for Kyle to learn ways to earn enough that we could get out into a place of our own, I really don't want to interrupt that, even with the birth of our child. On the other end of things our health insurance is kind of a complicated issue. We have excellent coverage and we are very grateful for that, but because of certain Minnesota laws and different creative strategies we have had to try to get my delivery covered by insurance, if I am in the hospital at all in the month of July it will cost us an extra $700 which is alot. So to go into labor after Kyle's seminars runs the risk of being in the hospital in July. So when all is said and done, I really have been praying hard that this baby comes today or tomorrow so I can be out of the hospital and home before Kyle's seminar starts on Tuesday. I know I have to leave it in God's hands, he knows the best time to send our little boy to us.

Picture for Papa.

Pictures at home.

Kyle and Kizzy are watching the Flintstones and laughing.

This is Kizzy's favorite thing. A fuzzy blanket, her bear and her binkie (called Bee) while watching her favorite show, 'The Little Einsteins'.

Kyle reading to Kizzy.

Kizzy loves to brush her teeth.

Pictures!!

I finally have more recent pictures of the past 6 months, so I will be posting them by category, it would take me a long time to sort them out chronologically, but here's a small taste of what to come, Kizzy playing in the snow.

Kizzy loved playing in the snow this past winter and she didn't mind at all being bundled up in her pink snow suit.