Man on the Move

Hello there, Friends. I wanted to inform you all that our little Cayden is now officially crawling - EVERYWHERE! He's found his way under and around couches. And as much as I try to keep him on the rugs, he finds his way to the tile pretty quickly and kind of slide/crawls on that. I've attached a video to show him off - and, yes, he IS that fast. Besides Cayden being more mobile, Mikayla has now started school and loves it. We knew she would, but has gone beyond our expectations in fitting in. She's gone a few half-days, but will be attending her first full day tomorrow. She's looking forward to staying and having lunch with the rest of her class. Apparently they'll be visiting the forest nearby as an outing too, so we're sure she'll have plenty to tell us about! Best include Keegan too... guess the newest thing on him is just how curly his hair is getting. It's getting longer and curlier. Very cute, but still all "boy". Will try and get a picture, if I can catch him for one!

Best Seat in the House!

Thought I would share some photos of Dear Keegan using his "special chair" to climb on the cupboards. He knows that's where I had the Belgian waffle "cookies" are which are his new favorite treat : ). He also used the little white chair to climb up and turn the thermostat to 90 degrees in the house. He's enjoying his stepstool in the bathroom too for reaching the sinks and helping climb in the bath tub himself! I think we've turned a new corner in trouble with this one!

We have arrived!

Hello All! Well, it's been a long time since updating this blog. Most of you reading this already know that things have changed considerably in our lives since Keegan's first birthday! Birthdays have come and gone again. Holidays too. We've had some fun family vacations. Our family was blessed with the arrival of our beautiful baby boy, Cayden David, back in June. And now we're living in Belgium! Yes, that's right, we're on a temporary "expatriot" assignment for Chris's work and we're now starting an adventure of a lifetime! The kids did great on the flights over and that was a real blessing. Chris has been sick, but he's finally starting to feel better. Mikayla's starting school tomorrow at the International School of Brussels (ISB). She's thrilled to go meet new friends. Keegan's enjoying using his little chair and stepstools to get into absolutely everything around the house (cupboards, sinks, and thermostats to name a few). And Cayden's just watching everything his siblings do wishing he could scoot faster to keep up! Oh, and I'm just trying to get some sleep here - still on Michigan time!
Pictures to come soon, but the house is still pretty empty since our shipments haven't come in yet and I haven't been out shopping! And we haven't been out any where exciting yet - the grocery store really wasn't photo worthy : ).
Stay tuned!

Birthday Boy!

That's right, folks, our little boy is officially One! I can't believe how quickly time has flown by. Keegan is definately a character and is ALL boy. Most of the gifts he received are for pounding, throwing, kicking, bouncing... and the like. Although, I must admit, he did do pretty well with his cake, trying out the fork rather than making a huge mess. He got to have two birthday parties and greatly enjoyed both : ). Here he is having a "ball" with his toys and eating some cake!

It's a jungle in here!

Keegan is now walking and getting into things more and more. He's found our dining room table works well as a jungle-gym and was giggling like crazy while crawling through the chairs. Here he is caught on film : ).

Mommy's cupcake

Again we've taken on an adventure in baking. This time we made cupcakes and Mikayla's favorite part was obviously taste-testing the pink frosting. Here's a picture of her "enjoying the spoils" of her hard work : ).

What to do at the zoo...

On the first of July, we went to John Ball Park Zoo with my sister and her nephew(yes, nearly 3 weeks ago now). We had a good time, despite the gloomy weather. Thankfully there were enough exhibits inside that we could dodge most of the rain drops. Pointing, swinging, running, feeling, smelling, jumping - there's a lot to do at the zoo!

Keegan was more happy with the toy car than most of the animals, but he did like the drums that were by the new lion area.

Mikayla enjoyed everything about the place, running from one exhibit to the next, touching some of the animals (that she was allowed to), and seeing so many other kids. Petting the goats was a highlight.

"How high can you fly?" - Caught on film!

The fact that she was there with her buddy, Isaiah, was frosting on the cake!