Meet The O'Connors!: April 2007

Monday, April 30, 2007

Kylie loves shopping!

I knew I could get Kylie to like shopping! Only problem is that I can only go to the Carter's store! They have little wooden toys at the register and a Lego table in the back, and Kylie LOVED it there! I sat her on the floor while I paid and she was busy for 15 minutes! She was cute down there I whipped out the camera and started taking pics! She was NOT happy to get back into the stroller...she dug her little fingers into the grooves of the toy as I tried to pull her away! She was screaming and crying and I was so flustered I made it halfway to the door before I realized I had left my wallet, credit card, and phone on the counter! Here is the little busy-bee:

San Diego Wild Animal Park!

As if the wild birthday weekend wasn't enough, Sarah and I decided to take the little ones to the San Diego Wild Animal Park today! Since we have year passes we didn't feel bad about only going for a couple hours. It was pretty eventful...Kylie got sunscreen in her eyes, Tyler though the duck food was human food and Sarah had to rip it out of his mouth, Tyler went to his first Petting Zoo, and we saw a bunch of BFL's (Brown Four Legged's)(Thanks for that one, Nick!).

At lunch, Tyler kept standing up in his chair and Sarah would tell him to sit down because it was dangerous and he would fall and get an owie. Tyler picked up on this real quick and thought it would be a fun little game. Finally, when he stood up in his chair for the 5th time Sarah told me to ignore him, and we went on eating pretending we didn't see him. Next thing you know Tyler is standing in his chair chanting "Sit doooowwwwwnnn, dangerousssss, going to get an oooowwwwiee" in a sing-song voice. It was the funniest thing, I had to turn away so he wouldn't see me crack up! Well, Sarah was right, he got bored of the game and sat right down all on his own! I am going to start taking notes, Sarah is such a good Mommy!!

As if that wasn't funny enough, on the way home Tyler was clearly exhausted which translated into cranky. I was in the front seat, minding my own business when all of a sudden, BAM! I was hit by a flying animal cookie! I look back and Tyler had dumped his bag of animal crackers on his lap and was throwing them all over the car! Sarah told him to stop, but that just fueled the flame! Animals were flying everywhere! I reached back and started picking them up - I didn't want any to land in Kylie's car seat - she would pop them right in her mouth! So I say to Tyler, "Tyler, did you give any cookies to Kylie?" Of course the answer was no! So I picked up all the crackers and thaought that would be the end of it...until I turned around to check on Kylie and Tyler hurled a handfull of CRUMBS in my face! I was trying so hard not to laugh, but it was the funniest thing! When we got home and I took Kylie out of her car seat, sure enough, she had about 5 animal crackers on her lap! Needless to say, little Tyler went right in for nap time the second we got home! It was a wild and crazy trip! :)

Feeding the ducks...

Tyler and Mommy

Poor little KyKy...the sunscreen hadn't dried on her hands and she was sleepy so she rubbed her eyes. This was a recipe for disaster! She rubbed all that wet sunscreen right into her little eyes. She was crying and fussing, and kept rubbing her eyes since they probably stung so badly! All the rubbing was making it worse! I was freaking out! Sarah told me to keep her from rubbing her eyes and making it worse, so when we stopped for lunch I decided to nurse her to keep her hands away from her face. I read the bottle and it said to flush her eyes with water. Poor little girl, I took a water bottle and POURED water right on her face all into her eyes! She started freaking out, but it worked! Here is a pic of her 20 minutes AFTER I flushed out her eyes...I felt sooo bad!

Tyler loved the playground!

Mommy and Kylie (I think she has forgiven me for the sunscreen incident)

Finally, there is my happy girl!

Here we are at the Petting Zoo...I thought Tyler was going to be scared once we got in, but it was exactly the opposite! He went crazy! He was running from animal to animal petting and chasing them! It was so cute!

Kylie took the "one-finger" pet approach - she learned that from Daddy, that's how he pets my parents' dogs!

Here's Tyler running with a BFL!

Tyler gets a big boy bed!!

Today Nana and Grampa gave Tyler a Car Big Boy Bed! At first he was a little unsure about it, but after a long day of Wiggly Parties, train tables, presents, cake, friends, and family, he was so exhausted he actually slept in it! We snuck up after he fell asleep to see if it were really true, and sure enough, he was fast asleep in his big boy bed! I snuck a picture of course! (It was actually dark, the flash makes it look like we turned on the light! We aren't that mean!)

The next day Sarah tried to put Tyler down for a nap in the car bed and he wasn't having it! He was crying then talking, then, we heard the door open...Tyler started walking OUT OF HIS ROOM!! Sarah and I were freaking out! We didn't know what to do! You could hear him coming down the stairs, then he stopped, so Sarah went over to check on him. After explaining that he could not come out of his room until Mommy said so, Sarah put him right back in with the car bed! She said she gave him a very serious look so that he knew she meant business!! Now she just needs a childproof door knob! :)

Fun with Tyler!

Here are some pics of us hanging out with Tyler before heading off to the Wild Animal Park. He is so funny, I keep saying he needs a reality TV show! That kid has a thousand faces, my favorite is the one he makes when he knows he is doing something wrong!

Tyler is going to kill me when he gets older! But, hey, I got him to actually pose for a picture, even if it was with Kylie's bow in his hair! :)

Here is Tyler feeding Kylie her puffs! At least he gave her a few before he ate the entire cup-full! Hey, at least they were Sweet Potato flavor, the kid is getting some veggies out of it!

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Our Visit with KK and Mandi!

After Tyler's party Kylie and I drove over to visit with KK and Mandi...she lives only 10 minutes away from Sarah! Believe it or not, it was Mandi's first time seeing baby Kylie! (No one's fault but my own! She has been asking to meet Kylie forever...we just now got it going!) Kennedi is just so cute, she is like a little mini princess! She is walking like crazy and LOVES to carry around purses and wear necklaces! Do I even need to mention to fact that she has the cutest hair (and hairstyle) I have ever seen? Kylie and I got Kennedi a purse, necklace, and bracelet as a belated first birthday present. Look at the ADORABLE little lady:

Here are Kylie and KK posing for some pics!

How cute is this?! Here is KK giving Kylie kisses!

Thanks, Man for having us over! We can't wait to visit again!

Today was Tyler's second birthday party (and his real birthday!). We had a great time at his "Wiggly Party" and so did the kids! Sarah did such a great job planning the whole party - it was so much fun! She didn't miss a beat! I think I need to hire her for Kylie's first birthday! She had all sorts of food, coloring sheets and markers for the kids, music (although we forgot to turn it on until after the kids left), sand toys for the playground, hats, blowers, and the BEST goody bags ever! Tyler was so cute the whole day, especially in his personalized Wiggle shirt! Here are a TON of pics from the day!

Here is the music note banner I made for the party: