Lately: June/July

The last month has been crazy. Between traveling, making moving plans, traveling again and making more moving plans, we haven't had time to breathe. We are now waiting for Brad's sister Lauren to get here for the week :). I swear I am going to post on our awesome trip to Yakima, I just have to steal the pics off of Brad's computer.

So here is what we have been up to this month (sans trips):

 Some trips to the beach (it was windy, don't judge)

 Lots of walks in the neighborhood 

 And smiles during those walks...he LOVES being outside

 A trip to the aquarium 

We like the jelly fish best 

 Kai's first time on a boat (taking a nap)

 Some major cuddling watching movies

 A lot of sleepy moments 

 Too much looking like a big boy

 Some Keeva watching comedians

 Tons of passing out in random positions

 Trips to Costco in the sling

And some strangeness when a mexican woman served us fries and a frosty dressed like Wendy

Summer Vacation: Kirkland

 So as I mentioned before, we headed up to Washington last month to go to my brother Brandon's graduation and visit family. There is waaaay to much to post so I am going to separate the Kirkland trip and the Yakima trip into two posts. So we will start with Kirkland.
We had so much fun spending time with Brad's family hanging out, going downtown Seattle and antiquing in Snohomish. Kai loved being with his Nana, Papa and meeting his Aunt, Uncles and cousins.

 Dinner at a sushi bar...Kai was really interested in the moving belt of fish

 Kai, Papa and Nana at the sushi bar

 Antiquing in Snohomish (idk why Angie is behind the pole)

 Adorable Jenny

We even got to meet up with my cousins Catrina and Capri who I hadn't seen in years!

 Adding to the Pike's Place gum wall (gross)

 Brad and Kai's contribution

 The girls loved Keeva's kennel...Keeva didn't love that they loved it haha

Pretend puppies

 Cousins

The family antiquing in Snohomish (Amy is taking the picture) 

Boston Bound...the preview

So the rumors are true, we are moving to Boston. It happened so quickly that we haven't really had time to take it in, let alone blog about it. Brad's new employer, Arnold Worldwide, called him up about a month ago and asked if they could fly him out for an "interview" and let him check out their studio. He thought it sounded fun, so he went. We in no way thought it would lead to anything...but here we are, moving to Boston. Basically, they gave us an offer we couldn't refuse (plus we always like a new adventure). 

Last week, Arnold Worldwide flew is all out from 4 days to check out the city and find housing. I LOVE BOSTON! It is beautiful and so much fun, culture, and history all in one city. We are really excited for this move and we found a beautiful townhome in a community called Brookline right outside of the city. There are cobblestone streets, trees everywhere, sailboats in the harbor, and cathedrals everywhere you look. Seriously, amazing. The offer is open for anyone who wants to come visit! 

 I tried lobster for the first time. It was good but scary and way to "full-animal-staring-at-you" for me. 

 Kai snuggled in the sling a lot...oh, to be a baby

 This is the public gardens in the center of the city

 my slobbery boy at lunch

 The hotel staff arranged Kai's stuffed animals all cute for us..too funny

 One of the many cathedrals 

 Another cathedral right downtown

 The hotel gave Kai this lobster that is as big as him, we named him Lenox after the hotel

 Welcome to Boston, our new home

Kai's first plan ride

Side note: Kai did so well on the plane. The first take-off he actually smiled and giggled a little. He slept on landing and then on take-off of the next flight too. He just played and slept pretty much the whole time and everyone around him thought he was so cute and well behaved. Then came the last flight. Luckily it was only an hour from Phoenix to OC because he screamed the entire time. He refused to eat, he refused to sleep, he just did a pained scream for an hour. It was so sad. But hey, of two 5.5 hour flights and two 1 hour flights if he only screamed for an hour total, I can't complain. Success. 

Kai's Blessing

When we were up in Washington a few weeks ago (a full post on that to come) we blessed Kai at Brad's parent's house. It was a beautiful blessing and it was so awesome to be surrounded by family and feel all of their love and support. Kai was silent the whole time and just took it all in. 

After the blessing we had a big family BBQ and celebrated an early father's day. It was a wonderful day. 

Us with Grandpa and Lola

Us with the full Woodard clan (minus Lauren who was at school)

Happy 4th

We took the opportunity to do absolutely nothing yesterday. Hey, that is what we live in a free country for, right? Brad has been working his butt of on freelance projects and I have been super busy lately...so we slept in, watched movies, ate In-N-Out (we had to have burgers) and basically stayed in our PJ's all day. 

We meant to go watch fireworks but Keeva was shaking so bad that we decided to cuddle with her and open all of the windows to watch the fireworks people were shooting in the street outside our apartment. Poor puppy was so scared. Kai loved them though.

 Keeva hiding from the fireworks

 All the craziness outside was just too much excitement for Kai

 Cute boy showing off his outfit from Grandma Kim

 Doing his patriotic dance

 Such a happy boy

Assuming the position - mouth open ready to eat everything in sight 

Can't wait for next year when Kai can really get a kick out of the fireworks...and maybe next year we will actually do something on the 4th. God Bless America! 

3 Months Old

Okay, so I am aware that Kai is actually 3 1/2 months old but it has been a BUSY month. We took a 2 week vacation and life has been crazy since we got back. I will post on the vacation, Kai's blessing, and  the craziness that has transpired once we got home later, but for now it is 3 month picture time! 

Kai is getting so BIG! He is a monster. No one believes me when I tell them that he is only 3 months. He has an appointment next week but last time I measured and weighed him he was still in the 99th percentile for height and 95th for weight. He is in 6month clothes because they are the only things long enough for him. 

3 month developments:

-He rolls, I have to keep my eye on him now

-He drools A LOT...Seriously, there are puddles wherever he lays

-He is getting a bunch of hair and it is basically white blonde

-He chews and sucks on EVERYTHING - his hands, his toes, his toys, your shirt, anything

-He laughs, and daddy seems to be the funniest...mommy, not so much

-He smiles at everyone

-He stares, it is actually kind of creepy but he can stare for hours

-He sleeps through the night! Wahoo (and sleeps with his eyes open...scary)

-He is getting independent and loves to sit in his bumbo seat or play on his play mat alone

-He talks, more like babbles but it is pretty cute because he will mimic you

-He loves story time and is even starting to reach and grab the book and feel the textures

 Cute little cowboy

  I know it's blurry but look at the lip sucking sweetness

 Slobbery mess

 Monkey feet

 Eating his hands, as usual 

 Happy boy

 Finally chunking back up

 The stare