Lithia Park

We made it to Oregon last Sunday (not yesterday, the Sunday before). We have had a lot of fun. One day we went to Lithia Park up in Ashland and then had lunch at my uncles restaurant Geppettos. Here are some pictures from the park.

Dont Forget to Pray

We went out to dinner tonight (I love not having to cook in a hot house that has air conditioning that does not work very well). It had been quite a long time since we went to a sit down restaurant. We ordered a bloomin onion (so tasty!) and give some to Jackson on his plate. He doesn't eat any and Andrew keeps telling him to try it. All the mean while, Jackson is sitting there with his arms folded waiting to say a prayer. Finally I figured out what he was doing and told him we would say a little prayer. We said a quick little prayer and as soon as we said Amen, Jackson proceeded to eat. Amazing what little kids pick up on! He never eats his food before we say prayer but we didn't think about that as we were at the restaurant. What a kid!

iPhone user

Just now, Jackson found some iPod earbuds in my bedroom. He grabbed them and then grabbed my phone out of my pocket. He plugged the earbuds in and proceeded to turn on some music. He is now just sitting here listening to music. 22 months old and he can use my iPhone properly. Not to mention he knows where to go when he wants to call someone. Its quite funny, he will grab my phone and pull up my favorite contacts list. Cracks me up! The kid can't talk but he can use an iPhone...hmm...

Rice Cereal

Kenadi had her first experience with rice cereal today. Earlier, when we were at the duck pond, she was sitting on my lap and kept grabbing the bread out of my hand. I decided that she would get some for lunch this afternoon. She did an awesome job and ended up eating about 3 tablespoons worth of it. Not bad for a first try!

Then, Jackson being the good big brother that he is, decided that he wanted to help. (as a side note, he's always trying to share with Kenadi...not so good when she's only 5 months)

Duck Pond

This morning, we went up to a duck pond/ fishing pond in Midway. It was so beautiful up there. Jackson really enjoyed feeding the ducks. 

 Right after we got there a couple of ducks came up on the side of the bank. Jackson walked over to them and started waving and saying, "Hi!" It was hilarious to watch!

Jackson and Andrew feeding ducks bread. Jackson loved throwing the bread in the water. 

We tried to have him tear up his own bread into small pieces, but he would end up throwing half of a slice in. All the large white pieces in the water were from Jacksons awesome tearing ability. There were even more but I couldn't fit them all in the picture.

Jerseys and bouncers and a dress

Seems like we have been taking a lot of pictures the past couple of days. The other day Andrew bought a BYU jersey (for ridiculously cheap I might add) and Jackson thought it was so cool he wanted to try it on. 

We decided it was time to bust the bouncer out for Kenadi. Jackson of course wanted to show her how to work it all

 

How about a little flashback? This is when Jackson first got to be in the bouncer . Yep! Id say they look like siblings.

 
 Back to Kenadi

 Unlike Jackson however, she does NOT need the childrens hymn book to stand on to reach the floor. Remember this??

In his defense he was just barely 4 months and Kenadi will be 5 months tomorrow so she is older when she first stood in it. My bet is that they are about the same height when they grow up.

Now Jacksons turn. Kenadi decided it was bed time (it was like 7:30, man I love that she goes to bed at about 8 and then wakes up between 6:30 and 7!) so Jackson decided it was his turn to play in the bouncer. 

He is soo goofy! He has been playing in the bouncer for most of this morning as well. 

And lastly, yesterday we found Kenadis dress for Adam and Arielles wedding. I am going to make a red sash and red flower for her to wear with it. So Cute! (But I am biased)

Videos

Here are some videos we took of the kids today. Andrew was tossing Kenadi in the air and she was laughing so hard. Jackson wanted to get in on it too, so he had Andrew toss him as well. Earlier we were watching Curious George, Jacksons FAVORITE character, and he was dancing to the intro music.

Toes

Kenadi found her toes about a month ago and has loved holding them. Today though, she found she can chew on them. (Yes, she is naked but its because she had just spit up all over her dress and I was changing her into pajammies).