Finally Kai is wanting to walk. For the longest time, when we would try to get him to walk, he would just get all limp-legged and not even want to attempt it. But all of the sudden he tried walking on Friday night. He didn't get more than one step in before falling, but we worked more on Saturday, and he's doing so good!! Now when he tries he holds his arms straight up above his head, its hilarious.
So my little boy is ONE! Can't believe it! At his 12 month appointment he weighed in at 25 pounds, and is 31 inches tall. We had his birthday party on August 21st (his b-day is the 19th), and a lot of people were there, and my friend Amanda made a wonderfully awesome cake! Here are some cute pictures from the day! ;) On the cake, the shark came off and was the part we gave to Kai 
My cute little neice: 
Trying out the pinata 
Presents 
Both Kai and my expressions here make me laugh! :P 
Kai and his grandmas: 
Happy Birthday, my sweet boy, I love you!
I was looking at pictures today and ran across my wedding picture video I had made. I tear up every time I see this!
Ok, everyone together "AWWWWWWWW!"
Warning, may contain TMI
So I breastfed Kai until the beginning of November. So less than 3 months. I have been pumping exclusively since then. 9 months....9 months of pumping everyday. Setting the time aside to pump. And I work full time. At first it was 5 to 6 times a day. Now it is 1 or 2 times a day. At first I had to supplement with a little formula, then when he started eating cereal I had enough milk...more than enough. My fridge was full. As I started tapering off a little, I am now supplementing a little again. I don't feel too full if I pump twice a day now. Its really not all that bad. I am quite excited to stop having to set aside this time everyday. But in a way I'm a little sad. I'm sad because my baby is growing up! 4 days from today he turns ONE! Holy crap!! Its very surreal. Next monday is his 12 month appointment, so we'll get to see his stats, which I am excited for. He hasn't been to the Dr. since 6 months. His Dr. is my uncle, so he was like, "eh, he can skip his 9 month, he's doing good". The only thing I am worried about is his reflux. The medicine he's on helps quite a bit, but with how easily he still pukes, I am worried that if we take him off he'll get really bad again. :( I am a little excited to have him try cows milk though! I wonder what he'll think of that. We put his carseat facing forward yesterday for the first time. I konw its 5 days early...but hey...he's bigger than a lot of 1 year olds, so I figure he'll be fine. He likes it a lot, being able to see everything.
We're gearing up for his party, which will be next Saturday, the 21st. We're doing a fish theme, and my awesome friend, Amanda, is making the cakes (one for Kai and one for everyone!) It's going to be way fun! I'm so excited! I will definately be posting a bunch of pictures from it! This is the invite I made for the event!
And in addition, I have to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beautiful neice! Today she is 8 years old! We're doing a family celebration when she gets baptised! I can't beleive how old she is! WOW. 
Happy Birthday "Gummy-cita"!!
I have a friend that is involved in a controversial situation. Rob asked me tonight, when we saw it on the news, how I felt about it. I will stand by this:
I am so proud of my best friend. She is an amazing person no matter what anyone else thinks. I have been friends with her since we were 12. Almost 20 years will give you an idea on someones character. While this may not be MY lifestyle choice, she is happy and I am SO immensely happy for her. I am looking forward to this show, "Sister Wives" on TLC in September! It will be interesting! ;)
So I really think this song is beautiful, but the radio plays it so much, I will get sick of it, I'm sure. But this performance is very impressive too. I'm not really a Pink fan...but this was cool. All that and she kept singing!
So I have kind of been toying with the idea for a while...but with how Kai has been swinging from my locks like Tarzan in the jungle...I decided to just do it before I got too psyched out. To make it easier, I recruited a fellow long-haired-brunette just 2 days ago to join me. She had been thinking about donating her hair for a while too. Its quite a change. The last time I cut my hair was to my chin 7 and a half years ago. Since then I have just regularly trimmed it and grown it out. I didn't realize how long it really was until I saw my before picture, though:
Thats Amanda on the left and me on the right.
I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but with help from the hair dresser, and this as kind of an idea, we ended up with this:
My hair is shorter than the picture I was going for, but I think I like it. :D
Change is always good, and its just hair, right? It'll grow out...
What do YOU think?
