Let the leaves-changing, pumpkin-carving, day-hiking, cooler nights, crisper days, bluer skies, football watching begin!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Fall
Fall has begun in the Caskey household as we held the annual lighting of the Yankee Harvest Candle on September 3 (Thank you Jonathan for my new one for my birthday!)...
Let the leaves-changing, pumpkin-carving, day-hiking, cooler nights, crisper days, bluer skies, football watching begin!
Let the leaves-changing, pumpkin-carving, day-hiking, cooler nights, crisper days, bluer skies, football watching begin!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Dueces Wild
I took two girls to the doctor today- one for a two month check up and one for a two year check up.
Sienna weighed 11lbs 8oz which is about 50th percentile. She was 22.5 in long which is also 50 percentile. Her head was 15.5in (I think) which was 60th percentile. Everything checked out great physically. She got three shots in her leg and an oral vaccine. She cried for maybe 30 seconds and was fine.
Kiran weighed 25lbs 10oz which is 40th percentile which is up from 25th percentile at 18 months and 10th percentile at 15 months and below the charts at 12 months. She's done a lot of catching up! Her height was also 50th percentile but I can't remember what it was and I'm too lazy to go pull out her medical folder. Her head was still in the 90th percentile. Its all those brains right? Physically Kiran checked out perfectly too. Kiran got one shot (her MMR was skipped in all the moving around dr's offices) and one flu mist up her nose. She cried for like 10 minutes then moaned in the back of the car for the entire ride home. Oh the moaning.
We are very thankful for our healthy, growing girls!
Sienna weighed 11lbs 8oz which is about 50th percentile. She was 22.5 in long which is also 50 percentile. Her head was 15.5in (I think) which was 60th percentile. Everything checked out great physically. She got three shots in her leg and an oral vaccine. She cried for maybe 30 seconds and was fine.
Kiran weighed 25lbs 10oz which is 40th percentile which is up from 25th percentile at 18 months and 10th percentile at 15 months and below the charts at 12 months. She's done a lot of catching up! Her height was also 50th percentile but I can't remember what it was and I'm too lazy to go pull out her medical folder. Her head was still in the 90th percentile. Its all those brains right? Physically Kiran checked out perfectly too. Kiran got one shot (her MMR was skipped in all the moving around dr's offices) and one flu mist up her nose. She cried for like 10 minutes then moaned in the back of the car for the entire ride home. Oh the moaning.
We are very thankful for our healthy, growing girls!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Kiran
Dear Kiran,
Today you turned two!! Happy teertday! We asked you all day today whose birthday it was (Kiran's or churchin as you say) and how old you were (two- holding out your index finger and thumb to show two). It was a fun day- definitely a celebration of the two years of life you have shared with us.
Your first year of life was fun as you grew physically and hit many huge milestones- rolling over, sitting, eating solid foods, standing, walking and talking. This year was so fun because your personality really came alive. You are a joyous, infectious kid. You make people smile every where we go. From yelling hi to everyone we see in the Target parking lot to barking at dogs we pass on the street, you have a way of bringing people (and animals) into your happy world. You make us smile all the time.
When Daddy & I are away from you, we find ourselves saying "Kiranisms" before long. You are at that really fun stage where you mispronounce nearly every word. I don't have the heart to correct you becuase its so darn cute and I know the time is coming soon when these mispronounced words will be replaced with easily understood words. And I'll miss them. You talk about Chick-fay and Tarjet when we go past them (ok ok when we go in them). You talk ALL the time. We think Sienna's first words will be "Quit talking Kiran!" You call Sienna "Deedeena" unless you are in a hurry and then its just "Didi". You ask us to sing your three favorite songs all the time "Jesus me" (Jesus Loves Me), "Jesus Too" (Jesus Loves the Little Children) and "Tickle Stars" (Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars). You are trying to sing along with us now and that is one of the most precious sounds I've ever heard.
You love to eat. Oh you love food. All kinds of food- spicy or not, healthy or not. You eat oatmeal with blueberries most mornings although you love a from-scratch waffle or pancake that Daddy makes for you. You eat three meals a day and two snacks. You still love to sleep and almost always go bed joyfully probably because it comes after your favorite time of day- BATH! We try to have you in bed by 8pm and you sleep until 7 or 8 in the morning. We moved you to a big girl bed just a few weeks ago. You were so proud to sleep in a big girl bed. You transitioned wonderfully and we only missed a few naps. Last week I put you down for your nap in the pack-n-play at Mimi and Papa's and when Daddy came to check on you because you were still talking after 30 minutes, he found that you had climbed out of the pack-n-play and put yourself to bed on the big girl bed.
You love learning new things and soak up information constantly. You have known your colors for a few months now and that is still one of your favorite things to talk about. You can recognize your letters and are starting to count. You love to color and will do it for long stretches of time. You love to read your books and your favorite book is still your Bible. You request it at every nap time and every night time. Your favorite game is I Spy! We love finding new things for you to spy and you love spying trees, churches, power lines and big trucks. You are such a great helper to me. You help me vaccuum, sweep and wipe. You go get a new onesie for Sienna and hand me diapers and wipes while I change her. Your best buddy is Elijah and we go to the park with him about every week. I loved last week when I picked you up from his house and you were both stripped down to your diapers playing the creek behind their house. You two embodied pure joy at that time and I hope your childhood is full of memories like that.
The greatest joy for your Dad & I this year has been watching you become a big sister to Sienna. You are so gentle with her and attuned to her needs.You love to bring her toys to play with or to alert me when she is crying or awake. You always ask for her when you wake up and love to hold her- for a little while anyway. You have shown incredible patience with me as I learn to be a mom to two little girls. You've had to wait more and be more independent. You have had to come second sometimes and usually you take it all in stride. I eagerly look forward to watching you and Sienna develop a relationship as she grows older. I hope you'll realize how lucky you are to have a sister and that you two will share many fun memories as my sister and I did. I hope that when you and Sienna are older that you can sit and watch your kids play together and know life really can't get much better than this.
You still embody your name- our little ray of light. Your light shines brighter and brighter all the time. Your daddy and I pray that you would be "the light of the world" (Matt 5:14) by trusting in the one who is light (John 8:12). We thank Jesus every day that He gave you to us for our earthly family.
I love you Kiran Elizabeth! Happy Second Birthday!
Today you turned two!! Happy teertday! We asked you all day today whose birthday it was (Kiran's or churchin as you say) and how old you were (two- holding out your index finger and thumb to show two). It was a fun day- definitely a celebration of the two years of life you have shared with us.
Your first year of life was fun as you grew physically and hit many huge milestones- rolling over, sitting, eating solid foods, standing, walking and talking. This year was so fun because your personality really came alive. You are a joyous, infectious kid. You make people smile every where we go. From yelling hi to everyone we see in the Target parking lot to barking at dogs we pass on the street, you have a way of bringing people (and animals) into your happy world. You make us smile all the time.
When Daddy & I are away from you, we find ourselves saying "Kiranisms" before long. You are at that really fun stage where you mispronounce nearly every word. I don't have the heart to correct you becuase its so darn cute and I know the time is coming soon when these mispronounced words will be replaced with easily understood words. And I'll miss them. You talk about Chick-fay and Tarjet when we go past them (ok ok when we go in them). You talk ALL the time. We think Sienna's first words will be "Quit talking Kiran!" You call Sienna "Deedeena" unless you are in a hurry and then its just "Didi". You ask us to sing your three favorite songs all the time "Jesus me" (Jesus Loves Me), "Jesus Too" (Jesus Loves the Little Children) and "Tickle Stars" (Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars). You are trying to sing along with us now and that is one of the most precious sounds I've ever heard.
You love to eat. Oh you love food. All kinds of food- spicy or not, healthy or not. You eat oatmeal with blueberries most mornings although you love a from-scratch waffle or pancake that Daddy makes for you. You eat three meals a day and two snacks. You still love to sleep and almost always go bed joyfully probably because it comes after your favorite time of day- BATH! We try to have you in bed by 8pm and you sleep until 7 or 8 in the morning. We moved you to a big girl bed just a few weeks ago. You were so proud to sleep in a big girl bed. You transitioned wonderfully and we only missed a few naps. Last week I put you down for your nap in the pack-n-play at Mimi and Papa's and when Daddy came to check on you because you were still talking after 30 minutes, he found that you had climbed out of the pack-n-play and put yourself to bed on the big girl bed.
You love learning new things and soak up information constantly. You have known your colors for a few months now and that is still one of your favorite things to talk about. You can recognize your letters and are starting to count. You love to color and will do it for long stretches of time. You love to read your books and your favorite book is still your Bible. You request it at every nap time and every night time. Your favorite game is I Spy! We love finding new things for you to spy and you love spying trees, churches, power lines and big trucks. You are such a great helper to me. You help me vaccuum, sweep and wipe. You go get a new onesie for Sienna and hand me diapers and wipes while I change her. Your best buddy is Elijah and we go to the park with him about every week. I loved last week when I picked you up from his house and you were both stripped down to your diapers playing the creek behind their house. You two embodied pure joy at that time and I hope your childhood is full of memories like that.
The greatest joy for your Dad & I this year has been watching you become a big sister to Sienna. You are so gentle with her and attuned to her needs.You love to bring her toys to play with or to alert me when she is crying or awake. You always ask for her when you wake up and love to hold her- for a little while anyway. You have shown incredible patience with me as I learn to be a mom to two little girls. You've had to wait more and be more independent. You have had to come second sometimes and usually you take it all in stride. I eagerly look forward to watching you and Sienna develop a relationship as she grows older. I hope you'll realize how lucky you are to have a sister and that you two will share many fun memories as my sister and I did. I hope that when you and Sienna are older that you can sit and watch your kids play together and know life really can't get much better than this.
You still embody your name- our little ray of light. Your light shines brighter and brighter all the time. Your daddy and I pray that you would be "the light of the world" (Matt 5:14) by trusting in the one who is light (John 8:12). We thank Jesus every day that He gave you to us for our earthly family.
I love you Kiran Elizabeth! Happy Second Birthday!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Rolling into a Photo Shoot
Sienna started rolling over consistently tummy-to-back on Sunday. She's done it at least once a day since then- usually the first time I put her on her tummy that day. I've tried to get it on video but she just won't perform when I ask her too. I tried yesterday but instead it just turned into a photo shoot. I used to do this all the time with Kiran and it was fun to play around with both of the girls.
I call this one the Mom-My Cheeks Are So Heavy One.
I call this one the Mom-My Cheeks Are So Heavy One. Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Birthday: Mouse Edition
This morning Jonathan was sitting in our blue chair in the den part of our big room and I was a few feet away on the high stools nursing Sienna. J said "Don't panic but you need to know something."
Those are not nice, comforting words.
J continued, "There is a mouse behind the hutch who keeps poking its head out."
At this point the mouse decided to take a lap around the den. It scampered into our bedroom and disappeared. Oh gross. J got to make a run to the store to pick up some mouse traps. I seriously considered packing up the girls and going to my mom's. J reminded me that the mouse is more scared of us so I figured two loud, crying kids would keep the mouse away. And they did all day.
After we returned from our date tonight, the mouse reappeared behind the hutch. He moved to the entertainment center but he knew we were on the hunt so he stayed back there a while. Finally we scared him into Sienna's room. Jonathan had our broom to whack him and I had Kiran's broom to shoo him over Jonathan. Mostly I just stood on the rocking chair calling a play by play of the mouse's movements and encouraging Jonathan by proclaiming my confidence in his mouse-killing abilities. Finally after a long time, J squared off with the mouse in the corner by the door and the mouse didn't stand a chance.
I'm so thankful we went ahead and got the exterminator package when we had the ants issue. They will be coming on Friday to make sure no more mice get into our house.
Those are not nice, comforting words.
J continued, "There is a mouse behind the hutch who keeps poking its head out."
At this point the mouse decided to take a lap around the den. It scampered into our bedroom and disappeared. Oh gross. J got to make a run to the store to pick up some mouse traps. I seriously considered packing up the girls and going to my mom's. J reminded me that the mouse is more scared of us so I figured two loud, crying kids would keep the mouse away. And they did all day.
After we returned from our date tonight, the mouse reappeared behind the hutch. He moved to the entertainment center but he knew we were on the hunt so he stayed back there a while. Finally we scared him into Sienna's room. Jonathan had our broom to whack him and I had Kiran's broom to shoo him over Jonathan. Mostly I just stood on the rocking chair calling a play by play of the mouse's movements and encouraging Jonathan by proclaiming my confidence in his mouse-killing abilities. Finally after a long time, J squared off with the mouse in the corner by the door and the mouse didn't stand a chance.
I'm so thankful we went ahead and got the exterminator package when we had the ants issue. They will be coming on Friday to make sure no more mice get into our house.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Mental Floss
Last Christmas, my Uncle Tim drew my name in the annual Christmas drawing of names for presents. Since we share a love of all things trivial, he gave me a subscription to a magazine called Mental Floss. I have loved this magazine- partly because it has nothing to do with food or parenting- and I wanted to share with you 10 things I learned in my last edition of Mental Floss (Sept-Oct 08).
1. The longest jellyfish on record measured 160 feet- more than half the length of a football field.
2. I already knew that our longtime Senator Strom Thurmond set the record for the longest individual filibuster but I learned that a speaker isn't allowed to walk away from the podium- not even to go to the bathroom- so Strom hit the steam room beforehand to sweat out all his excess fluid. He lasted 24 hours 18 min before asking for the bathroom key!
3. Adidas and Puma were founded by competing brothers.
4. One of my favorite campaign slogans is "We Polked you in '44, we shall Pierce you in '52." Pierce won.
5. Walter Mondale's 1984 slogan was "America Needs a Change." Unfortunately for Mondale, Reagan won 49 of the 50 states.
6. Ukraine has a 99.4% literacy rate.
7. KFC's slogan in China is translated as "Eat your fingers off!" (Michelle, Sb- is this true?)
8. Actress Robin Givens married tennis coach Svetozar Marinkovic in 1997, but they separated later the same day.
9. There was a Bible printed in 1631 dubbed "Wicked Bible" b/c the printers forgot a not and printed "Thou shalt commit adultery."
10. The printers of that Bible were executed.
1. The longest jellyfish on record measured 160 feet- more than half the length of a football field.
2. I already knew that our longtime Senator Strom Thurmond set the record for the longest individual filibuster but I learned that a speaker isn't allowed to walk away from the podium- not even to go to the bathroom- so Strom hit the steam room beforehand to sweat out all his excess fluid. He lasted 24 hours 18 min before asking for the bathroom key!
3. Adidas and Puma were founded by competing brothers.
4. One of my favorite campaign slogans is "We Polked you in '44, we shall Pierce you in '52." Pierce won.
5. Walter Mondale's 1984 slogan was "America Needs a Change." Unfortunately for Mondale, Reagan won 49 of the 50 states.
6. Ukraine has a 99.4% literacy rate.
7. KFC's slogan in China is translated as "Eat your fingers off!" (Michelle, Sb- is this true?)
8. Actress Robin Givens married tennis coach Svetozar Marinkovic in 1997, but they separated later the same day.
9. There was a Bible printed in 1631 dubbed "Wicked Bible" b/c the printers forgot a not and printed "Thou shalt commit adultery."
10. The printers of that Bible were executed.
Monday, September 1, 2008
So Busy
I've enjoyed every thing we have done lately but I don't like being so busy that I have to go grocery shopping at 10pm. Anyhow....Friday evening we got to have Lindsey and her parents over for dinner. Lindsey lived in India the same time we did and we haven't seen her in a year. It was WONDERFUL to reconnect with her.
Saturday we met my parents at the Apple Festival in Hendersonville. We have gone many times over the years but this time may have been the hottest. It took a little of the fall atmosphere away. The girls seemed to enjoy it and we certainly did. Although we made a quick exit when Kiran started falling apart and left without getting any apples :(
Main Street in Hendersonville
Grandma (Da-ju), Chief, Sienna & Kiran taking a break from the heat
We enjoyed ourselves!
Sienna peeking out of the wrap
Saturday we met my parents at the Apple Festival in Hendersonville. We have gone many times over the years but this time may have been the hottest. It took a little of the fall atmosphere away. The girls seemed to enjoy it and we certainly did. Although we made a quick exit when Kiran started falling apart and left without getting any apples :(
Main Street in Hendersonville
Grandma (Da-ju), Chief, Sienna & Kiran taking a break from the heat
We enjoyed ourselves!
Sunday we went back to TFBC to see our nephew Jay dedicated. I don't have any pictures of that or the brunch afterwards yet.
Tonight we went to my parents' house for a Labor Day/.Lauren's Birthday/Kelley's Birthday cook out. We did get all five grandkids together for a picture but I don't have that one yet either.
It doesn't seem life is going to slow down any time soon. We're hosting three events in the next 6 days- culminating with our oldest turning TWO! Wow. I need to go sleep.
Tonight we went to my parents' house for a Labor Day/.Lauren's Birthday/Kelley's Birthday cook out. We did get all five grandkids together for a picture but I don't have that one yet either.
It doesn't seem life is going to slow down any time soon. We're hosting three events in the next 6 days- culminating with our oldest turning TWO! Wow. I need to go sleep.
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