Pumpkin Update

Well, here is the update for the "4th child" in the family. It has been 3 1/2 weeks since the last picture. Notice any difference?? Scroll down and compare the two pictures! I think he's grown quite a bit in the last month. There are still 5 weeks left until Halloween so we're hoping for great things. Maybe a mutant pumpkin or something. I think Ryan was hoping for bigger at this stage. (Not sure why. But I did catch him chanting the "peter peter pumpkin eater" nursery rhyme as he drenched his pumpkin in plant food. You know the "had a wife and couldn't keep her" part. I'm wondering if I should be worried about that...;) Actually I kinda think the growth is slowing down so I'm not sure if it will be much bigger than this or not for the carving party. Stay tuned unil next time.....

Who is that baby??

What? You don't recognize this baby? All I can say is Kyson got his first haircut. And as the scissors cut off his hair a little piece of his mommy was cut off too (sniff). I am still recuperating (and in mourning) from the experience.

I loved his long old-man-comb-over hair. And maybe it is just because I am his mother. But it had to be done. His hair on the back of his head and down the middle was probably 3 inches long. Which means it blew in the wind. Actually "flapped" would be a more accurate description. I still loved it. But I had put it off long enough.

And can I say that this is the shortest his hair has ever been. I mean, he was born with 3 times the amount of hair that he now has. His baby hair never fell out. It just started to grow in blonde so he had blonde roots and dark tips. I called him my punk rocker baby. But now it's gone. And yes, he still has hair people! But the fact is all of his dark hair is gone and in its place is white blonde. This gives him the appearance of being a baldy. Hence the reason that his mommy is still recuperating.

In fact, I specifically took these pictures outside so the camera could even see his hair. My male hairstylist promised me that Kyson's hair would grow back thicker and faster. We'll see. I'm just glad that I didn't let him buzz it with a 1. Yikes!

My little photographers

One of the favorite past times for Lexi and Kendri is taking pictures. Anytime they see the camera lying around they have this incessant need to pick it up and take pictures. Of anything. I have found the strangest things on my camera that I never even knew they had taken. Luckily our camera is old and Ryan and I are not too concerned about it so we don't necessarily worry when they are doing a "photo shoot". They also enjoy posing for the camera. Take a look at their latest work.
Here is Kendri posing for Lexi.
(Cute right? Keep going...)


A little serious, but not too bad.


And then we get to the real creativity.


What can I say? We have a serious model in our midst.

Siblings

Everyone keeps telling me that Kyson looks like Ryan but I am hear to disagree. I took this picture of Lexi and Kyson and I think they totally look alike. And Lexi is a my mini-me. Which means Kyson has to look like me, right? Let's take a poll.... And on a totally unrelated subject, here are the girls before church. Don't ask me how I had time to not only curl their hair but also to take a picture because I don't really know. Since Ryan has started his new calling as ward clerk, I am on my own on Sunday mornings. I guess maybe when you allow 3 hours to get ready you're bound to have a few minutes to take some snap shots. Sometimes. There may have been some mild traffic infractions involved. But we made it on time. Anyway, I had to document it since who knows when it will happen again?

Ryan's New Baby....ohhh, isn't it cute?

Does anyone want to know what this is a picture of? Come on.....you know what that looks like. I'll give you a hint.....think orange and spooky. Yep, a pumpkin.

Not just any pumpkin mind you. This "little" guy is a mere 3 weeks old. THREE WEEKS old. I don't know if you can really get a feel for the size....maybe you can see my hand at the edge of the picture. Not grotesquely huge by any means....yet. Now for those of you who aren't in the pumpkin raising field, let me tell you a little something. There are still, oh, 8 weeks left till Halloween. That means there are 8 weeks left to water and care for and GROW. We have a massive pumpkin. Our last "massive" pumpkin was this size at the end of October. Meaning it was full grown and orange and not going to get any bigger and it was still the biggest in the neighborhood.

But alas, this is no surprise to us. My husband is crazy. He planted this seed knowing full well that what he was planting was not your typical pumpkin. The seed came from some giant contest winning pumpkin. The average size for the pumpkins coming from these seeds is only 500 pounds. (Did I mention my husband is crazy?? Just making sure because I've also caught him feeding his "baby" plant food on a consistent basis just to make sure it grows enormous)

So, now we have a giant pumpkin growing. Where do you ask? Maybe in the back yard where we can care for it in the privacy of our own home. Oh, no. Smack dab in the front of my house. Because what would we do if our pumpkin really did grow to 500 pounds? How would we ever move a gigantic pumpkin to the front of the house for Halloween? Well, I can tell you I sure wasn't going to be picking up that sucker. So Ryan decided the only option was to disregard our Home Owner's Association and plant it in prime view (meaning right where the whole world can watch the freakish plant grow.) So far no complaints from the neighbors. I'm guessing maybe around the 200 pound mark we may start hearing from some. I can't very well hide it. I'm not really sure what it weighs right now but I do know that it isn't unusual for these things to grow 6 pounds a day. Yep, folks you read that right. 6 whoppin' pounds a day. And I thought puppies grew fast.

In my house....

1. I just got my baby to sleep after 40 minutes of pacing his bedroom floor. (My big toe has been numb ever since...maybe I was bouncing too much??? There's got to be an easier way)

2. I can hear the party going on at my neighbors' house. Which will mean that I will still hear them at 2:00 am.....again.

3. I'm wondering how long my bottom lip will be numb since I started talking before my liquid canker sore medicine fully dried. oops.(The canker sore is on my top lip:))

4. I'm making a mental note to call the juror's office on Monday to see if I can get out of jury duty. (Nursing totally has it's benefits!)

5. I really need to find some cute fabric to re-cover my couch pillows. The stuffing is hanging out and pulling on it has become a favorite past time of my 3 year old.

6. I could really use some ice cream right about now. Good thing I stocked up last week when it was on sale! "Very Cherry" has been my personal favorite for the last couple of years. YUM!

7. I'm hoping my new book is an "attention grabber"...it's been awhile since I've had one of those. Any recommendations?

8. I'm thinking Lexi looked really cute for soccer pictures today...but the team banner was a total BUST! (I can't really say too much about it because I did not volunteer any ideas or offer to help......hmmm.)

9. I can still smell the enchilada's we had for dinner tonight. Mmmmm. I really planned ahead and made enough to freeze for another night down the road. Whooohooo!

And last but not least...

10. I'm dreaming of bed!

Kyson loves to eat....NOT!

Kyson will hit his 6 month mark in two days....meaning it is time for the rice cereal. We gave him his first solid food yesterday and it didn't go over too well. So today I thought maybe he'd take after his mother and like something a little sweeter. Applesauce. I mixed it in with the rice cereal certain that I had a winner. Just take a look at the pictures. It went from...
"not sure about this"...to

"Do I really have to try this??" .....to

"Gag me....You can't make me swallow!!!"

This is him gagging. Seriously. Lexi was taking one picture after another. Documenting it all for posterity. He did not get one swallow down without going through at least 2 gags. Gagging on applesauce? I think I may be in trouble. Just wait til I get to the peas.