Because I never record anything for this girl

At her 12 month checkup today (she is currently 14 months old) her stats were as follows:

weight - 18 pounds 4 oz = <5%

(Went home and weighed the diaper she was wearing. ACTUAL weight - 17 pounds 12 oz)

height - 28 1/2 inches = 20%

head - 18 3/8 inches = 85%

Got 4 shots. Isn't wearing this shirt today - but should be.

Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

Look at all of these darling kids in our neighborhood. Katie was asleep for the Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, but these kids had a blast. We just hid eggs in the park for them and they all went to town.

Kirsten
Teagan (I know, I should've cropped out Ryan's head)
Ellie, Kelsey, Kirsten

ChloeGarrett and William

Ryan

A Few More Bags

Trying out a New Bathtime Approach

I know, they look SO happy don't they!? I thought this might improve the hair washing time.

Unfortunately, it was a raging failure... on both accounts.

Wouldn't Want Her to Get Thirsty

My kids seem to have a thing with drinking water when they go to bed. This seems like a little much though, I must admit. Especially since she has been sleeping for 2 and a half hours in this picture and she's STILL hugging one cup.

Rabbits really multiply - they are everywhere in our house!

Oops!

I just barely got this email from the gal who gave us Cozmo.

Jennifer,

Hope to be finding you all well.

I wanted to first check on him to see how he is doing....also I wanted to let you know....that to my suprise apparently he is not nuetered....because yesterday morning we awoke to find 5 baby rabbits in one of my lil girls cages.....it gets funnier....apparently your bob is quite the ladies man...because Im pretty sure that the other 2 girls are also expecting.....

HA imagine the look on my face.....yeah Im still in a bit of shock....wanted to let you know so you don't end up w/ any accidents....or lots of accidents....

ps if you know anyone who would make a loving baby bunny home I will have anywhere from the 5 I have now to umm maybe as many as 14 more....they will be ready for homes in 8-10 weeks....ahhh.... gotta love this stuff that keeps us on our toes....

thanks,

Brittany...

So, Gina, I know where you can get a bunny if you are still interested. :)

Happy Easter

The Runaway Bunny

Yes, folks. You read that correctly. Here is a picture of the bunny haven we developed for our new pet. You can see that it has a luxurious cage loaded with soft litter/bedding for him, a loft with a bowl full of leafy greens, more timothy hay than a rabbit could dream of, and a fancy side hanging water bottle. This large estate has a skylight and front entrance, a 1 bunny garage, and a fenced in "entertainers" yard. (okay, so I got carried away with the real estate hilariosity all around me). Still, you've got to admit, this is a great hang out! My kids were aching to get in.

Not Cosmo though. I spent about an hour putting that fencing together with those darn little zip ties. We coarced Cozmo inside with all of those lucious greens, and closed off the entrance. He was inside chowing down when I walked away.

About 4 minutes later he hopped into my room. "What the?? How did you do that?"

Can you tell how it was done?

Yes, he rammed his nose into the top door of the cage and opened it up. Then he hopped on Pop (I mean top) and squeezed right in between the side of the cage and the wall.

So, I put him back in and secured the side. As I was doing so I watched that tricky thing jump right over that fence on to my COUCH! So much for that fence. I took it down right away because it sure wasn't doing any good.

I was thinking that an outside bunny would be nice. We could just bring him in at night so the coyotes won't get him. So, we let him out on our little patio. Derek was out with the kids and Cozmo jumped right up onto our 2 ft wall. Derek gingerly hopped the wall and scared him back over to our side of the wall before he jumped into the park. Then we REALLY would've had a runaway bunny. There goes the outside bunny idea.

It looks like he's back in the kitchen. I didn't like that his cage was in there - I'm not interested in bunny smell while I eat, but he's gotten into a bit too much trouble while having free reign of the house. He's chewed through the power cord on Ryan's cd player, and our TV antenna cord. Plus, yesterday I found him sitting on our couch and he had used IT as his litter box. Luckily, rabbit poop is a cinch to clean up. I just hope that he doesn't chew through the baby gate that keeps him in the kitchen. *sigh* Like I didn't have enough keeping me busy before we adopted our bunny. Still, I can't help but like him.

I cut up a couple of apples yesterday and gave them to the kids while I was making lunch yesterday. Cozmo kept licking Katie's fingers so she started sharing her apple with him. I was really nervous that he'd end up nipping her finger but luckily he never did. Can you see that he's standing on his back legs to reach the apple?

It was really very sweet to see. She came over to me a minute or two later and said, "Ap" so I gave her another apple piece and then she said, "Coz" and went over and gave it to him. She'd take a bite and then she'd give him a bite. Come on, admit it, that's cute.


Maybe next time, I'll get a little video. That is, if Cozmo lasts another week at our house.

Crabby But Cute

I know, I know, my blog bores ME too. Sometimes I check it myself just to see if something has magically appeared. I actually have like 3 or 4 things that I could blog about (not terribly exciting, but they are things.) The question is, should I spread them out a little bit or blog them all at once?

This post is titled, "Crabby But Cute" because that's what Katie's shirt says. I thought I'd take a picture of her with the "no bangs" look I tried out on her today.