Down with Lil' Kasey Moe

Dear Grammy,

Why do I have to share this house with another cute dog who speaks English? It is not fair! I will take down Lil' Kasey Moe if it's the last thing I do. Ha ha ha ha!

Love,

The REAL (one and only) Kasey Moe

I was just about to...

If I was going to write a book about motherhood, one of the chapter titles would most certainly be the title of this blog. I'm pretty sure every mom (or woman for that matter) will understand the feeling of just getting started with something when your child (husband or dog) asks you to do something or demands your attention immediately. You think to yourself, "I was just about to _________ (eat lunch, take a shower, update the blog... you fill in your own blank) when Christopher (or your child, husband or dog) _____________ (woke up, started crying, chewed up a book...again, you fill in the blank." Today, I had just put Christopher down for a morning nap and decided that I could most certainly get in my Power Yoga workout. I brought the monitor down just in case and began. About 30 minutes into the workout I noticed movement on the monitor screen and saw the dreaded red lights flash. "I was just about to move into triangle pose" when this happened. So I ran upstairs (another workout in itself!) and readjusted my boy and got him back to sleep. Now, it's back downstairs to resume yoga. Two minutes later, I'm running back up to put the pacifier back in Christopher's mouth. Long story short, this happened 3 more times before I said, "Forget it! Looks like we're doing yoga together this morning buddy!" And that's what we did. The moral of this story is: moms always need to be flexible.

P.S.--Exciting news! Yesterday I felt the tip of a tooth emerging from Christopher's lower gums. Today as I was changing his diaper, I pulled his lip down and actually saw the top of his lower right tooth popping through! So whoever guessed that the lower right tooth would be the first, reveal yourself!!!

Breakfast with Aunt Chrissie

Well, Christopher has been blessed with having VIP breakfasts lately. The other day it was Santa. This morning we made a trip to the Marriott to have a buffet breakfast with Chrissie who was in town for business. CJ has not seen her since he was 6 weeks old when she and Jason came to see us. Obviously, he has grown much bigger since then and Chrissie was getting a nice upper body workout by holding our big boy. Our visit was brief but wonderful as usual. Aunt Chrissie had to get to the airport to catch her flight back to Chicago. Hopefully she will be able to leave KC on time because it just started snowing here pretty hard. Everyone here is freaking out about the snow but in reality we'll only get a couple inches. On our way back from breakfast, Christopher started crying in the car but when we got home and I took him out of the car, he saw the snow and stopped right away! He just watched quietly as the white stuff fell in front of him. I can't wait until he'll be able to actually play in it!

An afternoon with Sierra

Yesterday afternoon, after Christopher was well rested from his big morning with Santa, my little sister, Sierra, came over to play with our big boy. For those who don't know, I have been involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of KC and Sierra has been my little sister for over 2 1/2 years now. She has been so excited to see and play with Chris for a while now and yesterday she got her chance. Aside from cooking and art, one of Sierra's great loves is playing with babies! When Chris woke up, Sierra got the chance to feed him a bottle and he took it from her like a pro. After he was done, she read him a story about monsters and made him laugh by tickling his tummy. When we brought Sierra back to her house, she got to sit in the back with Chris and keep him company which he absolutely loved. It was a fun afternoon for both the big kid and the little kid! Today, we finally returned to church and figured we would go to the early service. Well, I guess it's been a while for me at least because I thought the service started at 9:30 when, in fact, it started at 9. Oh well, we made up for it by staying after for doughnuts. Chris slept through the whole service except he would stir every time the band started playing or people started clapping--then he would fall right back asleep... After church, we went to Babies R Us and picked out a cute little outfit for the baptism in a couple weeks. It was a busy morning for the family! Now we will veg and watch some football.

Breakfast with Santa

Ho... ho... ho! Today, the Kansas Wogloms went to a castle out here on the prairie and had breakfast with Santa Claus. We met Dan, Mary, and Tristan at Renee Kelly's, which is a catering place located in this castle-like building, and had a great buffet breakfast and introduced Christopher to the man who brings the presents. When Santa asked what he would like for Christmas, Chris requested a Red Ryder BB gun. For some reason, Santa remarked, "You'll shoot your eye out!" and said he would bring a stuffed animal instead. Our little man did very well with the big guy in red and was not freaked out at all. Of course, he's probably still a little to young to realize or know any better but we'll take the smiles while we can. In honor of this first meeting, Christopher wore his "My First Christmas" outfit along with his own Santa hat. He enjoyed seeing his friend Tristan as well and is always curious to know what big boys like him are up to. Tristan wasn't a big fan of Santa but had fun exploring the restaurant with his parents. Here are some more pictures of our morning...


And then, of course, someone (with four legs, a fur coat, and a tail) was not happy that we went to see Santa without her so she took all of Daddy's sodas out and shook them up! I think she just wanted to be included on the blog today. Here is the evidence...

Baby it's cold outside

This morning, the temperature was about 20 degrees, 17 with the wind chill, and sunny. I know what you're thinking... perfect day for a run! Well, at least that's what I was thinking. I rounded up the Bionic 3 and bundled us all for the chilly weather: Christopher in his new fleece, Christmas Story-like snow suit from Grandma (see below); me in Brian's red running fleece; Kasey in her permanent and stylish fur coat. We folded up the jogging stroller and headed for the trail. I'll admit it was a bit frigid but Kasey and Christopher didn't seem to mind. Little man seemed content to observe everything through the all-weather shield and Kasey is never bothered by freezing temperatures. In fact, she scoffs at the dogs dressed in sweaters and booties. We went at a blistering pace (ha ha) and the stroller moved along the trail with ease. Even when we encountered a few big bumps, they didn't affect Christopher at all. My team of running companions went for 3 miles and then somehow we ended up at Starbucks for Mommy to get a well-deserved Peppermint Mocha. Later today we are off to Cabela's to finish our Christmas shopping (gee I wonder who we're shopping for there?). Enjoy the weekend!

Here is my little man getting ready for our run!

Happy Weekend!

Yay! It's Friday! Hope everyone has a great weekend. I know I will! Love, Christopher...