Multi Sport Man

The snow has finally melted so Kai got to set-up and try out the basketball hoop he got for Christmas from Grandma and Grandpa Utah. He loves it!





His other favorite activity these days is begging Daddy when he gets home from work to go do somersaults on the bed.



Kai conversation of the week:
Ash: Kai are those Shamus on Diego?
Kai: No Mommy. Those are Orcas.
Ash: Oh, right.

Reading Time

Here are some fun picture of Kai doing some familiar reading in his chair (that was mine when I was little):

Happy Birthday Ashleigh!!!

This was a big one. I hope you had a wonderful day. Kai, a yet-to-be-named baby girl and I love you.

Hope you enjoyed your cake and the time spent with your in-laws, nephews and nieces.

It's A.........

GIRL!!!

We're shocked but thrilled. Kai seems to have known all along. Isn't that amazing? The technician and the doctor both came to the same verdict separately so.... Guess we can start thinking pink. How fun! :) They said everything looked good so we are now feeling able to take a very grateful deep breath.

Here is her first picture:

Happy Birthday Jack and Jake!

Happy 1st Birthday Cousin Jack!


Happy 5th Birthday Cousin Jake!


It was fun to get to celebrate with you both! Hope you had a great day!

Kai spent most of the party riding on/ driving Kennedy's Jeep. It is way fun!

Tomorrow- Blue or Pink???

So tomorrow is the big ultrasound day. It's funny how you wait and wait for something and then it seems to just suddenly sneak up on you. We are excited to find out what we will be having, but we are also just as anxious to get a look at this little one. This is one of those times in life where you feel like you are getting a sudden huge glimpse at your future. It is strange to have so many strong opposing emotions (excitement, nervousness etc.) all at once. Our hope is just to have a little one that we can meet in person at the end of the summer and get to watch grow up.

Looks like the poll is 50/50 at this point. Classic! Our extended family members seem to be pretty evenly divided as well. In our neighborhood and our friends from Pep there seems to be a a lean towards boys being born- as in most are having or have had boys. Kai has said it was a baby girl since day 1- we have no idea where that came from but he has stuck with it. If it's a boy it is going to take some convincing to get him switched over. :) Either way (girl or boy) it is going to be an adventure. We'll let you know how it goes tomorrow!

Busy Week

I had a big work event on Tuesday of this week so Kai got to hang out at his buddy Andrew's house (that is where he goes the one morning a week I work), get picked up by Daddy and put down for his afternoon nap )so Daddy could work from home for a few hours), and then taken to Grandma and Grandpa's so Daddy could attend the event with Mom. Needless to say he had a blast.

The following day he and I were feeling rather tuckered out. After a solid 3 hour nap I woke him up and brought him up to the couch. I went in to the kitchen for a minute and when I came back this is how I found him. Talk about a sleepy head. :)

Prayer Sheriff

Mommy (during prayer): "Fold your arms."

Kai: "Close your eyes."

Kai is the Proud Owner of his first ...

Passport

One of my proudest achievements

We drove home tonight from Costco along 2100 South from 300 West to 2500 East and hit all green lights. We cheered through the last 4 or so. Kai thinks I'm the coolest.

Happy Easter 2008!

Decorating Easter Eggs with Daddy last night:




On the Hunt:






The Big Find:











Many thanks to Beckham and Hudson for tipping off the Easter Bunny about the scooter. We hear that B &H have upgraded now to to bigger kid ones, but we don't have big kids around us to figure that out from yet. Kai is already the envy of many of the kids in the neighborhood- these haven't hit it big here yet with the 2+ year olds due to the fact that we are just getting to play outside again. Kai would also like B & H to know that he is still carrying around the mail they sent him a few weeks back. It is so exciting to get mail!!! The scooter was the ultimate incentive for Kai- he has been talking about it for weeks now. We're not sure this scooter really calls for a helmet, but Kai has been asking for one since last summer (see some previous posts) so it seemed like a good enough fit. Kai has always been a safety first kind of a kid. :)

Happy Easter to All!

*We also want to point out to anyone interested that we have put up a poll on the side of our blog where you can take a guess at whether we will be adding a boy or girl to our family.

Helping Spring Along!

Is it Spring Yet?

This weekend we had a snow storm again. It was beautiful, but we had had a few nice days the week before that made it less appealing at this time of year. Needless to say we are all feeling ready for some warmer days so we can enjoy some outside time. Since it is only March we still might have a few more storms to go though. Here is a picture of Kai today which I feel like further illustrates this desire.

In other news we had a fun time at the FLYNN (Lance's grandparents) family St. Patrick's Day party last night. Kai's favorite color these days is green (green spoon, green bowl, green cup please) so he has been appreciating all the green.

I'd also like to say congrats to one of my best friends Rebecca and her husband Joe on the arrival of their first baby on Friday. Charlotte was due in April so she made a slightly early arrival. We are so excited for this new little family.



Congrats also to the Mullins who just found out that they will be welcoming another little girl to their family come July. Kirsten and I are once again expecting about 3 weeks apart in July and August. These cousins around the same age sure are fun.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Weekend Wrap-up

We headed to Provo this weekend to watch Pepperdine play BYU in Volleyball. On Friday night we made the trip with Lance's parents and on Saturday night our friends Wes and Amy joined us. We had a great time both nights despite the fact that Pepperdine lost. Kai loves adventures with his grandparents. He also thinks Wes and Amy are so much fun. He pointed out that Wes has a beard just like Jesus. :) One of Lance's friends and teammates (Scott W.) is now an assistant coach so it was fun to get to visit with him as well. He also hooked all of us up with tickets for both nights which was great. Another neat fact was one of the current players on the team has a brother with Angelman Syndrome. Now that is really a small world.



One of the things that assisted Kai is the drives back and forth from Provo was his new "ipod". "Just like Daddy" he keeps saying. It has been a good under $5 purchase for us because the ear phones are small enough for his head and also work in our portable DVD player for the car which we use for longer trips.



And lastly on Sunday night Lance and I were making dinner in our little kitchen and I realized that Kai had joined us. I guess he just wanted to be a part of it all. So far he still seems to be mostly using his left hand for coloring, throwing etc. It will be interesting to see if that sticks. Lance and I are both right handed so....

Sunday Night at the Sorensons

Daddy on phone.



Daddy hangs up.



Kai: "Who was that, daddy?"



Daddy: "Multiple Sclerosis."



Kai: "Huh?"



Daddy: "Multiple Sclerosis ... Can you say Multiple Sclerosis?"



Kai: "Mupitle Spleroso."



Daddy: "Good."



[pause]



Kai: "What did he want?"



Daddy: "Money."



Kai: "Oh."



Mommy has sprite in nose from laughing.

A Few of His Favorite Things

We've been enjoying being back to normal life again after our sickness weeks. We've been busy with all of the normal things. The weather has actually been sunny and warm enough to not wear jackets for a few days which has been so nice. Unfortunately it is really too early to get used to it yet. Another storm is supposed to be on the way this weekend. But for now we are loving it and the fact that it has melted almost all the snow.

A few of Kai's favorite things from this week have been getting to check in on Buster (grandma's kitty):


More fun at gym today:








Oh, and getting a mini otter pop at his doctors office for his "a few weeks after being sick" follow-up. This was his first otter pop. I don't have a picture of that one, but trust me he thought it was great. He already loves that place due to the huge fish tank and after stickers, but this was a great added plus.

Great Grandma Sorenson

We decided to take care of some grand-filial duties on President's day, instead of going to work. We made the trip to Gunnison to visit with Great Grandma Sorenson. Kai thinks she's great and enjoyed playing with some of the same toys Grandpa Brice used to play with. Here are some more pictures.

Catch Up

I am going to attempt to catch up with this blog on what we've been up to for the last few weeks. A little over 2 weeks ago Kai started to have an off and on again drippy nose. It progressed to a lot of nose running, and then a cough, and then a come and go light fever, constantly wanting to be held (which is very unusual for Kai),3 throw-up episodes in one night, and finally our first diagnoses of an ear infection. On top of all of that fun I took a turn at a night of the stomach flu and Lance went to a work conference in LA for 3 days. We now seem to be finally be getting back to regular life again and boy are we grateful.

In the midst of all of that we were able to venture out for Grandma Sorenson's birthday dinner. Thankfully it was somewhat in a break between the illness extremes. As you can probably tell in the pictures poor Kai wasn't feeling quite himself. It was yummy and fun to get to see everyone. Even the Mullins made the trip out from WA to help celebrate the birthday weekend. Too bad we didn't get to see them much due to being sick.







Yesterday we went over to our friends the Myers to help celebrate their little boy Carter turning 2. The Myers were our friends from London. I watched their little girl Elsa for them while we lived in London. Elsa was only 4 months old when I started watching her so it was a very tender time for all of us. Our families continue to have a very special connection. Here are some cute pictures from the party.


Elsa is getting so grownup!


Do you think Kai liked the gift we gave Carter in this picture? :)

At this time we are especially grateful to having everyone feeling better and grateful that Lance is back home with us again.

Happy Birthday Grandma S.

Hope you had a great "special" birthday today.

Kai's Reaction When.....

.........he found out that he is going to be a big brother in August 2008! Mom went to the doctor last week and got to hear the heartbeat for the first time. So far so good. We are feeling very grateful.