Where Have We Been?

Well, let's see. I just typed a post all about what's been going on, and it has disappeared! UGH!!! I have no idea why it didn't save when I clearly hit the save button...ANYWAY.....
Here is a shorter version because I am TIRED!
Kainaan and I left last Wednesday (15th) and headed to Hattiesburg. We stayed with Brad, Lisa and Peyton for a couple of days and played around. Kainaan was out of sorts, and that's putting it mildly. Kainaan did enjoy playing with Peyton's Thomas the Train toys, so much that he got a little possessive and mean. Boys and their toys...???
After that, we headed to Houma. Its been a crazy whirlwind of a trip, as always! There is just never enough time to do everything and see everyone. And I can only do so much with Kainaan before he is, to put it mildly, out of control and an exploding bomb of tantrums! We did manage to go to the Audobon Zoo and the French Quarter. We saw the French Market and its been rebuilt. It looks so pretty...and clean! Then we rode around so I could take a lot of pictures...surprise, surprise. I think i got some great ones though! :-) And Kainaan was in heaven when he got to ride on Thomas...no, not a trien, but the Old New Orleans Street cars! We rode from one end of Canal Street to the other! We started close to the Riverwalk Area, and went aaaall the waaaayyyyy down to the Cemetaries at the other end. It was so awesome and creepy and beautiful! But yeah, it was a Trolley Car, and he thought it was a Thomas the Train Car...whatever works, right?
Anyways, we have 1 more day in Houma, and then we are off to North LA to visit family in Bastrop. Kainaan should be a real treat! :-) I know its been a long trip for him, but every trip is busy when you don't live close, right?
Well, its late, I am beyond tired. I have probably repeated myself in this email and misspelled words...sorry.
Stay tuned for some great pictures...there will be PLENTY!! :-)

Long Lost Aunt Wendy and Cousin Dillon

We had visitors Sunday night! Aunt Wendy and Cousin Dillon stopped for the night. They were on their way home from being at Granny and Pop's place in NC. Its a long drive back to Ohio, so our house is a good resting point.
Kainaan was trying so hard to play with Dillon. Unfortunately, Dillon was not feeling well, so he wasn't in the mood to play. Kainaan just didn't understand that, and Dillon really wanted to go home. Poor thing.
Maybe next time we see them, Dillon will feel better. And Kainaan will have Austin and Tyler to follow around if Dillon doesn't want to play.


Dillon was NOT happy about Kainaan being in the bed so close to his Mommy!



Dillon calmed downed and actually had a good 10 minute conversation with Kainaan.
They were watching animal planet and going through the list of all the animal sounds
that they can make. It was cute!

Lost, Laughing, & Loving It!

Today was a great day! The weather was beautiful...a little hot, but breezy. Tim, Kainaan, and myself went down to the corn maze and pumpkin patch today. It was so awesome! There was everything to do there-corn maze that is 5.3 miles long, kiddie play area, gemstone mining, sand box, food, tractor rides to the pumpkins, and many photo opps! Kainaan had so much fun running through the maze, but got tired quickly. And he was ready to ride on the tractor from the minute we got there! The corn maze was a two-part thing. Part 1 was the Lady Vols Basketball sign and read 8 time National Champions, and part 2 is a picture of Lady Vols Coach Pat Summit. Here's the link to see it... http://www.oakesfarm.com/node/48
**The picture should be up and down for you to see Pat Summit's face.
Anyways, it was a fun 3 hours. Enjoy the MANY pics! :-)


Kainaan in the passenger window.



Daddy driving and Kainaan is a pumpkin!



When can I go ride the tractor??



Another photo opp...








Farmer Kainaan...

He's pretending to mine for gemstones.

Shake it, shake it. Strike it rich!

Another picture, Mom? Can we go ride the tractor now?

Where are we, Daddy?

A bridge in a corn field??

Too bad he's too young to get it...he could have found our way out from up there!

When can I ride the tractor?

FINALLY! The tractor!! Lets go get our pumpkin!

HI! Yeah, I am here...just always behind the camera!

We found our pumpkins!

This one is bumpy!

Picking my nose while looking for the tractor...

I want this one!

2 pumpkins and a tractor ride...what else could Kainaan ask for?

We are done! Time to go home!

Our Fun-Filled Friday

Today we had a fun time! Kainaan and I started our day with a trip to the Berry Farm right by our house with Kainaan's Pre-school. We went on a hay ride with no hay and got off to pick a pumpkin from the patch. You will see in the pics the worried look on his face. He was so upset that the tractor had left us, he wanted to ride the tractor and had no interest in finding the perfect pumpkin. What a fun mess! But the whining stopped as soon as the magical tractor came back. Next stop, feeding the billy goats...which my 'pretty boy' wanted no part in...so Mommy got HER hands dirty. You never know what Kainaan is going to do b/c at the zoo, he LOVED the goats. So anyways, after the goats, we headed back to the front. So, it was there that we got our pumpkin coloring book, pumpkin sippie cup filled with fresh apple cider, and our pumpkin that we picked from the patch.
Moving on...
Tonight, we had the Pre-School Fall Festival. We only lasted an hour. We ate chili, did face painting, decorated cookies, made a candle jar, and played on the inflatable slide and bounce house. We had to duck out before it ended b/c Kainaan does not quite understand what waiting for his turn means and it is just hard to constantly hold him and fight him. So, we made a break for it before things got really bad.
But all in all, it was a fun day! Enjoy the pics!


The fun is about to begin!




Ready for the tractor ride!



"Wait tractor, don't go!"




"Mom! I wanna ride the tractor! Is it coming back??"



"OK, Mom...I picked a pumpkin! Now where is the tractor?"



Yeah, a little close! My arms are only so long. Ha!



"You want me to do what?? Get my hands dirty??"



"Mmmm! Apple cider is yummy!"



Now its on to the strawberry slushy while we wait for our pumpkins.



Our Pumpkin Pickin' fun is over.



His favorite thing...



Weeeeeeeee!!!!!!



And we do it again!



Making a candle with his teacher, Mrs. Becca



Getting a Frankenstein painted on his face.



He was so still for this!



My Sweet boy!



This was a dark room with music and a disco ball, but my flash lit up the room!



He loves to dance! We haven't decided if he takes after me or Tim...???



Bouncing fun!



Getting tired??



NEVER TIRE!!! Must keep going!

Kainaan's Big Boy Furniture!

Well, here it is! Kainaan has big boy furniture now! YAY! So here's the deal, we had ordered him a trundle bed frame for underneath the bed, right? We had plans to use it for toy storage until he was older and needed another mattress for sleep-overs. Well, that plan went right out the window when it was set up and the bed was like 4 feet high!! OMG! It wasn't what we expected. Poor Kainaan couldn't even get in the bed. So I called and made arrangements for the trundle to be picked up and our money refunded. Tim and I took it out of the room and lowered his bed, its much better. So anyways, we still have some finishing touches to do...hang some cute stuff on the walls, and get a lamp, and a bookcase. We have a football jersey from the movie 'Varsity Blues' (i.e. Kainaan's Name-sake) being professionally framed and that is going to be awesome on his wall. (I'll post a pic of that when it is finished). Oh, and I need to get some curtains or valances or something for his windows. OK- I am rambling, so enjoy the pics!



Hey Everybody! Wanna see my new room?




Where is the big Guy's toys??


Oh! Here's his toys! Perfect! Out of sight!!


He loves his new bed!!