somehow kai went from being a newborn to being nearly 4 months old! we have lots of updates because i was crazy busy wrapping up my 7th school year of teaching. on that note, i turned in my resignation and as shawn's grandmother says, am taking a sabbatical! that's right, we're going to wing it on one income so i can stay at home with precious kai!

so updates... well for memorial day we took our first family vacation to the stunning island of galveston (no sarcasm here folks).... we stayed at the hotel galvez which was very nice and spent alot of time walking around... we did spend one afternoon at the beach which was a bit more complicated with a baby, but decent... the family behind us lost their son and when the beach patrol guy found him, he dropped him off right in front of shawn's sand sea dragon... needless to say the excited family didn't really pay attention to what they were stepping on and crushed the dragon's hind tail...

since then we've been busy with shawn's side of the family - aunt deanne was in town and cousin judge graduated from booker t.... deanne cashed in a $12.50 savings bond from her grandmother and bought the family a chinese dinner friday night while we celebrated cousin brian's birthday and just spent time together at a family friend's gorgeous home on Swiss Ave... i wish i could say that Kai was the perfect house guest, but she was super cranky and screamed/cried much of the night... the only thing that seemed to console her was nursing or mama's arms... not sure what the deal is...

so about kai... i weighed her with me and we figured 16 pounds! we'll have a more accurate number in a few weeks when we take her for her 4 month check up (which happens to be on july 1st - shawn and mine's wedding anniversary!) she's been drooling A TON and is cranky so do we think teeth in the near future? who knows?

oh and even though i swore we wouldn't buy one, we bought an exersaucer thingy and kai loves it! see below!

enjoy some pics!

silly face on the car ride down to galveston


mr. catepillar was a life saver in the car


born to be a beach princess


shawn's handiwork before it got trampled by the reunited family


hanging out with aunt deanne


her favorite ADHD maker