Our house is ready for santa...

Christmas Pics

Keith and I got to go see Trans Siberian Orchestra, so we decided to take the opportunity to take Christmas pictures while we were all dressed up. I'd say we clean up nice. We have really been trying to decide when and if we will expand our family. We have been researching Day Care's and so far they range from $600 to $1000 per month! We may have to wait until Austin is in school before we have another. I don't know how people afford to have more than one kid in daycare! Not to mention every time they run a fever, even if they are only teething you can't bring them in until they are fever free for at least 24 hours, but here's the kicker...you still have to pay whether your kids is there or not! This concept doesn't make since to me. You are telling me I have to pay for you not to watch my kid while I miss work to keep them home and not get paid...my math may be rusty, but doesn't that put me in the hole?! I can understand now why it's cheaper for some people to quit work. That is not an option for Keith and I, so we may just have to wait or just have one. Anyway, this Christmas Austin is old enough to understand a little about what's going on. He loves Christmas lights and tree's. He calls the water Keith puts in the tree stand the Christmas Tree's juice;) He's such a funny guy. We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!!!!

This is the song I sing to Austin...

When the rain is blowing in your face

And the whole world is on your case

I could offer you a warm embrace

To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear

And there is no one there to dry your tears

I could hold you for a million years

To Make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet

But I would never do you wrong

I've known it from the moment that we met

No doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue

I'd go crawling down the avenue

There's nothing that I wouldn't do

To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet
I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing That I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love
- written by Bob Dylan

A boy and his dog

I don't have pictures of this...

The other night I was already having a bad day, but being a mom never stops no matter what kind of day you have. I was getting Austin in the bath, one of his favorite things to do next to going outside and getting dirty. We were splashing and playing and all of the sudden he stops and looks at me and then I saw it...THE POOP FACE!!! Oh, no!
At first he thought it was hilarious when he heard the first "kurplunk" then he saw the panic in my face and he panicked too. I picked him up and ran him to the potty. He just looked at me like, "Oh, we sit on the potty AFTER we go the bathroom?" He was so confused, and now cold and wet. So I whipped his bottom, dried him off and put his pj's on him...Now on to conquer the floaters.
I had to remove his trucks, which ironically the dump truck was carrying a "load" so that was fun, and then I had to drain the tub while fishing out floaters. The toys promptly went to the sink to soak in some disinfectant, and I began scrubbing the tub. You may ask yourself "where was Keith in all of this?" he wisely chose to stay down stairs to watch football and pretend he could hear the commotion upstairs.
However, Austin and the dog were intrigued with what I was doing and had huge smiles on their faces. Needless to say when Keith cheerfully came upstairs to tuck Austin in I had officially morphed into the devil and told him to stay away from me. I suppose I should have been nicer to him, but when you're covered in shit, friendly is hard to find. Anyway, thought I'd share a day in the life of the Kirkland's:)

Kaylan's Toy Story Birthday

Our friends daughter Kaylan had her 4th birthday party this weekend, and Austin had a blast! It was at this cute place called Cherubs Club House. They had quite the set-up! They also had a great cake made by Shay Cleckler (who also did Austin dump truck cake), and Woody from Toy Story was there (good job Bo). There was also a real fire truck there, which was Austin's favorite.

Looking back

I was looking back through the blog trying to decide, " Do I really want to go through all this again, and have another baby?" I saw pictures like this, and said...nope, I think we're good with one... Then I saw pictures like this, and said "well, maybe we can have just one more"... We are going to wait a few months, but I think we have decided that Austin really does need someone other than the dog to pick on;)

Future Chef

Austin loves to help Daddy cook! By the way the pork chops turned out fabulous!

Our Handy Helper

Austin saw Keith washing dishes and decided he wanted to help. He pushed a chair over there and climbed up to "help"...

War Eagle!

Here are some more pictures of our football kick off weekend!