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Uncle Tony stopped by to see Christopher and Kaela (and us =) ) on Sunday and Monday.
He was on his way back to Knoxville for a few days between caricature artist gigs. We had fun going out to eat at Carino's, and hanging out at home. Christopher made his Daddy and Uncle Tony proud, and made his Mommy increase her prayers triple-fold. At Carino's, Christopher started talking to the hostess, since our table was near the entrance. He put on his little flirtatious face and voice and started sharing his crayons with her and smiling and batting his long eyelashes. She eventually have him one of those pagers to tell you when the table is ready and made it go off for him. She was really cool then. When we were ready to leave, she told him to come back and see her, and bent down and asked for a hug. He gave her one, then looked at her with his adorable face and said, "Kiss?" So Christopher won his first kiss from a strange woman at the age of 2! Look out, world! All the way home he sat in the back giggling and saying, "You got huuug. You got Kiiisss!" It was too funny.
Uncle Tony and Christopher eating breakfast and looking at Tony's mask.
Uncle Tony gets to hold Kaela for the first time. 
I made a smoothie for Christopher the other day and gave it to him at lunch along with some kidney beans and scrambled eggs. We had them all neatly divided in a cup and a bowl. He decided he preferred them all mixed together - so he dumped the smoothie on top of the other food, stirred it and the ATE IT! =P Gag! 
We've had lots of fun these past two weeks - here are some pictures of our fun times.AUNT Mollie holding Kaela - an actual aunt now - yeah! 
Kaela's first bath at home. 
Getting her head scrubbed. She loves having her hair washed/head rubbed. 
Christopher discovers play dough. The first thing he did was taste some, and decided it was yucky, but fun to play with. Thanks, Aunt Anna! 
Christopher got to spend a lot of time with GiGi while she visited over the past 3 weeks. It was wonderful to have her here. And Kaela benefited by getting extra snuggle time. 
"Worker hats" for GiGi. 
Four Generations: Mommy (Rachel Tolan Didyk), GiGi (Great-Grandma Sue Steury), Sho Sho (Grandma Cindy Steury Tolan) and Kaela Ruth Didyk. 
Kaela weighed 5lb 7oz when we weighed her last Thursday. She had gained 9 oz in a week! Grow, grow, grow! 
Precious sleeping bundle. 
Andy took Christopher "camping" in our sun room on Friday night. They set up the tent, loaded it with sleeping bags, books and a flashlight, and had a lot of fun. I heard them still laughing and talking shortly after 9pm. Andy said Christopher never stopped moving, even in his sleep. He'd lie it one spot for awhile, then stand up and move to another part of the tent and lie there for awhile before moving again. Andy said he was cold outside of his sleeping bag, but Christopher stayed warm even just sleeping on the floor of the tent - hot blooded child! At 4 when Andy got up to feed Kaela, he put Christopher in his bed and came to bed after feeding the baby so he could actually get a couple hours of uninterrupted sleep. 
Christopher has been doing a great job feeding himself with a spoon - even yoghurt out of the container. So when I asked Andy to help me for a minute, he left him eating at the table. When we walked back in, we were greeted with "Yoghurt in hair!" and a huge smile. 
We asked him how he got it in his hair, to which he proceeded to take his spoon, scoop some out onto the table, then put his hands in it and slick back his hair. Needless to say he went straight to the tub...after pictures, of course. 
Andy and I had some more fun experimenting with pictures - we used just natural light from the window for these. Not too bad for our first attempt - good pictures, Drew!
Christopher has been doing well with Kaela. Yesterday, she was lying on the changing table part of the pack n play, and she started crying. As I walked into the kitchen, I told her not to worry I was getting her milk ready. A few seconds later, I heard: "It's okay, Kaela. It's ok, Kaela. Kiss." As I peaked around the corner, Christopher was on his tip-toes beside her, telling her it would be okay and trying to reach her for a kiss. She had stopped crying and was just staring at her. He then came running into the kitchen and said, "Mommy. Kaea stopped crying." I told her yes, he had been a good big brother and helped her stop crying. Then we heard her again and he went running back to tell her it was okay. This time he also said "Milk coming," then ran into the kitchen and said "Mommy get Kaela's milk." Later she was lying beside me on the couch while I was pumping and making little fussy noises. He came over once again, crawled up on the couch, and proceeded to say the same things as before along with showering her with many kisses. I applauded his help and told him she also like it when we sing to her. So he laid his head down by hers and started singing: "Happy Birthday to. Happy Birthday you." SO CUTE! Last night, he walked over to her and said "I love you, pincess." I almost cried. Two kids is awesome! Thank you, Lord.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!! I can NOT believe that our son is two years old!!!!! We had a birthday party for him on Saturday while Gramma and Papa and GiGi were in town, so that was nice.
Christopher's favorite part was playing with everyone with all the balloons that Sho Sho had blown up in the basement. He loved throwing them up in the air and over his head. We had to work hard to get him interested in opening his presents.
Christopher blew out his candles all by himself.
Mommy made a cake with tools on it since that's one of his favorite toys right now.
"Hmm. What's this?" His card for GiGi played "You Are My Sunshine." 
That entertained him for another 10 minutes while he tried to figure out where the people were that were singing the song and how the card worked.
Piano from GiGi - thank you! I LOVE to sing, play music and dance to the beats. 
Rolling around...expending energy...though I don't think he EVER runs out. 
Bathtub letters from GiGi. Christopher passed them all out, sharing with everyone and most of the time, correctly naming the letter or number. Smart boy!
Oooh! Play dough! Christopher got play dough from Aunt Anna, complete with a bunch of tools to play with too. 
A tricycle! Thanks, Babu and Sho Sho. 
Babu and Christopher, putting his new tricycle together.
The funniest thing was watching Christopher pull his pants up every 30 seconds until someone finally rolled them at the waist for him so they would stay on.
Yesterday, Aunt SaraBeth picked up Christopher and took him on a date for his birthday, since she had to work during his party. They had lots of fun sharing a smoothie and going to the park. For lunch today, Sho Sho, GiGi and Aunt Anna took Christopher to the mall to eat. He really enjoys going there and getting pretzels and lemonade. He's had a great birthday, even if he doesn't quite understand what a birthday is.
Happy Birthday, Christopher! We love you and are VERY proud of you. Love,Daddy, Mommy and Kaela Ruth
...at home! We made it through our first 24 hours with two kids at home! =) Andy and I each took a shift during the night to get up with Kaela...leaving ourselves each with a potential 5 hour stretch of sleep. Needless to say, we didn't really sleep much anyway. Oh well. Such is life for a few months with a newborn, and we're just glad to have her home. Christopher's had a rougher 24 hours - not so sure he likes sharing Daddy and Mommy, but overall he's doing pretty well. He likes to look at Kaela when she's in her crib or seat, just not when Daddy or Mommy is holding her - then he wants attention and nothing to do with her. However, when I took him to the store this evening, he kept saying "Go home. See Kaea. Go home. You see Kaea." (He refers to himself as you instead of I in most sentences). And he's held her a couple times, and tried to help feed and change her. It's so precious to watch him with her - he's actually pretty gentle.
We've found out that Kaela isn't as hot-natured as Christopher was/is. We've had her dressed in two layers of clothes, a hat, and wrapped in 3 heavy blankets, sometimes 4, to keep her warm enough...so she "weighs" an extra 10lbs! (Ok - overstatement...but seems like a huge bundle!)
Christopher "rock-rock" Baby Kaea. 
Aunt Anna stopped by after school, and snuggled her nephew and niece on the couch. 
Spending some time outside - Christopher, Daddy and Kaela get some fresh air. 
"Face. Ear. Two ears." SMILE SMILE!
Helping feed Kaela. 
Beautiful girl - look at all that black hair!
What a wonderful day. God is SO GOOD!
