Memorial Day Weekend

We had perfect weather and a perfect family vacation. Mom and I made a little retaining wall last time we were at the lake and this time we had 8 ton of sand delivered and bam, we now have a little beach and Kai loves it. The boys fished and the girls played in the sand and all was right with the world.

Kai in the sand with her swimzip suit.

Kai's fashion

I love dressing Kai. Every day I ask Kai "What do you want to wear today." She comes with me to her closet and takes her sweater off the hangers, while I stand there and look at all her pretty clothes. My favorite brands right now are Persnickety and Giggle Moon, but that changes with the season. Other notable brands are Matilda Jane, Mustard Pie and Monsoon.

Persnickety 

Matilda Jane

Matilda Jane

Giggle Moon

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Nest

We had these 2 love birds move in a few days ago, well actually they are Mourning Doves. They have been attempting to build a nest since then with not much progress. I am not sure which bird is at fault, but it is the males job to find the sticks and bring them to the nest and the woman's job to weave the sticks into a nest.  So the woman is not the best weaver, but the male is not so bright either as he could just jump down and get the sticks his wife drops, but instead he brings a new stick to her every time. I want to get a big ol' ladder and some glue and make it myself.

Side note:  After many days and no nest they gave up and moved on. I hope they have better luck next time.

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Walking

At exactly 13 months Kai is walking more than crawling. It is so fun to see her little unsteady steps traipse around the house. LOVE



I forgot to add this a month ago and late is better than never

12 months Stats
weight 19lb 11oz  26%
height 30.25  84%
HC 17.5 31%

Apron fashion

Apron, or as I like to call it "half-a-dress." I have been nursing Kai for over a year now and I have to say I miss wearing dresses. As one can envision, it is  impossible to wear a dress while nursing because pulling a dress up that far to nurse, is just is not a pretty sight. So when I saw the beautiful aprons at Anthropologie I was like, Yes! That is it, it's perfect. These are ingenious girls. I can put on my pretty half a dress and still nurse. I just untie the back and whallla, it becomes a nursing cover.  So Mom's out there fret no more, the half a dress is here. I am not sure why this has not caught on sooner. Mom's wear your half-a-dress proudly, they are not just for the kitchen anymore.

Lake Fun!

We spent a some time at the lake then then headed to Mt. Pleasant to Morel mushroom hunt.   We had tons of fun at the lake with perfect weather and left Mt. Pleasant with pounds of morels. 

Morel Mushroom recipe

Morels
olive oil

1 or 2 large shallots

2 cloves garlic

2 tbs butter 

1/2 cup veggie broth

1 cup heavy whipping cream

salt

rigatoni noodels 

Heat olive oil to med heat add shallots and garlic cook until starting to soften, add butter then morels and a little salt. Cook 5 min, add veggie broth, then cream and cook until thickened,  put over rigatoni noodles and some add parmesan cheese on top.  YUMM

In the rough

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