Kylie has company

Over the past few days Kylie has been quite the host. My good friend Stephanie and her husband Joe, brought their two beautiful children over for a play day while they were in town (they live in Las Vegas). It would have been nice for them to get a little break from the Las Vegas heat, but yesterday it was just as hot here as it was in Vegas, 102, yuck. So needless to say we stayed inside. Today it was much more reasonable, 92 degrees, and Kylie got a visit from Misheel. It was fun to have her over for a little bit today. Kylie loves spending time with her and asks about her all day long, "Me Me, Me Me?" while she points to the house next door. When she saw Misheel coming up the front steps today, Kylie squealed, laughed and "ran" to the front door, I couldn't believe how excited she got. And while Misheel was here Kylie tried to give her so many hugs and kisses, so sweet.

Today Kylie and I went to visit my Grandparents. We also visited on Mother's Day and enjoyed a little swim in their pool. It was Kylie's first swim this year and she really enjoyed it. We have a few floatation devices for her, but I think we might have to get some water wings, she liked kicking around while we held her. We are also thinking we should start some swing lessons, it's scary to have a toddler around water, Craig sees too many sad stories at work. Anyway, during our visit with the grandparents today, Kylie got to watch their turtle, Harold, eat some watermelon. She was fasinated. He walked up to her a few times and she was not so sure about him, but she liked watching from a far. She touched his shell and foot, maybe next time we will give him a bath :o)

Here are a few photos from the past few days. My Mother's Day gift was a photo class out in Pasadena. I get to take the class on June 1st and I can hardly wait! I'm sure I will have even more photos to share once I know how to work with my camera even more :o)

-Natalie

Ready to go swimming, she even had water shoes on too!

One of Kylie's favorite toys right now, I wish she would play with her softer balls, it's a little scary when she walks around the house throwing a real baseball.

The past few days she has insisted on wearing her sunglasses, even when she is inside, silly girl.

Playing with Stephanie's little boy, Liam (almost 2 years old)

Stephanie's baby girl Leyla (4 months old)

They sat there together for a while, both banging on the keys and "talking" with each other.

Misheel playing on the slide that we put in the living room (trying to keep it out of the heat)

Kylie wanted Misheel to put these on, we had a couple of cool babies on our hands.

Misheel took a turn on the piano too.