Sunday, August 16, 2009

2nd post for the day

Of course there are no rules about multiple postings in one day, but this is certainly the exception.

We have had a very busy and good day....one worth posting about.

First (and most important), Kailey spent the entire day in big girl panties (not pullups, just regular underwear) and she made it through various digestive hurdles without any issues. This was a very big and successful milestone for the Barretts.

Next, we have been working home improvement items this weekend. Shelli redecorated a guest bathroom. I updated most of the downstairs doorknobs. Then, we removed, sanded, stained, and sealed our front door. We went into the project with the mentality that "it looks so bad, there is no way we could make it any worse." We came out of the project very pleased with the results. I'll try to post some pictures later.
Today was not all good news. Kailey saw something that she had never seen and it was very disturbing to her. In the over two years since Kailey was born, yesterday was the first time that she had ever seen.....a commercial. Between DVD's and the free part of our OnDemand cable programming, she almost always watches TV without interruption. Yesterday, we found the movie Shark Tales for her on network tv. After about 10 minutes, I heard from the other room "FISH, FISH, I NEED TO SEE THE FISH, FISH." While she was yelling as if the TV had somehow spontaneously melted into a pile of metal and plastic ooze, it was just a non-Fish short program (we call them commercials) about breakfast cereals being shown that made her upset. I am not sure if she understood the explanation, but we moved on past the incident once the program came back on.

Finally, Kailey also found her gymnastics legs today. She started the day nervously doing one somersault. By the end of the day, I was fussing at her for having taken the cushions off the couch and doing somersaults off them. We talked her back into just doing flips on the rugs and carpets.

We hope you all had a great weekend too!

update

Well, since the last time I have posted we have continued to have a very good summer. At the end of July, I went to Chicago for a few days for work. The weather was perfect and the city was very nice. We went to a game at Wrigley Field.....unbelievable atmosphere and energy.

Pics are at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelandshelli/sets/72157621877286472/detail/


Shelli has been taking Kailey to various activities around Katy. This is a picture of Kailey laying on a gymnastics mat.



We've also been to a few baseball games in Houston.

Finally, I am working on expanding the pictures I post to include video. For the time being, we've settled on using YouTube and having privacy permissions set on the videos. If you want to view a video, email me (Mi.Barrett@yahoo.com) and I will give you the password. This is still a work in progress, for now, and we may change how it is done....to be determined.

A video I shot in Chicago will be our first test: