Park and March Snow

I hope this is finding everyone well.  Once again we are fighting with colds and poor Kade...would these teeth just POP through!!!  Other then that everyone is doing good.  How about snow in March?  I guess we should be used to it and now I hope it is done.  We are so ready for spring it isn't even funny.  

We are so loving our house.  We have been to the park and hope to go more when the weather warms up.  The backyard isn't good enough we have to get in the stroller and run down to the park.  We will get a lot of use out of it.  Kade has been wanting to be more like Kai in terms of sleeping.  So, when they lay down for naps it is has to be on mom's bed (poor PK....he doesn't have a bed)and they watch a movie.  99% of the time Kade is out right away and Kai just rests which is great.  Then bedtime is a whole different story.  We have been putting them down at the same time....which is great, but we are in and out of that room 100 times.  You can only threaten so much and it just cracks me up to listen to them through the door...laughing and giggling and talking.  BUT MY GOODNESS....GO TO SLEEP :)

I am very excited we are holding our very 1st Holiday in our new house.  It will be small but it will be great to have family together.  We are having my Grandparents (we haven't seen them since Thanksgiving), my aunt, Dad and PK's parents.  We hope the weather is good to hunt eggs in the backyard.  

We have been making HUGE progress in our house.  We didn't have to do anything to the house except paint rooms and bathrooms.  I HATE white.  The previous owners of the house had 2 little girls, so we just got done painting a purple room and the boys room is getting done I hope today.  They are living in a scary Easter egg room.  I will have to take a before and after picture.  We just got our bathroom sink area painted and I hope in the next couple of weeks we will have our bedroom painted.  Oh and another HUGE thing is we just ordered a sectional for the basement, but bummed it won't get in until the end of April.  But we are also ordering a bunch of stuff for the house.  Man, I am not sure you all really wanted to hear all of this...oh well.  I think you can tell that we are all so happy.

I have posted some pictures but of course I will add a couple more links to view more picture.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ekuempel/1stTripToPark#

http://picasaweb.google.com/ekuempel/MarchSnowPaint#

Fun times

Hi Everyone!  Well, I am slow to posting again.  We are trying to get settled in the new house and deal with colds and good weather.  The bright side is there are less and less boxes.  YEAH!!!!  The boys are loving all the room they have to run play and also get into trouble.  We love that the park is just down the bike trail.  

We are so happy the weather is nice, so we can enjoy our fenced in backyard.  Koda loves to lay and soak up the rays.  I will be venturing out to plant a veggie garden this year.  I am just going to a smaller one, but I think the boys will love to pull weeds and get the fresh veggies.  I will take any advice I can get about my 1st garden.  We are in the process of cleaning our hot tub for the 1st time.  So, that is a learning all in itself.  It is a very nice perk to have.  I will so love it after long days at work.  

Here are some pictures of the boys having fun.  Much love to you all and Happy St. Pats Day!!!

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EK

On the Wagon Again....

I think the title says it all.  I promise to start blogging more and also posting more pictures of our family and our new home.  We are settling in pretty nicely, but I am hoping to unpack more boxes this weekend.  We need to get organized so everyone can come and see us.  

We have had some downfalls.  Kade has RSV and is on breathing treatments, but the good news is he is getting better.  We were at the doctors today and he was very happy about his breathing is almost normal.  Kai has a little cold, but is doing good...crazy as always.  He loves running around all our new space.  

I can't get over this nice weather.  The boys and I hope to make good use out the trail and park tomorrow.  I also can't wait to get them out in the fenced in backyard.  Koda and Paul are loving the nice weather.  They have been running, so that is good for the both of them.

I hope to get pictures of the house this weekend.  I posted some pictures of the boys and one picture of a section of the living room.

More soon...Much Love! Erica

http://picasaweb.google.com/ekuempel/Mar52009#

In Limbo

I apologize to you all about not updating my blog in such a long time.  I couldn't find our camera charger, so I couldn't download pictures.  But bear with me it might be another day or 2 to get pics of the new house and the boys up.

We have been living in limbo for awhile now.  We have finally moved in to our new home and we are so excited.  

We would like to thank all the people who helped carry, clean and organize or just help with the boys.  I am so very thankful for everyone who has stopped by to take a look at the new house.

So far we are settling in, but the boys are a little confused.  The one I was really worried about was Koda, but she is settled in nicely.  I can't wait for warm weather.  We are going stir crazy.  Well, I will get this up and promise to post pics soon.

Much love!

EK

Boxes and More Boxes

There isn't anything new to report from the Kuempels in CF.  We are packing up box after box and the boys love to play in the empty boxes.  It is so funny to watch.  All those expensive toys that we buy and they just want to play in an empty box.  

Our closing date for the house is set for the end of this month, so let's hope it all goes smoothly and we will have a new home.  We are so very excited to get a bigger space the boys can run all they want.  Now I wish it were spring.  We will put the bike path and the park to some good use.

On a rather sad note...we lost a family friend this morning.  Hanna Lee passed away from her long battle with cancer.  Our thoughts and prayer go out to the Lee family and Hanna's family. She will be missed.

I hope everyone is keeping warm.  More soon.....EK

more pictures of the boys: http://picasaweb.google.com/ekuempel/MovingBoxes#

Long Time...A Good Reason

I am sorry that is has been awhile and I know you all want to see how much the boys have grown.  We have had craziness in our lives lately.....all good though.  1st of all very exciting Kai is almost potty trained.  He is doing really well and we are excited and even better our daycare is so happy.  The boys are doing great.....they seem to play and want to be together more.  There a some pictures of them in bed or watching movies together.  Kai is always helping Kade get undressed or getting his coat off.  Always concerned if he is crying.  So fun to watch them interact.  The other crazy good news is we have bought a new house and sold our house.  We are waiting for all the loans to go through, but it looks promising.  Now we get to move in the middle of winter.  What fun!  So, I will be trying to pack as much as I can while I am not working or when kids are in daycare.  We are so happy.  We will be getting a much bigger house then what we have now....which is a huge blessing since we are on top of each other.  Well, that is about I got. 

When I uploaded the pictures I noticed the color of the bath water and that is tub color tablets.....so don't be grossed out and Kade is blowing bubbles in the pictures.

 Please check out more pictures of the kids: 

http://picasaweb.google.com/ekuempel/Bath2009?authkey=YDy6-rv7JGQ#

Good God Underwear

So, this title had to have gotten your interest :)  Yep I think I have posted a similar situation, but I think all parents will understand this.  We are really trying to get Kai potty trained, but man he is so stubborn (and no! I have no clue who he gets this from).  We have had good days and really bad days, but we are sticking to this.  I was out today getting groceries and I got Kai some new underwear.  And this isn't just any underwear it has all of his favorite characters on them.  He is so excited he is carrying all the pairs around the house.  He is putting them in his favorite dump truck and wheeling them around.  It is way too funny.  Oh and he has been wearing some as hats (I have posted a picture of this).  Man, he loves them so much he doesn't want to wear them.  He is still wearing the good ol thomas the train underwear.  

Kai and Kade are playing so good together.  They are partners in crime, but they are so fun to watch.  Sometimes they love each other and sometimes they want to kill each other, but it is so fun to sit back and watch them.  There are a couple of pictures of Kai and Kade kissing and hugging and then Kades favorite is bouncing on Kai.  What a kill.  Ok I met my quota on posts for the weekend.  Enjoy the pictures of the boys and we will talk to you soon :)  EK

check out more photos of the boys  http://picasaweb.google.com/ekuempel/KaiUnderwear2008#