Oh what a night...

Kip decided to party through the night. After going to bed a little after 9pm, he woke up at midnight. Now everyone knows he's not a great sleeper, so when he woke up, it wasn't anything unusual. But, after going through our normal routine, he was not going back to sleep. So I rocked, patted etc. for about an hour trying to determine if his mouth/ears/tummy were bothering him. He started fussing and seemed hungry so I offered him chicken to which he replied his adorable, "ok." (If you've heard it, you know how precious it is). Anyway, after eating some of his chicken, he agreed to go to sleep. But something just kept bothering him....he was NOT going to sleep. Finally at 3:30, yes, 3 1/2 hours after waking up, I was losing my patience and getting a headache. I needed help so I called in back up, aka Eric. Kip didn't approve of this and let us know, plus Eric was suffering from a sore throat. Sooooo, we all three ended up in the living room with Dino Dan on Nick, jr., Kip talking like crazy/dancing/ jumping/laughing, and Eric and I on the couches trying to doze while supervising ;). Kip of course noticed the second I closed my eyes and would quickly address me with, "mommy, patty cake, mommy, poke (hokey pokey), mommy..."

How long did this party last you ask? Well finally a little after 5AM, Kip agreed he was ready to sleep. Oh, he must have zonked out, right??? Nope! He slept fitfully til about 7ish, then crankily got up for the day around 10:45. After a fussy start to the morning, we headed to the church building to work on my classroom, where he had off and on spells of playing well and fussy-mommy-must-hold-me-and-no-one-else-should-look-at-me-touch-me-or-speak-to-me fits. On our way home he did ZONK out. Of course, it's really too late for a long nap so I took the long way home and now I'm sitting in the car blogging before I wake him up.

Ok, I guess it's time now...wish me luck!

Kip-sized Mail

Kip received some mail today. This cute little card came from one of his favorite ladies, Mrs. Susie. She is one of his Bible school teachers and she just loves on Kip as if he were her own and Kip loves him some Mrs. Susie! We are very thankful for the way our church puts so much emphasis on and love into our children!!

I'm a sucker for his kisses...

Today as I was cleaning up one of his many, many messes, Kip was standing by as I fussed that we don't crush our crackers onto the couch, no, no, no. When I turned around there was Kip...

offering me a kiss...so what did I do, stopped fussing and quickly accepted that precious pucker...*sigh*

A Series of Unfortunate New Year Events (continued)

When we arrived at DFW airport back on Christmas Eve, the parking was CRAZY. Both remote south and remote north parking were full, so Eric received a coupon to park in the terminal for a discount. 

As we were nearing the toll booth to pay for parking and exit the airport, Eric said, "Boy, the oil sure is smelling.  Is that us or that bus?" I, from the passenger seat, glanced at the temperature guage and saw it was as high as it could go...NOT good.  We proceeded to the toll booth where there was an issue with the coupon we had. We waited and waited for the guy to get confirmation that we did in fact receive a discount. Eric has turned the car off while we waited. We hoped the temp would go down, but it didn't. He decided to pull over on the shoulder immediately after exiting the toll.  Then the car started indicating low coolant...yeah, smart car, we knew that. He figured out that the water in the car only had had a small amount of coolant and froze in the cold temperatures while we were away.  He also discovered a pipe broke, so filling it enough to get us home wasn't an option. In the process of getting down on the ground to check everything out, fire ants attacked his head and neck. 

While we were trying to figure out a plan of action, an airport police officer stopped.  Eric got out of the car and they chatted for a bit about the problem. Then he called a taxi for us. It seemed like forever before it got there.  We were really starting to get cold at this point.

When the taxi arrived, the kids, carseats, luggage & I got in.  Kip, who with a lot of coaxing had gone to sleep in the car, was now awake and screaming. 

Eric handed me his card to pay with and we were off. I'm certain the taxi driver took the longest route possible, but I bet he regretted it less than 5 min in...Kip screamed the entire way...ENTIRE way. And as I expected, he started throwing up.  At first it was just a little, but then a lot. At one point it appeared he was choking and I lost Eric's credit card while trying to deal with him. I finally found it when we reached the house and were able to turn the light on in the taxi.

I don't think I've ever been so happy to see home as I was when we pulled up that night.  Well, except maybe after our crazy travel ordeal in August...I'm seeing a trend here.  Maybe I'll post about that on a slow news day ;)

Anyway, I managed to drag the luggage and carseats into our packed-full-of-junk garage and left them for Eric to take care of the rest of the way.  Remember, I was still in pain from my chiropractor emergency.  I got the kids in bed then dug around in the luggage for a charger because my
phone was completely dead. Once it started up, I called to check on Eric. He'd gotten ahold of a friend that came to keep him company and let him sit in his heated car...thank, Martin!!  The tow truck had just confirmed with him that they would arrive in about 20 min. They lied...they showed up at 3am.  Eric finally made it home a little after 4 and got in bed around 6.

Needless to say, we were all exhausted New Year's Day!!

I chuckle to myself when I think about that taxi driver. Of all the things he thought he would encounter on New Year's Eve, it probably wasn't a scream-til-he-pukes-and-we-all-go-deaf 15 month old.

Happy New Year from the Kibors! :)

A Series of Unfortunate New Year Events...

Well, I've already broken my New Year Resolution.  It doesn't deal with eating, exercise, or earnings...although I do have some goals involving awesome Advocare for this year. More about that in a later post. My ONE resolution was to post something, whether it be a picture; a word; or a full story, to our blog everyday. Today is Jan 2 and there is no post dated for Jan 1.  Maybe I'll post 2 today to make up for my failure...maybe.

There's so much that I haven't blogged about and the overwhelming task of trying to catch up is mostly what has kept me from jumping back on the blog. So I decided that I'm just going to start from today, well actually from the past couple of days, and continue on. When there is a "slow" day or I  can't think of what to blog about, I'll do a recap of something that has been skipped over.

So...New Year's Eve...we were scheduled to fly out of Tri-cities at 5:17pm.  We had a connecting flight in Charlotte and would arrive at DFW a little after 10:00pm.  I woke up Monday morning ready to tackle the task of stuffing all of our belongings into the three checked bags and couple of carry-ons.  Realize, we had accumulated an extra small toy box full of toys as we were there for Christmas.  So I knew we wouldn't be able to fit everything, but the goal was to fit as much as possible in order to cut down on the cost of shipping. While I woke up ready to accomplish this mission with my mad packing skills, I also had a faint nagging pain in my shoulder/back/neck. Something I'm used to, seeing as my giant baby loves to be held/carried/picked up. No big deal, I thought I would just schedule an adjustment with Dr. Pittmon, our amazing chiropractor, when I got home.  After our final "family" breakfast for the year, I returned downstairs to get ready. Quickly my pain changed and I wasn't able turn my head or look up and down...something crucial for packing and traveling, especially with a 15 month old ACTIVE lap infant that is going through a "mom only" phase.

Through work from my daddy & momma, I was able to get in to see Dr. Connie Fulmer, a chiropractor in Gray...she was great and worked with me until I was able to move.  I still had pain but it was tolerable.

When I returned to my parents' house, my dear hubby had attempted packing.  His packing consists of just throwing everything into the suitcase with little regard to size, position, item, etc. As much as it pained me, I joined him because we had less than 2 hrs before we had to leave for the airport.  We were finished packing in less than 30 min but non of the Christmas toys made it in.  It'll be like Christmas again when they arrive via UPS in a few days!!

We made it to the airport with a lot of time to spare, which is how I like it because I'm a nervous traveller.  BUT, I discovered I left my phone at the house. So my mom ran back and got it, returned, and we still had time to spare. :)

Our flights went well, my pain was bearable, and we gathered our baggage without a hitch...then...

June 2011

School's out for the Summer!!!
I don't think I've ever been so glad to have summer break.  My whole body was thrilled that it wouldn't have to endure long hours of standing and stress for a couple of months.  This also meant that Kory and I would have time to go to movies, the library, the pool, and pretty much do anything we wanted.  Well, the heat changed all those fanciful plans I had.  We stayed in the house most days.  We took a weekly trip to wal-mart or the grocery store to stock up on fruit and goodies.  Triple digit temperatures and pregnancy don't mix well!

Major Home Yard Project
With all my moaning and bellyaching about the heat, my DIY husband decided to give me what I wanted...a pool!  Now if you know Eric, you know that he takes DIY to a whole new level.  What started as a small above-ground-pool-to-be-installed-in-the-ground-done-in-3-weeks project became much more: including LED lights, stairs, a waterfall, and more.  Oh you want to see the finished project?  Well me too.  When it is finally finished I'll take pics and post. :)  When you're constantly changing the design, running a business, going on a vacation, having company, and oh yeah, having a baby, projects like this tend to get put on hold.

Meet Mr. Kibor!
Eric's dad came for a quick visit.  He was in the U.S. for a little business and stopped over here to see us for a couple of days.  This was mine and Kory's first time to meet him.  He enjoyed playing Memory with Kory while here and got the game to take back to Kenya for the kids.  We enjoyed having him here and Eric really enjoyed getting to see him after so long apart.

Can we say slacker???

Oh wow!  I haven't posted since April and so so so much has happened since then!  The next to last post I did was when I was 15 weeks pregnant.  Now my baby is already 12 weeks old.  Surely time is NOT moving this quickly!!!

I have been wanting to find time to blog for a while now.  I'm not even going to pretend to start giving all of the excuses that have come up and kept me from the blog.  I really hope to make more regular posts in order to document our lives that are so rapidly moving along.

In order to "catch up" I'm going to do a few posts with the highlights that happened that month.  Then hopefully after the new year I'll be better at documenting events as they happen.