And for fun, here’s a video of Kai when he was a week old. Kai certainly was a chunkier newborn. What a difference nearly two pounds makes.

So, after hanging out Saturday with Kai and getting some rest last night, we stopped by the hospital on our way to church for some more Dax pix:

Okay, it’s 4:00 a.m. I’m getting straight to business and going to bed. Here are the pix:

Daxton Noah Kirk, born at 12:47 AM on Saturday, October 27th, 2007, a healthy 8 lbs. even and 21 inches.

Kai was all smiles when he woke up. And the fluffy hair! Gotta love it.

Gosh, he has the cutest face.

Since I didn’t want to go nuts trying to host a big birthday party that Kai would most likely forget, I opted for a small, casual birthday/playdate at our place with our closest friends. My friend [...]

For Kai’s 2nd birthday, we thought he’d have a
blast at the zoo, because kids totally heart animals, right?

Except, kids also heart running.

We spent the majority of our visit chasing after Kai and trying to rein him in…

…but after an exhausting hour, we called it quits. At least we went
before he actually turned 2, which meant [...]

We kicked off a crazy week by watching our Southern California paradisiacal weather go awry from all the fires. When we got out of church Sunday, the sky was orange, the wind hot and dry, and ash was flying everywhere.

The camera flash reflecting all the ash in the air.

My cleaning project for the week to [...]

I tend to blog so infrequently, I feel the need to announce my presence so that people don’t think I’m female and pregnant.
My cousin Mimi, who by the way is an excellent writer, wrote a very thoughtful, reflective, post on the now infamous Sister Beck General Conference talk. Thank you, Mimi, for such a down-to-earth [...]

This is Kate, Kai’s new GF, who he just adores. When they’re not fighting over some toy, that is.
Photo by Daniele Rose Photography

Ryan and I made a very last-minute decision to hire a doula to help during my labor, and I can’t tell you how excited I am to have the additional support.
Even Kai was for hiring Niav (our doula). During her visit last week, he literally would not leave her side. He rolled his trucks next [...]

This is more of a post to myself, since after a really rough and tough week, I realize I should document the good since there are inevitably more frazzled-Jenn days to come.
The day started off great by me waking up not to the sound of Kai crying and kicking at his door, but because I [...]

After hearing sister Beck’s (General RS President) talk during today’s Sunday session, and reading her talk from the General Relief Society Conference, I couldn’t help but feel…unedified. Her talk today on mothers has actually offended many women, members and non-members alike (now I’m not going to reveal how I know this!), but my feelings come [...]

Not sure if any of you watch ‘Dancing With the Stars’ on ABC, but Marie Osmond is one of the contestants on the show. A couple weeks ago, they were airing a clip on her, where in one part, she was paid a surprise visit by her dancing partner and she shrieked “Oh my heck!” [...]

I’ve made my fair share of fancy, healthy foods for Kai, only to have him snub meal after meal after meal. Like, a warm, creamy bowl of butternut squash risotto? Rejected. What about some grilled brie and apple sandwiches? Kai would eat only the bread–the piece not touching any cheese. So basically, just fried bread. [...]

Else, where will you push all your cars/trucks/airplanes around before finally falling asleep?
(Our son’s newest thing is camping out on the comforter I pull out at night to “catch” him if he rolls out of bed. Much cozier than the middle of the floor, which is where I found him two nights ago!).

I’m only one month away from my due date and I’m hoping the last four weeks will go by just as quickly as my entire pregnancy. Because month nine is what I term the “ugly” month: swollen extremities, rapid weight gain, waddling, and a belly projecting outward two miles. A belly projecting so far out, [...]