Mom's wedding

Fast forwarding--or actually rewinding to January 12TH! My mom's wedding to Terry. We arrived in the city Friday afternoon and went straight to the rehearsal dinner. We all rehearsed just fine! It was funny--Jeff and John were groomsmen and Terry's brother taught them how to walk gentlemen like (escorting their ladies) and then how to guide them up the stairs. They did pretty well after their lesson. After the rehearsal dinner the boys and girls split up for surprise bachelor/bachelorette parties. The ladies of the church had a nice little snack session set up--and the women spent their time gabbing. The men went to Steak N' Shake where I am told that some of the older men--including the pastor were attempting to fix Johnny up with the waitress. Poor guy--take your time boy! He may be the last unwed sibling, but he is also the youngest at 19-- he has plenty of time.

After that we went back and crashed at Joel & Jamie's. The next day we were up and prepping for the wedding which was to be at 1:00. Now this is complicated--1:00 is Ky's naptime, so I had no idea what to do other than keep him up. (He was the ring bearer and had a big job to do.) We also had to be at the church by 11:30 for pics--so there really was no time for an early nap.

Ky did alright for the most part--he refused to wear his boudoir (Sp?), and was not really in the mood for picture taking. Considering I know how grumpy he can get---he did pretty well.

So let's get to the good stuff. My mom was beautiful-of course--and full of nerves. You could just tell. We were waiting in the nursery for the wedding to begin and my mom kept peeking out at the sanctuary to see Terry and the number of people that were there. Ky refused to walk with Dad down the first part of the church, but when he got to the main aisle, he sucked it in and did his best to walk like a good little ring bearer. Then came my mom. Joel walked her down and even whispered a few things in her ear to help her from being too nervous. Then Terry went and got her and guided her up on stage. --Now standing right behind my mom it was clear that she was very nervous. I could hear the rustling of her flowers as her hands were shaking, and she did start swaying at one point--which made me very nervous. Terry was no exception. He was looking a little sweaty himself--and was pretty tightly clasping his hands. What cute kids they were!

They both had a good set of vows as well.

Afterwards we all exited gracefully.

Alright--a little more about Kylan---the boy was overtired during the ceremony. He was a little fussy on and off and then passed out before the end. It was so funny Mom was reading her vows and then I hear Ky in the background going "PEEP PEEP - CHICK! PEEP PEEP" I knew he was reading his little chick book.

The food was good and the cake even better (but of course!) We helped to tear down and clean up the place after that and then it was back to Joel's for some sibling bonding. All the sibs came over and had a jam session and played Dominos---which I should have won! It was a good time. Sarah and Jeff showed us their pics from Israel and we really got to enjoy each others company.

We also took some good sibling pics. Brother James is included in one of them (he is kind of adopted)--we also tried to represent our ages by height...I think mentally Johnny was feeling a bit older than Jeff and felt he needed to represent.

BTW--the one pic of Ky feeding the snowman is really cute. He took that snowman put it in his highchair and fed him. He kept saying "eat milk". Funny boy.

The next day we were off early--as we had to destroy our kitchen before the counter people came. So a quick house update---everything is tiled, most walls have been painted--though some touchup/second coats need to be done, and now our beautiful new countertops with integrated sink have been installed. This was a difficult process since our kitchen does not have a separate water shut off. We actually had to shut off water to the whole house for a day while the counters were installed. And then we had plumbing problems and had to seek professional help. Turns out the new sink was much lower than the old one and so we had problems geting the plumbing to work out. The plumber was really scared too---he wasn't sure he could fix it---but I prayed hard and the Lord came through and it all worked out. I will have to post pics soon of all the changes we have done, it is impressive.

Okay---Ky updates

The boy is obsessed with counting and his ABC's. Can't do it on his own yet, but he will kind of sing "ABC, ABC" over and over to himself. In the bathtub, he will line up his ducks and count "3,4,9" Those are his favorite numbers. When he or someone else is leaving he will say "Peace Out" (thanks to our friend Wendy) and "See you tomorrow." His sentences are really coming along. He likes to eat bubbles---yeah I am not sure I can explain this one, but in the bathtub he yells "eat Bubbles" and tries to catch them and eat them. He also likes to eat snow---when we got dumped on the other day (13") Ky went out with dad and spent his time eating snow. He says "Baby Eat snow" Sometimes he will call himself Kylan which sounds like "Ky-yan". He loves the library and will decipher library books from his own (meaning he says Yibrary book). He is really learning names. He now says Grandma Debi and Grandma Jan--We are working on Grandma Maureen---but it is really messy when he says it right now.

The boy is the polite police--and it is almost sickening sometimes. And yes--I am responsible; I taught him. If you make a noise that even remotely sounds like a fart or burp (such as pushing a chair on a hard floor)---he will announce to everyone "Mommy Fart. Excuse Me" and will continue to say that until you actually say excuse me. He also says Thank you for just about anything. And he says Bless you when you sneeze.

Lately he has been obsessed with walking backwards. Our neighbor was really impressed when she saw him doing it. She said it was a "readiness" requirement for kindegartners. That was interesting to hear.

Well that is all for now...Will update soon with more--as you can see I am about a month behind!