Jumping Kane

I guess Kane enjoys this so much because he can actually get some "air." He still hasn't quite mastered the skill of jumping. His idea of jumping means you climb up on something and then walk off the edge.

Sorry that I was an idiot and turned the camera the wrong way, but this is really funny.

Crazy Cousins

Brody
Brody
Kane giving kisses to Jacob
Jacob
We have welcomed two new baby boys into our family this week. Jacob Matthew Rambo was born on Sunday evening weighing in at 7lbs 5oz and 19 1/2 inches (somewhere around there, it's all starting to run together). Mom, Dad and Baby are all doing well. Brody Alan Welborn joined us this morning sometime shortly before 6am. Brody weighed in at 7lbs. 10oz. and was 20 inches. Mom, Dad, Brody and Big Sister Ashlyn are all doing well. We had a lot of visiting to do today. We were saying prayers around 4a.m. this morning because things were not going so well with Brody and they were very close to having to do a C-section. Thank God he came out on his own.

This is how Ashlyn and Kane decided to entertain one another at the hospital. Kane looks innocent in this shot. You should have seen them about 5 minutes earlier. At least they weren't having screaming contests like the did when Ashlyn spent the night the other weekend.

18 months

Kane has his 18 month check up a little over a week ago. My has that experience changed. First thing we do when we get back to the room is get undressed, so that Kane can be weighed and measured. He started freaking out the moment I started to strip him. By the time we got to seeing how tall he is, he was whining and not being very cooperative. The stats that we got got were:
Height = 32" (40%)
Weight = 22lbs 6oz (10%)
Head = 19" (60%)

Kane continues to be consistently tall, skinny, and has a big head. Although not as much as before. He has started to talk a bit more. He consistently will say "Mom, Dad, Ball, Hello, More, All Gone, Nose (sounds more like no) and Shoe (which is just a sh sound)." He can be prompted to say a few other words like Ashlyn.

His favorite things to do now include playing in the cozy coupe, driving around cars and tractors, putting money into a bank (which he is doing as we speak although he just found a sand rake and so now all the coins are all over the floor). He keep us on our toes.

Fun videos.

Kane had the most fun in Chicago chasing the pigeons. His latest favorite thing to do is hide in things.

Since my tech guy has put in a new filter at school I can't access my blog at work. I really don't make much time at home to work on it. Here are some random shots form the past month or so.
If you look closely in the Cozy Coupe photo, you'll notice that Kane has taken the seat of his toilet and put it on the seat in his car. Who knows???
The wet picture of Kane was when Mom was out washing windows and there was a big bucket of soapy water, which Kane decided to stick his head into. I couldn't get the camera fast enough when he still had suds on his face.
Grandpa Gordon and I went up to Chicago to go on a bike ride. For the most part Kane thought it was fun, except for when his helmet fell over his face. We rode over to China Town from Navy Pier. Grandma got some nun chucks for Kane, which you can now tell him to go and hit Mom or Dad. He wasn't too impressed with the Chinese food, but when we went to the Billy Goat on lower Wacker, he really liked the cheeseburger.

More random summer shots

Here's a picture of Matt drinking his free beer at the Budweiser plant in St. Louis.
This picture is just too funny of Mom and I.
We went to Brookfield Zoo with Grandma T and Mike. We all had a really good time, even though it was incredibly hot.

Kane loves his yogurt. He also loves to get it all over everything. You would think as he aged, his eating skills would improve, but such is not the case.




Grandma Aupperle got us tickets to see a ball game at the Corn Crib. Kane wanted to run around more so than watch the game, but I wasn't complaining.

We hung out with Ms. Ashlyn when her Mom and Dad were on vacation. Kane attempts to say her name, but only gets out the "Ash" part. He can at least point to her picture.

We're here.

We're still here. Things have just been crazy since I took my class up in Chicago. After I came back, there were only 3 weeks of summer left. Kane and I made the most of our time. Although the two incredibly dirty pictures are actually what Kane looks like when he comes home from Beth's. Him and Tanner love to get dirty. He really likes to drive the little care around in the dirt.
We went to the State Fair with Grandpa Gordon for the second year in a row. I don't really know what Kane enjoyed the most. Maybe the corn dog. He really liked the FFA petting zoo, but was too much of a wimp to pet anything. I guess out of everything he enjoyed all the animals the best. I personally enjoyed the Illinois Wine Tasting Tent.



This is Kane's idea of helping Mom get her classroom organized.

The year has started off really well. It's kind of like I never left, except all the kids are getting bigger.