Memorial Day Weekend

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.


We would like to start off this post by thanking all of the men and women both past and present that have served our contry in the armed forces. We have amazing freedoms that no other people in the world enjoy and we wouldn't have those liberties if it weren't for you.



This Memorial Day weekend has been very slow for us, or at least we see that we are now subject to a new standard of "slow". This weekend grandma and grandpa Eridon came down from the Toledo area to see us. We have done somewhere in the neighborhood of 6 loads of laundry, went to the grocery, mowed the yard (complete with edging, trimming, and cleaning off the mulch and concrete areas), went to the farmer's market in Noblesville, cleaned the house (had guests coming), grilled out some awesome steaks with corn on the cob, volunteered for nursery at church, listened to the Indianapolis 500 on the radio (it's blacked out here), had visitors over for Memorial Day lunch, cleaned the house again. I believe that this would be an action packed weekend for most people before they have children, but it was amazingly refreshing for us. We were able to get ready for bed and fall asleep each night instead of our normal "run until the batteries run out then fall in to bed" routine that we have most evenings.

Here are some pictures of Kai from his first Memorial Day weekend:

Grandma Eridon was trying hard to get Kai to smile for the camera. He can be a bit stingy with the smiles when the camera is on. Better luck next time!

Here the grandparents are trying to teach Kai to read. He made a lot of progress, I think he should have it pretty well down in the next few years.

Kai loves his baths but doesn't like being naked. Even with a well placed blanket, he was still begging for some clothes!

No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs—he wants to please his commanding officer. - 2 Timothy 2:4

4 Months of Parental Bliss

On Friday (May 16th), we celebrated Kai's 4 month birthday by giving him immunizations! Going to the doctor on his monthly birthday didn't seem to be a lot of fun to Kai. Here is Kai's 4 month picture with his monkey "growth chart". He has a pretty awesome smile huh?This week has been pretty eventful. On Monday, Kai had his first international visitor. Our friend Erin is back in the country from the Czech Republic for the next 6 weeks. She was here for some pretty big stuff, but she was still able to sneak away from her other commitments to spend Monday evening with us. We had a great time!

This weekend, Stephanie had a little retreat for the girls in our small group at church, we had 6 yards of mulch delivered, I planted or moved about 20 different plants, we worked on cleaning out our tree line, and the Lesnet grandparents came down to visit. Just another calm, relaxing weekend for the Indiana Lesnets!!

A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. - Proverbs 15:13

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better!

It is a monumental day here in Central Indiana. Today, Malachi James Lesnet rolled over. Yep, on just his 113th day of existence, Kai has rolled over. He did it 3 times so he is now an expert! He is so proficient that we were able to catch him on video!

Kai has really made a lot of strides the past couple of days. One of our friends let us borrow their exersaucer. Kai loves this thing! Here is a picture of him in it on the first day that we brought it home. He has already figured out a few of the items and really likes to beep the horn in the middle of the steering wheel.

On Tuesday and Wednesday we all went up to Chicago. Stephanie had to go to a training event up there so Kai and I went along. Kai did great but mommy and daddy are very tired!

As for a video update, I have figured out how to better use the software that came with the camera. Thank you for the help VerWayne's, but I will stick to my PC thank you very much! You can give a video camera to an accountant, but you can't take the PC away from him!!So Saul said to his attendants, "Find someone who plays well and bring him to me." 1 Samuel 16:17

Moving Pictures!

This year, Stephanie and I received a video camera from Stephanie's parents for Christmas. We had absolutely no intention of video taping the birth of our son, but we did want to get footage of our first moments as a new family. We also wanted some footage of the grandparents meeting their first grandchild for the first time. Our early plans for the camera got blown up though because our young son was breech and was delivered via cesarean.

So, now that we have been parents for 3 months, we are now going to start using our video camera so that we can show off our son's cool moves. Currently, most of our video is of Kai laying on the floor playing with is gym. He is starting to do more all of the time though so this is a good time to get real familiar with the camera.

I have spent the past 3 plus hours trying to figure out how to cut down some raw footage that we shot (because it is funny!). The software that came with our camera is way too basic and the add on's that are included to edit the video puts the file to a format that is only supported by the camera software and can't be uploaded here (or to YouTube). Ugh!

You've seen MTV's "Cribs", where they tour the homes of celebrities. Here is the video of Kai's Crib.

I will post more videos when I find a decent video editing software. I am open to suggestions!!

But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. - Colossians 3:8