Another Weekend - Another Visitor!

Hello and Happy Labor Day Weekend! This weekend has been a lot like our last few weekends in that it has been action packed and we had visitors!
For the most part this past week has been fairly uneventful (except the birth of a friend's baby girl). Stephanie has been doing more than her fair share of taking care of Kai this week so that I can get caught up at the old 9-5. I was very productive this past week and nearly got everything crossed off the ever growing to-do list! I would like to give a special thanks to Stephanie for not only being a fantastic mommy but a great wife as well!

Yesterday (Saturday 8/30) was a very productive day. We battled some clutter that had accumulated on our planning desk in our kitchen, did a few loads of laundry, had an amazing lunch that we cooked out on the grill (NY Strip Steak w/ corn on the cob), made a trip to the pool, and even ate dinner at Chic-Fil-A.
Today (Sunday 8/31) was a very early morning as Kai decided to get up at around 5am. I'm not really sure if it was a conscious decision to start his day so early but he did choose to pull himself up to a standing position and didn't really want to let go of the crib's railing. With such an early start, we were able to go and get breakfast at Panera Bread on our way down to church and still get there on time for the 9am. After church, we took over a meal to our friends who just had a baby girl on Monday. Its funny, but you definitely forget how small newborn babies are. Baby girl is just a little bigger than Kai was when he was born but it just seems impossible that Kai was ever that small!

This afternoon, Grandma and Grandpa Lesnet came to visit for a few hours!! Kai had a blast playing with his grandparents. Kai crawled all over the place, told his grandparents all about his day (ba! ba! ba!), was fed some green beans and sweet potatoes by grandma, and was his normal all-around charmer.

Kai is now in bed and mom and I are ready to turn in as well. We both have tomorrow off (it's Labor Day!) and we have some plans to hang with our neighbors, the Stewart's but other than that it should be a pretty relaxed day!
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears, that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be. Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O LORD, the fangs of the lions! - Psalm 58:4-6

Summer's Over Already?

Life has been pretty busy here at the Holiday Inn…er, I mean the Lesnet house! We have had overnight guests each of the past 3 weekends and we have loved every minute of it!

3 weeks ago, the Patterson’s were in town from Arizona. Last weekend Grandpa and Grandma Eridon were in town for a wedding that was up in Anderson. This past weekend the Martin’s (also from Arizona) were here for a night. We really enjoy hosting our friends and family so if you would like to come and hang out with the Indiana Lesnet’s and get a shout out on our blog, please come and visit!

This is Stephanie and Kai with Sara and Sadie Patterson:

Here are some pictures of Kai and his friend Cole Martin:

Although we have enjoyed all of our visitors very much, family always gets a little extra mention here on the old blog. Grandpa Eridon has a twin brother who’s name is Uncle Kris (seriously – first name is Uncle…their folks must have been on to something). Uncle Kris and Aunt Bev were also in town for the wedding and they came over for dinner on Friday evening. We grilled up some chicken and sweet corn and had a very nice family dinner. The rest of the weekend with the grandparents was awesome too! Grandpa and I went and played 9 holes of golf on Saturday morning (he kicked my booty). Grandpa and I also went to a late night showing of The Dark Knight at the IMAX, it is a great flick but it’s a bit dark for the kiddies. On Sunday, we celebrated Grandma Eridon’s 39th birthday at Red Robin, yum! As always, Kai really enjoyed his time with the grandparents and Stephanie and I enjoy catching up on our rest since Kai is so well taken care of.
Since our last posting, we had a sick bug wreak havoc on our innocent little family. On one night Kai didn’t sleep at all so mom and I had to take turns holding him all night long. On the bright side, the Olympics are live on TV in the middle of the night so we were able to watch a lot of the action live! This bug has some pretty good staying power but we are all feeling much better than we did.

Stephanie is leaving PricewaterhouseCoopers! She has worked there for 10 years and she is now moving on to be the Director of Financial Reporting at Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis. Stephanie and her new boss used to work together at PwC and he called her out of the blue to see if she was interested in back-filling for his old job since he was recently promoted. Her last day at PwC will be September 12th and her first day at the bank will be September 29th. She is very excited about starting something new but she will miss working with her team at PwC.

Stephanie took her last ever business trip with PwC last week up to Chicago. She left on Sunday evening and came back on Wednesday evening. That left the boys home alone! Stephanie enjoyed her time up in Chicago and even went to Harry Caray’s and Morton’s Steak House while she was up there. Kai and I didn’t eat nearly as well as mom did but we had a lot of fun hanging out! Although everyone had a great time, we were all very happy when mom came home and the Indiana Lesnet’s were all together again!!

Stephanie and I have started celebrating the upcoming nuptials of our friends Eugene and Kim. They are getting married on September 13th so there is a lot of parties leading up to the big one next month. Stephanie went to a bridal shower last weekend and I played golf this past weekend down at Heartland Crossing (a darn fine course that I highly recommend). We will probably have a couple more events coming up!

Kai is continuing to grow up so quickly! He celebrated his 7 month birthday since our last blog post. In addition to crawling all over the place, he is now able to pull himself up in to a standing position! It is always funny to walk in to his room when he wakes up and see him standing there staring at the door waiting for you to come and get him. It seems like just yesterday we had to keep his head supported all the time and now he can stand up. Wow! I definitely see why parents always talk about how quickly time flies and how fast kids grow up.

All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.' " - Luke 19:7

Is Crawling an Olympic Sport?

Kai crawled today. He crawled on all 4's and went about 6 feet before performing a face plant that dad scored a perfect 10! He really enjoyed that he could go so fast! Crawling on all 4's is much faster than the army crawl. I think mom and I just entered a whole new world of parenthood now that the boy can get around so quickly!

This past week has been very busy but we didn't have a lot of real notable highlights until last night. Last night we ordered pizza and went over to visit the Feeney's. They have 2 adorable little girls, one turns 3 this month and the other just turned 1. Kai had a great time playing with the girls, especially Mackenzie, their 1 year old. Here is a picture of Kai with Alexandria who will turn 3 this month. Mackenzie was getting ready for bed so we didn't get any pictures of them playing together which is a shame because it was really cool (the ladies would say "cute" and I would agree, but I have a manly reputation to live up to).

Today has been a lot of fun. We are making all of Kai's baby food right here in our very own kitchen. We made a lot of it today, we made mangoes (he ate mangoes this week and really liked them), sweet potatoes and peaches. We also made some foods that he hasn't had yet like pears, peas and squash. I am still losing my "let's make some steak for Kai" battle...I'll be sure to let you know as soon as I get the okay to puree some good old red meat for the boy!

Okay, this next part is rated PG and the pictures below may be PG-13 so if you have a weak stomach or anything, it may be in your best interest to move on to a different website. A couple of suggestions for some good reading would be here, here, or here.

For those of you who are still reading, here is the story. Kai took the most hugest poop ever today! This thing was ridiculous! It completely filled the diaper and went out both leg holes and exploded up the back. He had poo all the way up to his neck! It got even more hilarious when we took off his outfit and it got all up in his hair. The bad thing about poo is that it's poo and is therefore pretty gross. The good thing is that it cleans up pretty easily with soap and water and you usually feel a lot better after you go. Anyway, here are some pictures of the carnage!

They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. - Ezekiel 44:23

August Already?!?!

It's hard to believe but August is already here! August is going to be a huge month as we will have a lot of visitors coming to beautiful Central Indiana! We are looking forward to the company but first I need to get you all caught up on our last couple of weeks.

The biggest news for us is that our new nanny, Melissa started on Friday (7/25)! We survived 2 weeks without a nanny, it was fun, but we are sure glad that Melissa is here now! Thanks again to everyone who prayed for us and helped us get through the transition.

The Indiana Lesnet house is now officially baby proofed. I'm sure Kai will still find a way to pick up some bumps and bruises here at the house, but hopefully these few measures will help prevent a trip to the old E.R.. We have some pretty awesome gate configurations and our kitchen drawers and cabinets are a little tricky now. We would like to invite everyone over to test our home's new safety features.

Kai has quite the well rounded diet of fruits and vegetables now. In addition to the cereal, avocados and bananas that he had on our last post, he now eats sweet potatoes, peaches, green beans, carrots and applesauce. He loves the peaches just like daddy! I keep putting steak on Kai's "to do" list of foods to try but it keeps getting crossed off...

Last weekend, there were some classes offered at our church. They had things like "Chasing After God", "Intro to Common Ground", and even a class on budgeting. I took a class on Raising a Modern Day Knight, which is based on a book by the same name that is authored by Robert Lewis. The book is fantastic and I would highly recommend it to all men and especially to those men whom God has trusted with a son.

Kai has made a few developmental milestones since my last update. First off, he can now get in to the seated position by himself. He is also getting pretty close to crawling. He has been "army crawling" for the past couple of weeks but he is now getting up on all 4's and rocking back and forth. He can crawl backwards a little bit but he hasn't quite figured out going forward yet. When he tries to go forward, he ends up doing a shoulder roll on to his back. It's pretty funny but I haven't been able to catch it on video yet. Since he is getting so mobile, we have lowered his crib to the lowest possible setting. It looks a lot more like a big boy bed now but it is kind of rough to reach down and pick him up in the AM when your back is still pretty tight after a night of sleep.

We had an enormous day today! We got up and went to church in the morning where we heard a great sermon. Common Ground, posts all of the sermons on their website, so I would highly recommend that you check it out! After church, we ran a couple of errands and then went downtown to Victory Field to see the Indianapolis Indians take on the Toledo Mudhens! We only were able to make it through the 3rd inning but we had a blast! Kai loved the atmosphere and he even got a little coin bank of Rowdy, the Indians mascot. Here are some pictures of us at the game!


This one is awesome!!

From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God. 2 He said: "In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry. - Jonah 2:1