The perfect house.

Although it still eludes us, our Realtor has a long list of houses that we are going to see this weekend. Hopefully something looks like a winner. I will keep you all posted on where Kai will be living.

Did you know that some houses have not only toilets but also showers in the basement? Just hanging out. Chilling in the basement. No walls around them. No doors to shut. Just there. Toilet. Shower.

A new bike trail.

We found a new bike trail that we like a lot. We can pick it up just outside of my mom's neighborhood and then it links up with a trail that was built over a lake using old railroad trestle. It was a great ride and is a good route to get to the local family cafe that we like!

Pictures from the ride:

Fourth of July Festivities.

On the third of July, we joined our friend Genelle and some of her family at a park for fireworks. Kai made fast friends with Genelle's nephew, Josh, who is seven. Kai would take his hand a lead him all around, it was very cute. Perhaps a future babysitter? The fireworks were great and Kai was not afraid of the noise at all. He was into it a bit at first and then he wanted to look at them only out of his peiphery and then he fell asleep. Fast asleep. Through the super noisy finale and all.

On the fourth we went to the holiday goings on in our hometown. It will probably be more fun as Kai gets older, but was a little boring for us. We scooted home to enjoy the baby pool and some pizza with Genelle and her husband, Nick. Then we went back to the park for fireworks. After we located our blanket that we had left in the afternoon to hold our place, we settled in with some hot kettle corn to wait for dark. We were looking around to see if we recognized anyone from high school and I saw only about six blankets away my aunt and uncle. After catching up with them for a bit, it was about time for the fireworks to start. Which were obstructed from our view by a tree. We saw about a third of the display and Kai fell asleep, again.

It was a super low key holiday for us. I am pretty sure it was just what we needed. Now if I can only get Kai back on schedule after being out late two days in a row!

Jake and Kai play in a fountain on the fourth.

About that house.

It was no good.

Onto this house:


And another in the same neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon. The house above has all original refinished hardwood floors and woodwork. Looks really great, but the shrubbery needs to go. It is super close to our favorite library and the children's museum.

Today we look at....

this house. I want it to be fantastic. Send us the proper vibes and prayers to make it fantastic!

Swimming Pictures

My aunt sent photos of Kai swimming in the lake!

No picture needed (or probably wanted!!).

So...Kai was playing in the pool again on this hot afternoon. I was hanging out laundry and my mom was playing with him (safely outside the pool). Then she says, "Liz, do you think Kai pooped in the pool?!" He was wearing a cloth diaper with no insert and it was kind of loosely fastened. He did poop, and it did make for a cloudy and stinky pool. Yuck. I don't even want to get into the logistics of cleaning such a mess up, it was a lengthy process. Yuck.