A Visit to Austin

Kayden w/ some of his hand made mittens from Great Grandma

Loves & Hugs for Great G-ma!

Making Grandma Laugh! I love this picture!

Pretty Parched...better grab a drink.

(DON'T worry he was just chewing on anything he could grab and it just happened to be Eric's water glass at the NEW George's Pizza!!! - YES it IS open, and I WAS there on opening night, lol. See proof below!)

Dance!

Here's a picture of me w/ my dance girls - Holly and Erin, they are my assistants and my buds! We went out for drinks after this performance!


Our Super Model pose.....I cannot pull it off!

Mall of America!

So on Sunday the Munson's and Loftus' headed for the Mall of America. We wanted to just get away and go someplace fun! Connor got his first experience at Build a Bear workshop. He made a puppy (Scooter) for himself and a hot pink monkey (Little Monkey) for his baby sister. We had made Kayden one before he was born, so we figured we'd wait until he could do it himself for his next one. Connor had fun picking out the animals and then making them. Here are some pictures. PS - for the record, JENI bought NOTHING at the Mall of America, I know - I have tears in my eyes just thinking about it. I am pretty disappointed in myself!


Waiting for the "gates" to open - he was the first one inside....no he didn't get a prize for that!

Seriously...we are shopping? He was quite the trooper though, did really good!

Making Scooter!


And Little Monkey

Hugs for Scooter! (Jod and Mike said that he has not put Scooter down since he made it, including carrying him all over the MOA!)

Cute picture with the finished products!

Making Kayden laugh, Connor is pretty darn good at this!

Kayden didn't mind taking a picture w/ the friendly shark from Underwater World, Connor meanwhile was hiding behind Mike, lol

Smiles

Look Mom - NO hands! Such a big boy already!

And our day draws to a close as Little Man falls asleep!

Great Grandma's Birthday

Happy 89th Birthday Grandma! I made the cake, she found the candle! :)


Great G-ma and Little Man


Mike taking random pictures!


Kayden laughing at us, the usual


"Good night little buddy."

This Past Week in Pictures!

Surprise playdate at Kailee's house!


Learning how to share....

sharing not going so well! :)


Someone is pretty proud of himself that he is trying to crawl.


This is what Mr. Smarty Pants was doing when I went in to check on him, "napping."

And this is him after keeping us up all night, every 25 minutes and THEN staying awake all day - see the NO NAP picture above. He was coming down w/ my cold, and we think getting teeth. Feeling much better though!


Sneaking up on Connor and Mike's tractors!!!


Checking out Connor's new room and his big boy bed, that he told me "can hold 5 people." Guess double beds are a lot bigger in a little dude's eyes! :)


Playing with one of his many Xmas presents!

Paxson & Kayden

So this past weekend the VanLaere clan came over for pizza, Wii, and play time. We had lots of fun, especially watching Justin whoop it up on Wii Hula Hooping!! Good Job Justin! Here are some pics from our afternoon!


Pax looking poised and ready for his jump off......READY


SET........Kayden is looking at his competitor with determination...........

JUMP!!!!

Watching Justin shake his way to the high score in Wii Hula Hooping

Trying out Kayden's new caterpillar rocking thing......they are soo going to kill us for this when they are older!

AND we're done.

Kayden was not too enthusiastic about the whole thing caterpillar thing, and Pax was just looking up at me like "um, what's his problem?!" It was too cute. lol

We all had fun though, hope to do it again soon! Thanks for coming over guys! :)

Laughing at Connor

So tonight we were sitting at the top of the stairs (I know - good parenting!) and Kayden was sitting in my lap. Jodi and Mike and Connor were over and Connor was sliding down the stairs. The first time he did it was the funniest, Connor slid down and Kayden literally BURST out laughing. It was hilarious, Jodi came and watched Kayden while I got the camera and caught it again. Connor kept doing it and Kayden just kept laughing at him. It was cute. Sorry the video is bumpy...I was laughin'!

6 months old!

6 months old on Saturday, January 10th! And Auntie Jodi and Grandma had him sitting all by himself! (until he got so excited to see Connor that he tipped over!)

Here's are Kayden's latest stats. Poor little trooper had to have 4 shots. He was NOT pleased w/ the nurse. Turned the reddest we've ever seen his face and just held his breath before bellering in her face.

Weight - 19lbs 4 oz. (in the 75%)

Height - (in the 50%)

Head Size - Not sure on the dimensions, but....lol in the 95%, meaning his head is bigger then 95 kids his age, lol - but I think he has the ctest little head! :)

The Dr said she could actually feel his teeth on the bottom so those should be coming any day now. Let's hope that is true b/c he's been a little fussy. Poor guy, shots & teeth!

We have decided the ONLY food Kayden will not eat is Prunes. Just like his Mommy! :) Doesn't matter if they are good for you, they are disgusting! He is eating pretty much whatever he can get his hands on! Here he is trying plums & bananas for the first time tonight...Mr. Determination is always ready for that next spoonful - he's a really good eater, can't wait until he tries pizza and blizzards just like Mom!

Cruisin' on his new wheels this afternoon. What a big boy!

Brrrrrrrr, its cold outside!

So on my way into work this morning, at 4:00am this is what the temperature gage in the car read. Yes that is correct NEGATIVE -25 - and that doesn't even show the windchill!! Needless to say when I was signing into my computer at work, I was still dressed as an eskimo. I took this handy picture for all of my friends and family enjoying above ZERO temperatures! We had Kayden's 6 month check up yesterday, watch later for the new pictures and all his stats that they gave us. I will have time to post those since dance and all the schools have been canceled for today.

STAY WARM!

Kayden in the Snow!

I got Kayden all bundled up in his new snowsuit (it wouldn't really button, so he wore it this one time for 5 minutes...didn't really get my money out of it!) to test out the snow for the first time. He wasn't quite sure what to think. But he was a good sport!


You'd think he had a mirror and was laughing at himself, but he was laughing at me. Whenever I wear a hat he laughs at me!


Chillin' out in the snow for the first time!


On our tip toes in the snow. The treads on the snowsuit really helped w/ traction! ;)
And I'm sure this wasn't the last snow storm we'll have...wishful thinking!

Kayden's 6 Month Pictures