Welcome SPRING - Look What I Learned!

It's finally SPRING! Which means that we got to drag Kayden's play set out from under the deck! And WOW - what a change a year makes. That little bugger was a mad man on it. He needed help up the 1st time, and then was like "whatever dudes, leave me alone!" Even used the ladder by himself and needed no help on the slide! Can't believe how he's such a man. We were so proud of him!! Here are some pictures of our afternoon outside!! Happy Spring Everyone!


Hmmm...I think I remember how this works!


Oh yea, this is AWESOME


Ready...set...WEEEEE (that's what he yelled just about every time he went down the slide, lol)

NOOO help that time, we both watched...he's such a big boy now!


The video to prove it, way to go Kayden - love you buddy!

(Be sure to look at his face when he's at the top of the slide - the kid cracks me up - he totally knows how cool he is.)

Happy 1st Birthday Claire!

Today our niece Claire Marie turns 1 year old!! Happy Birthday to Bear Bear!! We love you!! As long as her baby cousin doesn't arrive today or tonight we'll be working on her birthday cake and having her party tomorrow night!! Here are some pictures of our little buddy, or Kayden's "Bear Bear." She even started walking this week - YOU GO GIRL!

She's even famous like her Big Brother!

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New born Claire


With our God-daughter at Baptism, May 2009


Christmas 2009


There's Claire Bear!

Weekend in Review

We had a very busy weekend!! I had a booth and dancers at the Stewartville Home Show, its always a really fun event for us and the dancers...just a little more stress with me being 9 months pregnant! Saturday after the Home Show was Eric's sister's baby shower. Sunday we went to the Rochester Home Show to enjoy the nice Spring weather and then home for K's nap and finishing to prepare for baby sister. Daddy took K for his 1st bike ride of the year - they are ready for the nice weather! We got the pack n' play all put together and up in our room and some of Claire's clothes packed away for her baby cousin to wear! Here are some pics from our weekend! Enjoy!


Connor & Savanah - BFF's


Someone LOVES the Podein boys fancy "wheeler."


Can I get one Daddy?

Pretty please?


Jeni due April 5th, Kristie due April 23rd, Amy due April 11th


Playing in the wagon with Gpa Loftus


Playing w/ Mommy

First bike ride of the year w/ Daddy!

Kayden testing out sister's new pack n' play!

It got his and "blankie's" stamp of approval!

Donkey!

Yesterday in the car while waiting for the car wash Kayden was telling us all about donkey's. There is a donkey in one of his books and he LOVES to say EWW AWWW. So cute! Here's a quick video of it for you! We had a busy weekend, so I'll post some pictures when I have a chance!

20 Months Old!

I'm HOW OLD?!?!

We LOVE the giant Rice Krispies...as you can see!

We cannot believe that our little baby is 20 months old today. He is best described as "Krazy Kayden." He makes us laugh every day!! Even when he has something he knows he shouldn't he lets out his little devil cackle and Eric and I just lose it. Its hard to believe that before his next "month" update he will have a little sister!! (hint hint Little Sister...YOU HAD BETTER GET MOVING!!) We are so proud of our man - here are some things we currently REALLY love...


I can't wait to meet Baby Sister!! xoxo

~puzzles, shapes (and sorry G-ma Loftus - Eric insists Kayden did better then you at these the other night!), putting race cars and monster trucks down our ramp, going BALLISTIC when we see our Grandpas or Connor. Our Grandmas are pretty exciting, too - but he's a Grandpas' boy. He's got them both wrapped around his little finger! We love BUSES, TRUCKS, & TRACTORS and if we see all of them in one car ride we are a very very very HAPPY little man! Kayden loves daycare and the other morning when he said Buh Bye Daddy he looked at me and said "Benda?" No buddy - you are stuck w/ Mom today!! :) He's also been at dance w/ me a few nights waiting for Eric to get home from work and he loves seeing the "kids." He runs around yelling "KIDS KIDS."

Kayden's "very mature" face!

Mommy & her main man

Kisses for Sister

36 Weeks Pregnant

36 weeks tomorrow - Monday, March 8th. I took the picture 4 hours before midnight, so I think it counts. Sorry for the tired look :) was coaching at a dance competition all day. Pics of that and Connor's Bday will be posted at a later date!! So enjoy the belly pics!! Can't wait for Baby Girl to arrive...I don't feel ready and feeling overwhelmed, but I figure once she comes that'll get better...RIGHT!?!? :)


36 weeks pregnant w/ Baby #2



36 weeks w/ Kayden & 36 weeks w/ Baby Girl

So Proud of Our Big Boy!

BED & NAP -
Just a couple updates on our Big Boy! Two weeks ago tonight we saw a complete 180 with going down for naps and going to bed...no CRYING! THANK GOODNESS!! I was getting kind of sad w/ letting him cry to sleep - it usually didn't last long, but he did it. I asked Brenda at daycare if he ever cried for her and she said he had never cried when going down for a nap. I think he was listening, b/c starting the next day - BOOM - NEW KID! He "rock-a-byes" with me and has a sippy cup of milk, listen to music, talk for a couple minutes and then its "yuv you mommy." And then I put the most handsome boy in the world in his crib and as I am walking out its "night night mommy, yuv you mommy." Its the greatest sound in the world!!

EATING -
Monday at daycare Mr. Kayden decided that he needed THREE helpings of lunch. He kept saying "Benda mor peez." And then after his nap - he mowed down his snack and then went around to ALL the rest of the kids and asked if they were done w/ there "nacks?" So he takes after Pregnant Mom (aka the plate cleaner) in that area! She said he is BY FAR HER BEST EATER!
And then after K and Daddy visited Mommy at dance they stopped at Auntie & Uncle's house to play w/ Uncle Kyle for a few minutes when he was home. After lots of throwing the ball to the puppies, Auntie came home and what does Kayden do?? Asks Auntie for some "chips" - of course like Holly says - you can't say NO to that face, especially when he wants chips and is so polite about it!! What a bottomless pit!
Yesterday we went to meet Daddy for lunch at Pizza Hut / Taco Bell Express and they now have kids meals, Eric and I were both pleasantly surprised as he loves their chips and I was not about to share my pizza. :) Okay, I really did share breadsticks! We got him the cheese roll up and chips, he ate part of it, some breadstick, and then kept eyeing Eric's lunch. Pretty soon our little boy had an entire taco in his mouth!! I haven't made them for him or even had him try them even! He ate just about half of it! We are so lucky that our little guy is such a good eater!!