Catch Up Time - pictures from January!

Sorry for not blogging, after my "no more bottles / rocking for bed" everything kind of went down hill. Kayden got sick (like he ALWAYS does w/ teeth) - I think we can NOW feel his Eye (or I - I have no idea) teeth on top coming through, but man - teeth are rough on this little man. So we still haven't gotten any 18 month pictures, that's our goal for this week since I have some PTO scheduled. My other goals - clean our closet (half accomplished) - update blog (nearly there) - and get our BEFORE BABY TO DO LIST written (haven't started). Here are some pics of the last few weeks at our house!


Getting ready to go sledding for the 1st time...I bought K the wrong size snow pants...3 T, LOL - the legs are bigger then his whole body. Oops


Daddy taking K on his 1st adventure in the snow


Not too sure about this...kinda cold out


Well I guess if Dad is going to skid us across the driveway it'll be fun!

Dress Up!! :)

WHAT the heck was that?

This is what happens when Daddy dresses Kayden on a Vikings game day....

Farmer / Viking / Red Neck Kayden

Here's me and my girls!! Dance Coaches!!

Loving Mommy & Daddy's new ride...he can see out the windows now!

We love "baff" time!

Hi my name is Kayden and I'm a STUD!

Just chillaxin' and watching some Handy Manny

You can tell this poor snowbaby didn't feel good!

28 weeks

2 pregnant friends!! Jeni due April 5th, Amber due February 1st.

Friends Forever!

Seriously Mom...this book is REALLY GOOD!

Kayden loves reading to himself - he makes Auntie Jodi very proud.

Our Big Boy

Tomorrow our little man will be 18 months old - hard to believe! For "Kayden's" New Year's Resolution we decided bed time needed to change. We have only done bottles at bed for quite awhile, so swapping that w/ a sippy cup last week wasn't too big of a deal. Eric decided to go Cold Turkey with him Monday and Tuesday night when he put him to bed while I was at dance. It actually didn't go too bad. I still like to rock him a bit, and he doesn't really want any milk even before we go to bed. We hold his nuk hostage until bed time and then give him "B" and nuk and head to bed. Yesterday he came down w/ a cold so he was a little pill at bed time. Tonight...we watched his favorite FOOOOOTBBBAAAALLLLL, had some crackers, a few sips of milk, I brought him in and pretty much rocked him for like a minute told him good night and put him in his crib. NO CRYING!!!!!!!!!! HALLELUJAH!!! I am not all that excited, that was my cuddle time w/ K but I know that he was too old for that before bed. Doesn't mean I can't miss it already! My little man is turning into a big boy!!

Christmas Morning 2009

Here are some pictures from Christmas morning at our home! They turned out really good, I am glad we got our new camera - it allowed us some super great "Kayden" pictures! Santa sure spoiled our little man and his Mommy & Daddy, too - we are the luckiest family! We love you Kayden - Happy Christmas!


Santa's Job well done.

Kayden Christmas morning 2009

OMG a ball!!

Power 4-wheeler from Santa

My favorite smile

COOKIE!!!

Of course K has to get the heaviest present out

Tearing into Christmas

K and his new potty...not sure how to use it yet - but we know we sit on it!! And the best part..."ELMBO"

Santa even knows that Jared Allen is one of daddy's favorite Vikings!

Opening K's stocking

Oh my gosh...is that really a guitar??

OMG - it is! Thanks for the cool presents Bill & Tanya & Lear! You got mommy's all time favorite picture of me!! :)

Learning how to play some new tunes.

All dressed and shooting some hopes with his new hoop! SWISHHH

Christmas Eve at the Loftus'

Christmas Eve night was supper at Eric's parents. All of us kids were able to be there - so that was nice!! Next year its going to be a lot different, we'll go from 2 little ones to FIVE little ones! Here are some pictures from our night!


Reading some stories before supper.


DANCE PARTY


Kenzie was being a ham for me when I had the camera out!!

You talking to me?

I made Uncle Brandon dress up as Santa...Kayden was so freaked out he jumped into my chair and knocked me all the way back! Great, guess we scarred Kayden from Santa. Oops.

Checking out their toys!

Hey Uncle Brandon - get my truck out of here!

Sledding in the basement!

Kayden showing off his new hammer skills!

Christmas Eve at the Lind's

We had a nice Christmas Eve lunch at my Mom & Dad's thanks to the weather. Here are some pictures.


Kayden was just a LITTLE excited when he saw Connor pulling in the driveway!

Connor Man & Big K

Auntie with the little ones!

Playing a little Christmas number on the piano!

Aren't they cute!

Two peas in a pod!

Claire Bear!

Mommy and her little man...look at my dad in the background...none us noticed until a lady at work pointed it out. I showed my mom - she just about wet her pants....its HILARIOUS! lol Don't worry G-pa is okay, just catching some shut eye!


Bear wanted to see Kayden's new Elmo microwave...he wanted NO part in her touching it...

so him and Grandma played with it!

The giant monkey from Auntie and Uncle - it makes us laugh...A LOT!

We got Connor a drum set!! :) He was sooo excited!

Here are the big boys trying it out!

Is that a baby in your tummy or are you just fat?

Here is an updated belly picture...26 weeks and 2 days. I haven't taken pics of my tummy since 20 weeks. I was so on top of it with Kayden...every two weeks! It doesn't help that my "turn over" is on Mondays, a dance night - so I am either exhausted or too lazy to take it!! I promised myself I'll stay on top of it after today! Its so crazy to look back on! I should fine the one of me pregnant w/ Kayden at this point!


26 weeks preggo

Kayden visits Santa 2009

So Kayden LOVED Santa last year...this year he was all pumped to go visit Santa...until Santa decided (when we were the ONLY ONES IN LINE) to make small talk w/ a friend. My boy of "many" patience decided that was enough. Santa decided to be done chit chatting and Kayden threw a holy fit for him. Then Santa felt bad, real bad. In fact kept chasing me around the mall apologizing and asking me to come back. We eventually came back after finishing our shopping and Santa got out bubbles. Lucky for Santa...Kayden loves bubbles. He was pretty gun shy of him, but here are some pics. We did NOT sit on Santa's lap this year. :)


Kayden and Mall Santa 2008


I don't know about this...but he has bubbles...


so he can't be all bad can he?

He's even sharing his bubbles...yep, I think I like him now.

Kayden and Mall Santa 2009