18 Month Pictures

FINALLY!

Here are the Big Guy's 18 month pictures that we had taken in January. We've went to Portrait Innovations the last couple of times - and they turn out really good I think. This was even a "bad" day for him - but I think we got some keepers!! It was so much easier to take professional pictures when he couldn't run away from me to the Lego table!!

Is this the face you wanted Mom?

Oh...he's NEVER up to anything....look at that face, how could he? LOL

There's our Big Guy!

Big Flirt

We're done w/ pictures Mom...how else can I tell you....

Trying to get a Mommy / Kayden picture...unsuccessful

AND we're DONE.

34 weeks!

34 weeks pregnant today!! Since its a Monday and I prefer to not look all nasty after dance I have taken the liberty of bringing my camera to work and having the girls snap my weekly Monday picture for me. Thanks Dawnell!! :) So we have the pleasure of always remembering where I work when I look back at these pictures!! lol

Baby is growing and moving like crazy - she doesn't stop - she's a MACHINE! Its fun to feel and odd to know how big she is getting and how much she is still jumping around! Gotta be a dancer!

The girls at work at a pot luck for me today and here's the sweet cake - Cat in the Hat, I know - good thing no one smashed my face into that! If they did I would have still ate it. It was delightful, thanks again girls for filling my full of pizza and chips and other yummy's!! They know me too well!

New Pictures!

Here are the promised recent pictures of Kayden!! All I have left to post are some of his 18 month professional pictures! Enjoy - he's gotten pretty crafty w/ his "cheeeessseeee" face. But we did catch some real smiles!


The Rock Star


32 weeks - 02/07/10


Reading books with Mommy

So it was quiet...I look over and someone decided he belonged where his toys used to be.

Connor stopped over to ride wheelers for a bit!

Just relaxin' a bit

This kid is OBSESSED w/ apples, and he likes to eat them by himself - he literally ate this entire apple by himself! What a big boy!!

There's a REAL SMILE!

Kayden and his Valentine's lion!

Wow - Its Been A Long Time

Sorry for the delay (if anyone really cares or reads this). We had a few days where K was sick - I have been swamped at worked and these God forsaken snow days are killing me for dance scheduling! Here are a few updates on our family, I'll post K's 18 month pics later or tomorrow afternoon!

The Family - We got a new truck!! We no longer have my "mini micro-machine SUV" as I called the Vue. We got an older, but bigger car. A Yukon Denali. I love it! Even w/ the more $ in gas it doesn't matter as I can fit my groceries in the back. We can also fit 2 grown adults in the back seat now with Kayden. Prior it was crowded for just the main man.

Baby Girl - She's a gymnast! Holy mother! She rolls and jumps and kicks and is mostly active at night as soon as I lay down. She isn't the most "gentle" girl, very rough to Mommy!

Jeni - 32 weeks along! Feeling good - and tired! And loves hearing "you must be due any day?" Or "April, that's pretty far away!" My favorite - "you look like you are going to have a baby today." Or the every week at dance from my favorite blunt dancer, "you're belly is getting really fat huh?" I also got a new phone...I currently hate it b/c its a touch screen and I can't figure it out, mind you I just got it last night - so it will take some getting used to. Have a double dance night / Valentine's Party tonight and Parents Night next week - I am excited for both!

Eric - pretty excited that he got a new cell phone...the ROCK. Yes, another military issued cell phone that looks pretty pimp. He's keeping busy at work, and gets tomorrow and Monday as Daddy Daycare days as I have to work and he's staying home w/ the Big Guy!

Kayden - what can we say? We are the luckiest parents in the world! He is the coolest kid in the world!! He's doing so well at talking and making sentences. At daycare he's having so much fun and loving the kids. He loves his "Benda" - Brenda is awesome, we are so lucky to have her. It was funny, the other day she said she went to the bathroom and all she heard was "Benda wha you doing...Benda.....Benda.....!" She said the big kids were like "he's a good talker." He still plays his shy card if he isn't familiar w/ you - but if you have your arm out he is ALL OVER a high five. I'll post more in his 19 month post later one, and I'll put up his 18 month pictures and some other updates!

Baby Time - We've had crazy baby time around here, our friends have been having little ones - Congrats to them all and can't wait to meet the little additions!
Matt & Lynsie Moritz - Grayson Charles arrived Jan. 29th - he was 11 weeks early, but is doing really good!
Amber & Syd Schramm - Cale Michael arrived Jan. 31st - he was a day early and a big boy!
Betsy & Ben Geer - Chloe arrived Feb. 10th - she'll get to share a bday w/ my Mommy!

19 months old!

What a little man!! A few notes about our favorite 19 month old!

(PS - Happy Birthday Grandma Lind, today, Feb. 10th, is her birthday!!)

A few of my favorite things..
~Conger & my GAMPA's!! I go CrAzY when I know I am going to see them or they are coming to play!!
~Books
~COOOOKIES
~Apple Juice (we have watched this little boy CHUG an entire glass of AJ)
~Apples - The other day he decided he wanted an apple, we started to grab it - yeah NO. He ate the entire apple like an adult, chomping on it, drooling juice, grabbing a napkin to wipe his chin, and taking giant bites out of it. Eric sat there in amazement and laughed, and I snapped pictures between following him around and cleaning up juice spillage.
~FOOD - this kid is putting away more food then me!!! Well, okay, not really - but he eats and eats and eats!
~Fruits & Veggies - yea - he's not taking after Mom & Dad that's for sure!
~Backetball! (Now that the football season has ended he plays w/ his b-ball hoop downstairs!)
~BABY - He loves seeing pictures of babies or giving baby sister kisses!! I LOVE IT!

Some of our favorite sayings:
~yuv you
~big truck
~BUUSSSSSS (screams BUS like he won the lottery when he sees one!)
~Thank You
~Peeez

He also is getting really good at telling us when he poops his pants. He comes over to us and says "ucky - ucky."

He puts sentences together pretty well now, "snack mommy peeez." Its so cute to see how much he's grown and how he is getting to be such an independent little boy!

You're A Nut!

Kayden has been talking SOOO much lately, its crazy! Tonight we got a video (sorry, on the old camera so not the greatest quality!) of him talking and reading us what's in his peek-a-boo books. He has 3 of them and LOVES them. He lifts up the flap and tells us whats underneath. In that book its a NUT in a tree. Cutest saying of NUT we've ever heard...its our new favorite word!! And he continues to do a little dance (a commercial of dancers came on), grabs his "mote," and then finds dad's phone..."hello?" Enjoy our little man - he's growing up too fast!

We still love our Vikings!! Vikes vs Giants Pics

On Sunday, January 3rd Eric and I went to the Vikings vs Giants game. It was there last regular season game and it was INSANE in the Dome. LOUD and CRAZY! We were actually in the LOWER Level, like 30 rows up next to all the Rookie's families. I even went down to the railing and took a heck of a lot of pictures when they came out and were warming up!
The Vikes did awesome - completely pummeled poor lil' Eli and the Giants. They had a great season and that's what I'll remember and all those Vikings haters can just boo hoo at their own teams, look how far we made it!! Good job boys...we still love you...and come back for one more year BRETT!! :)


Ragnar can MOVE...here is his version of the cheerleader dance at half-time


Let's Go Let's Go!


Here come the big boys!

Coolest outfit ever, if I wore that - would I get to watch from the sidelines, too??

Favre warming up!

Mullet Man!

The boat was rockin'

Gotta love purple and yellow~!


Coin Toss via the big screen!

TOUCHDOWN! Can't believe I got that picture!

Super Fans...in the actual LOWER LEVEL!