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!!

Happy 5th Birthday Connor!

Can't believe he's already 5...going on 35! :) haha Here are some pictures I found and the link from him being on the news yesterday morning. Apparently he was so excited he almost pee'd his pants!! Have a great day Connor, we love you very much!

Happy Birthday Connor!

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Connor 19 months - Kayden 19 months
Can't tell they're related can you??


Eric and I with Connor at his baptism in 2005. Man he was little...wait...so were we!! :)


And here are the best buds...the amigos...the BFF's...Thing 1 & Thing 2...& our Trouble Makers!

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!