The Loftus' vs. Nickelodeon Universe

On Saturday we decided to head to the Mall of America to take Kayden to Nickelodeon Universe. Eric and I had researched and saw that K best Backyardigan friends were going to be there to meet. Pablo and Uniqua. http://www.nickjr.com/the-backyardigans/ (if you are not familiar...become familiar for Kayden, hehehe) We lucked out when we were getting ready to buy tickets for the rides and a nice girl game up and sold us her unlimited wrist band for cheap, they weren't going to use it. An adult rides free w/ a paid little one, so we were set. Here is a photo spread of our adventure. So proud of both kids for doing so well, it was the busiest I have EVER seen the mall. Proud of myself for not going into a SINGLE STORE, and proud of Eric for not hurting anyone. :)

We're going WHERE!?!?! To see WHOOOO??????

Hannah being patient and watching K on the rides

Scanning his wristband on his FIRST RIDE!

What the heck is this thing?

Diego's Bus Ride! Or as Kayden says "Lego Bus."

The other dad next to K and Eric taught him "arms up," it continued on all the rides, yes those are his little hands in the air.


Mommy & Kayden waiting patiently in line for Blues Clues!


Hi Daddy, Hi Hannah!

Cell Phone Picture....just a LITTLE excited.

WEEEEEEE! "No Kayden we aren't hitting the button to go up & down or Mommy will throw up." :)

YEAH!

This little girl LOVES to say HI, she's a superstar waver!

Can't believe how good she was in the stroller watching and sitting all day.

Uniqua!

Pablo!

Hugs for Uniqua! Sweet little boy!

What to do when you meet your idol for the 1st time??

FIST BUMP!

LOVE THIS PICTURE!! Going to frame it for his room.

The shark from Underwater World, he was sitting there, not moving and K walked up to him and didn't know he was real - then he moved and K FREAKED OUT! LOL I thought of you Auntie Holly! :) hehe

1st time on a merry-go-round! LOVED IT!

He yelled "giddy up" and "yee haw," the whole time!

Hi Mommy!

Our only purchase for the day...Pablo

Look at that face!

Posing w/ the Pablo's!

Daddy's Girl!

Cutie Pies!

Yes - I can fit in a train made for toddlers, and Yes - my knees are jammed into my stomach.

Hey, there's Daddy....yes that short Asian Dad fit in the train much better then I did :) hehe

This little girl is TIRED, but such a trooper!

That one Daddy!

"Arms Up!"

Big Boy!

Weeeeeehhhhhhh

Arms Up! I love his facial expressions!

And that folks, was our trip!!!!!!! Hope you enjoyed looking through the pictures!

More Kayden Sayings!

Kayden is sooo funny! The stuff he says just make us crack up. I knew I had to do another blog post when there was so many I was starting to forget them, this first one is going to be printed on his Graduation Invites in 16 years! :) lol

Me - "Kayden get your finger out of your nose!"

Kayden - "Its okay Mommy, I just getting all the boogers out."



"That Hannah...she my baby SISTER!"



Kayden - "Mommy can you get my snack please?" (it was on the floor in the back of the truck) Me - "No Kayden I can't, Mommy has to drive safe."

Kayden - "No be safe Mommy, drive fast...real fast, like a really fast race car."

(add VRRRROOOOOOOMMMMM sounds effects) lol

I walked Hannah out of her room after getting her dressed in a pretty pink dress and this is what we hear...
Kayden - "ohh look Hannah's a princess!"

Overhearing Kayden talking to Hannah while I am in the kitchen

Kayden - "Its okay Hannah, I here, Kayden here Hannah." So sweet, he LOVES her!

Pretty much anytime we give him a cupcake - "yum cupcake for me...happy birthday for me, happy birthday for me, happy birthday to me....OHHHH SPRINKLES!" :) Mommy trained him right.

Eric was trying to wipe Hannah's nose and suck all the boogers out (she does not enjoy this and CRYS and SCREAMS). Kayden came running into her room and smacked Eric on the leg and said "stop hurting my little sister!" So protective already!

Hannah was attacking the puzzles and making a mess while K was eating his snack, he looks at me and says, "its okay mommy, I go get her...and yes I be nice." Whispering to Hannah, "no no Hannah, mommy said no no!"

Kayden came home sick on Valentine's and missed his daycare party! He looked at me w/ his sad puppy dog eyes and said "Happy Valentine's Day Mommy, you my Valentine Mommy - I love you!" As if that didn't melt my heart!

He wasn't feeling good, so wasn't eating the best and I told him if he didn't eat that I was going to eat his Valentine's cupcake from Brenda..."that makes me berry sad mommy."

The next night, he wouldn't eat and wanted to watch a movie. Eric and I said that we were going to watch a movie b/c we ate all of our supper... "You watch a movie Mommy? Daddy, you watch movie, too?? Me not eat. Hannah watch movie? Oh. That makes me berry sad Mommy." "I not eat, so no movie for me? I sad."

"This is not yummy, this is DELICIOUS!"

Yesterday was my birthday, and I can't even remember what birthdays were like w/out my little boy. I went to get him in the morning and he pulls out his nuk and says, "happy birthday mommy!" And then last night he was sitting in the chair w/ me and we were watching tv and he looks up at me (pace yourself, he is GOOD!) and says, "thank you for having me mommy, and for giving me your birthday cake." This kid MELTS MY HEART!! LOVE YOU SO MUCH BUDDY!

A Quick Catch Up

I wanted to put some new pictures on here. With two busy kids it seems like blog posts are on the bottom of the To Do List! I do sometimes manage to do some updates while watching Greys Anatomy and Private Practice! Here are some cute pictures from the last few weeks / months.


Its been 40 degrees this past week, and 50 yesterday, so the kids went outside...Hannah's first time "playing" outside in the Winter!! I put her down, and away she went!! She's not shy about what's under her poor knees!!


Eric making a snow man, Kayden helping...just a little.


I love this action shot - loves to "throw snowballs at the floor mommy."


Hannah's 1st 4 wheeler ride of the winter!

Crazy Kayden!!

Two little goobers in a box!

See...I am in some pictures! Me and my sister, Jodi...we don't look alike...at all...

Hanging w/ Uncle Mike...driving cars

The 4 Lind Grandkids - best picture we could get, lol

Kayden's 1st time attending Mommy's Dance Performance

They love eachother! :) Love looking at the smile on Kayden's face in this picture!

LOOK AT THOSE EYES!!!!!!!!

The kids w/ Great Grandma!

My Man!

Look at Hannah's giant grin...its her cheese smile!

Hannah Walking & Health Update!

So besides everything in the last post...the day after I typed that - Hannah was up ALL NIGHT. Ended up bringing her in to Urgent Care = DOUBLE EAR INFECTION! And then Kayden got medicine for his infected finger! So it continued! And then Hannah wouldn't take the medicine, so we got that switched out, she is finally better! Both are pretty good as I type this, Hannah just has another cold! :) Oh well - we can handle it!

Here is our big girl CRUISING w/ her baby stroller (walker). Its the very first time she actually moved w/ it and didn't just stand up and sit down and laugh at us. And she flew after I stopped recording!! She even did it again so I got it w/ our actual video camera instead of my cell phone! Can't believe that in a post or two I am going to be saying she's just plain old WALKING! Not sure I'm ready for that...what's next PROM?? :)

2011...YOU SUCK so far

Mouth Sores
Sore Throat
Cold Sores
Pink Eye
Infected Finger
Stomach Flu
Diarrhea
Dehydrated
Doctor
Emergency Room
Urgent Care
Nurses Line / Nurses Line / Nurses Line
On Call Pediatricians
Etc. :)

That's our first three weeks of 2011 in a nutshell...LOL

So to kind of describe our year so far I kind of have to just sit here and say...REALLY? Kayden started acting not himself the first week of January. Everyone who knows Kayden knows that he is a crazy, funny, active little boy who always keeps us on our toes. All of a sudden he was not our little man, very sensitive and cry-y, whiney, you'd ask him to do something and he's curl up and start bawling. Anyway we let it go tried to make it better, gave him medicine, etc. He's two - you never know! So brought him in (man a couple times I think...its really all a blur) and they said it was Coxsackie - painful giant blisters in his ENTIRE mouth and throat, as well as cold sores forming on the outside of his mouth. The Dr and Nurses said that the first time anyone gets a coldsore for the 1st time it is a horrible painful event, especially at a young age. So he pretty much had ALL of that going on at once. It took 2 full weeks before we had our little boy back. And today, 3 weeks later - the last coldsore is FINALLY going away on the outside of his face. And he is making us LAUGH and GIGGLE as we speak!

It only seems appropriate that my only day off this week (Wednesday) that Hannah should wake up - throwing up. I mean actual gagging and throwing up like an adult. That was fun. Especially since I had made another appointment to take Kayden in to the Dr to have his finger checked. Got a cut on his finger nail and it was all infected. I called and canceled only to have Kayden start throwing up. Yep - both of them. My dad came over and helped in the afternoon, and then Eric came home and it was seeming to be getting better. Kayden was done w/ it Wednesday. Hannah got sick again that night and then Eric got it early Thursday. I ended up having to take Hannah to the ER yesterday b/c she had not had a wet diaper in a full day. She did not have to have IV's thank goodness, but it was a long day. Then last night - she got sick again - projectile sick! That kid amazes me at what she can produce and DO! WOW! I woke up this morning, excited to go to work only to have Eric and Hannah both get sick again. Yep - another call in to work. Kayden seems to be fine, Hannah is napping right now, and Eric is laying on the couch. Knock on wood I have not gotten sick, but I get a stomach just thinking about it all. Don't forget from Hannah's prior post that she had pink eye in there too, and she gave it to Kayden!

Here I am putting it all out there, in hopes that this is it...healthy until 2012... :) Its gotta happen, RIGHT!?!?!? I am thankful this is all that has happened, it could be much worse and we have the greatest kids, they throw up one minute and make me smile and giggle the next minute!

Hoping everyone reading this is having a HEALTHY, HAPPY 2011 - and let's all say a prayer that ours only gets better, I mean A LOT BETTER! :) Love to everyone!

Hannah's 9 Month Stats!

Last Friday we had Hannah's 9 month Well Check. She woke up Friday morning w/ her eyes matted shut - so good thing I kept the appointment - Pink Eye it was!! UGH! (the 2011 Loftus Family sicknesses is a whole seperate blog post (check back for that) w/in itself.) She did so well and the Dr was very pleased that she had stopped w/ the acid reflux and spitting everything up. She always does so well at the Doctor. The nurses could not get over how smiley she was - even w/ super sore eyes. They would even come back to check on her, and yep - still smiling! We're so lucky! Here are a couple pictures of our big girl from the Dr visit!

Fast asleep on the car ride in. She likes her new big girl car seat!

Self portraits w/ Mommy....poor red eyes!

Smiling even w/ the puppy dog pink eyes!

Here are here stats!

Weight - 20 lbs 15 oz - 83rd percentile

Height - 26 inches - 32nd percentile (short lil' chunka monka!)

Head Circumference - 46.5 cm - 97th percentile (LOL - we're holding strong at this 97th percentile here!)