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Easter

Kayden celebrated his first Easter this weekend. His grandpa and grandma Hingst were in town and we had lots of fun playing with them. Grandpa Hingst was Kayden's buddy while he was here! Kayden loved pulling on Grandpa's face and having grandpa push him around in his red car. I think he wore grandpa out though because he was in bed early every night! We painted Easter eggs Saturday evening, not much participation by Kayden this year........next year I'm sure it will be more interesting;-) He was amazed at us dunking eggs in colored water though. Sunday we went to church at St. Andrew's in the big, white tent outside. Kayden decided that even though we went to 8:30 mass he was still going to get his 9am nap in! He fell asleep in the middle of mass with all the noise and music going, mommy was shocked he can still do that. After mass Kayden go to play with grandpa and daddy and mommy started getting lunch ready. Luckily we had a honeybaked ham so the hard work was done for me! Kayden had his first asparagus and liked it! He didn't like it pureed but did like the finger pieces. After dinner he got to investigate what was in his Easter basket and had fun shaking his eggs filled with cheerios. Sunday evening he had to say goodbye to his grandparents and I could tell on Monday that he missed the extra people in the house!

Started swimming lessons!

Kayden started swimming lessons today! His lessons are for 4 weeks, every Saturday at Hamilton aquatic center. They last for 25 minutes.....kind of a short time for all the prep but worth it! He was a little scared and timid at first but as the lesson wore on he relaxed and began to enjoy it a bit more. He practiced kicking, floating on his tummy and on his back and rolling from front to back and back to front. Then we tried bubbles and he thought I was crazy at first and then started laughing at me:-) Grandpa & Grandma Hingst are here for Easter weekend so they got to see him at his first swimming lessons too!

Kayden's 1st Easter Party!

Kayden trying to look up Tula's pretty dress;-)

Dani, Tula and Kayden


Yesterday, Kayden went to his first Easter party at his friend Danica's house. Danica's mommy is the official holiday party hostess in our group and she is great at playing the role! Kayden had so much fun playing with his friends and the mommies had so much fun taking pictures of our cuties in their bunny ears! Kayden's friend Tula had a pretty, frilly dress that Kayden really liked! He even chased her down trying to grab ahold of it. The two of them looked like they went together which of course was as cute as could be! We also had lots of yummy food that they babies got to watch us eat;-) Kayden was dressed in his little Easter outfit his grandma and grandpa sent him and he looked like the little dude! Mommy found him cute golf shoes to go with it and they topped the outfit off! Now grandma and grandpa Hingst are here to celebrate Easter weekend with us, they got here last night and Kayden woke up and took right to his grandpa Hingst. He let him hold him while mommy got ready for the day! We are excited to spend some time with them this weekend!

"Mama"

Kayden's new favorite word is "mama" and it is driving his "dada" crazy! He has been saying mama for awhile but recently it is very frequent and seems to have more of a "meaning" behind it than just a sound. He says "mama" when he is crawling around looking for me, when dada is changing his diaper or clothes and he is mad at him, when he can't see me in the other room, when he wants out of his crib.....and lots of other times. I of course eat it up and reinforce it like crazy! Kyle is sad that although "dada" is said it still doesn't seem to have a meaning behind it....soon it will come! He is playing with sounds more and more everyday and being the speechie mom I'm loving it so much! It is amazing watching what I learned about it books actually happen with my little guy. Just one more amazing thing about being a mom, so far I have no complaints and have loved every minute of mommyhood! How could you not love every minute of this little face???

Park Fun!

Today we went to playtopia at Tumbleweed park and Kayden had so much fun playing with his friends and swinging in the swings. Our babies are still small enough that 2 can fit in the baby swings! It was so cute seeing them double up in the swings together.....I better cherish the memory now because soon my big boy will encompass a whole swing! After swingtime we had some bubble fun and Danica tried to eat the grass and woodchips....her mommy didn't like that too much. Kayden had so much fun we barely made it out of the parking lot and he was snoozing.

Beach Fun!

We just got home from Kayden's first trip to the beach! We left on Thursday after daddy got off work so that Kayden would sleep on our way and luckily it worked! On Friday we woke up and after our Starbucks stop headed to La Jolla to walk on the beach. Kayden was amazed by the big waves and loved feeling the sand and looking at seashells. He wasn't too much of a fan of sitting on the beach by himself....you can see in the picture- he seemed a bit scared. Saturday we went downtown to tour around San Diego with Brandon. Kayden also got some guitar lessons from Uncle Brandon;-) It was a super fun weekend!