Did he really?

Fall asleep like this?? I usually have to read him Goodnight moon, say our prayers with his prayer bear, nurse and rock him to sleep while we sing our songs. Daddy can lay on the couch, let Kayden play and when he gets tired he'll come up and lay on daddy and fall asleep, but he would never do this for me. So Friday night I wanted to watch the opening ceremonies of the olympics and I decided to see if he might do it for me that night. Well he nursed, climbed off of me and went and laid down on the ground. We thought he was just being a little turkey and would stand back up after teasing us. But he fell asleep! I was shocked, I didn't think he'd ever do something like that. I remember my cousin Erica falling asleep on her mommy's briefcase and thinking it was the cutest thing ever but I never thought he'd be a baby to do those random sleep acts but he had one!

Jake & Kayden

The first "playdate"

Showing Jake his lens cover for mommy's camera

Playing in Kayden's playroom

Got to play today, Jake was in Cali for awhile so they hadn't seen e/o for a bit. At first they were both leary of e/o but soon they were rolling on top of e/o and playing (and fighting for toys). It is crazy that a year ago around this time Kayden and Jake had their first playdate......I still remember Samantha coming over with her brand new baby, they were both wearing little Carter's onsies and slept and nursed the entire time we hung out. I remember sending pictures of "Kayden's first playdate w/ Jake" to you all (my family anyway) and you laughing at me because Kayden was sleeping in the photos so he obviously was oblivious to his company:-) And now they are fighting over chedder bunnies and sippy cups and who gets to ride in the wagon. What big boys!

Lunch w/ Daddy

Daddy saying goodbye to Kayden....Kayden was not sure it was his daddy under the garb;-)

On Wednesday Kayden and I met daddy for lunch. Daddy usually is at the office in Phoenix so it is too far for us to drive for lunch (or mommy thinks it is anyways). But once a week daddy has to be at the Lone butte casino job site for half the day doing quality control, this week the subs were messing up the brick so daddy spent a couple days "babysitting". He wasn't very happy about it so Kayden and I met him for lunch to cheer him up. We picked him up at the job site and Kayden saw daddy in a hard hat and vest, not what daddy usually wears to work, he wasn't sure what to think:-) We went to Paradise for lunch and Kayden was really happy to have a bit of day time time w/ his papa.

Cool looking little dude!

Kayden loves to go for rides in his wagon in the house. He climbs in it and then signs "more" his waying of telling me "I want" and we ride around the house. Today he insisted that Fifi get in with him:-)

Yesterday I took Kayden to the doctor because he had been so irritable and had ran a low grade temp for a few days......I thought I better have his ears checked. I am thinking of having my mom order me an otoscope b/c I always worry that his ears are bugging him when he is teething and I'd hate for him to be in ear pain and me to attribute it to his teeth. Well his ears are fine so that was a wasted trip to the doctor, but at least I know his ears are fine and don't have to worry about it. He weighs 21 pounds 14 ounces but they didn't check his height because his one year appt is on August 20th so we'll find out then. So I have been keeping Kayden in his diaper at home just b/c he has ran a little warmer lately. Yesterday he saw his shoes and insisted we put his shoes on, so I had a little diapered baby with shoes on, he gave me my laughs for the day.

Fun with the hose!

My Little protector

Kayden walked into the room I was in after daddy changed his diaper and I saw this! Daddy said he was "moving around alot";-) Funny times in daddyland!






Cute monkey stories.......

When daddy and I were "horsing around" Kayden decided he didn't like it and started pushing Kyle off me and yelling at him. When Kyle stopped tickling me Kayden then stood between my legs as if to say "back off daddy". It is so cute to know I have my own little body guard now;-)

Kayden now loves to push, pull heavy things and gets very mad when he can't move it. Daddy's workbag was giving him some trouble and he got pretty mad at it!

Daddy is excited b/c Kayden now is our little helper. We were eating dinner and Kayden wanted attention so Kyle gave him an old receipt off the table and told him to throw it in the garbage and Kayden went and put it in the trashcan, came back and asked for me "work". For the rest of our meal he kept throwing trash away for us. The funniest part was when we asked him to throw away an old magazine, he took it and walked over to the trash, said no and then brought it over to the magazine holder. I was shocked that he decided it wasn't "trash" according to him. When I was getting ready to put water bottles in the fridge he wanted to play in the pantry so he came over. I gave him a water bottle to occupy him thinking nothing of it and jokingly said "put the water bottle in the fridge". To my surprise he walked over to the fridge and waited for Kyle to open the door, then he put it on the shelf where I always put them. He continued to come back for more water bottles and helped me stock the shelves. He also took his dirty laundry to the laundry room when I asked him to and got me the D for his puzzle that was across the room when we were putting his name puzzle together. After his nap I asked him to put his monitor on the charge base, he walked into the room and tried but couldn't reach it so I found it on the floor next to the nightstand the charge base was on. Daddy said it in a cute way "it is like he is learning a foreign language and understands way more than he can say". He is right, Kayden is a little sponge right now and is soaking up so much so quickly. I can't believe how much he changes from day to day! Daddy also realized he needs to really watch what he says around our little sponge b/c he doesn't want him to soak up something mommy will be mad about!!!

Some other fun new words he now says grandma and Mark when we look at pictures of Mark or Grandma. They both got to hear them on the phone yesterday, now we are working on Kurt b/c Uncle Kurt is coming to visit this month!

Future fireman maybe?

Kayden loves fire hydrants right now. Since he was tiny when we'd go on our walks I'd talk about everything we'd see and there is a fire hydrant right across from our house on the start of our walk, he now loves fire hydrants. Whenever he sees a fire hydrant he gets excited and points and attempts to say the word. Kyle and I love watching him "find" every fire hydrant we pass as we are out walking. Wonder if he has found his calling at the ripe age of 13 months?;-)