Sweet sleeping baby!

The booty in the air is the best part;-)


I love baby feet!

I still love watching my baby sleep. I remember how peaceful it was when he was tiny and the wonder has never left. When I rock him to sleep I always hold on to him for a few minutes to just watch him sleep. The other day I went to check on him and this is what I saw...awww:-)

15 months

Giving your snuggly hugs

Running around in your new shoes and your big boy no show socks!

Another month has passed and it has been so much fun!

This month you:

*love to give kisses. You have been kissing for a long time now but this month you have decided to not be as stingy with your kisses (they used to be just for mommy and daddy if he was lucky). Now you love to kiss your friends, your toys, your animals, your books, pretty much anything you "love" gets kisses.
*have become very cuddly and huggy (not really a word;-). You love to give us hugs and cuddle up in our laps.
*have decided the bath is a new favorite. You have liked it for awhile but this month it is a huge hit and you request it by word and sign at night.
*had your first brain freeze with grandma in the car eating an all natural popsicle, you recognized it to and pointed to your head, we couldn't stop laughing;-)
*love to make us laugh, anything that gets giggles you love to repeat to try and get more out of us. The other day you bumped your head on you toy and I giggled to try and make you think it didn't hurt. Well it worked and then you decided to keep "bumping" your head and then mommy would laugh and you would laugh and it was a big laughing mess in your playroom.
*continue to be a pretty picky eater and still won't drink cow's milk. Favorite foods are still blueberries and sweet potatoe cubes are back in the mix of things you really like.
*still take 2 naps some days but have also started taking just one nap on some days. Your slowly making the transition from the 8:30am and 2:30pm nap to just one nap around 11-1:30.
*still sleep in your crib at night until your first wake up usually between 11 and 2am and then you come to bed and snuggle with mommy and daddy for the rest of the night.
*still love your num nums and have it about 4-5 times a day and 1-2 times a night.
*still love your pull duck, by far your favorite toy but you also love balloons right now, cars, little people bus and airplane and your melissa and doug puzzle with the transportation vehicles, your stacking cubes and your stacking ring are a big hit too.
*still don't like tv yet other than football with daddy
*love to play with Fifi
*love to play in the backyard with the hose
*love to go play with your friends. When I tell you we are going to go play at Tula's or Audrey's or Tatum's you start clapping and run for the door!
*love to dance to your music in the living room, in the car, in stores where ever you hear music you get your groove on! Your favorite song right now is probably "if your happy and you know it". Whenever it comes on you start clapping, you just have to hear the first little bit of the song and you start clapping.
*like itsy bitsy spider and patty cake best for finger plays
*love to show us how old you are by holding up one finger, throw your hands up in the air to show us touchdown and "how big is kayden", show us your tongue-feet-belly-ears-nose-eyes-mouth
*Receptively you know so much right now. You can point to all the animals on our finger puppet when I ask you to "find the cow" you point to the right animal for all 5! You give us the right vehicle when we ask for the "bus" or the "airplane" or whatever vehicle we want from your puzzle. You go to the right room of the house when we give you directions of where we need to go.
*You can match!! You have a search and find book grandma got you and if I ask you to find the match for the balloon or fire hydrant etc you do!!! You keep surprising me with all the things you can do right now, you never cease to amaze your mommy!
*When we read good night moon now at night you have to point to each thing we say goodnight too "goodnight kittens" and you point to the kittens, etc.
*you do throw little tantrums now and then now if you don't get your way or if your super tired but can usually be distracted pretty quickly.
*you got new shoes this month! Real ones with hard bottoms! Little pumas that are size 6!!! You have big feet like your daddy! You love your new shoes and always choose those to wear when we are going somewhere.
*you've started to like coloring more and more and make mommy little masterpieces;-)

Kayden thank you so much for a great month! You make mommy so happy and I smile and laugh all day with you. You are such a good little boy and have so much love in your little heart. Hugs and kisses little man!!

Going to the zoo zoo zoo!

Audrey and Kayden petting the goat

Another goat Kayden loved petting with daddy

Wondering why Tula doesn't like the goats:-)

Yes...he is hugging the dirty goat

GO BIG RED!

On Saturday morning we got up early and headed to the zoo with our friends. Kayden and Tula had the wagon for their "ride" for the day and had fun stealing e/os sippy cups and getting in and out of it to see the animals. The petting zoo goats were a big hit and Kayden was very comfortable around the goats! He kept petting them and showed his friend Audrey all about them and wondered why Tula was afraid of them. He even hugged one of the goats.......did I mention it is REALLY hard for me to let him touch these goats much less HUG them???? After I got over the mini heart attack it was pretty cute to see, I guess;-) It was a fun morning and aside from the heat a great start to the weekend! Kayden has always loved the zoo but each time he goes now it gets more and more fun. He LOVES the animals and points to them over and over, makes animal sounds, tells us what they are and asks us to tell him what the ones he doesn't know are, such a fun inquisitive age he is at right now!

Artville!

Cooking at Artville

The window I watched my little man get attacked through by the big bully:(

Trying to get a group shot;-)

Kayden went to Artville on Friday with his friends. It is Mesa's children's museum sort of venue for little ones under 5. It is a bit older than the Phoenix children's museum so his mommy the germophob had to suck it up and let her baby explore the new environment. They had a little reading area, a craft area, kitchen area, and a ramp with a slide.
A first I could have waited a long time for:( Kayden was up in the ramp lookout and he thought it was so cool to look at me, as we were looking at e/o a bigger boy comes up and tries to push him out of the lookout. Kayden tries to hold his own and then the kid grabs him around the neck and is yanking on him and starts shoving his head into the window. It was the first time I've seen anyone be that physical with my little peanut so my instinct was to.....scream. I started saying "no, no no" and then realized I was screaming in the middle of artville and ran up the ramp. In this time the boy had STILL not let go of Kayden and I had to pull him off my little man. The little boys mom was no where to be seen. I felt so bad for him and it was so hard for me to see my little peanut sad and not understanding why anyone in his little world would be that mean. I really don't know how I will handle him coming home from school and telling me kids are being mean to him, I can't take seeing him in pain at all, it just breaks my heart. Hopefully no more episodes like this for a long time!
We ended our Artville adventure with lunch at Grandma's kitchen (it was right across the street from Artville and very cute! Good rec Jaclyn!)and the kiddos loved the toy area and the fun grab bucket that they each got to choose at toy to take home with them!

Future Husker!

Uncle Mark sent Kayden the coolest new jersey and Kayden loves it! If I let him pick out his clothes for the day it is the one he always prefers if it is clean and in his closet. He looks so cute in the little red jersey!
Kayden already loves football (has to make his daddy, grandpas and uncles happy:-) and whenever we say "touchdown" he throws his little arms up in the air like the ref does. He knows what "football" means when daddy says he is putting it on the tv and asks him if wants to watch football. For some reason this is the only tv my 1 year old has ever liked......could that be a sign? Now we will just have to see if he is a quarterback like his daddy or a lineman like his uncles??

Hugs and Kisses!

And lots more! He gave them lots of love while they were here, kisses, hugs, blowing them kisses....Kayden loved having his grandparents here for a week and was very sad when they left. He loved having lots of attention and 2 more eager eyes watching his every move. He is such a character now and loves to see everyones reaction when he is being a cutie pie. He had lots of fun playing with them in his playroom, everytime he went to the playroom he gave grandma the drumsticks right away so that they could make music together. He loved going to the mall with them because mommy is mean and usually confines him to his stroller and they let him run free and chased after him (must be nice to get to leave and not have to deal with a mad toddler that now thinks he should get to run free in stores;-). Eating out was lots of fun too b/c they gave him foods mommy wouldn't normally give him....at Paradise I walk over after getting my drink to see his face covered in chocolate???? Nice one mom! Grandpa tried to give him a drink of coke but I stopped that before it happened, I can only handle so much you sugar pushers;-)
Bass pro shops was a big hit, all the animals to see and the big tank with catfish floating around, the elevator where you see the tank was a treat too.
Bathtime was lots of fun with Grandma, she gave him his bath every night while she was here and Kayden loved bathtime with her. She wasn't in a rush as we can sometimes be and he got to spend as much time playing in the water as he wanted. She also got him a new duck and boat for the tub that made bathtime even better!

AND we had a date night! Daddy was very excited to have dinner and a movie, he woke up on Saturday morning and said he felt like a teenager again b/c he knew we were going out that night (I think he is a little dramatic....and he says I'm the drama queen!). We left around 5 that day and Kayden was asleep when we got home at 9:30! He crawled up on Grandpa's lap at 8 and fell asleep! I was so shocked that a) someone else could get him to sleep for the night other than me and b) that he didn't seem to care that he didn't nurse to sleep! He didn't even wake up until 1:30 that night, mommy was nicely surprised by her big boy! Now daddy thinks that we need to move to Kearney so Kayden can have grandparent sleepovers every other week........daddy can dream I guess. I do admit though that although I missed my little monkey while we were out it was nice to watch a movie and have a dinner where we weren't rushed b/c Kayden can only take so long in a highchair, or feeding him and shoveling the food in our mouths before he has had it. Thankfully my parents return for a week in November for Thanksgiving so daddy can be a highschooler again!

On Tuesday after grandma & grandpa left to go home Kayden woke up that morning and wanted to jump out of bed to go see "gama" and I could tell he was sad when I told them they went bye bye. Later that day he went and banged on their door and I let him in to see that they had left and their stuff was gone and he didn't want to leave the room and cried when I made him:( So I called my mom and she told him she had went home and he blew her kisses over the phone and said "bye bye". Sometimes I really wonder if he could be any cuter?

Best $2 ever spent!

Grandpa and Grandma have been spoiling Kayden while they have been here but so far the best thing they have given him was a $2 mylar balloon. He loves the balloon and carries it with him everywhere all day. The first day they got it for him it was hard to get him down for his nap b/c he did NOT want to let it go. Finally grandpa got it from him so the balloon could "Take a nap" and Kayden let go. As soon as he woke up though the balloon was back in his hand. He took it on his walk to the park with Fifi and Grandma too while he rode in his red car. He loves that it has a red car on it like his red car!