Bossy boy!

Kayden had a friend over the other day while his mommy had school stuff to do. Kayden loved playing with Jonah but he was a little bossy while he was here. He wanted Jonah to play with him in his tent that he made on his wagon and when Jonah wanted out he pinned him down inside the wagon and I had to rescue Jonah and let him out. Another time they were reading books in Kayden's chair and Jonah decided he was done, Kayden threw his arm up across Jonah to try and keep him in the chair. I love watching him play with his friends and learn to interact with peers, he is such a funny little guy and I see his personality more and more everyday. He also took on the role of "teacher" and everytime we saw the gorillas in his animal book he taught Jonah how to pound his chest like a gorilla.......I tried to get a video of the boys pounding their chest together but they decided they didn't want the moment captured on video.

Our big helper!

Family Photo Time!

On Saturday we met up with a photographer that Jaclyn and Christa had both used and really liked so we decided to check it out. Kayden wasn't too fond of the studio photo shoots we had done at 9 months (and left w/o any photos from the session), and 1 year.....got a select few to choose from. So we decided photo journalism might be better for our little guy right now. We had a photo journalist photographer do our wedding and engagement pictures and love that style anyway so figured we'd take advantage of the outdoors to hopefully get Kayden's true spirit captured in pictures. And so far what I see I"m very happy with! Kayden loved being outside to explore, finding rocks, and bushes and DUCKS! Jessamyn was great to work with, she had such a calmness to her and it made Kayden feel comfortable to be around her.

You can sneak a peak at the session on her blog:

http://jst-photography.blogspot.com

And after I get the CD I'll share some of the shots on the blog!

Sundays!

The face of a chocolate chip cookie lover!

The fort daddy and Kayden made

Kayden SO happy with his cool daddy

He loves this slide:-)




His car was actually in drive still and running!

One of my favorite days of the week is Sunday. We always spend Sundays as a family and today was a great Sunday. We woke up and walked to "bo-buck" or as others know it Starbucks and it was chilly!!! Yay for cooler weather! I got to get a hot mocha instead of a frap! Finally....it is already the middle of November for goodness sake. When we arrived back home to get ready for church we saw that a car was running and was bumped up against our Honda. As Kyle investigated further he saw that someone was passed out in the drivers seat. We weren't sure what to do but since they had hit our car and appeared to be drunk we decided to call the police. The young man woke up to 5 police officers at his window. Lucky for him he was sober by now but he did make a dent in our bumper so we get to have that repaired, lucky us. But the whole incident made us miss church. But other than our little hiccup we had a great day. We went to the park at Fulton ranch that Kayden loves and mommy and daddy actually love playing on the cool equipment too. The tornado slide here is his favorite and he loves when daddy slides down after him. He also loves jumping on the bridge and the teeter totter (it appears they made teeter totters safe now instead of the crazy ones we all rode on back in the day!) I wish this stuff was around when I was little! Right by the equipment are soccer fields and Kayden loves running and making a "goal" and playing chase with mommy & daddy. Running up and down the hills is also tons of fun. And today we had clouds in the sky!!! Talk about a nice change! When we got home from the park (we even got rained on on the walk home!!) mommy decided to bake chocolate chip cookies and daddy and Kayden made a fun fort. Kayden was so happy in his fort, and when mommy went in to check it out he had this look of pride and excitment in his eyes, such a cute little look I'll never forget as he walked me into his fort. Mommy even let Kayden and daddy have a chocolate chip cookie in his fort! Talk about a treat:-) I remember making forts with my brothers and we loved eating snacks or lunch in them. What a fun day we had today! Kayden definetely loves the weekends when mommy AND daddy are home and he especially loves them when we spend the time together doing fun stuff.

Fat lip...x2!

If you look closely you can see the scrape from fat lip #1 of the day and the big fat lip from fall #2!! Poor baby! November 8, 2008 must not be his day;-)

Yesterday we were having photos taken of Kayden and guess what, he fell right away and got a fat lip! The photographer had only taken a couple photos and we were moving to the next location and splat he goes on the cement. It cut him a bit above the lip and as the session went on his lip kept growing. The photographer was pretty sure it wouldn't show up in the photos....hoping she was right. Then when we got home we went on a walk to Fulton Ranch and were playing at the new playground there, daddy was on the equipment w/ Kayden when I heard a shreak and he started crying. I grabbed him from daddy and noticed his lip was bleeding. After that he told me he was "all done" with the playground and wanted to leave, poor guy! It feels like everyday is a new fall or a new bruise. It's hard for this over protective mama b/c I can't always be there to break his fall or stop him from running into a table corner.

1st Haircut!!!

Yep........I finally did it. Lucky for me I didn't really think too hard about it prior to doing it. I was on my way to get my hair done and had Kayden with me (Kyle was meeting me there to take Kayden home) and I decided on the way to ask Omar if he could cut Kayden's hair for me. So I called him and he said sure and when we arrived I didn't really think twice about it. Kayden was terrified when Omar asked him to sit in the chair, so I sat with him and he cried the whole time. It was pretty sad, a I'm scared to death and an I'm sad cry all in one. And once Omar started cutting he transformed from a baby to a big boy. It is kind of shocking for me to look at him now b/c he just looks so big. It didn't really sink in that he'd had his first haircut until I was driving home after my hair appt and I realized that big moment was over. But he does look so cute and his hair was driving me a bit crazy so I think it is a good thing. But I do miss the whispy, long baby hair on my baby.

Such a sweetie!

Tula and Kayden riding together in the car and Camila checking it all out.

Giving him hugs!

Holding Maverick

Today Kayden was so sweet with baby Maverick! I fell in love with my little guy today all over again! Once Mav woke up from his nap Kayden couldn't stop smiling and clapping while he looked at him. So Christa asked him if he wanted to hold him and he sat on the couch and held him and was so happy! He kept hugging him and kissing him. It was absolutely so sweet to watch him be so tender with a tiny baby (hopefully Christa wasn't wincing inside:-). When Mav fussed and I took him he asked for him back and just wanted to keep holding him. He gave him so many hugs and kisses and Maverick was such a trooper and just took it all. It is interesting how Maverick has transformed from someone Kayden was initially jealous of or annoyed of when I'd hold him to now being someone he wants to be around and hold.
Kayden also said "Tula" today while they were playing several times, it was like he was unsure of himself and was whispering it under his breath several times, but then when I asked him to say it again he just pointed at Tula. But Tula is the first friends name he has said so far! We'll see if he says it tomorrow;-)