Kayden's 2nd Easter

3 Generations of Hingst Men!

The cutest lil bunny I've ever seen!

Decorating his Easter Eggs

Frosting the cake Grandma wanted for dessert
Running in the rain Saturday morning with Daddy

He had to have EVERYONE on the floor playing with him!

Grandma Hingst giving him a bath

Kayden celebrated his 2nd Easter this past weekend. He was spoiled by having his Grandpa & Grandma Hingst fly in to celebrate w/ him. He was so excited for them to come before they arrived, he kept talking about them flying in, going for walks with "didi" with him and reading books. Daddy and I were a little worried he might still be sick when they got here (he had been running a 101-103 degree temp from Tuesday-Thursday and was just miserably sick, sleeping all day, only wanting mommy to hold him, not eating, etc). Daddy was sure it was a virus but I convinced him to take him to the doctor on Thursday and he was glad he did, Kayden had a double ear infection. His first ever! So he got some medicine and was starting to feel better by the next morning when we pick G&G up from the airport. On Saturday it rained so his Easter egg hunt was cancelled. But that night we dyed Easter eggs and Sunday he woke up to an Easter egg hunt in the house and his Easter basket was waiting for him on his little white table. We all went to church, I love our Easter mass b/c it's outside in a big tent and Kayden loved church outside too. After church we came home and made Easter dinner and then all went for a walk to the park. Kayden loved that Grandpa brought him "Do dos"=donuts every morning while he was here. And he really loved going to Target and picking out his Easter gift from G&G, of course we showed him lots of toys but.....he chose a Thomas the train set, big surprise:-)

Thanks G&G for coming and spending time with Kayden! He loved having you here and can't wait for your next visit!

21 Months

Kayden this month mommy is way behind on your update so I'll keep it short and sweet. This month you changed a million more ways as you do every month and I have gotten to know you a little more better. Your personality is so big and I love being around you so much. You can make me smile when no one else can and I love that about you.

*This month you are doing great with potty training. You are doing it without any real nudging from mommy or daddy. We just introduced it and you have taken off with it. You tell me when you have to go potty through out the day (of course not all the time but lots of times through out the day) and can keep your diaper dry for a good while all on your own. You haven't gone poo in the potty yet though, you keep waiting to tell us about that until after it's already too late.

*You are sleeping through the night! This happened a couple weeks ago and mommy is loving it! I night weaned you using Dr. Jay Gordan's gentle night weaning methods and it did take awhile, you'd still wake up crying for milk but I would give you hugs and kisses and tell you I was there but we weren't having milk....and after several weeks you now don't wake up asking for milk anymore! And thus...you don't wake up anymore! You are now down to just nursing before your nap and before bed so I'm hoping we can gently phase those both out here very soon.

*You are a little communicator talking almost continuously throughout the day....you definetely define talking your ear off! You love talking and mommy gets her verbal workout during the day responding to all you have to say. Your vocabulary is huge and people often tell me that there are sure you have to be way older than you are for all you have to say, you talk in 3 and 4 word phrases alot now and I seldom hear less than 2 words at once coming out of your little mouth. It amazes me how well you can communicate with daddy and I (although sometimes I do have to interpret for daddy:-). One of my favorite things you say right now is "hi mama" you have the cutest way of saying it, your inflection is so distinct and it brings a huge smile to my face when I enter a room or come through the door.

*Most of the time you are the sweetest little boy ever and full of hugs and kisses for everyone and big smiles for the world. But sometimes for no reason at all you will hit, bite or push a friend or random stranger at the park. You must have a reason for it in your little mind but for mommy it always seems so unprovoked, so when I read about how to "deal" with it in toddler books it's hard b/c they talk about "situations" that occur, like a friend taking your toy and a kiddo biting b/c of that, or 2 kiddos wanting the same toy, etc....so when I can't see a reason it's hard to "reason" w/ you. So we have resorted to time out for these unacceptable behaviors and it seems to works sometimes. I'm hoping this is just a short lived phase and I don't have to deal with it very long b/c it is very frustrating. But like I said...most of the time you are as sweet as candy baby boy!

*You have decided you hate bugs, must get this from mommy. You love to find them and smash them and flush them down the toilet:-) You also find them at the park and "smash smash smash" them. I'll be up ahead walking Fifi and you'll be behind me stomping like crazy thinking your going to get the ants. One day I thought it was ants and it ended up being a swarm of bees...but somehow they didn't sting you!

*Choo Choo, is a sound I continue to hear very often. Your favorite toy other than books and Jax continues to be your Choo Choo train. You wake up in the morning saying Choo Choo and want to play with it for alot of your day.

*You LOVE to eat and snack and just hang out at your little table. You would do every meal there if mommy would let you but we have to keep it to the non-messy foods for now. You like mommy or daddy to sit there w/ you to eat to and if we can't Jax is always a great buddy for your meals......but the best is when a friend is over to eat with you!

Alright baby boy, I'll stop for now b/c I need to keep stuff for your 22 month post which will be here before I know it, hopefully I'll be more on top of it then! Thanks for being you and giving us the gift of going from a happy couple to a happy family! Love you!

Paige is a Big Sister!

Evann Hope & Molly James

Auntie Carly had her twins this week! Her water broke and they were delivered by C-section and mommy and the girls are both healthy and home. I'm pretty bummed I live so far away and haven't gotten to hold them yet or see them in person but hopefully soon. When I talked to Carly on the phone she said they looked very different and she was right! Evann looks more like her mommy's side of the family and Molly looks more like her daddy's side of the family. I'm just so happy she carried them so long (36 weeks and 6 days!) and that they didn't have to go to the NICU at all. CONGRATULATIONS Armijo family on two gorgeous additions to your family!

Nekkid Gymnastics

Of course he has to have a cheese picture!

Kayden is doing awesome with potty training....not due to mommy at all. I haven't really "jumped" on the potty training band wagon yet. Just going with his lead and he is definitely ready. I guess I wasn't expecting him to be ready until he was 3 b/c that is when I've always read and heard most boys gain control of the "sphincter" muscle and before then potty training is worthless. I guess his little sphincter is ready b/c he tells me he has to go potty often and whenever he does he actually goes. He even empties it in the toilet, and then flushes the pee pee down and says "bye bye pee pee". We've had some dry diapers and he always tells me when he poos now (although it's after the fact). So mommy needs to get on it and finish what Kayden has started. I will, I promise..maybe in a couple weeks.

BUT w/ potty training comes a nekkid baby. He thinks he has to take all of his clothes off to go potty, shirt included. And then he would rather just stay nekki. So today after he told me he had to go potty, went and then wouldn't get dressed, I found him in his room doing somersaults in his bed in the nude. He is very good at somersaults now and loves doing them and I thought it was so funny seeing his naked booty sticking up in the air!

Mini "Neigh Neighs"

Getting as close as he can to the "big Neigh Neighs"

They were both so excited!

Tula wasn't so sure about petting the horse

Kayden loved it!

The horse had pretty baby blue eyes!

Last Wednesday Christa and I took the kids to a mini horse show in Scottsdale at Westworld. On the drive there the kiddos were pretty good but decided they wanted to sing songs....nothing like singing Wheels on the Bus over and over to make you feel like a mom. And Tula and Kayden thought it was SO fun (and funny) to have 2 mommies singing with them. Kayden kept saying "more", after a couple rounds of the bus song and itsy bitsy spider our voices were shot and luckily we were very close. As soon as we got out of the Tahoe someone was walking their little horse by and the kids got to pet her and Kayden was in heaven. He LOVED being that close to a horse just his size. Tula wasn't so sure about it. And after we left the horse Kayden kept saying "more neigh neighs" and then we walked up to an arena where there were big horses and he went running and saying "more big neigh neighs" over and over. He had the best time watching the horses, petting them and "neighing" at them. He just had pure joy, I see why people say they see God in children under 5, the joy they have for everything in the world is the closest thing we will ever get to God in this World.

Happy St. Patty's Day

a week late:-) Sorry, I've been slacking! On St. Patty's day we went over to our friend's house and Kayden was spoiled by Auntie Sara's fun St. Patty's day foods and loved playing with their "big woo woo" in the backyard. He doesn't even cringe when he picks up the slimey ball to throw it for Sam. He also decided to find Sam's "prizes" in the backyard and we had to have a bath when we got home and wash his clothes (of course he found them but Miss Audrey never does!) The kiddos loved playing together and Kayden is so used to Audrey wanting his leftovers that he put them on her tray for her!!!! Too funny!:)

Daddy's little buddy!

They ended at the stadium

Daddy said he loved this big ball

The train they rode on

I really don't think he could be any cuter! Daddy teaching him about electrical wires that run the train

Weekends we usually spend as a family and do stuff together as our family of 3. Well with daddy gone all week last week and mommy having Kayden 24/7 for 3 days without a break....on Saturday daddy took Kayden to ride on the lightrail train while mommy stayed home and had the house to herself. Kayden loves trains and the other day when we were going to the zoo he kept saying "want ride" "ride choo choo" "want ride choo choo"......so daddy decided to make his wish come true. They left around 10 am and went to ride the choo choo, and didn't get home until after 1. I loved having some down time and Kayden had so much fun with daddy that he took a 4 hour nap!! (don't worry, we paid for it that night when he had way too much energy to go to bed at 8 like he usually does). I know this is just one of many outings/adventures/trips that daddy and Kayden will have together. I'm so glad Kyle has his little boy to do fun boy stuff with