"Nisses"

Kayden I love love love your "nisses". I love that we'll be playing outside and all of a sudden you'll come up and kiss me on the head. Or you'll see my belly and have to give baby a kiss. Another favorite is when mommy is too tired to do bedtime in your room and I just bring you to bed with me. I tell you good night, give you a kiss and roll to my side and you snuggle up against my back and then as your trying to go to sleep every few minutes you kiss my back. I think those kisses are my favorite, something about them just melts me and I am so happy that you have so much love in your little heart! Mommy loves you and your kisses are one my favorite things!

Kayden telling us where we are going this weekend!

I love the way he says "San Diego"!

Duck Attack!

Kayden trying to guard the bread

Jake & Kayden
They took the bread right out of Kayden's hands!

Grandma Came to Town!

Baking a German Chocolate Cake with Grandma

Sneaking bites of the cake as it cooled:-)

Swimming with Grandma
He got a break from shopping at SanTan and splashed it up!

And we had so much fun! Kayden was so exciting about Grandma coming the night before she got here when he was saying night night to everyone when we said "night night Grandma" he swished his arm in the air and did his airplane sound b/c he knew Grandma was coming the next day on the plane. When Grandma arrived he was so excited that she had brought him a new Thomas the Train named Duncan. We spent the week hanging out, swimming, shopping, splash padding it and Kayden and Grandma even had a special date together while mommy and daddy went out on a date. We didn't get home until 10:30 and Kayden had fought going to sleep for Grandma until 10pm when he finally fell asleep next to her on the couch.

On Saturday Grandma and mommy got a surprise from daddy for mother's day, he sent us to Labella for some spa action and then out to lunch and shopping just us girls. It was such a nice treat to have a lunch with my mom uninterrupted by snack traps or chips flying through the air:-) And shopping without Kayden....a dream! Kayden is not the best shopper, classic boy I guess. He loves walking around the mall and looking at ppl and things but whenever we go into a store to look at clothes he tells me over and over, all done, bye bye, no shopping mama. So even though I didn't have anything to shop for it was nice to shop with my mom for clothes without hearing Kayden complain. But when we were done with our mother's day outing I was pretty excited to get home to my little monkey and have some snuggles and kisses and hear him tell me he loves me :-)

Thanks so much for coming mom! It was great having you here and I love seeing you with Kayden, he loves his Grandma! "I love Grandma!"

Before I was a mom....

Kayden your great Auntie Janine sent this to me on Mother's day and it is so true. Being your mommy has taught me so much more about myself and taught me to love in a whole new way. I love being a mom, I always knew I would but I love it more than I ever even could imagine. I love everything about you, even when you are being crabby because your tired I love being the one that you whine to. Being your mom has been the best part of my life so far and I felt so blessed yesterday on Mother's day that I have you (and the little baby growing inside my
belly:-). Thanks for a great 2nd Mother's day as your mommy! It was perfect spending the day with you and daddy and my little bump!

*Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys Or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not My plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
*Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind And my thoughts.
I slept all night.
*Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child So doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night Watching a baby sleep.
*Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put them down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces When I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small Could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
*Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of Having my heart outside my body..
I didn't know how special it could feel To feed a hungry baby..
I didn't know that bond Between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small Could make me feel so important and happy.
*Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night Every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, The joy, The love, The heartache, The wonderment
Or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,
*Before I was a Mom .

One last day of fun before the heat hits!

SO happy splashing around!

He got drenched!
I love ducklings in the springtime! I was surprised the babies even ate the bread.

Mommy and her cheeseball!

He normally will NOT wear a hat but I told him it was hat or going home and he left it on the whole time!
So excited that the ducks were eating.
Didn't put the bread down!

The end of our "decent" weather here in AZ is coming to an end. They said this weekend was probably our last weekend under 3 digits so we decided to get outside. We headed up to one of our favorite places in the valley-Fountain Hills, to walk around the fountain, feed the ducks, play in the splash pad and eat outside at one of the resteraunts by the lake.

Kayden was so excited to go feed the ducks, he held the bread from Albertsons on our walk home, in the house while we got ready and on the whole car ride to Fountain Hills...that is about 45 minutes alone! We went straight to the ducks and they got a feast from Kayden. He loved feeding them and would chase after them offering them bread, wondering why they were running away from him. He'd say "duck, bread, eat" and run after them. We walked around the fountain and found lots of ducks and gave them all a snack.

After our walk we asked him if he wanted to go in the splashpad, this is the first time this year so I didn't know what he'd think. After sitting in his stroller and watching for awhile he decided he would go in but refused to put his swimsuit on. So we let him splash in his clothes and put his dry swimsuit on afterwards. He loved the splashpad and his happy laugh, giggles and smiles made everyone else smile around us. I love watching how he can making other ppl happy just by his innocent little joy he has inside him, I wish we all had this forever.

Then we walked over to eat lunch and he had his favorite....pizza. After pizza he fell asleep instantly in the Tahoe with a full belly and took a nice nap.

Sure enough Sunday morning on our walk we could tell that Summer had officially hit AZ, we were so hot at 8:30am walking outside and are ready to hibernate the summer away!

"Wowie" Update

His owie as of today-5-1-09 One day post stitches taken out

Yesterday Auntie Jac Jac our resident nurse took Kayden's stitches out. I was supposed to take him back to urgent care or to his doctor to have them taken out but after my mom said it was really easy I decided I'd rather not spend the time in the doctor's office...and instead of doing it myself since I never have I asked for some help. Auntie Jac Jac was worried that Kayden would decide she wasn't his favorite anymore but that was not the case. He loves his auntie and thinks she is the greatest, he went with me to Target to buy the scissors to take them out and he had to hold them b/c I told him they were for Jac Jac. And while she was doing it he sat still, he did cry a few times and wanted it to be "all done", but as soon as they were out he was following her around the house like nothing had happened. He loves her so much that last night she got a train....he has a train designated for mommy, daddy, himself, the baby and last night Auntie Jac Jac got one too.........I really don't know what her secret is but something about her is extra special (of course I agree too).

Last night we didn't put a bandaid on for the first time since the incident and he was pretty worried about it. He wouldn't put his hand in the bath b/c that has been the case for the past 8 days so he must be freaked out about it and wouldn't play, held his little hand in the air for the whole bath (he actually cried before the bath b/c he wanted a new bandaid on). Then after the bath when we didn't put a new one on he was pretty worried and was extra careful all night, even holding the finger in the air as he drifted off to sleep. But today he is a bit more relaxed.

Thanks so much Auntie Jac Jac for being Kayden's personal nurse yesterday!