Big Bro, Little Bro

I wanted to get pics of the boys in their big brother, little brother shirts so while we were at mom's house we made the attempt. Well with an 8 month old and a 3 year old pictures are interesting to get to say the least!
I love love love the photo so much. Funny how a disaster photo can turn out to be one of your favs:)

"Dada"???

Dada might be your first word:( On Tuesday when daddy got home from work, he walked in the door and then went back out to grab something. You crawled over to the door and said "Dada" over and over in a pathetic, come back voice. You have said it many, many times before but this was the first "WOW, it has meaning for sure moment" I've had so far. There are alot of times when you'll say mama as your crawling towards me or if I leave the room but I can't be "sure" that it's got meaning but I'm pretty sure in this moment you had meaning for dada. We will see:) Aww baby boy, how could you say dada first??? If it is so...I'm super surprised b/c you are a mama's boy thru and thru! And you can say both sounds so.....

8 months....

8 months ago my heart doubled in size. It did that for you baby boy! You came into this big world and jumped right into my heart. You are just so very perfect, so loveable, huggable, laughable. So you. You are a one of a kind, happy go lucky baby.
at 8 months....
-you love yobaby yogurt, I can't get it in your mouth fast enough!
-love cheerios!
-nurse on demand, about every 4 hours and sometimes once during the night
-love reading simple picture books and get excited when we are reading a favorite one
-show us your excited by kicking your feet and waving your arms up and down
-have slept all night a couple times in your crib. I miss you so much on those nights it's all I can do to let you be and wait for you to want me:)
-I love waking up to your big smile, it makes every day start so perfectly!
-adore your big bro and smile and laugh whenever he gives you any attention
-insist that daddy takes you when he gets home from work, your legs start kicking and your arms start waving and you thrust your body towards him...I. Love. That.
-are moving and grooving. You can go from laying to sitting all on your own, army crawl and get up on all fours all the time but then you lay down to army crawl to what you want.
-love playing in the water, in the bath or baby pool, you splash like crazy!
-want to stand all the time, use anything you can to pull yourself up to standing position all day long.
-wave bye bye sometimes...not all the time, but sometimes you got it baby boy!
-LOVE to stand up. Want to be standing all. the. time.
-pretty sure you are saying mama and dadda with meaning....not 100% sure but pretty sure:) Will update when I'm positive it's got the meaning behind it:)

Still smile all day long and fill us full of baby giggles, coos and wiggles!

SO Yummy!!

Breck is just so yummy, I could eat him:-) But I'll stick to smothering him with kisses all day:)

Party Time!

Kayden's 3rd birthday was celebrated with lots of family! He had family from Nebraska and even Oklahoma at his party and was surrounded by love from "all of my people" as he calls family. Loved seeing him being celebrated that day in all of his 3 year old glory!

He is THREE!

Can not believe that it's been 3 years since my dream of being a mommy came true. 3 years ago I had a perfect little soul placed in my care and I thank God every day for choosing me to be this little monkeys mommy. Kayden you are so full of spirit, every day with you is an adventure. You are more determined than anyone else I know, you are opinionated, a natural leader, a team player, full of so much love to give that it's bursting out of you with lots of hugs and kisses and "I love yous" everyday. You are sensitive and strong at the same time. You are loveable and laughable and such an amazingly happy little guy. You are strong willed and so very smart. You surprise me everyday with all you learn and discover in our world. You are going to do such great things little boy. I am so excited to see what your future holds because you are special and were put here for a very unique purpose and I can't wait to see that unfold.
Happy Birthday Kayden. You are our dream come true and we are so blessed to have had these past 3 years with you in them. Love you to the moon and back one million times!

Country Stampede!!

The summer after I graduated from high school a bunch of my friends and I went to this new town to a big country festival...country stampede. We had a blast, drank alot, camped, partied with tons of other crazy college kiddos and celebrated our new found freedom that graduation from high school had brought. 2 years later....I went back with Kyle and a bunch of our friends.......repeat of the 2 years prior, only this time I had a special boy with me. We got to see some big country stars while we partied like rockstars.
Well...that strange town we went to that we'd never been to before...is now where we live. Who would have ever thought?!? I know I didn't. So we decided to check it out again, about 8 years later or so and see if we could make some new fun memories. This time my brothers, Carrie, cousins-Am, Sarah, Little Ray and his girl Lizzy, and my aunt Martha all came for the party on the prairie. Did I mention they all stayed at our house?! And my mom was also there to watch the kiddies. It was a totally different experience this time....I actually remember all the singers. And since I am a nursing mama I never had more than 2 drinks the entire weekend. I even had to leave to go nurse the baby.....what a crazy life I live now:) But it was a ton of fun. Reminded me all over again why I do NOT use porta potties (hadn't used one since the last country stampede!) The people watching was a blast and made me laugh out loud several times over the weekend. And having everyone together to do something fun was the best part. We got to see Keith Urban who put on an AMAZING show, other favorites were Miranda Lambert and Montgomery Gentry.
Of course...as our luck with air conditioners would have it....it went out Saturday night...16 people staying at our house and a birthday party the next day and the AC decides to not work. NOT GOOD TIMING! Kind of like last year when it went out and it was August, in Phoenix and I was 8 months pregnant...not good timing!