thump thump

baby #3, daddy felt you kick for the first time yesterday. you were exactly 20 weeks old and daddy and i were on our little getaway for mommy's 30th birthday in kansas city. you were doing acrobatics in there so i told daddy to put his hands on my belly and sure enough he felt you. i love feeling you inside of me. and so far it's been our little secret b/c i was the only one that could feel your movements but now your getting strong enough for others to feel you on the outside. can't wait to meet you baby!! only 20 more weeks until you will join our family in the outside world. for now though i'll cherish having you inside of me, all to myself. love you baby more than you'll ever know!

A back yard full of laughter!

i've always wanted to have that backyard full of children's laughter. and now we have it. we moved into a great little cul-d-sac full of kiddos with very involved mommies and daddies that i like having my little one's around. the kiddos all play together frequently and all of us mommies know e/o and since we have the "cool swingset" we end up having a backyard full of little one's often on the weekends. i love it:) i love sitting outside and watching them or looking out from my open kitchen window making a meal and hearing their laughter, giggles and squeals as they pretend they are sharks or on a ship or whatever else their little minds have created that day. i'm excited for a whole summer full of laughs in our backyard and so happy kayden has that gift of friendship in his life:)

The doorbell rings.....

Kayden and some of our neighbors Diego and Dariana (lucky for me Deigo and Dariana come from a great family with a very involved stay at home mommy:)

And it's for KAYDEN?!?! Kayden, when did you get so big? When did you grow from a toddler to a little boy without me noticing it happening? Yesterday during your nap a friend stopped by, rang the doorbell and asked if you could play. WOW. You are big enough to have friends RING THE DOORBELL?? AND ask if you can play?? WOW. WOW. WOW. I really can't believe it. I can't believe that you are no longer the baby I still feel like you are. That you are a boy with friends and a mission and relationships outside of the one's mommy provides for you or fosters. You make your own friends at preschool and now you make your own friends in our little neighborhood! What happened to our little diaper group in AZ where mommy chose her buddies and you became buddies with my buddies babies?? Now you decide who is cool, who is your type and who you want to spend time with! (Of course I still get the yes or no:) But just the fact that you are to the point where you are making friends and they come and ring our doorbell is crazy to this mommy!

Egg Dying!

Saturday, April 16th we dyed eggs with Auntie Heather and cousin Gabe and G&G Hingst's house. Breck loved watching the eggs change colors and Kayden and Gabe had a bunch of fun coloring on the eggs with wax crayons before hand and mixing colors. It is so fun living close to family and getting to celebrate these special holiday events with the ones we love!

Hingst Family Easter!

Last Sunday, April 17th we went to Hooper, NE to celebrate Easter with Kyle's grandma, his aunties, uncles, cousins and their families. Kayden loved seeing all his "Second cousins" as he calls them:) And Kyle's grandma was SO happy to see everyone.
We ate a big Easter dinner, had an egg hunt for all the littles and caught up with everyone's latest news.
When we were driving home Kyle said, "can you imagine being my grandma and at an event like that and knowing this huge room full of people are all here b/c of me. that would be pretty satisfying wouldn't it?" I love that man:) I love that he thinks a room full of family would mean we had led a good life. I love that he gives me the babies I dream off b/c he actually dreams of them too:) I hope some day we are sitting in a big church hall together full of a room full of people all there b/c of us!:-)
Happy Easter Great Grandma Hingst from 2 of your youngest, newest little family members!

Does Heaven have Targets?

At Easter Mass yesterday Kayden started asking questions and so I was answering them to the best of my ability. While talking about Jesus dying on the cross so we could be in Heaven with him forever he said "well, are there Targets in Heaven? B/c we will still need to buy food and toys and stuff so I hope they have Targets!"

was supposed to be napping...

i was rocking breck to sleep and kayden was supposed to be already asleep in his bed. well after i laid breck down i go to my bathroom and find this fun little mess! i'm leaving it for my monkey to clean after he wakes up, makes me smile everytime i see it. love the adventures of mommyhood. will i let him know it makes me smile....nope:) he'll think he is in big trouble while i smile inside!