9 months already!

Yesterday I was nursing Kayden in his nursery and I happened to look up at his 1st year Calendar and saw the sticker that said 9 months! Somehow I had let it totally slip my mind that he turned 9 months and I started to cry thinking that my baby was already 9 months old. I remembered holding my tiny baby and all the mommies of older babies/children telling me to cherish every minute because it goes so fast and now I see that they were so right. Back in October my mom and I were walking home from Starbucks and a dad was in the park with his twin toddlers who had just started to walk and Kayden was snug and tiny in his baby bjorn and I thought that was SO far away. I couldn't even imagine him taking his first steps. And now he is pulling himself up on anything he can reach, cruising along furniture, standing by himself for seconds when he doesn't realize he is doing it, and that moment when my baby will be toddling around is not far off and it somehow totally snuck up on me. I feel like I try to cherish every minute and I hope I am. What they all told me and I thought was crazy is so true, it goes so fast. I am scared for that day I wake up and realize my baby is in kindergarten or highschool or leaving for college. But for now I get to rock him to sleep, laugh when he pulls my shirt down to nurse, respond to his every "mama" call, dry his tears and make provoke his adorable belly laughs. I get to be the most important person in his life for now and that is all I'm going to focus on for now.......we'll worry about the big boy times later. For now, he is my baby boy!!

1st Roller Coaster Ride;-)

"Mama"

Everything is a walking toy now!

Easter

Kayden celebrated his first Easter this weekend. His grandpa and grandma Hingst were in town and we had lots of fun playing with them. Grandpa Hingst was Kayden's buddy while he was here! Kayden loved pulling on Grandpa's face and having grandpa push him around in his red car. I think he wore grandpa out though because he was in bed early every night! We painted Easter eggs Saturday evening, not much participation by Kayden this year........next year I'm sure it will be more interesting;-) He was amazed at us dunking eggs in colored water though. Sunday we went to church at St. Andrew's in the big, white tent outside. Kayden decided that even though we went to 8:30 mass he was still going to get his 9am nap in! He fell asleep in the middle of mass with all the noise and music going, mommy was shocked he can still do that. After mass Kayden go to play with grandpa and daddy and mommy started getting lunch ready. Luckily we had a honeybaked ham so the hard work was done for me! Kayden had his first asparagus and liked it! He didn't like it pureed but did like the finger pieces. After dinner he got to investigate what was in his Easter basket and had fun shaking his eggs filled with cheerios. Sunday evening he had to say goodbye to his grandparents and I could tell on Monday that he missed the extra people in the house!

Started swimming lessons!

Kayden started swimming lessons today! His lessons are for 4 weeks, every Saturday at Hamilton aquatic center. They last for 25 minutes.....kind of a short time for all the prep but worth it! He was a little scared and timid at first but as the lesson wore on he relaxed and began to enjoy it a bit more. He practiced kicking, floating on his tummy and on his back and rolling from front to back and back to front. Then we tried bubbles and he thought I was crazy at first and then started laughing at me:-) Grandpa & Grandma Hingst are here for Easter weekend so they got to see him at his first swimming lessons too!

Kayden's 1st Easter Party!

Kayden trying to look up Tula's pretty dress;-)

Dani, Tula and Kayden


Yesterday, Kayden went to his first Easter party at his friend Danica's house. Danica's mommy is the official holiday party hostess in our group and she is great at playing the role! Kayden had so much fun playing with his friends and the mommies had so much fun taking pictures of our cuties in their bunny ears! Kayden's friend Tula had a pretty, frilly dress that Kayden really liked! He even chased her down trying to grab ahold of it. The two of them looked like they went together which of course was as cute as could be! We also had lots of yummy food that they babies got to watch us eat;-) Kayden was dressed in his little Easter outfit his grandma and grandpa sent him and he looked like the little dude! Mommy found him cute golf shoes to go with it and they topped the outfit off! Now grandma and grandpa Hingst are here to celebrate Easter weekend with us, they got here last night and Kayden woke up and took right to his grandpa Hingst. He let him hold him while mommy got ready for the day! We are excited to spend some time with them this weekend!