Namma and Gampa's visit

Namma and Gampa came to visit as Kayden calls them. He was soooo excited for them to get here he couldn't go to sleep the night before. He woke up on Thursday morning (October 1st) telling me we had to go to the airport "right now!". Lucky for him their flight did get in at 8:10 so we pretty much got to leave when he wanted too! He had told me the day before he was going to go to Starbucks with them so of course they took him to Starbucks to have his muffin man:) He loved having 2 more people's attention on him 24/7! Gampa had to leave on Monday and Namma got to stay until the following Monday! Everytime he sees an airplane now Gampa is on it, I guess gampa is a very travelled man! He and namma made lots of yummy treats, went out to lunch alot, watched movies, played at the park, took Didi on lots of walks, went to the train park and the zoo! He loves his namma and woke up the day after she left asking for her and said he was sad that she was gone. Lucky for him namma will be back in 23 days to wait for the arrival of baby brother! Lucky for mommy and daddy we actually got to go on a date! A very rare occasion for us since I'm such a freak about who watches Kayden and our family lives so far away...they are few and far between. It was nice to have one last night out before we become parents of 2, we went out to dinner, went to the movie Couples Retreat and hung out at Barnes and Noble. And Kayden and namma had a date too, dinner and ice cream and they watched Madagascar at home.

ABC's & 123's!

A few weeks ago Mr. Kayden just started singing his ABCs. We've never drilled it or worked on it. We'd just sing it here and there when he asked for it. And one day he just rattled the song off to us! At first he'd skip QRS but within a day he had those figured out and does the whole alphabet. He loves to have mommy and daddy sing it w/ him and you HAVE to clap at the end after you sing "now I know my abcs next time won't you sing w/ me" you have to end w/ a clap and a smile:)
Then this morning he woke up and counted to 10?!? Again, we have never tried to teach it to him, we'll just count items we see or if he asks us to count something and somehow he just learned it! I LOVE LOVE LOVE watching his little gears work in his brain and I love even more knowing that he is learning it naturally, not by drilling or forcing him into it. He does it b/c he has a love for learning and that makes me smile:) When he counted to 10 this morning the first time he skipped 6 but after that he did it right every time! I asked Kyle if he had counted to 10 last night w/ him while I was w/ clients and he said no, that they had counted to 5 during bath time when they were counting his toys but not 10. It's crazy what his little mind soaks up w/o us even realizing it!
So Kayden at 2 years, 3 months old you can say your alphabet, count to 10, know your colors and shapes!

"When my baby gets out".....

Whenever Kayden is doing something lately that he likes he says "When my baby gets out" he's going to........
"play with my trains"
"eat ice cream cones"
"go to the park w/ namma"
"see the bunnies"
"walk didi"
"take a bath with me"
"eat grapes"
"go to the zoo"
And the list goes on and on. I love how he is always thinking of his little brother and including him in all our activities! (guess I'm going to have to watch really hard what he tries to put in baby brother's mouth b/c he doesn't get the concept of only drinking mommy's milk for 6 months!)
I can't wait for you to have your baby brother out and see him in your world for real Kayden! You will be an amazing big brother!

My Buddy and Me:)

Kayden loves his buddy Jax so much! He goes everywhere w/ him and when we stopped in build a bear awhile ago he insisted Jax needed a stroller. I figured it's a good way to practice having a "baby" in the house so I got it for him. Daddy wasn't so sure that his "BOY" should have a stroller........I told him to get over it:) Well now Kayden loves taking Jax for a walk at the park.....Kyle refuses to take him on these walks:) Of course all of our walks at the park have to include some playtime so Jax joins in on the fun.

He also changes Jax's diaper and tells me if he's gone "Poo", and Jax has his very own bottle that has to have real water in it. He asks me to swaddle Jax several times a day and Jax gets to play hide n seek w/ Kayden over and over! I hope Kayden's little brother is as tolerant as Jax is:) The other day he brought me Jax's blanket and Jax and told me he wanted to wear Jax on his back like daddy wears him. I am very impressed that my attachment parenting is already rubbing off on my 2 year old and he wants to "wear" his stuffed animals:)!!

Streaking Boy!!

(pic taken on my new phone.....I LOVE being able to take pics even if I don't have my cam:)
The past couple of days when Kayden and I are at the park in the morning if I look away I turn around to find him w/ his pants at his ankles or his pants completely off going pee! And he'll innocently say "mama me potty". Of course I run to him as quick as possible and get him dressed and tell him we potty at home, not outside at the park. I guess he did it last night for Kyle too and daddy was VERY embarressed b/c he was talking w/ some other parents when all of a sudden our 2 year old is nekkid and peeing!
Well yesterday for me when I tried to put his clothes back on he went running. SO there was a 2 year old running down the sidewalk and a 9 month preggo girl chasing after him..........a pretty funny site I'm sure for all the moms walking their kids to school! The crossing guard couldn't stop laughing:)

Mama's Boy

Kayden has always been a mama's boy. I love it. I know that this is only for a short time and then friends and sports and life will take over so I love having my mama's boy while I do. Lately it is to the extreme. He is constantly giving me kisses and hugs and wanting to hold my hand and overall just wanting me right by him doing whatever he is doing. He is still Mr. Independent but showing his love for mommy is really strong right now. (I think Daddy is getting pretty jealous). And I want to give him all he needs b/c I know soon he'll have to share me with his baby brother and this is going to be so hard for him. And I'm so nervous about it. I feel like he might be realizing the time is getting closer (he isn't sure how my belly can get any bigger:) so he is holding onto every moment right now and that makes it even harder. I don't want him to be sad or feel left out or any of those feelings a child has when someone else comes into the family. He is my everything and I don't want anything to ever hurt him and I know this will, not for long I'm sure but it will and that breaks my heart. I'm just praying it all goes smoothly and my boys fall in love with e/o and are good at sharing mommy! I am just so incredibly lucky to get 2 mommy's boys, I hope they realize how lucky they are to have eachother.

Just the 2 of us

Cleaning up....it's hard to take action pics in a pottery class with clay stuck on your hands so I just got a couple of the cleanup time:)


Kayden, Brenda and Camila

It's hard to believe that in about 7 weeks it won't be just the 2 of us anymore. Kayden is my little buddy. He goes everywhere with me, we are together all day, everyday. It's been just the 2 of us for so long I'm kind of sad to give that up. I am very ready for another baby and so excited to meet him. But I just can't believe the "Kayden only" time is almost coming to an end. The first child gets something none of your future children ever get. They get to be an only child for awhile. They get to have 100% of mommy and daddy's attention for awhile. Once you go from 1 to 2 kiddos and more that is never the case again. So as excited as I am to meet this little guy inside my belly I'm trying to soak up every minute of Kayden and I's last weeks together.
One thing I know will be much harder with 2, are the little classes we go to and storytimes, etc. I've heard so many mom's say that they did Gymboree with their first child, or storytime with their first child. And I'm sure it does get alot harder. So I signed him up for Miss Diana's storytime through Chandler park and rec. At first it was a big shock for him, the mommies stay outside and watch thru the window and the kiddos go in w/ the teacher by themselves. He cried pretty hard the first time. Mommy ended up going in with him. And then the next 2 weeks he wasn't thrilled about going and would tell me I needed to go in w/ him. But then it just switched from week 3 to week 4 he decided he loved it! And instead of telling me we shouldn't go to storytime he told me to hurry up so we could go "right now mommy". He loves Miss Diana and likes to sit right up next to her during storytime. And she gives stickers at the end so she is just like Santa to the kids!
We also decided to take a class with Brenda and Camila and are doing Precious Pottery. We started today and Kayden loves playing with the clay and making fun things. Today he made a dinosaur with an egg while mommy made a pumpkin for him. He loved getting messy......but as soon as he did he wanted me to wash his hands! Even though we were still elbow deep in clay he wanted them washed NOW and when I couldn't b/c I was too messy Brenda had to help him b/c he couldn't take it......at this moment it made me wonder what I've done to my little boy! Everyone knows I'm a big germ freak that loves to wash my hands and I'm afraid it is rubbing off on my little man, but I guess it isn't a bad thing...right??:)