So Many (Cayden) Things...

Our neighbors were having a garage sale and so there was a sign at the end of our road (near our yard) Cayden said, "I saw that sale sign and thought to my self, 'Ohhh Maaa-an, our house is for sale'" ( I wish there was a way I could express how he said that "Oh Man" b/c that was the funniest part)

Cayden stayed a few nights with my mom when my dad was out of town. It just happened that she'd have errands up until Cayden's bedtime, so she'd pick him up, he'd go to bed, then she'd drop him off again before work. He told her she didn't work like his daddy. When she asked why, he said, "because you go to work, come home, go to work, come home. Daddy goes to work, comes home, plays with me, goes to work, comes home, plays with me." I love that he sees his daddy this way. He sure has a wonderful daddy!

For Cayden's birthday we went to the science center. I realized I was going to need Brandon to stop by after he got done with work so I called and told him. I'm so glad he came because the next day this was Cayden's prayer, "...and thank you that my daddy could come to my birthday party." I never even thought that he'd think about that. He had so much fun with the exhibits and animals and all his friends. But I guess nothing compares to a daddy:)

Mom vs. Mommy

Quick, what are your first thoughts?.... My first thoughts are Mom will defiantly win in a fight of Mom vs. Mommy. Why? Because moms are older, tougher, they've been through it all and mommy's are soft and young and just beginning to go through it all. I want to be mommy, I want to be soft and young, but my son has decided that I now belong in the classification of "Mom." He didn't even ask my opinion, who gave him the right to decide what I"m called? Oh that's right, I guess he did make me a mom/mommy. I suppose if anyone has the right to change my name, it's him. But it makes him seem so grown up and me so OLD! I tried calling him Kade, if he called me Mom, but even that doesn't seem to fix the problem. I guess I'm as my friend Josh says, I'm "old and frumpy" now.

Cayden is reading now! I don't know if I blogged about that before, but in April he started. I have to post a video of that too.

Notes to self: I need to blog about his AWANA grand prix, our trip to Florida, his Birthday party (Science Center/Hotel), the PB fish fry,



He turned 4 on the 23rd and lately he's started calling me "Mom" you might think to yourself "big deal, that's what you are" but I'm not "Mom", I'm "mommy"

So Many (Karis) Things...

I have not been blogging, but almost daily, I think to myself, I have to blog this. So these are the random things I remember:

Karis went a whole week letting me sleep all night! She'd want to eat around 11 or 12, but Brandon was able to feed her then. It was great! The last couple of nights I've had to get up, but at least I've had a full nights sleep a couple of times! She goes to sleep great if we give her a nuk, blankey and lay her down. The hard part is when we are somewhere else (like the car) she can't just lay down.

Karis is a very small girl, so much so that we've taken her to some specialists to see if there's anything we should be doing. During this time (around 8 1/2 months) I started giving her a bottle b/c I thought I might not be producing enough, I'm bummed now that I did that, because I was producing enough and during our trial, I dried up. (But I had to be sure she was getting enough.) I was able to nurse at night until 10 months.

She's still not crawling, there have been a few times when I thought she was showing interest, but it's never turned into anything. Cayden was pulling himself up in his crib, crawling and had teeth by now. Karis is at her own pace! She's really fun lately. I LOVE it when their personalty starts to show.