Sunny Days

We have been spending lots of time enjoying these warm sunny days at the park. Just a few pictures of the fun.

Seriously Funny Kids

Kaden is a nut.. his mind runs a million miles a minute in the craziest directions. The other day as he was laying down for a nap we had this conversation..

K: Mom will you please put these shoes in my garage? ( He was taking off the shoes he had worn to school)

M: Sure, but it is a closet

K: Oh, so what is a garage

M: Where we park the cars

K: Oh yeah, ( then he stops thinking for a minute)

K: Mom, why did Jesus create this earth?

( I was totally taken aback... how did we go from closets and garages to the creation of the world?)

M: Um because he loves us so much

K: And we needed to have bodies

M: ( again a little taken aback) Yes that is right

K: SO if Jesus made this earth how come he doesn't live here?... I want him to live here with me.

M: He will one day but right now he is watching us from Heaven with Heavenly Father

K: Who is Heavenly Father

M: He is the Father of all of our spirits

K: NO that is daddy

This conversation went on for atleast 10 more minutes til finally he was okay with the idea that we could have a daddy on earth and a daddy in Heaven. Then he said,

K: It is kind of like that song "Heavenly Father are you really there?"

M: Yeah kind of

K: So is he really there?

M: Yes he sure is

K: Oh, OK.

M: Kaden it is time for a nap. We can talk more about this when you wake up!!

Another day Chris was playing a video game and there was a group of brow trolls with clubs grunting and picking on a man in the middle of the circle. Kaden saw them and yelled "OH NO!! It is the LAMENITES!"

Another day we were leaving for a long car ride and I told him he needed to go potty before we left. He insisted he did NOT need to go potty but me being the mean mom I am made him go try anyway. Sure enough when he got in there he did need to go pee. As he was leaving the bathroom he said to himself, "That freaks me out! My pee wasn't empty!" Apparently he was quite confused why there was pee in his bladder when he didn't feel the need to go.

Oh Taycee Taycee, where to even begin?? Most days I am laughing at her one second and restraining myself from strangling her the next. But she does say some seriously funny things.

I was exercising in my bedroom and I was only wearing yoga pants and a sports bra. Taycee came in the bedroom and said "MOM! Will you please put a shirt on so I do not have to see that BIG belly."

Taycee woke up from a nap and said "Mom while I was sleeping Grandma and Bent were throwing some chicken food at each other." I laughed. Apparently she dreams about food fights.

I couldn't find her one day and paniked, I found her half way down our street on her little three wheel bike. After scolding her for leaving the house I asked what she was doing. She said "I was just going to pedal to grandma's house because I miss her." haha that would have been a LONG LONG bike ride. 

This Month

It seems I am always looking at the calendar thinking... "where has this past month gone?"

Well this month has gone to...

the park

family parties

photo shoots

weddings

singing time preparations

bunnies

bunny hutches

housework

and 3 very cute little kids

which has left me feeling like this...

But I did manage to catch a little of it in pictures, which will hopefully make it on here soon.

9 months

9 months... really? I might just have a meltdown when this baby is a year old.

Here she is my little 5 lb baby at 9 months.

I remember when she was this big... and that hippo was twice her size.

She steals my heart every day. Every morning when I peak my head over the side of her crib she kicks her legs and flails her arms and gives me the biggest smile. I mean come on who could resist this little angel?
Her nine month stats are

Weight: 14lbs 8 oz

Height: 26.5 inches

Head 17 in

she still hasn't reached a percentile for weight, but the doctor said she is closer to the 5th percentile then ever before :). She jumped up on the charts for height and is now in the 20th percentile.

She is actually starting to sit for short amounts of time on her own, and is getting stronger in her arms/shoulders.

She holds her own bottles now.

Back in January (7 mo. old) we got her ears pierced

She said "dada" for the first time 3 weeks ago.

She got her first tooth the end of February ( 8 months) and is now cutting her second tooth.

After a photo shoot I did for my cousin a few weeks ago I snapped a few pictures of Addi-Boo.

All About Addi

This little sis is getting so big and growing up so fast. I feel like I just don't get enough time to soak it all up. I think about back when I just had Kaden and I took a million pictures of him daily, and now I am lucky to snap a picture here and there in between the diapers and the laundry and the cleaning. But I have managed to snap a few cute ones of this little girlies day.

Kaden loves to help out and Addison loves her big brother. Addison has gotten so good at eating from a spoon. She eats an entire bowl of food/cereal every night. She will eat almost everything except for green beans and peas.

We have really been working on Addison's sitting skills. The Physical Therapist comes to work with her twice a month. Currently we are focusing on her trunk muscles and her shoulder muscles. But usually she just folds over in half and lays her head on the ground. She is definitely a flexible baby, maybe she will be a ballerina.

She loves to stand. Her legs muscles are so strong. If she is fussy and I stand her up she almost instantly happy and gives me the biggest smile.

She is my little bud. I baby her more than I did Kaden and Taycee. Maybe it is because she is so tiny, or maybe it is because she has been so sick, either way she definitely gets special treatment around our house. :D

She LOVES to touch faces. As soon as someone new picks her up she immediately reaches for their face. She doesn't grab or dig with her nails, she just softly lays her hands on your cheeks or nose and looks at you. It is pretty sweet. She also loves to stare at you while you are holding her. Sometimes I don't think she even blinks, she just stares at you with her big beautiful eyes. I often wonder what she is thinking.

She loves her jumper. That is mostly due to the fact that she loves to stand. She jumps and smiles and jumps some more. She will jump til her eyes start to droop and she is too tired to jump anymore.

Bath time is a favorite. Addison can't get enough of the water. She squeals and giggles, flails her arms and legs and splashes water all over the place. She would stay in the tub all day long if I had the time to let her.

Taycee is such a big helper. Wherever Addison is Taycee is never far away. She loves to help during bath time or when I am getting her dressed. Addison doesn't always appreciate her enthusiasm but it is all out of love.

Addison loves this little monkey. She snuggles it and plays with it and every once in awhile she tries to eat it. She has also finally started liking her bumbo chair. She will sit in it while I make dinner or breakfast or while I am getting ready in the morning.

Well that is a little about our Addi Boo.

Happy St. Patricks Day

Hope you all had a fun St Patty's Day. This little green elf sure did. :)

Who wouldn't want to snuggle this sweet little thing?

A B-E-A-Utiful day

Dear Mother Nature,

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Please send more days like these to our neck of the world. We have had enough of the wind and rain and cold. We are tired of being stuck in the house all day. We are ready for lots more sunshine, and park time.

So please give us more days like this...

Days that bring smiles like these...

Days where we literally spend ALL DAY out in the sunshine til daddy finally gets off work and comes to join us.

Days where the momma can sit on a blanket in the grass and watch her two favorite boys play some ball.

Days where this little babe naps in her car seat and doesn't make a squawk all day long.

Please oh please oh please! Because days like this make for a 3 happy kids a very happy momma and the house actually stays clean all day!