kayden is so funny!!

so kayden has been potty training a little. he will only go in his bathroom upstairs so usually I will put a diaper on him if we go out. this particular day he didn't want to and I didn't mind. we went some where ( I can't remember) and hailey was hungery and tired. I came home nursed her (Kinda) she fell asleep very quickly, kade had pead his pants but I wanted to deal with hailey first. so when I got up to take hailey up to bed I realized Kade had fallen asleep too. he didn't sit down because his pants are wet.

Hailey Had a Birthday Shout hurray!!!

What a cute one year old. It is official she is Kinda One! Our little leap year baby survived. people kept asking me what kind of mother would have their child on lead day. they would talk about how sad it would be that she wouldn't have a birthday. I am here to say that we celebrated her birthday in style. Saturday night kayden helped her open a present which was fun to get her and kayden warmed up to the next days events.

This dress was supposed to be her Easter dress, but i found out she fits is perfectly. So it was her birthday dress. We had stake conference and both Kade and Hailey fell right asleep right away. She didn't show off her dress so much, so we had to take pictures. I thought she was the cutest!

Some of the mile stones that she has achieved... My favorite the cutest personality. she has more facial expresses, and she knows how to use them. this one is the easiest to get on camera. others consist of rolling everywhere, she ways goodbye some times, loves patty cake, and peakaboo and she plays this game of nodding and shaking her head. one of her favorite snack is a piece of bread.

as a treat we had uncle Spencer and Robert, and Aunt Amber over for dinner. I'm sad that I didn't get a group picture, as Aunt Amber is about to pop any day now and it would be fun for posterity.

So we had the yummiest cupcakes ever. we thought that would be easier the sad thing is we had borrowed that cute cupcake tree thing and I didn't even get a picture of it. it was really cute. Hailey picked up her cupcake and knew exactly what to do with it. we even forgot to have ice cream because he was enjoying her cup cake so much. they were really good.

Kaydens Tonsilectomy and adnoidectomy

we arrived at the hospital at 8:30 am. Kade was a little confused, especially when we had to put PJ's on him when we had just put clothes on him not 20 min before. but he was a trooper... he was a little nervous

we showed him the TV and he got comfortable really quick. a nurse came in with a bucket of great toys and that made it easier for mike and I to talk to the different doctors and others needing info from us.

it really made the morning a lot easier to have such fun things to play with and occupy him.

when they took him back he was pretty sad but they said once they let him push the different bot tons for the elevator and doors he was better. the doctor came back with this little baggy.. those are Kade's Tonsil. She said that they were 4 times the size than they should be. she said the adenoids were the same.

it really has been a wonderful miracle how much better this day went than i anticipated. Kayden has been funny to watch, he as been grabbing his nose a little more often... I don't know what this means. he sat there kinda picking his nose, or plugging one nostril than the other, and I finally had to ask him what he was doing. he just had this baffled look on his face. I can't help but wonder that it just might feel weird being able to breath that much more clear.

a special thanks to Katie for watching Hailey this morning it was great to know she so well taken care of.

and the Mortensons. Mostly trudy for preparing dinner for us. that was really thoughful of you. thank you both.

Valentines Weekend

we began our valentines weekend by heading up to Idaho... I know what your thinking, mike planned a quiet get-a-way, because he is that romantic....

No, he planned his brothers snowmobile trip up at the cabin, so on the EVE of valentines day he was up with his brothers and dad (that means wives were left ALONE) snowmobiling.

I know what your thinking, Mike must have made up for this double booking by taking you out to a really fancy restaurant and at the very least got you a card expressing his undying love for you....

NO, but we did have a great meal prepared by his mother, which was very fun. the next day we went snow mobiling, sleding with family and that was also a high light. the great thing is Mike Gets to do better next year at being the romantic that he is.

here are some pictures of

that day it was very fun

we are alive

so kade took this picture.. a budding photographer... any guesses as to where mike is in this picture?? or what he is doing??

kade before his hair cut

hailey lou and me on the gondela in tellaride colorado

Me and kade

hailey and her funny faces

its been a busy couple of weeks...

journal, disregard if needed

Some fun things about Kayden, it seems like everytime I look around my little baby isn't a baby anymore. he has been on a roll lately saying and using more words together. sometimes i tell him I didn't hear him just so I can hear him say it again.
after we came home from washington (pictures are still to come) Kade had a little bit of trouble transitioning again. which made for a few rough days. but as of late he has been so cute, and I have found my self saying..
"Kayden you are such a good boy" and kayden will quickly reply "No, I'm Kay-den" then I would ask him "Kayden what?" He would say " no Kay-den"

when we were in Washington and we had about a foot of snow my mom made it a point to go out with Kayden to build a snowman, it was so tall about 7 ft. and so now he is always wanting to build a snowman, but he calls it "menmen"or "Penpen" -which is also Payton ( our neighbor)
then he calls hot chocolate "haux rock" but then today he said "put gum in pocket"as clear as day.
TV is "T" and our dog Percy is "perc" Snow is "kNows" truck is still "wuck" fort is "ort" and my favorite, Gun is "pew pew" (you need to say it like a gun sound) and there are plenty more. but he is improving daily. I think he is excited about his surgery. I am hopeful this will help with his speech as the doctor said he probably hasn't really been able to hear very clearly. He is so sweet, we have so much fun when Kayden is around. did I mention one of my favorite games is Mad Gab? eye mull a machine...!!!
oh and as of late when we pray he immediately puts his hands on his head, I really don't know where this came from.