Life with a toddler...

Do I need to say anything other than a picture is worth more than a thousand words!!!?

Beach bums...

This week has been the law school's spring break and we went and had such a great time!!! We spent some time in Washington visiting grandma and grandpa and then spent a couple days out at the beach house. We had great weather which made it hard to come back home to nothing but cloud cover...hopefully soon the sun will come out!
We ate lunch on the beach, this bird wanted Kaden's lunch but we are still working on the sharing thing...

Kaden loved being outside. It was a beautiful sunny week on the Oregon coast. Kaden thought that this was pretty exciting chasing birds and running from the water as it crashed on the beach!

Taking a walk on Cannon beach, playing near haystack rock.

We had such a fun time, thank you grandma and grandpa for letting us come stay and play!

Escape artist

So the past few weeks I have put Kaden down for a nap or bed and within minutes I hear pounding and crying on the door. It is strange because I never heard a loud thud from him falling to the floor and wondered how is he getting out? The mystery has now been solved! He used to be a great boy to put to bed, now as you can imagine it is a little harder...probably will get worse. I think its time for a new bed, my little boy is getting big!!!

Any suggestions...

So I am not sure whether Kaden is ready for potty training or not. Everyone tells me not to miss the window or it can be harder. However, he is still so little and I have also been told that if they aren't ready that can actually be worse and make it take longer. But knowing all of this, last week he kept taking off his diaper when I wasn't looking if he had gone number two. He is also obsessed with sitting on the potty but doesn't sit for very long, not long enough to be sucessful. Well last week I thought I will be really diligent and put him in pullups we were successful with number 2 in the potty but he seemed like he was going number 1 a lot (too often) and having lots of accidents. I don't think he has made the number 1 connection yet. SO I had decided to give it time and we would try again when he was older. But last night as I was making dinner he tells me "I poo poo" I asked him if he wanted to go to the potty he said yes. We ran and almost made it but not quite. Then today as I am doing laundry I hear him in his room yelling "poo poo" I ran again and we half way made it. I just don't know if it is time to be aggressive or if we kind of keep casually trying? Any suggestions?

Crazy week...

So I feel like I have been neglecting everything this past week, week and a half. And I have! My cute little grandfather passed away a couple weeks ago. It was expected but when it happened it was quick. I was sad that I wasn't able to see him one last time before he passed but felt grateful to be at his funeral and graveside memorial. It was nice to see my grandmother and spend time with her and all my cousins that I don't see very often. I flew to Arizona where the funeral was (that was fun I had a layover in SLC. Kaden found a friend and ran around and around, laughing hysterically pretty soon he was throwing up all over as they were boarding my flight...gross! But just my luck. He wasn't sick I think he just made himself so dizzy that he threw up).
My grandfather had chosen to be buried in the SLC cemetery so we made the drive from Mesa to Bountiful it took two days due to the weather, I was worried how Kaden would do but thanks to Buzz (toystory) and a couple new books we survived.
I thought I would post some pictures for all my cousins and family that weren't able to be at the graveside. It was a good service. The headstone to the left says it all...it was snowy and cold! My mom said my grandpa hated the snow and would have be rolling over in his grave if he knew how cold it was!

This was us in Arizona it was beautiful and warm! I didn't want to come back to Spokane because I had been spoiled with the sun all week. Kaden couldn't get enough of being outside and by the water. He would have gone swimming in his clothes if I would have let him it was so cold though.

It was fun to be home and see family. Thanks for everything mom and dad. I wish I could have seen more friends and family between all the traveling I felt like the trip just went too fast! It was fun though and also nice to be home.

Yes I am showing...

Sorry these pictures are hideous and yes I took them myself. Chris is never home and people are constantly asking are you showing yet? And the answer is yes. I am. I am now at the point where people can tell that I am pregnant and not just fat! I can however still fit in my jeans which I am grateful for. I wore normal jeans almost all the way through my pregnancy with Kaden because I carry a little higher and the jeans these day sit lower...thank goodness.

I hope you enjoyed my fat pictures! So in response to everyones questions I am showing the pictures prove it!

We are having...

DONUTS!!! For all of you who don't know my friend Amber she is also pregnant and due this spring. She had a cute idea...so sorry Amber we had to copy you. There was so much anticipation into finding out what we were having we had to associate it with food. We decided if we were having a girl we would go for ice cream and if we were having a boy we would go for donuts. So yes we are having a BOY!!!
Kaden is excited to be a big brother to a brother. He doesn't quite understand the whole baby thing but loves babies and will point ot my growing belly when he is asked where the baby is. Both Kaden and I have been sick so we brought our donuts home. That and after laying flat for an hour and a half not being able to breath, because I was so congested, I thought we would just take the donuts home.

I couldn't get to ultrasound pictures to scan so you get a picture of a picture which isn't very clear. Maybe when Chris is less busy I will have him figure it out. I wanted to post this one though because it is so cute and different than the ones I usually get. That is our little baby boys kissable lips and little nose. He already looks like he has my nose not Chris', don't you think?