Pack n Play

We as parents are a little behind on all the latest gear for our son. Kaeden hasn't been able to roll over on his own accord yet, but he's great at rocking back and forth, and recently took a header off the couch, so we decided a pack n play was a necessity. We got one and love it! He can roll around to his hearts content, and won't fall off anything, loves to spend about 20 minutes on his belly grabbing stuff, and there's a ton of new toys we've pulled out for him to play with while in there. Kevin is even trying to get him to stand on his own.







Kaeden has also begun teething, two little white nubs have popped up on his lower gums (sharp little buggers!) and we've started him on babyfood. He gets a new vegetable every week (butternut squash is this weeks flavor), and I mix it in with his rice cereal. Mostly he just spits it back out, but today he actually started opening his mouth when the spoon touched it and swallowed most of it! My little boy is growing up...Now I need to get a high chair! ...sigh... babies have so many accessories!!

Bolsas de Peru!

My dad took another trip to Peru with his kids from Spanish this year. When he asked if I wanted anything, I told him a cute baby hat for Kaeden. I should know my father better than to ask for just one little thing, especially for his first grandchild! He found a few he liked and instead of choosing which one he liked best, he bought them all. They were all so cute, I'm sure I would have done the same thing. So, yesterday Kevin helped me pose Kaeden with all his new hats - he's got quite the collection, though only 2 actually fit his huge dome!

The army hat is one that I got at WallyWorld, Kaeden needed one for when we go outside - the sun is just so bright, and I thought he should get something cool to wear!

Grandma Great!!

Hooray for Great Grandparents! Kaeden's Grandma Great is in town this week on her annual Vegas trip, and of course wanted to see him. She wrote him the cutest email inviting him (and his parents if he wanted) to dinner Monday night. He of course said he would go, as he hadn't seen Grandma Great since he was a week old.

She's staying at the Orleans, so Kaeden and his parents met her at the front door, and boy, was she surprised to see how big he's gotten!



They all went to dinner at TGI Friday's and he impressed everyone by sitting in a highchair for the first time (as he still can't sit up by himself. He was very intent on the table menu, so it looked like he was a big boy, reading and ordering himself!



All the waitresses loved to stop by and say hello, and of course Kaeden smiled back, and Grandma Great was so distracted by him making faces, laughing and such, that dinner was longer than usual! :-)

Kaeden is always good in public, he's such a people watcher, and with the casino he had tons of lights to watch, so when the adults were finally finished with dinner and went to Grandma Great's room to visit, he was content to sit in his chair and watch. When we got to the room Grandma Great played and played with him, til he ate his own dinner and went to sleep. It was so fun to see her again, and we hope she enjoys the rest of her stay here in Vegas!

Family and Basketball

4 month update: 26 inches long, 19 lbs!! What a chunk!!


My cousin Mandy Munns got a full ride scholarship to play basketball for the University of Utah. She's 6'4" tall and a super player, so it only makes sense. (She's the tall one below!)



Utah came to Vegas to play UNLV, so the Munns family came down to watch and gave us a call. We met for dinner at In & Out Burger, then headed to the Cox Pavilion to enjoy the game.



Mandy didn't get to play this game, and it was a rough one for Utah - they lost by 12points, their 2nd loss of the season. However, we had an awesome time laughing, talking and snapping pics.






Kaeden had a good time, too. He was happy as he could be, loved to 'dance' to the band music, and even had a nap in the midst of it all!




After the game, we waited for Mandy. She had seen us in the crowd, and was happy to see us there. She got to hold Kaeden, too. She loved him rockin the Adidas. I think all the Munns were blown away by how big he is!



Utah will be back in town next month for a Tournament, so we'll be seeing the Munns again, and every year for the next 3 with Mandy on the team. I'm excited, I love you guys!!

V-Day Friends

For Valentine's Day, we went over to our friends, Greg and Tamia Lindo. Greg just bought a new plasma tv and Kevin helped him mount it on their wall. As a thank you, they fed us dinner - yummy pot roast! While the guys were measuring and building, Kaeden and I played with their kids, Noah and Naiyana.



Actually, they played with Kaeden. They think he is the greatest toy ever! They 'mother' him constantly, making sure he is smiling, has his paci or blanket or whatever. They love to kiss his cheeks (which everyone does!) and whenever he gets fussy, they both come over and say 'don't cry, it's okay.' I think it's really cute the way they fuss over him themselves.

When he was being particularly quiet, Naiyana decided to read a book to him.


When the tv was all hooked up we were watching the basketball allstar hoops contest, and waiting for the roast to finish cooking. Kevin had a class of pop in hand, and Kaeden was very interested!



He was actually just licking the outside of the glass, but he loved it!! It was fun to spend the evening with them, and we love their new tv!

I Heart My Cupid!!

Valentine's Day has not always been my favorite - before marriage I called it 'Single Awareness Day.' Now that I'm married, it's more fun, but at the same time I always thought getting flowers as a surprise any other day of the year would be even more appreciated (hint hint Kevin :-)) As a teacher, this day has gotten more fun cuz my kids bring me lots of chocolate and candy. But now that I have a cute little chubby cherub, I'm loving it. Today I had Kevin take several pics of us together to share with everyone...





Aren't those cheeks just to die for?! Num num num!! (His, not mine :-)



We still go through quite the song and dance to get Kaeden to look in the direction of the camera, let alone smile for it. I've been lucky to get the shots I do - he's got camera radar and is so sober-faced when it's trained on him, we gotta be sneaky! We love him though!

Momentous Occasion...

For the first time in 3 months - I am wearing REGULAR JEANS!!

No more maternity pants for me :-)

Wahoo!!