Look who is 18 Months

Our beautiful little Kaden turned 18 months last month!!  HAPPY 18 MONTHS KADEN.  Aww.. times flies!  Just thinking of this sweet little guy makes me smile.  He has been such a joy to have in our home.  He is such a beautiful beautiful beautiful little boy in every way.  I am so in love with him.

This little guy is 18 months, going on 18 years old..haha, he is so incredibly smart!  He is speaking 3 word sentences and just likes to talk and talk and talk.  His vocabulary is amazing.  He is easily saying over 50 words right now.  He is already starting to learn his colors and knows yellow and blue.  Some of the words that he says in super cute ways are:  Porter- ‘Popo’, Balloon- ‘poppie’ (he heard us said that a balloon popped and ever since then he has called them poppies), and the cutest one is his word for please- ‘Meem’..haha. It is so so funny because meem doesn’t even sound at all like please.  But if he wants something he will say.. ‘meem Mamma’..haha, he cracks me up so hard.  Here’s a video of him saying ‘Meem’..haha

He amazes me everyday with how much he observes, understands, and interacts with the world around him. 

Kaden is still such a little cuddler.  He always comes up to you to snuggle and loves carrying around his blankets to snuggle.  He gives the best hugs and is always finding people to hug.  He is full of so much love.. such a little sweetheart.

Kaden loves trying to dress himself and it is pretty funny to watch.  He will sit there for ever trying to put his clothes on right.  Such a cutie. 

Something big happened last month when Kaden turned 18 months.. HE STARTED NURSERY!  He did fantastic his first Sunday in Nursery.  He just walked right in and started playing with the other kids and toys.  His teachers say that he has done great every Sunday since then.  It is cute because before we go to church, I tell Kaden that we are going to go to Nursery to play with the other kids and he always says, “YAY”.. and lifts his little arms in the air like he is so excited.  I am so happy that he enjoys it so much.  Look at this handsome boy all dressed up for church.  What a beautiful little boy!!

Kaden does very well at folding his arms during prayers.  When we tell him that it is time to say our nightly family prayer, he runs into the family room and sits on the floor, folds his arms and closes his eyes as tight as he can.  It is the cutest thing I have ever seen. 

Here is a picture to show off Kaden’s beautiful curls!!  His hair is getting so long, but I just can’t cut off these baby curls!

Kaden loves to be outside and play outside any chance that he gets.  I am so grateful for a big backyard that is fenced in where my boys can run around.  This little guy is so brave and climbs on everything and up on everything.  He is so adventurous and daring.  He also loves water and would live in water if I let him..haha.  I am always finding him playing in the water.

Here he is eating our first ripe tomato from our garden this year.  Yummy!!  He loved it.

And here is Kaden with his best friend ever.. his brother Porter.  It is so amazing to me that even though these boys are almost 3 years apart..they are the best of friends and have such a beautiful and special connection, and have since the day Kaden was born. They love eachother so much.  If I give Kaden a snack or a toy, he always points to Porter afterwards and says.. “Popo one”.  Always always thinking of his older brother.  And Porter is always thinking of him too. 

I love this picture so much because it shows Kaden acting like a ghost.  He’ll walk around with this blanket over his head saying… ‘oooooooooooooooo’ like a ghost trying to scare us..haha, so cute.

Kaden is still an excellent sleeper and waves goodbye, blows us kisses and lays himself down most of the time.  He usually goes to sleep at 8pm and wakes up at 8am.  And he is still taking a good 3 hour nap in the day. 

Awww.. I just love this happy little guy so much.  He just melts my heart.

Look at that ‘wild hair’..haha, so so so adorable!!

Kaden, Mommy and Daddy and Porter love you more than you will ever know!  You fill our hearts with so much love and joy.  Happy 18 months sweetheart!  We love you!

So Excited For Baby #3

Yes, we are pregnant with Baby #3 and we are so incredibly excited!!  We are 15 1/2 weeks and are due on February 10th.  Yay!   Haha, don’t laugh about the due date.  We have Kaden on January 23rd, and then this baby on February 10th, Valentines Day on February 14th, Paul on February 15th, and then Porter on February 17th.  Busy busy month!!   We found that we were pregnant when we were 4 weeks along.  After I found out that I was pregnant I bought Paul an assorted cheesecake and some cute baby stuff along with the positive pregnancy test to tell him we were pregnant.  When he came home from work that night and saw it, he was super excited and very smiley!

My OBGYN put me on no physical exercise and 80 mg. of baby aspirin every day until I was 12 weeks to try and help prevent a miscarriage.  Since then, I have been able to exercise and no more aspirin.  My pregnancy has gone pretty well so far.  The first 13 weeks or so, I was incredibly nauseous and gaggy.  But my worst complaint has been exhaustion for sure.  I am completely worn out all of the time.  It is so funny because I have fallen asleep in the middle of conversations with Paul and my kids more than once. ..whoops,  I feel so bad.. but I am just so so tired.  I can sleep a good 8 hours at night and wake up completely worn out.  So hopefully the tiredness eases up soon.  We are almost 16 weeks now and so far everything looks great.  Our first doctor’s appointment was when we were 8 weeks and 2 days.  Here are the baby pictures from that appointment.  Cute little baby!

Our second appointment was at 10 weeks and 2 days.  Since I have had 2 miscarriages, my OBGYN was nice enough to let me come in every 2 weeks towards the beginning just to check and make sure that things were looking ok.  Here is adorable little baby at that appointment.   

Our last appointment was when I was 13 weeks and the doctor said that the baby was wiggling all around and had an excellent heartbeat.  YAY!   This was the first time that we were able to hear the heartbeat.  I always think that when we hear the heartbeat, it makes everything so real.  Aww.. I am so excited.  Our OBGYN told us that our next appointment is when I am 17 weeks along and that we would be able to find out what sex our baby is then.  So exciting.

We are so very happy that we are pregnant with #3 baby.  We are so blessed to have 2 beautiful boys already, and a third baby on the way.  It is amazing how much I love my little baby so much already.  I can’t wait to meet this beautiful baby!! Yay!!  We will keep you updated as things progress!