Who's the handsomest baby in the whole wide world???

Megan bought Kaiden this really cute outfit for church. The horse on the tie is PERFECT! Kaiden looks like such a BIG boy in his new clothes!!

Nick didn't have his tie on yet, but I had to have some pictures taken before the outfit got messed up AT ALL!

I think I spend the majority of my time snuggling and kissing my boy! I mean, who wouldn't? He's such a snuggle buggle!!

Everywhere I go, people tell me how much Kaiden looks like me. They even say he looks more like me than Nick, which is polar opposite to what they said a year ago when he was itty bitty! So HA Nick!!!

We went to the Dr. today and Kaiden got 6 shots. It was painful for me to bear...and I think Nick'll be going from now on!!

Stats on the BIG boy: 25 lbs, 31 in.

That makes him in the 75 percentile for both...and way advanced with motor skills and "smarts" but then again, what did we expect with the parents that he has?!? (*I'm not being very humble, am I?!)

Anyway...I finished up my CNA class! YEEHAW! So now on to taking my state certification and start working to save up for MORE schooling!!

Nick works and works and works some more! I am so thankful because I know we'll always have what we need! He is such a great Daddy. I have never seen him hem or haw when Kaiden needs him or when I ask him to get up with Kaiden in the night. He is always so much fun...and thus Kaiden prefers Daddy! I don't blame him in the least bit!!

Life is great! We truly are blessed with many things!

We miss our family A TON! I have a marvelous idea: come on down sometime and visit us! I won't mention names or point fingers...you know who you are!!

the birthday song

The Happy Birthday song! Kaiden wasn't quite sure what to think...but just wait until it's time to blow out the candle!!

Kaiden's Party

We had Kaiden's Birthday party yesterday.
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!

I made his cake on Friday...and I tried to make the dog look like his stuffed dog that he sleeps with.



Saturday morning I bought him a bouquet of balloons, since he ALWAYS wants the balloons at the grocery store. He was in heaven!



"Dad, please help me open the card!"


Kaiden got a bunch of clothes!


A toy he already owns! Guess we'll be going to return it. But he was still excited about it!



Boy is he cute when he claps!!


And, as always, the BOX is a ton more fun than anything inside the box!


This really cute book from Megan entertained him for a while! It is super cute!



We ate Pizza...and yes, I did pull his high chair into the living room. My kitchen is too small to have everyone eat in it!


One candle, for the one-year-old!


And the messy-face picture! He LOVES that cake!

Thank you to our friends who came to Kaiden's party. We had Sarah, Megan, Perry, Stephanie, and Rich. It was super fun! However, I am pretty sure Nick can wait another year until we have another party! :)

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This is the gift from Grandpa Cliff. Perfect gift! Kaiden loves stuffed dogs...so I think he likes it...do you?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

BIRTHDAYS BIRTHDAYS BIRTHDAYS!
(*and mine is in a couple of weeks...ha ha)


Kaiden turned ONE!! Grandpa Cliff sent us this Clifford Happy Birthday thing...and we love it!



I let Kaiden feed himself cheerios with MILK...messy, but he's gotta learn somehow!


He got a haircut...I think I got it a little short, but at least it won't be too long before I have to cut it again!


And he opened his presents...a card from Grandma Wilson, or Mima (spelling?), Great-Grandma Betty, and Grandpa Cliff.

He loved the cards. He has been carrying them around for 2 days! They are really cute...but I think he's glad that he can have them. Usually I take them away!

The funnest part was taking him to Toys R Us and buying his some toys. We had so much fun in that store...and even more fun when we got home!
I had class, so Nick and Kaiden celebrated together that night. He'll have his cake at his party...so sorry there aren't any messy cake-face pictures!

Happy Birthday...I can't believe it's been a year already! He's walking (since New Year's Eve), getting four molars, feeding himself with utensils (almost), and singing. He's so smart and fun. He has brought me so much joy in this last year and I am thankful he's a part of our family FOREVER! I am glad he came when he did...perfect timing! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday Nick!
He turned the big 2-8!

He wanted us to treat it like a "normal" birthday party...so I took pictures! He got an accessory to the wii from Sarah and a couple of wii games...

And I put patches on his jeans...the ones with the holes! LOL...but his real present was the wii and Mario Bro's.

I made an awesome dinner and an even awesome-R cake...Sarah's putting the candles on the cake.

We had Cathy here for a week, and so she was here for the party. We had a fun time together...and an even "funner" time eating the cake!

Play over and over again!

This has to be the cutest thing! It is WAY cooler than anything on YouTube. HA HA!