We love them!

We love these two little boys so much! We are so blessed to have them in our lives! Their smiles and laughter light up our lives! We are so glad that God chose us to be there parents!

We love you Caiden and Landon!

Elmo towel from Papa and Nana, as you can see he is thrilled! :)

This little guy is happy about his Cookie Monster towel!

Tulip Fields 2010

We took our very first trip to the Tulip Fields in Mt Vernon on Saturday. Hugh and I have been talking about going for years and decided we should finally go and take the boys. We had so much fun! The Tulips were beautiful! The weather held up nicely for us it was cloudy and windy and no rain! Caiden had a lot of fun running around outside. I don't think he has ever walked that much before and totally crashed the whole way home. We realized that Landon had a cold by the time we got there, so he was asleep in the Ergo the entire trip. Before we arrived at the Tulip fields we went and ate at Apple Bee's this was the first time we took Caiden and allowed him to eat off the kids menu. I know it sounds silly but he eats really healthy and we thought it would be a nice treat for him! :) Caiden loved it of course!

Beautiful Tulips!

As you can see he started feeling better! This was in the car right before we headed home.

Caiden had so much fun!

Sleepy baby!

We took a ride on the Tractor Trolley! Caiden is such a boy and LOVED the tractor!

Caiden running in the tulips!

Helping Caiden so he wouldn't fall (again) and get all muddy!

Checking out the Tulips!

The best family pic we could get!

Bunny Bounce at the Zoo!

The Saturday before Easter we took the boys to the Woodland Park Zoo for there Bunny Bounce Easter egg hunt! My sister Krystle, her husband Ryan and my sister Jamie came with us. This was Caidens first Egg hunt! He had so much fun picking up eggs and putting them in his bag. He even shared his eggs and put them in another little boys basket. :) Caiden also got to ride on a Carousel for the first time. I realized that we didnt get many pics of Landon but he was bundled up alseep in the stroller most of the time, it was freezing out!

Daddy showing Caiden how to open the eggs and Caiden is wondering why there is nothing in them!

OOOHHHH!!! There are some over there!

Caidens first ride on a Carousel. He was afraid so daddy had to sit with him!

A family pic in the Zoomarium. Caiden was not happy he had to stop playing to get a pic taken!

The whole group! I love them!

Easter 2010

We had a great Easter with family! Hughey and I both got the boys Easter baskets full of fun stuff. We woke up went to church and then spent the rest of the day with family. There were parts of our day that were difficult because the boys were super cranky because of being so tired. We had a really packed weekend. Saturday we went to a Easter egg hunt (I am doing a separate post of the hunt) and Sunday was a packed day of visiting with family. It was really hard to get good pics because the boys were just not having it! So what you see is the best we could get. Hope everyone had a great Easter!

Attempting to get a pic of Caidens cute outfit.

Visiting with Hughey's side of the family!

Caiden checking out his new book. The boy seriously LOVES books!

Landon chewing on his Easter egg!

The boys baskets! Landons is on the left and Caidens on the Right.

Best pic we could get as a family. Kids were so tired. The boys looked so cute in the matching Easter outfits!

Landon 4 months old!

Landon is 4 months old! I cant believe how fast time goes by! Landon is such a great baby. He is really happy, smiles and laughs a lot. He is a AMAZING sleeper! He sleeps about 12 hours straight every night and takes 4 -5 naps a day. He has recently started to play with toys but i think he prefers to eat his hands!

Here is Landons 4 month stats...weight: 16.6lbs (77%), height: 26 inches (84%), head: 43.7 (84%)

Landon is growing just like Caiden did at this age. Its amazing that Landon was born 2 lbs lighter then Caiden and has almost caught up to what Caiden weighed at 4 months (Caiden was 17.12lbs at 4 months). Its also amazing that he has grown just over 6 inches in 4 months...WOW!

I am loving being a mama to 2 little boys! I definitely have my difficult moments during the day. But when I am showered with kisses from Caiden or a huge smile from Landon those difficult moments are well worth it! I would never change a thing!

Playing with his favorite toy!

Playing with daddy!

Caiden 15 months old!

Caiden is now 15 months old! I cant believe it has already been 3 months since his birthday! We are absolutely loving this age! He is so much fun and makes us laugh all the time. He loves to help me with things around the house such as, putting dirty laundry in the hamper and if I need something he likes to get it for me. It is so cute to see how proud of himself he gets when he helps. I recently saw Caiden throwing dirt and food he finds on the floor into the kitchen sink. This tells me that we really have to start watching what we do because he is starting to mimic everything.

The other day I put Caiden in the bath while I was getting ready. While drying my hair I looked over and saw that he was trying to put something in his Boon Spout (a Boon Spout is a cover for the bathtub faucet that has a place that you can put soap in to make bubbles). When I looked closer I noticed it was POOP! It had only been 1 minute since I looked at him and he was squishing poop in his hands and trying to stuff it in the Boon...YUCK!

We had Caiden's 15 month appt. here are the stats...weight: 29.3lbs (94%), height: 33 inches (93%), head: 49.3 cm (95%). He is definitely a big boy!

Some of the new words Caiden is saying:
Bubble, hi, strawberry, plane

New words he is signing:
Please (he signs it on his thighs instead of his chest...so cute!)
Book

Caiden is really into planes at the moment. Anytime he hears a plane he runs to the window yelling plane. He will hear a lawn mower or hear Aunt Emily vacuum downstairs and he thinks it s a plane. He is so funny!


Here is some random pics!

Caiden playing bubbles with Nana

This was the day he said bubbles for the first time!

Caiden and Nana

Caiden thought it was so funny that Landon was touching him. I think Landons face here is hilarious! He is so serious and has no idea he is making Caiden laugh!

LOVES the bath!

What we have been up to...

Bare with me a little bit when it comes to this post. I use this blog to document milestone and to help me remember certain things about the boys. I am not very good at keeping a baby book and think its easier for me to document things through the blog.

We have done a lot of fun things this last month. To much for me to talk about it all but I thought I would list a few. We took the boys to the zoo, the Seattle Children's Museum, park, the beach and we went on a outing and bought Caiden a bird feeder for the deck. Caiden right now LOVES to watch birds so we got a nice feeder so he can watch the birds right out our back door. I always know when he sees birds because he usually yells, "OOOOHHHH" which usually scares the birds away. :)

Caiden is at such a fun age! He is really starting to try to talk. It is amazing how quickly he is picking up on words and there meanings. I love that I can ask him to do something now and he does it. When its time for nap I say, "Caiden its time for night night. Go get your Binky and your Elmo book" and he does it. He will be waiting in his room for me holding his book, so sweet! He has been really trying to work on peoples names at the moment. He can same Jamie (ja-ee), Krystle (ti-ti). We are working on all of the other Aunties names at the moment. He is signing, food, milk, all done, more, fish and book. I love to see him learn! Caiden now has 4 teeth and I can see 2 more trying to come in. So far he has been doing OK with teething and hasn't been to cranky. We are currently transitioning Caiden to one nap a day. If it were up to me he still would be taking 2 but he has made it very clear he is ready for one. This transition has not been fun he has been extremely cranky but everyday seems to be better. Caiden is extremely expressive and loves to make us laugh he is such a ham and loves attention (I think he gets all of that from his daddy)!

Landon is such a happy baby. He is 3 1/2 months old. He is very talkative and smiles a lot. He will literally look us in the eyes and will babble for like 10 minutes straight, it is adorable! He laughed for the first time on Feb. 6, when he was 3 months old. Landon has started to notice Caiden a lot more and loves to watch him. He is now sitting in a Bumbo seat and loves to jump in the Jumperoo. He is also starting to grab at things. Landon is a amazing sleeper and takes good naps through the day and sleeps through the night. We have truly been blessed with kids that sleep well! :)

How are we doing with 2 little ones you may ask? I think we are doing great! Things are not half as bad as I thought they would be. Don't get me wrong we have are moments and my days are busy. But Hughey and I are a great team! After Hughey gets home from work he steps right into daddy mode and plays with the boys so I can get some things done around the house. I really think that I have the best job! I love being a mommy of two little boys and feel really blessed that I am able to stay home and care for them.

Here are a few random pics...I plan on adding more shortly.

Caiden learning to feed himself with a spoon. He is really starting to catch on and doing a great job!

Caiden is at the age where he is liking to be naked or loves running around with his shirt off.

Caiden and one of his famous funny faces! (Notice the big bruise on his forhead...he has had many!)

Auntie Jamie thought it would be funny to put him in a tutu...hopefully this wont have any lasting effects on him! :)

Landons first time in the Jumperoo. He smiles when i put him in it now!

Hanging out in the Bumbo!

Smiley guy!