What we've been up to lately

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So, like I said in my earlier post we've been spending a lot of time outside. Kaden loves the water, and loves the jet ski (just like daddy). I feel so blessed to have a child that actually enjoys doing the same things that Kyle and I enjoy doing...it makes things so much easier and enjoyable.

Kaden is now walking, and running, and getting into everything. He has learned how to crawl over things, on things and out of things. He knows how to turn our t.v. on and off, and how to change the channel. He knows where the food and drinks are, and gets frustrated when we open the fridge and we don't get anything out for him. He can go up and down stairs easily. And he plays fairly well by himself.

He can now say "Mom" and "Dad", "Jack" (our dog), "what's that", "want that", "oh no", "hi", "bye", "quack quack", "ahhhh", and he makes truck noises when he plays with is cars and trucks. He is also waving hi and bye, and he wants to go everywhere with us.

He has a ton of teeth. A couple of molars, and almost all of his front teeth. We are working on feeding our self. He is done with the bottles...we actually had no problem with it at all, which surprised me. He wants to eat 24/7. He isn't really picky about anything. He eats really well. His favorite is anything tomato based, such as ravioli or spaghetti. We hardly give him any juice, lots of water and milk.

He is still hooked on Baby Einstein videos. His favorite is the farm one. He can sign one thing now, "all done". He is attached to his monkey's. If we ask him to go find it, he will look for it and bring it to us while kissing it all the way there.

It's so hard to think of all the things he has been doing lately. I feel like he has grown up way to fast. He is to smart for his own good. He is a big boy in a little body. He's just now getting into 12 month stuff...some of his shorts this summer are in the 3-6 month range.

Like always, I feel blessed to have a healthy, happy little boy!! He's awesome and so far it's been a blast watching something that Kyle and I created grow into his own!! :)

Kaden's First Birthday

I realize that this is over a month late...but, we have been incredibly busy with all sorts of fun stuff lately. We are in the process of getting ready to put our house on the market and buy a new one out in Ozark. If anyone has moved (which, really, you've had to have moved at least once) knows that this task is no fun what so ever...especially with a 1 year old.

We've also been trying to enjoy our summer outside instead of in, so we've been at the lake a lot this summer. I'm sorry that I've been slacking once again.

So here are a few of Kaden's first birthday pics. The monkey cake was made by me!! I actually surprised myself on this one, I didn't think it would come out looking anything like a monkey, but it turned out pretty cute.

We had his party at the Dickenson Park Zoo, in which Kaden LOVES!! We had a pretty good turn out, lots of cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and friends!! Thank you to everyone that was involved and for all of the AWESOME gifts that Kaden recieved!!