This month has been so much fun! Mostly becuase the weather is starting to get nice, but its still been pretty rainy most days. You really have to take advantage of the nice days here in Rexburg because most likely it will be a few days before you get another one. So the boys and I have been going to the park quite frequently. I usually just meet up with friends and play groups but on the lucky days we get Darren and/or sno-cones! Haha! Kaiden LOVES him some sno-cones! We usually get him the flavors of Cotton Candy. Its great because half of it gets all over his shirt and I throw it in the dirty laundry and then my laundry room smells like Cotton Candy.
This month we also went to Utah TWICE!
The first trip we went down and saw my Grandma Nonie and she got to meet Jaxton for the first time! Also my Aunt Stacie, Uncle John and Cousins Whitney and Hannah, my Brother Derek and Niece Mercedes got to meet our lil man. Everyone LOVED him! How could they not!?
This month we also went to Utah TWICE!
The first trip we went down and saw my Grandma Nonie and she got to meet Jaxton for the first time! Also my Aunt Stacie, Uncle John and Cousins Whitney and Hannah, my Brother Derek and Niece Mercedes got to meet our lil man. Everyone LOVED him! How could they not!?
Grandma Nonie and Sadie Bug!
Sadie and Kaiden were hilarious together! She's about 3 1/2. Sometimes they got along and sometimes they didnt. They were pretty funny to watch!
Cousins blowing bubbles!
On a really nice day we went to the zoo with Derek, Sadie, Hannah and her beau Dan. Kaiden loved the zoo! The zoo has a new theme of dinosaurs, so all throughout the park they had huge dinosaurs that moved and blinked and some even shot out water. Kaiden thought the dinosaurs were the coolest thing there!
We got tickets to ride the carousel and the whole time we were in line Kaiden was exclaiming "Oh Boy! Oh Boy!" This is his new favorite saying and we crack up everytime he says it.
Derek and Mercedes!
We also got tickets for Kaiden and Darren to ride the train!
Later that day my grnadma Nonie cooked us all a BIG family dinner which is so nice becuase its not very often we get to taste her fine cuisine! One night my mom watched Kaiden while Darren, Jaxton and I went to eat at the Cheesecake Factory!!! MY FAVORITE! What a surprise! And as usual it was delicious! All in all it was a great weekend even if Darren had to work a little by hanging up pictures in my mom's new place. (We still hadnt even hung up our own pictures! lol)
THe view from my mom's plce! BEAUTIFUL!
Well 2 weeks go by and one lazy thursday afternoon Kaiden and I decided that Daddy had been working pretty hard at school so we better surprise him with a delicious treat! So we whipped up a batch of his favorite cookies, Grandma Gae's sugar cookies!
Momma's little baker!
Rolling out the cookie dough (with an eat tucked in) lol
And right when we were about to mix up the frosting, Darren came home with a "treat" for us! "You guys wanna go to Salt Lake this weekend? I have 4 days off." Well of course! lol. And he was adamant about us leaving THAT night. So I quickly got ready, tidied up the house, and packed all of us up. Yes, its only a 3 1/2 trip (without kids) but it was pretty exciting what with Kaiden throwing up in the car not 45 minutes into the trek. We cleaned it up but we were stuck with the barf smell the rest of the trip. lol. The best part was helping Darren stay awake the whole time. We were both pretty tired but a few rounds of "The Alphabet Game" kept us up and laughing the whole way! We arrived around midnight but of course Kaiden wasn't done being sick. The poor kid didnt even go to bed until 2 am and then decided 6 am was an appropriate wake up time for all of us. Haha. Derek had Mercedes again this weekend so her and Kaiden got to play again. She taught him words like "mine" and he would steal food right out of her hand. And they both fought over the rocketship ride on toy. lol. They are pretty funny! This trip was more relaxing and we even ordered pizza from the legendary Pie Pizzeria, my favorite un Utah! Hooray!
When we got back we decided we'd give potty training another go with Kaiden. We bought ourselves a Sam's Club Membership and stocked up on Pull-Ups. (Well that wasnt the only reason we got it but the diapers in bulk sure are nice!) In the mornings he would wake up and I'd put him in a Pull-Up and ask him every 30 mins or so if he wanted to use the potty, to which he always got excited and said " Essssssss!" He would sit on the potty and make a "pssssssssssssssss" sound and then would say "All Done!" and I'd take him off and praise him for sitting on the potty like a big boy. We only did this from the time he woke up until his nap time. On the THIRD day he decided he would go in the potty on his own!!! This for me was SUPER exciting and rewarding! Later I sat him on his potty while we watched Sesame Street and he went 2 more times! His incentive: Otter Pops! This boy LOVES Otter Pops! lol We'll see if this method continues to work well. I hope to have him PT by the end of summer.
Jaxton has also passed some awesome milestones! He has been sleeping by himself in his bassinett. He use to sleep in my arms, so progress! He also hasnt been much of a binky baby and successfully slept through the night without the need for his binky! He still sleeps away most of the day and sleeps through the night with only 2 quick, 5 min feedings. I feel so blessed to have 2 great kids who have slept so well, becuase I LOVE my sleep. He also gave us his first, true smile! He is so adorable! I can't wait for the rest of the family to meet him at his baby blessing!
When we got back we decided we'd give potty training another go with Kaiden. We bought ourselves a Sam's Club Membership and stocked up on Pull-Ups. (Well that wasnt the only reason we got it but the diapers in bulk sure are nice!) In the mornings he would wake up and I'd put him in a Pull-Up and ask him every 30 mins or so if he wanted to use the potty, to which he always got excited and said " Essssssss!" He would sit on the potty and make a "pssssssssssssssss" sound and then would say "All Done!" and I'd take him off and praise him for sitting on the potty like a big boy. We only did this from the time he woke up until his nap time. On the THIRD day he decided he would go in the potty on his own!!! This for me was SUPER exciting and rewarding! Later I sat him on his potty while we watched Sesame Street and he went 2 more times! His incentive: Otter Pops! This boy LOVES Otter Pops! lol We'll see if this method continues to work well. I hope to have him PT by the end of summer.
Jaxton has also passed some awesome milestones! He has been sleeping by himself in his bassinett. He use to sleep in my arms, so progress! He also hasnt been much of a binky baby and successfully slept through the night without the need for his binky! He still sleeps away most of the day and sleeps through the night with only 2 quick, 5 min feedings. I feel so blessed to have 2 great kids who have slept so well, becuase I LOVE my sleep. He also gave us his first, true smile! He is so adorable! I can't wait for the rest of the family to meet him at his baby blessing!
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