San Diego Visit

Over the weekend Kaden and I drove to San Diego to visit our friends, Kate, Vivienne, and Georgia. Friday afternoon, Kate and I took the kids to an amusement park down at the beach where Kaden and Viv rode some rides. It was freezing, but the kids had a blast. Kate was even brave enough to take Viv and Kaden on the Tilt-A-Whirl while I watched the baby. They were the only people on the ride so the operator just let the ride keep going and going until we thought that Kaden was going to puke so Kate had to yell for the guy to stop the ride. It was pretty funny.


Friday night after bath time, Kate put Viv's hair up in some sort of turban twisty thing that's supposed to dry your hair. Of course we couldn't resist putting one on Kaden's hair. We knew it'd make Daddy proud. : )


On Saturday, we went to the San Diego Zoo. The weather was great and the kids had a great time! It's a really nice zoo!

Trying to Catch Up!

I know, I know. I've been terrible at keeping this thing updated since I've been back from Indiana. It's really hard to be motivated to do anything when you're living in Yuma. Life is very, very, very slow. So here's a bunch of pictures to get you updated on Kaden. : )


Before we left Indiana, we had an early mini-birthday party for Kaden. Grandma Wells made the cake. Of course Kaden had to play with the car toppers for several days before we were able to get the away from him to use them. For those of you around mom, you'll have to ask her how to spell the word "Birthday." (Love you Mom!! ; )


Kaden thought that digging his fingers into the icing was pretty cool. It's an improvement over his first birthday when he wouldn't even touch his birthday cake. Still didn't have any luck getting him to blow out his candle though.


Aunt Suzanne bought Kaden an electric guitar for his birthday. Daddy was so excited to hear that Kaden has yet another toy that makes noise!!



When we got back to Yuma, Kaden had more Christmas presents waiting for him from his Grandpa and Grandma Ingham.


On Kaden's birthday, I took cupcakes into his preschool for all of his friends to have. He had made a crown that said "I am two!" Plus, I had bought him a button for him to wear that read, "I am two today!" They all sang "Happy Birthday" to him and he clapped for himself.


I made Kaden a birthday cake on his actual birthday and we actually got him to blow out the candles!! We cheered and cheered for him. That being said, we then had to relight and blow them out at least 10 more times before he was satisfied.


Kaden received even more birthday presents from his friends Ashlynn and Alyssa. They got him lots of Dora stuff, which he absolutely loves and Daddy hates. Ha! Ha! And then his friend Viv got to come over from San Diego and they celebrated their birthdays together (her's was on Feb. 12th) at Chuck E Cheese's. Needless to say, he's had more of a birthday month then just a day. And between Christmas and his birthday, our house is starting to look like a daycare! It's ridiculous. What's even worse is that he still gets in my drawers and cabinets and plays with the tupperware and straws!! Go figure!

Finally Finished

Wow! That took a lot longer than I thought. Not the moving part, the getting our internet transferred a half a mile down the road part. Anyway, we did get moved into our new house and yes I will post pics sometime this week. I just wanted to let everyone know that we are alive and well. Tired, but alive. : )

Still Moving. . .

This will be my last post for a few days because I have to dismantle our computer today and it'll be a few days before they get the internet hooked up at our new house. I believe that we'll have the same phone number at our new house, but we haven't called about that yet. I don't see why we wouldn't, but I've found that sometimes it's the simple things that utility companies make complicated. Our cell phones actually work on the base now so if for some reason you can't get a hold of us on our home phone, call our cell(s). Our plan is to be fairly situated by next Wednesday which is Kaden's birthday. I'll post pics of our new place as soon as I can!!

Time Flies!

Over the weekend we celebrated Kyle's 11th birthday. I can't believe that it's been 11 years since he was born. I remember just like it was yesterday when Suzanne was as big as a barn (she's going to love that) waiting to have him. What's even more amazing is that I can remember that, but I can't remember my own telephone number. : ) Mom decorated Kyle's birthday cake. It turned out really good even though I was the one who baked it. Scary thought.

Alyssa's 2nd Birthday Party

While Kaden and I were in Virginia Beach we got to celebrate our friend Alyssa's 2nd birthday with her. All the kids had a blast at Chuck E. Cheese's, but they didn't quite understand that they had to come back to the table to have cake and open presents. Colleen finally got Alyssa to have some cake, but Kaden screamed and ran back to the rides and games. At least they had fun. (The first picture if of Alyssa, Colleen's daughter, and the last picture is of Kaden and Ashlynn, Becky's little girl)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Everyone! I know that it's already a week into the new year, but we've been out of town. I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season. I'm sure that most of you are glad that you have another year before it's here again. A few of my friends and I (Colleen, Kelly, and Becky) actually got to go out for New Year's Eve this year. Of course, by 9 o' clock we were ready to go to bed, but we forced ourselves to make it to midnight to bring in the new year. (We were home at 12:15). My only New Year's Resolution is to get Kaden potty trained this year. He'll be 2 on the 31st of this month so hopefully that is an achievable goal. I guess that time will tell.

Virginia Beach Visit

Kaden and I went to Virginia Beach to visit for a week after Christmas. We stayed with Colleen and Alyssa (top pictures) and got to visit all of our friends. We even got to see our newest friend, Piper (bottom pictures), who is Jon and Cynille's baby girl. We had a great time even though the time went by too fast!!

Merry Christmas!!

Kaden had a great time opening all of his present and everyone elses! He didn't understand that not all of the present were for him. Of course after he opened one of his presents with some cars in it, he didn't want to open any more for awhile because he was playing with the cars. So, he took a break and opened up the rest later on. Merry Christmas to everyone!!!

Making Christmas Cookies

Kaden and I got together with some of my best girlfriends and their kids, and we made Christmas cookies. The kids decorated the cookies while us women caught up on all of the latest gossip. The girls were way more into decorating the cookies then the boys were, but we did manage to convince the boys to decorate a few cookies. They even decorated a few more than they ate! : )