Kaydenisms

I realized tonight that I have more Deagan stories than Kayden as of late, and Kayden is just too cute to leave out. Here are a few fun quirks or habits Kayden has right now:

-He seems to always get things in his eyes. Like, almost every day. You would think that his big beautiful eye lashes would keep stuff out, but no luck. The only way to help this is by giving him a wipe and letting him wipe his eyes. It seems to work every time!

-Along the line of face things, he hates getting water poured over his head when he takes a bath. It goes a long with the previous quirk, but he hates getting water in his eyes. We have tried to teach him to lean his head back or to lay back in the water, but he is just not convinced that that works. 

-He would be content to watch "Team Umizoomie" and "Buble Gupies" all day every day if we would let him. He would be content to watch cartoons all day, and even though it entertains him for long periods of time, my mom guilt always kicks in. I try to limit his TV exposure despite much protest from him. :)

-He loves snacks. He would rather eat snacks that meals. His favorite snacks are granola bars (he calls them ola bars ) and fruit snacks. Those are the first things he asks for in the morning. We have had to enforce a no snack rule before meals for him because he will not eat a meal even if he has a tiny snack. 

His nursery leader at church made a comment that he eats a lot at snack time, and once she made a comment to him that he must be really hungry that day. His response was that he was hungry because we don't feed him at home. I don't know how he can up with that, but rest assured he is offered three well balanced meals every day. 

-My twin sister Ashley is living with us right now, and for awhile after she moved in, he would get us so confused. He would constantly ask one of us, "Are you my mom or Ashley?"

-He loves to sit on the counter next to me when I cook and help add ingredients. He has become a great help in the kitchen! 

-He loves milk; especially chocolate milk. I remember being so strssed when Deagan was little because he didn't like milk, but I didn't even try to get Kayden to like milk. It just happened! It's kind of funny to look back on the things that were so stressful to me before with the kids that now don't feel like that big of a deal. 

-The boys sleep in their own beds, but every night after scriptures and prayer Kayden hops into bed with Deagan. It is so fun to hear them talk and laugh together. 

I could list a hundred more things about Kayden.  He is so sweet and such a blessing to our family; even when he looks so grumpy during story time :)

December Showers

Funny Deagan story:

Our boys prefer baths over showers. In fact, I can count on one hand how many times they have actually taken a shower. Tonight though they decided they would like a shower over a bath. They both got undressed excitedly, got in the shower laughing, and the Deagan yells out, "Now what do I do?!"  We need to work in our shower skills I guess :)

Snow day!

We had our first official snow day today! Having grown up in Wyoming where school was never canceled for snow or cold, it is always kind of humorous how bent out of shape the DC metro area reacts to a forecast of snow. This area is just not equipped to handle any snow. We were forecasted to get about 6 inches of snow, but only ended up with an inch. It was great to have Deagan home from school though! The federal government was also closed today because of the impending storm, so we got to spend the whole day together. I love that. Here's to hoping to more snow days this winter!

Growing Up

I blink and I swear my kids have changed. Take Deagan for example; only 5 months or so ago this little boy struggled so much with his letters and reading. Now, he is a letter genius, and is reading new words everyday. What a joy that has been to us! To see him so confident in his abilities is so fun. 

Another way that I have seen him change this fall is in him actually having an opinion on what he wears. For the longest time, he has been content to let me pick out his clothes for him. Lately though, he has so much fun picking out his own outfits. I have really loved this because it makes the morning rush of getting ready for school so much less stressful to me. His choice of outfits are so funny sometimes. In the picture below, he thought he looked like a football player, and was so excited to go to school to show his friends and play football at recess. I didn't the heart to tell him he kind of looked like we were too poor to buy him clothes that actually fit and weren't holy. :). I love his self confidence!  

The next day was picture retake day, and I wanted him to get some retakes. I asked him to pick out something nice, so he wore khaki pants, a white dress shirt, a black vest, and a tie. :). He looked so handsome! 

I'm excited to see what kind of outfits he picks out this week!

Christmas Tradition

Last Thanksgiving, Greg's whole family was together for the Holiday.  One night, all the kids got to watch the "Polar Express" while sitting in cardboard boxes decorated like train cars and sipping on hot chocolate. A couple of weeks ago, we got a package from Greg's mom with the "Polar Express" and a train whistle. The kids were excited to carry on the tradition! 

I love making Christmas traditions with our family. 

Dress up day at school

A few weeks ago, Deagan had a week where if he brought in a non perishable item he could dress up. Every day was a different theme. This picture is of the day he got to dress up as his hero. He dressed up as his dad. :). Since Greg wears dress clothes to work, Deagan thought it would be fun to dress up in dress clothes too. What a fun kid! 

Did I Mention?

This has been a crazy fall. All due in part to this fun piece of news; I'm pregnant!

Baby #3 is due May 13th! Right now I am 17 weeks a long. I have really felt awful all fall, and have been busy with life it seems. This little blog took a back seat as I tried to survive, but I hope to keep it up a long this journey. We find out Dec 27th the gender, and I'm sure you only need one guess to know what I'm hoping we are having. :)

We are excited, scared, delighted, anxious, etc about what life will be like with 3 little ones. That's all part of the journey right!?