Monday, January 21, 2013

Nap Time

When Jason or I put Kellen down for his nap,
he'll somethimes stay up and play a little bit before he actually goes down.
Well that's what happened this particular day.
We heard him playing, then all of a sudden, it got really quiet in his room so we went to investigate...of course.
This is what we came upon!
He had grabbed his bear from his bed, snuggled up with him on Brayden's bed and fell sound asleep.
This just melted our hearts!
Precious!
 
 


Potty Training

 
A little someone is learning how to use the big boy potty chair!
We have a long way to go but started running Kellen to the toilet when we know he's going #2! 
We love how proud he gets of himself when he sits there,
sqeezes reeeally hard and only tinkles a tiny bit,
but then looks up with a huge grin and says...
"I diiiid it!!"
We are so proud!
 
 
 
"I diiiid it!!"
 


Monday, January 14, 2013

Kellen's B-day Recap

 
Kellen had woken up on his 2nd birthday to find that the Birthday Fairy came! 
 He kicked the balloons on the ground for the 1st hour of his special day.
We got cleaned up, put our comfys on and headed out to our first stop...
Chuck-E-Cheese's
for some lunch and games!
 


 
Kellen loved playing all of the games.  He especially loved the one that popped popcorn and he had to move his bowl around to catch as many as possible.  And he spent most of his tokens on the game on the bottom right of the college.  He pressed down on the little dog bone, which then popped all of these balls up in the air and flew into the dogs mouth.  He just kept pumpin' that little bone up and down and up and down!  He got the most tickets out of that one (44 tickets total!), which he cashed in for a little toy frog!
After our belly's were full, we headed to his very 1st movie!
Monsters Inc. 3D!!
We went to the Lakewood Town Center Theater because they have the best recliner seats and since it was about nap time, we tought if he was comfy and fell asleep, it was better than having a very hyper child with us at the theater...for everyone elses' sake!
He did very well.  He munched on some popcorn, pop and red licorice and kept his 3D glasses on for most of the movie!  I think it helped to have his blanky there...felt just like watching a movie with mom and dad at home.

 
On our way home from the movies, not even 3 minutes in the car, little Kellen was fast asleep!
We got home and tucked him in for a very short nap since he was laying down later than normal.
We woke him up for some home made split pea soup dinner...yummy!
Erin brought the kids over for cake and ice cream! 
Again after a few hours in the kitchen baking and decorating his 2nd b-day cake....
Kellen LOVED it!!  Another success!!
 
 

 
 
  Kellen decorated a plate for his 2nd birthday and gave it to me and Jason! 
 I decided that I would start that as a new tradition this year.
 He will decorate a plate every year on his birthday!
 

Work of an artist!!
 



 
And what night wouldn't be complete without a little birthday....
"Gangnam Style !!"



We had an absolute blast this year! 
Thank you Kellen for being such an amazing, loving and beautiful boy that mommy and daddy love so much!
You make our days brighter and our love stronger!
Happy 2nd Birthday Sweetheart!
"I love..."
 
 
(phew, what a day...)


 


Saturday, January 5, 2013

Kellen Turns 2

 
Today our sweet baby boy turns 2!
I cannot believe how the time has flown.
He grows so much every day, it amazes me as a mom to watch this right before my eyes.
Here are some of the new things...
He weighs 27 pounds and is a whoppin' 35 inches tall!
He sleeps in a big boy bed...most of the time. 
We sometimes find him off his bed on the floor or sleeping in Brayden's bed in the morning.
He loves to play with cars, books and blocks.
He loves the movies Finding Nemo, Cars (or "Mac" as he calls it), Bugs Life and Shark Tales.
He is in the beginning stages of potty training.
He loves to brush his teeth (or suck all the water out from the bristles), whatever you wanna call it. 
He loves everyone in his family so much!!
The newer things he's saying and/or recognizing and pointing out are:
WOW
Yes(h) please
No thank you
Why
Airplane
fish
Big boat
moon
what are you doing
whats that
I did it!
Ooh Noo
Mommy/Daddy watch
Where's Brayden
and many more...
obviously these words are new words he's incorporating into his little sentences.
 He is doing well at trying to put them together.
He does pretty good with counting a little and starting his alphabet.
Oh, and of course my favorite...
"I love" (his I love you)
and when you say it to him he replies...in a tiny whisper... "too".
His kisses light up my day and his hugs are so sincere it melts your heart.
I have enjoyed this past year so much, watching him grow and learn and love.
I love you Kellen Dean,
 
Happy 2nd Birthday big boy!!
 
 


Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Halloween 2012

 
Welp, after 82 days of sun this summer, our family made our way back to Spooner Farms
this year to find our Halloween Pumpkins in the rain!
It was just a perfect morning to wake up to the sound and smell of fresh rain,
put a crockpot on the counter with chicken & bean chili,
layered on the warm clothes and head out to the farm.
When we got home, we enjoyed some of that chili but didn't get to get to the carving until
the following day.
This year, like last, Kellen was able to pick out his own pumpkin.  The first one he touched...or tried to pick up in this case, was his!  He sure did have his eye on the prize...rain or shine!
 

 
 
Brayden's first Halloween with us this year, he had fun too. 
 When he asked if he could have any pumpkin out there, we said,
"Of course! You can have any one that you can carry!"
Little did we know, that started the challenge of finding the BIGGEST one out there!!
Look at the size comparison!
 
 
Just some fun poses!
 
 
 
During...
 


After...

 


Happy Halloween from my family to yours...
BOOOOO!!
 
 

2nd Anniversary

 

For our 2nd anniversary celebration, celebrated a few weeks later, Jason made reservations at
P.F. Chang's Restaurant in Seattle.
The lettuce wraps were highly recommended by a few good friends, however,
my favorite part of the "dinner for two" we ordered, was definately
the Banana Spring Rolls for dessert!....
oh!, and the handsome man who I was proud to call my date.
After many years of friendship,
the past 2 years being married to him have been wonderfully
new and exciting and I'm thankful to be married to such an incredible man.


 

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Hide & Seek

So every once in a while, Kellen will get very quiet & it's sometimes hard to find him.....
even in our little place.
But I know he couldn't have traveled far.
Just a second ago, I went out to check on him..eventually I find him in the corner, between our
couch and leaning shelf, with a pen and pad of paper just doodlin' away.
It's funny because when I snuck away to get the camera, return quietly & turn it on to try to
sneak a pic....
the light from the camera catches his attention at the very last second and I end
up getting this "oh so priceless" picture!
He is such his mother's "photogenic" son!
Love you Kellen!