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!!"

 



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...)



 



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!!

 

 



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.

 

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!



Welcome Baby Cole!!

Welcome to the world baby Cole!

Aunt Tera & Kyle welcomed a beautiful boy June 6th, 2012.

I can't wait to see our children grow up together and make many memories together.

I love that we have a growing family!!

It only gets better...



Until next season...

What a season!

Thank you to everyone that was able to come and watch him play.

Hopefully there will be many more sport seasons ahead of us!



Oops!

"Yes Honey! I promise to blog all the time!"

3 months later....

Life happens and I keep meaning to blog so I'm sorry for all those

who keep checkin and nothing new pops up.

Here is a post about our life since the last one...

Enjoy!

Mother's Day 2012

We took a drive up towards Mt Rainier & found this

beautiful spot and parked it for the day.

Got to enjoy the sun, water & most importantly...

my boys! I consider myself one lucky mom!

Easter Sunday

 

When we woke up, we saw that the Easter Bunny came!  He left his foot prints

on our couch and his half eaten carrot. The boys found their baskets and dove right into the candy.

We went to church, enjoyed a delicious

dinner prepared by Erin and her family & the kids hunted for eggs!

Couldn't have asked for better way to celebrate.

 

Oh yeah....and Erin did some amazing "planking!"

Brayden turned 8!!



He had a friend and his 2 cousins over for swimming, mini pizza's and movies!

Kellen's 1st Haircut

Before....

After....

What a cutie!!!

Moved Brayden In

When Brayden came to visit for Christmas,

he actually stayed and is now living with us. 

 So Kellen's room,

 (and also the computer room and where Brayden slept when he came to visit)

was turned into

 "the boys' room."

Jason and I decided to get rid of the bunk bed, move the computer into our room,

get Brayden a twin bed and move the room around a little bit.  Got them a little shelf

to put their books on and store some toys...and to top it off....

fish!!

This was actually a surprise for Brayden after a weekend with his grandparents.

He loved coming HOME to this!  He loved it!

(RIP "Swimmy & Nacho)

The Reptile Man came to Brayden's school so of course, we had to go and take the kids!

We invited Cait & Ashee too!

He had some really cool reptiles to show like turtles, lizards and snakes!

I'm blogging about this because, not only was it cool to have seen some of those things up close....

But 'Lil Ashee was PEED on by the turtle!!!

And that's all we heard about all the way home...
"Turtle peed on me!"

LOL 

Look at Ashee go..I think this is when "IT" happened!!

Kellen...

I can't believe how fast you're growing!

Here are some new things going on...

You are currently fighting some type of skin virus which I think is chicken pox.

Dr Hautala says it's "hand, foot and mouth" virus...but I still beg to differ.

Words you can say:

Mommy

Daddy

Ball

Balloon...which is really purnounced "ballee" but you can point one out a mile away.

Choo Choo

Owie

Shoe

Bubby

DziaDzia

and your favorite right now...

Rio!

You love the movie Rio and can pick it out of all the DVD's we have.

You still love bathtime, all foods (except fish...and maybe watermelon), coloring, reading, your backpack buddy "Cocoa," cartoons in the morning, you looove toy cars/trucks and make motor sounds while playingwith them, balls, balloons, Cait & Ashee, brother Brayden, and

hugs & kisses.

Mommy went through a rough time a few weeks ago but it made me appreciate and love you

more than ever

 I don't know what I did to deserve such a beautiful boy but I thank God everyday that he gave me you!

  I love you so very much and love watching you grow & learn every day.

xoxo

While I'm in here blogging, I put his favorite movie on and snapped this pic.

No, I didn't pose him, he really loves this movie and even cuddles with the movie case.

Brayden

Having Brayden here has been quite the adjustment...but super fun!

You are in the 2nd grade at a local elementary school.

You are currently working on telling time, money, reading, and writing....

oh yeah, and being "self manager" at school. (your so close)

You are playing baseball with the Yankees.  Daddy helps coach the team.

You are quite the hitter!

At one of your games, you hit a double...the only person on the team to do that!

Dad lost your brand new eye black we bought you so you wear my make-up under your eyes to substitute.

You like warm towels after showers and sitting by the heater to warm up.

Before dinner, we always say what our favorite part of the day was, and yours is always something that hasn't happened yet but what you know you're going to do later so we make you pick another one...

You love snuggling with us watching movies and wrestling with Dad.

Brayden, having you here with us makes our family complete.

We enjoy watching you grow & learn and also love teaching you new things.

We love you very much.

xoxo