Catching up

Where does the time go? Oye! The last few weeks have been so busy -- actually the last few months have been busy, but particularly January. It's taken so much time catching up to laundry, bill stuff, organizing and unpacking the house, and just other stuff that comes up. Kaden was basically cosleeping with us for the last 6 weeks due to all our traveling, so this week has been super hard on him because he's back in his crib. Sunday night was awful -- he was so sad and crying so hard he was shaking. He just kept repeating "Mommy's crib! Mommy's crib!" over and over. He really wanted in our bed. I would try to lay him in his crib and he'd have a death grip hold on me. Eventually I was able to soothe him to sleep in his crib. Each night has gotten a bit easier for him -- and me! Here are some pictures from the last couple weeks.

Painting and using the dobber markers:







Putting together his new trike and trying it out:





Our climber still practicing his skills. He has really grown up the last few months. He's talking so much now and using 2 and 3 word sentences. If he can't reach something, he knows to get my stool, set it up, push it to where he needs it, then stands on it. The other day he wanted something in the sink and pushed the chair over to sink and climbed up. He's so smart and extremely observant to everything around him. Today we were playing and Marie leaned back and hit her head on the wall (gently, Scott & Marjorie :)!) and Kaden said "uh oh! Rie-Rie bonk head. Ouch! Sorry!" Even though it wasn't his fault. Another cute Kaden moment this week was Tuesday morning. After being exhausted because he woke up at 5:30 (UGH!) he was super tired. At 8:00am he brought a blankee to me, asked for a paci (which he only gets a naptime or bedtime), and climbed in my lap and fell right to sleep!





Aunt Debbie sent us a box of our Christmas stuff this week. Kaden LOVED the box and the packing peanuts!












Last Thursday-Sunday we were in Omaha so Matt could interview at Nebraska. Matt's parents and sister met us there and we all had fun. One of the days we all went to an indoor waterpark. I thought Kaden would really love it, but the water was a bit cold and scary for him. He did have fun in the pool section shooting baskets though.



On Saturday his family left and we went to meet one of my friends. Amber and Jeremy have a son that's a few weeks older than Kaden. Ernie and Kaden had a lot of fun together.









Can you find Kaden?







Airplane ride home:


Enjoying a nutritious McDonald's chocolate shake!