Yummy Thighs

nom nom nom

Had a doctor appointment today for Kaius. The doctor said he is the height and weight of a nine month old. (He's 7 months, for those of you who arent keeping track ;)



I just love his face.

that paper was torn to shreds by the end.

Spring has Sprung!

For Easter we had my Mom and brother Ryan over for the weekend.



We dyed Easter eggs


My half hour masterpiece

All the tie dyed eggs



And for Easter dinner we had homemade Cafe Rio.
let me know if you'd like recipes




Creamy Tomatillo Dressing...yum.



Pork Barbacoa...

Even Kaius got to have some pureed rice & black beans...he LOVED it

Blessing Pictures

Our first family picture



Kaius, Me, Sarah, Deanna, Theresa, & Liz



i LOVE this picture. so special.

Kaius' Baby Blessing

No, it didn't happen recently. He was about a month old when he was blessed. I've been waiting for pictures from people, since I had my mind too full to remember to bring my camera. But I've only received one so far, but I gotta get this post up!

Moseley, Aidan, and Kaius...what stud muffins! (Melinda, how I wish Oliver was in this pic!)
My In-Laws have the CUTEST 4 generation pic of Kaius, Josh, his Dad Doug, and his Grandpa Dale...sitting on stairs, ascending from oldest down to youngest. It even sounds cute. Just imagine for now.

Here are the deets on the blessing weekend:
I don't remember a time in my life where I have ever been so stressed out.
I had way too much family in town, for the time I had, I didn't feel like I gave ample time to each person/group.
Along with that came the anxiety of everyone wanting to hold Kaius. I was very afraid of him getting sick. Everyone that had a baby around the same time as me was told by their pediatrician to wait til the first of the year to have their babies around crowds/take the baby to church. Um, I guess I didn't get the memo!
Next baby I want to wait til they are at least three months old to do the blessing, but Josh probably wont agree with me on that. I may or may not have pretended that Kaius was feeding sometimes but really he was just sleeping under my hooter hider (nursing cover). haha juuuust kidding. That kid didnt get chubby by skippin' meals.
However, during the sacrament meeting, somehow Josh and I were sort of secluded and just he and I took turns holding Kaius the whole time. Normally the baby is getting passed around, but I was so grateful that no one asked to hold him. And the blessing...I cried. It was amazing and I can't believe how lucky I am to have such a wonderful husband. Josh's Grandpa Dale was sitting in front of us and one time when it was during a hymn he leaned over to his wife Liz and said "This music is too LOUD!" it was sooooooo funny. Josh and I looove visiting them in Wyoming cuz they make us laugh with the stuff they say. I laugh just thinkin about it.
And Kaius didn't cry at all! I made sure I pumped some milk for him to drink right before so he would hopefully stay happy for 5 seconds without food ;)
Another reason why I was stressing out, we were moving the next weekend. I wont even get into the details of that, I typed some out but erased them, cuz, thats just ranting. Like I ever do that.


Another thing I didn't get the memo on, this is for you first time pregnant friends, after you have your baby: CALL YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY AND GET YOUR BABY ADDED TO YOUR POLICY (I think you have to do it within the first 30 days after you give birth)
I don't know how nobody told us that. Not friends, not pediatrician, not insurance company, not employer.
And the pediatric bill came FOUR MONTHS after Kaius was born. Waaay after we got our Aflac check and thought we were done with medical bills. I argued with the insurance company saying "Um, hello....If you're seeing claims come through for a C-SECTION, and FOUR DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM, uh, don't you think that something/someone resulted from all that???" They explained the responsible party to tell us to add the baby to the policy was the employer...well, Josh started a new job the month after Kaius was born!
What a mess.

I taught Kaius to Kuddle!

So my baby boy is not a cuddler. He's cuddled with me once or twice (awake) ever. He cuddles with Josh more, and cuddled with him first. I was JEALOUS. But I got a picture of it, it was during the superbowl:


But I got the idea from Josh. The other night Josh was giving Kaius a drink of water from a water bottle. Kaius loves playing with water bottles, but he loves drinking from them too...but he doesn't yet have the fine motor skills to do both of those things at the same time without a getting soaked. So usually I hold his arms down while I give him a drink.
Well, Josh would go to put the bottle to his lips, and if Kaius raised his arms to grab for it Josh would pull it away. After about three times of pulling it away, Kaius would leave his arms down and just take a drink.
I was absolutely amazed. I didn't think he would/could respond to that!
So, tonight at about midnight, Kaius was still awake but didn't want to be alone in his crib (I guess). So I had him on the couch with me, on my lap. I started faking like i was asleep, still holding him firm but my head back and my eyes closed. At first he batted at me (like he does in the mornings), but my face was out of his reach so he didn't scratch me :)
(I don't co-sleep...well...He always wakes up when Josh leaves in the morning so I just pull him in bed with me for a few hours. Just a short "nap")
Finally after a minute or two he leaned forward and rested his head on my chest. I immediately hugged him and rocked with him, and he almost immediately shot back up to see me awake. But I was already "asleep". After a few minutes of watching me, he would rest his head back on my chest and I would respond each time by rubbing his back and rocking back and forth with him. After about 20 minutes of this (with each of the cuddle times increasing) I finally showed him I was awake. He looked so happy to see my eyes open.
We cuddled for about 20 more minutes until he fell asleep. It was so precious. I never want to forget this night.

TAXES

Would you like him to do yours?

Kai's First Swim!

My little man!


Swimmin with Uncle Ryan!

Ah! I'm in a swimming suit XD! But I have a 20 lb body hiding me.
Josh was trying to get Kai's attention and didn't wipe the crazy look off his face in time. But he is still hott.

Kaius liked it. He just kind of chilled out, splashed a little bit. It was snowing when we got done and were walking out to the car. That was fun! It all must have worn my baby boy out cuz he slept for about 4 hours!

Blackberry Pictures

Pictures from my phone, sorry no actual pictures of blackberries XD



I probably could have done a better job of getting a picture of my belly all lop-sided..but this is all I got.




Jessy and I were so proud of our "Yahtzee's" while playing on our lunch break, we had to take pics.



This is Shaq. We went to Little America for my birthday and he was there to play against the Jazz that night. Jessy (pictured above with her Yahtzee) saw him walking across the room and she ran over and just stood there. He said "Hello" and she said "Hi!". She looked SO excited haha, guess you had to be there.



My birthday gifts from Joshie! Oh, and the house was a disaster and he cleaned it ALL up before I got home from work. Still the best gift ever.



This is Alex, shaking her hot thang on stage at Keys on Main.



No, I didn't get beat up, I had a *blemish* under my eye and I tried a little too hard to *extract* it. I don't know why I posted it. Just keepin it real.

This was when we first got our Blackberries. He is sooo hot in brown aviators.

This picture is of my sister Jana, I had asked her to hold Kaius while I did something and she set him down on top of Pheobe, the pup. Neither of them minded. Had to capture the moment.

This was taken on Thanksgiving at my Dad's on the Wii. Kaius was 2.5 months old. He now weighs 20.5 lbs.

What? No cookies?

Can you see what elmo is offering Cookie Monster? Cookie Monster looks pretty excited...



A Banana?



He is holding an apple!! Where are the cookies?!!?

Oh, and whats that cute face in the background? ;)



I guess Pampers feels an obligation to set a good example for children.
heehee

Whenever Kaius is fussy and wont eat, or during a car ride, all I have to do is sing the Cuppy Cake Song. He stops crying almost immediately, and only when I sing it. And I don't mind it, although I am not the best singer! Here is the song being sung by a cute little girl, I'm not sure where this song came from?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Z6pWhM6TA

Update: Dakota brought it to my attention that the song is from Strawberry Shortcake! :D