Fall Family Frolic

We had a lot of fun up in Brian Head this year for our Fall Family Frolic! We always look forward to UEA because that is when we have our Fall Family Frolic. This year we went to the same cabin that we stayed in last year. A lot of four wheeling, crafting, eating, and playing with cousins happened up there. Kaden fell asleep every time we went four wheeling. Kaden loves being outside and he loves playing with his cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. We all had a good time and we can't wait for next year.

6 Months Old

My little baby is 6 months old. He is growning up so fast. He loves to stand and jump, i think he will walk before he crawls. He loves to eat. His highchair reclines and his favorite way to eat is to have it reclined back with one of his feet up on the tray. He loves being outside and he loves playing with his cousins. He sleeps through the night in his crib which is fabulous for me!! He says dada all the time and he only says mama when he gets mad. He loves his dad so much! He thinks i am hillarious...I totally am:) He has the worlds cutest laugh! He is the happiest baby. He honestly is always smiling unless he is hungry, tired, or is around Papa Dennis then he gets really serious. We love our little Kaden so much!

Poop on the Potty

One might think that I am a crazy mom making my 5 1/2 month old poop on the potty. Well I might be crazy but at least I'm not a crazy mom who is changing poopy diapers. Kaden is extremely obvious when he is going to the bathroom. I was sick of waiting for him to finish in his diaper so i could change him. I decided to stick him on the toilet one morning and wouldn't you know it...he went in the potty. He goes every morning like clock work, and I actually think he is somewhat understanding what is going on because as soon as i stick him on the toilet he starts grunting, it is quite funny. We have gone about 3 weeks and he has only gone in his diaper twice so i think we are doing pretty good. We will see how long it lasts!

September Happenings

September came and went in a whirlwind of fun! I'm pretty sure we were busy every weekend in September. We went to Delta over Labor Day to ride my grandpa's horses and to play on his tractors. I had the horse ride of my life while we were there. I really like horses and I'm not and excellent rider, but I can hold my own. I got on my grandpa's horse named Mustang and i thought I would go for a trot around the feed lot. Well Mustang had a mind of his own and instead of trotting he started to sprint. I tried stopping him probably 6 times but he just wouldn't stop. All I could do was hold on for dear life and pee my pants. I don't even care that I peed my pants, i'm just happy i didnt die.
Braden and I celebrated our 2nd Anniversary on Sept 19. We went to Disneyland for our anniversary. We had a blast. We left Kaden with my parents for 2 nights. We have never left Kaden for even a night, so 2 nights was pretty hard. We have had a really great 2 years and i'm looking forward to many many more!
Swiss Days is always the 4th Saturday in September, and you better believe we ran the swiss days 5k. neither of us did good, braden actually couldn't walk for 3 days after because he hasn't excersised in so long...it was hillarious.

Cousins

Kadens cousins from Detroit visited for pretty much the whole month of August. They hadn't met Kaden yet so it was fun to be able to spend lots of time together so they could get to know eachother. We did lots of fun stuff while they were here including riding the zip line, swimming, and letting Hope carry Kaden around. Kaden loves all of his cousins so much!

Happy Birthday President Monson!

It was President Monson's Birthday Aug. 21. We were in Salt Lake for a family Reunion so we got to go with Braden's parents to wish President Monson a Happy Birthday. When we first went into his office it was just me Braden and his parents. We left the kids outside with Aubree because they were kinda wild. We were in there talking to President Monson and his secretary and Lisa said we better go because all the kids are outside and President Monson said, " Well bring the kids in, I would like to see them." Braden ran outside and helped Aubree bring all the kids in. It was really fun to see President Monson with the kids, he really loves kids. He took them into his office to show them all the fun things he had in there. He had this wooden fish that he was showing Hope and Addy. He said whatever you do don't drop them. Luckily he turned around in his chair right as Hope threw the fish up into the air and let it fall to the floor!! Braden, Aubree, and I started laughing under our breath and grabbed the fish so she couldn't do it again. The fish was just fine and President Monson didn't know any different. It was really fun to be able to wish President Monson a Happy Birthday in person! President Monson said, "I don't know if i should hold him, I'm kind of weak." Braden said, "O it's ok that you are weak because he is strong."

3 Months old

Kaden is 3 months now, well he is actually older then that, but he is closer to 3 months the 4 at this point in time. It's been the greatest/hardest 3 months of our lives. Kaden is an extremely good baby, he hardly ever cries and he always seems to be happy. He doesn't like to be ignored that's for sure. It's a good thing we have cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents so close to give him lots of love and attention as if braden and I don't give him any:) Kaden loves to eat. He has started eating baby food. I had to stop breast feeding him because my body wasn't healing from delivery.My doctor told me to stop breast feeding him and he put me on a birth control to try and fix the problem the easy way otherwise it would require surgery of sorts and i didn't want that. Kaden did really great with the whole switch to bottles and baby food. He is growing like crazy. I'm not sure how much he weighs but i know it is over 12 lbs. He wears a size 3-6 month clothes and a size 1-2 diaper.
It's really fun to go swimming with our friends and cousins
Kaden has the cutest smile! He thinks his mom and

dad are hilarious and he laughs at our jokes, it's the greatest!!

just going for a doggy ride:)
eating a popsicle while watching fireworks on the 4th of July