Catch up

You may need to click on the pictures to get a better view. Sunday I had left the diaper bag out. Jaden dug through the side pockets and pulled out the checkbook and pen. He then climbed up on the couch and proceeded to write a check. It was so funny. He looked so serious sitting there with the checkbook. He watched Ryan pay tithing earlier and this kid doesn't miss a thing!

In other news, Jaden is officially a non-sucker, of his thumb that is. Ryan and I can't pinpoint the exact time he stopped but it's been about 2 months now. Man this kid is easy! Self weens off of nursing, self weens off the thumb, now if he'll potty train himself we'll really be in for easy times!!

He speaks many many words and phrases now. He loves being able to communicate better. We appreciate it too. I especially love that when he's paying attention he'll say "dank u" (thank you) when you give him something and a jumbled your welcome when you say thank you to him.

He understands baby, and belly, but he can't quite get "baby in mommy's belly" He looks at my belly then looks at his but he sees no baby. Can't blame the kid, it is a rather confusing notion.

He loves playing outside. We go out for about an hour every day. He likes Cory's ramps that we still have in our backyard. They're great for sliding down on your belly, or rolling a ball down. He also loves poking at the bunny. She doesn't seem to mind. He keeps calling her a doggy and wonders why she doesn't sound like the other doggys. I keep saying bunny, but everything is either a doggy or a bear to Jaden.

When we had Easter candy I would let Jaden have a couple jelly beans after he ate all of his snack. If he dumped it on the floor I would point to it and tell him he had to eat it all. After eating it all for a few days he got too smart for me. He ate some of his favorites out of his snack dish then dumpd the rest in the garbage under the computer "all gone" he said showing me the bowl.

Loving this kid! He makes me laugh every day!

Living Planet Aquarium

Saturday Ryan took Jaden and Me to the Living Planet Aquarium. I knew it wouldn't be as good as the aquariums I had been to in Florida, but was still excited to go. We had a great time. Jaden liked looking at the fish, but was not a big fan of being contained. He got very grumpy at the end because he wanted to run around.

Jaden pointing at the sucker fish local to the lakes here in Utah.

Can you see the 3 different colored eels?

Don't worry. I found Nemo.

They had a tank with Rays in that we could touch. Jaden liked just putting his hands in the water, but thought it was neat when one would swim by.

Some cool looking bugs!

Another big long eel. There were sharks in this tank too. Jaden thought they were pretty neat.

A fresh water ray. Look at those cool polka dots.

There was a little kid area where he could run around a bit and look at fish himself without having to be held. This was his favorite. But he soon decided to check out the rest of the exhibits and ran out of the area. He's bumped into 4 people and was knocked over by a 5 year old before we caught him. Man he's fast!

We had a great time!

Bye I love you!

Jaden made me laugh so hard today! As I sat at the computer he would pull up to me on his bike, give me a kiss and say "bye I love you" while waving bye (okay so it took me a minute to figure out that was what he was saying, but I'm sure it is). He then would back up and turn into the kitchen, Just before he went in he'd blow me a kiss. He then would come back in and do it all over again. I laughed so hard I almost cried. Clearly this kid has seen Daddy leave many times and knows the routine.
Jaden waving bye after giving me a kiss.

Hoppy Easter

We had a great weekend! My Mom and her cousin Carol came and stayed with us. Friday was Brooklyn's Birthday party. She was so cute! It was a blast and Jaden had fun "helping". If you'd like to see pictures of Brooklyn's party check out Jeremy and Jessica's blog. The link is there on the side.
This picture has a story all it's own. Saturday Jaden and I went shopping with my mom and Carol. At Wal Mart they had the Easter Bunny for the kids to go see. We thought Jaden would be scared (not a lot of luck with santa clause after all) so we passed by the line. But, while Mom and Carol were looking at jackets, Jaden kept looking back, pointing and jabbering with the occasional "Bu Bu" So I took him to the bunny. He was so excited that they couldn't get him to look at the camera. He just kept looking up at the bunny with an excited look on his face. It was hilarious. Finally the girl got this picture. That's excitement and not fear I promise. Even better it was Free!!! Yay! So Jaden LOVES the Easter Bunny!

Easter morning was more exciting than it's been in years. I filled the baskets with TONS of candy also Ryan's with Jerky, oatmeal pies, bubbles and cadberry eggs. Mine with headbands and make-up (that I needed anyway) and Jaden's with a bunny, bubbles, some little people, and a car in an egg. Of course Jaden also got that Nifty bike! It looked much smaller in the box, I suppose he'll have to grow into it a bit.

Grandma also got him a cute stuffed bunny and Carol got him a ball like Brooklyn's cause he liked it so much!

First thing Jaden saw was the peeps in the baskets. He munched this one down in a hurry.

We had a little Easter egg hunt just in our house. Jaden had fun find ing the eggs, but more fun rattling them and throwing them down to bust them open and get the piece of candy inside.

He wasn't too sure about the grass on his head.

Later in the day we went out and played with the bubbles. Jaden LOVED the bubbles, but hey, who doesn't?

Of couse we had to make a visit to our very own Easter bunny. Jaden loves touching her soft fur. She's okay with it as long as she's safe in her pen.

And of couse we had to take the bike out for a test drive. Jaden couldn't quite reach the pedals, but he really enjoyed being pushed on the bike or just scooting it along with his feet.


Happy Easter everybody!

Computer Geek

Huh, where'd ya think he learned that from? Jaden's new favorite thing is to climb up on the computer chair and type on the keyboard and click the mouse too. He's managed to shut the computer down three times, open programs I didn't even know we had, and mess up my desktop in extraordinary ways. Aww just like how daddy learned, what a big boy. Now if he would just learn how to fix his computer tampering. *sigh* poor computer.

1+1=4?

Yup that's right my second little one is on the way. Heard the heard beat nice and strong last Thursday. I've been pretty sick for almost two months now. It's like having the stomach flu the whole time. Nausous, headache, hot & cold flashes, so very very tired. It's been rough for all of us. I've spent most of the time on the couch or in bed. Even reading stuff on the computer makes me horribly nausious which is why you may have noticed I've been a little scarce on here. I'm hoping I'm past the worst if that stage anyway. I'm also hoping that since I've been so much more sick this time than last time that that means it's a girl! We'll see I guess.

We spent last weekend in Blackfoot telling our parents and Ryan checking out the job maket there. It seems no electrical companies in SE Idaho are hiring right now, so I guess we're stuck here in Utah a bit longer.

What's this about moving? Ryan finishes his schooling this month and we'd love to move back to Blackfoot and be close to our families, but Ryan has a great job here and we won't be leaving without a secure job there in SE Idaho, so it could still be awhile.

Anyway we enjoyed the weekend with our families. Jaden got to spend some time playing with cousins and we got to spend some time playing games. It was lots of fun.

Jaden loves showing off his bellybutton so to tell our parents the good news I wrote "I'm gunna be a big brother" on Jaden's belly. Then said "Jaden, show Grandma your bellybuttton" and up goes the shirt. Hee it was pretty funny. I took these pictures at homw after the fact so the words are a bit faded, but you get the jist.