Chicken Hunter in Princess Shoes

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Overheard Telephone Conversation

This is what I heard from the office while Kaden was talking on Marin's play phone:

JB: "Hi Bud!"

Kaden: "Hi Jimmy Buffet."

JB: "I never seen you before."

Kaden: "Well, I listen to you on my daddy's iPod."

So funny. And, yes, Kaden had both sides of the conversation. I was cracking up! I So wish Jason could have been here to hear it. Kaden loves Cheeseburger in Paradise and, like I said here, listening to daddy's iPod is a favorite activity in the evenings around here.

Spiky Hair

The object on exhibit is Marin's spiky hair. However, as an added bonus, you'll be getting a few totally sweet pictures as well.

It all happened as an accident really. One night in loo of a bath, I simply put lotion in Marin's hair and combed it (I won't mention what I was trying to comb out of that mop, but, you can safely assume it was something she had for dinner).

The result was roll-on-the-floor hysterical! The bad part: I was the only one home to see it. So, I took pictures! Now you can laugh too!

Oh, and check OUT those teeth! She's cutting #7 and #8 and I can see bumps for SEVERAL others.

Labor Day Getaway

We enjoyed a Fun-tastic weekend in St. Louis last weekend with extended family on my mom's side. While the weather wasn't much to brag about, getting to spend time with family, stay in a GREAT hotel, and just have a break from the everyday routine was wonderful. Kaden adores his cousins, my cousins and his great aunts and uncles. He practically floated through the weekend. Swimming, eating out, sleeping with gramie, playing in the gym, more swimming... what's not to love, right? Monday night when I went into his room to kiss him good-night, he told me, "I'm a little sad." When I asked why his response was, "We didn't get to stay in St. Louis very long." (These pictures are in no apparent order...for some reason I'm not able to move them around as I typically can.)

Our fish who was often found splashing around independently with his wings and his ring

Swimming

Ball Girl

Grandma's birthday

Me and my kiddos

After dinner at P.F. Changs

Gramie's girls

Sharing an ipod...one of Kaden's favorite activities

Teething???

You know it's bad when she goes from chewing on a dog....

to chewing on the rope!

Thank goodness she's still full of smiles!

9 Months

Marin turned 9 months on Friday! WOW! It's such a fun age. She is babbling ALL.THE.TIME. and has tons of personality. She's not getting her knees up under her to crawl yet, but she is scooting herself around in a circle on her belly, which is entertaining to watch. She had professional 9 month pictures taken yesterday too, but I'm not sure how to get them scanned so I can show them off. She looked so cute and so grown up! Hard to believe next time I take her to a photographer will be when she's a year old.

First Day of Preschool

Today was Kaden's first day of preschool. Now that it's over, I'm sure I was more nervous than he was. I walked down the hall this morning to his bedroom and overheard this conversation he was having with bear, "I have to eat breakfast, and brush teeth, and get dressed, and get my backpack, and mommy's going to put 'open the gate' on the list, and get my shoes on." When he came out of his room he said, "I get to go to school today!". He even prayed about it at breakfast, "Thank you Jesus that I get to go to school today and help me to get to play on the computer and go outside. Amen."

He did not once get sad. When we were in the parking lot at school he asked if we were staying, but when I said no he really wasn't phased. He walked in, put his backpack away (with help), and went to find his name on the carpet. I'm not sure he even noticed or cared that we left.

When we picked him up he was happy as a lark. He told us right away that he got to play computer and go outside. He also told us a million other details we were thrilled to learn: he painted a fluffy lamb, he sang songs in a different room with a drum, he went down the "hairy" slide outside, he played in the bean table, read a story, had crackers and green juice for snack, and he played with Cooper and Elise. As we drove I asked him what part of the morning wasn't his favorite and he said, "I loved it all!" And later he told me, "Mom, I really love school." I can't tell you how relieved I am. How thankful, how appreciative to his new teachers, how excited for all he'll learn socially, emotionally, and intellectually this year, and, how totally SHELL SHOCKED I still am that he's old enough to go to S-C-H-O-O-L.