Patty Cake

Nature

 Stacy said the first time she put him in the grass he cried, this time at our house he was curious.

 What is this stuff?  He takes one finger and carefully touches things when he begins to explore.

 This reminds me of an episode of Monk - "I have nature on me"

 Well, I'm not quite sure, I just think about this for awhile.

I'm not sure  maybe we will try it another day!

Coffee Break

 Kaiden went with us one afternoon to run a few errands and when we were done, we stopped for coffee.  He likes his "coffee" (hot chocolate) and has a routine.

 First you have to get comfortable

 Then you eat the "frosting" (whip cream) with your finger.  This is a very serious important step

 Then you drink

Then you try to decide how long Tito and Gram are going to take to finish their coffee and what you are going to do in the meantime.

Pre-Walking

I can hardly believe it has been a month since he turned one. These pictures were taken that day.

I just wanted to post them so I can remember the times before he was up and running all over the place like his big brother.

Sign of The Cross

When Kaiden had his last check up, the doctor did an eye exam.  The children's eye chart has symbols instead of letters - triangle, square, circle, etc.  One of the symbols was a plus sign.  When Kaiden came to that one he said "Cross where Jesus died for our sins"  We are so proud of him.

Long Time Friends

We had a lovely brunch today with some long time friends of mine.  (I started to say old friends, but that didn't sound right - they are both younger than I am)!  I worked with Lynda many years ago, more years that I care to admit. Neither one of us had children back then. She and her husband, Jim, have been wonderful friends all these years. They were so good to Nathan and I in the first years after my divorce. I will always love them for how supportive of Nathan they have always been. They now live in California so I don't get to see them near enough. I didn't get pictures of them together, but just these with Trevin.

Thank you for being such good friends.

Party!

It was a nice birthday party, there were

Presents,

Party hats,

Cake and candles,

I love this one - he seems to be saying "Back off, get your own"

Cupcakes,

Frosting,

and lots of fun!