Updates for June

We have been super busy and productive so far this summer. I can thank Makayla and Caden for that; we're up at 7 every morning. It's amazing what you can get done in the mornings! The kids and I have had a lot of fun so far this summer. We have spent a lot of time on our swing set. Both the kids love it.

And the big kid loves it too!

I wanted to start a new tradition with the kids: Friday Family Date. Every Friday we go out on a date with the kids (now that I'm reading it, I realize it didn't really need an explanation). I'm hoping we can keep this tradition going and when the kids are older they will be able to pick where we go on our dates. For this FFD we got Cafe Rio and then went to the Herriman Splash Pad. Makayla loved it.

And Caden had a good nap.

FFD was great until we were pulling into our garage and Makayla puked all over our car and her car seat. We spent the rest of FFD cleaning up. Hopefully not all of our dates will end in throw up.

We have also been busy going for walks around the neighborhood

And helping Daddy water our new trees

Grandpa and Grandma Evans had all the kids over to play on the Slip-n-Slide

It was hard to tell who had more fun, the kids or Grandpa.

Makayla had her first t.v. dinner.

 Then we had spaghetti night. I think she liked the spaghetti more.

 Kayla still loves to play on her stair. And she is learning how to say "cheese" when I take a picture of her.

 Makayla is still the best little helper. If Caden is crying she will run to find his binkie or blanket. She was entertaining him while Caden was working on his tummy time. I think she is poking him in the eye, but it was the thought that counts.

We got a new iPad... well I should say the school got me a new iPad. I downloaded a game for Makayla (there's an app for that). She had seen me playing around on it and when I let her play with it, she immediately knew what to do. I think this generation was made for technology. Even at 16 months she knows how to work an iPad.

 June hasn't been all fun and games; Kayla got her first owie. We were at the scrapbook store and Kayla was in the stroller. She was getting bored and started standing up in the stroller. I told her to sit down, which she did, but then she started standing again. I turned my head for a split second to look at something and then I heard a thud and heard Makayla start crying. I picked her up, consoled her, and she laid her head on my shoulder and fell asleep. I thought everything was okay until I went to load her in her car seat and noticed her owie.

 Obviously Makayla forgot about it as soon as she had her blankie, but I felt like the worst mother.

By day two the scrape above her eye was healed, but below her eye looked worse. We can't go out in public now because people will probably think I abused my child. I know it is not the first scrape she will have, but I still feel horrible.

My favorite thing Makayla does is she likes to get ready with me in the mornings. I will put her up on the counter while I put on my make up. Makayla loves to look at herself in the mirror and pretend to put on make up too.

Some other cute things about our little stinkies at 16 months:

-She is understanding so many things and loves to play "where's the..." When we look through her Baby Einstein book she can point to all the animals, fruit, and other objects. She can understand a lot of simple commands

-Her vocabulary is increasing everyday. She can now say "mom," "dad," "nose," "mouth," "shoe," and "cheese." She also jabbers in her own little language that cracks me up all the time.

- She loves to waive at all the cars that drive by, or the airplanes, or the cashiers at the store.

-If she burps or passes gas she goes, "Wooah"

-She loves to go to Grandma's house to play.

-She is a really good helper. Makayla will get me a diaper when I change Caden, or help me load the dishwasher.

-She likes to pretend she is talking on the phone.

-She hates to have elastics in her hair. I will put her hair in pony tails and she will take them out within the hour.

-She insists on using a spoon when she eats and she is getting a lot more coordinated using utinsils.

-6 more teeth poked through this month... that's a total of 12 teeth now.

-Makayla gets slightly jealous if someone is paying too much attention to Caden and not her. And by slightly, I mean she screams and tries to pull Caden out of my arms.

As far as our little man goes, Caden is getting so big! At his 2 month check up on June 6 he weighed 12 pounds, 6 ounces (50%) and was 23 inches (50%).

Caden has not lost any of his hair. I love being able to spike it.

Caden smiles all the time now. His smile just melts me every time.

 I love about our little man's big eyes. I love when he looks up at me when I'm feeding him.

Some other things about Caden at three months:

-He coos all the time now.

-He is sleeping about 8 hours straight now. He will go to bed at 8 ish and usually wakes up around 4. I put him in bed with us and he goes back to sleep until 7 when Makayla wakes up. I love being able to have a good stretch of sleep now. Honestly, though, I don't mind waking up with Caden at night. It is the only time that the two of us can be together. I love holding him in my arms and rocking him while he looks up at me with his big eyes and smiles.

-We have him on somewhat of a schedule and a routine now, which makes things a lot easier.

-Caden loves to be wrapped up tight with a binkie in his mouth. Even in this hot weather he still likes to be

wrapped up. He will be sweaty, but he is content. I think that was part of the problem with his fussiness in the beginning. We just needed to figure out what our little guy liked.

-Caden is so good to put up with Makayla's good intentions.

-He loves to be held.

Tyler and I have also had a great June. We celebrated our three year anniversary. We went out as a family on our actual anniversary day. Tyler got me a bouquet of chocolate dipped strawberries, a balloon, and a really sweet card even though we said we weren't doing gifts.

Then the following Saturday we went on a real date. We went to a movie and then to a nice dinner. It was so nice to sit down for a meal and not have to fight kids to be quiet the whole time. We really lived it up, too. I tried calamari for the first time, had Oscar style filet mignon, and ruined my diet with dessert. It was totally worth it!

So is this guy! I'm so lucky to be married to him!

Tyler has been on a business trip to Canada this week. He comes home tomorrow and I can not wait!! This single-mom-of-two business is really exhausting. It will be nice to have him home to help me out, plus Makayla just adores Tyler and loves it when he plays with her.

There is bad news about Tyler coming home though,  I have to start making the bed again and I can't stay up until midnight blogging. The things I will do and give up just to have him home... 

Thanks for reading!