End of April

Have I ever told you how much I love these two? Well I do... a lot! They are both alike in so many ways, even down to their love of ice cream. Here they are sharing a bowl (although I would guess that Caden ended up getting more of it!)

And these three... my goodness they are so stinkin cute! Makayla wakes up early in the morning and she and Tyler eat their oatmeal together. This particular morning Caden woke up early too, and the three of them make for the cutest picture ever! 

 Speaking of Caden... this little boy had it rough in April. I mentioned on the Easter post that Caden was sick. He had a high fever for three days. By Wednesday he was still sick so I took him into the doctor. Turns out he had a double ear infection. I felt so bad for him because I didn't even think about an ear infection because he didn't complain about his ears or cry when he was lying down. The doctor prescribed amoxicillin and we went on our way. In the mean time, Caden was just so tired all the time. He fell asleep in some unusual places, like the kitchen rug...

 We were outside working in the yard one day and Caden disappeared. I came back in the house and found him asleep on his bedroom floor.

 A few days later he was feeling much better, but on the second to last day of his antibiotic, Caden broke out in a horrible rash and hives. It's hard to see, but the rash was all over his body.

 We ended up taking him into the doctor again with a diagnosis of an allergy to amoxicillin and penicillin. Luckily it is not terribly serious, but it is good to know the next time he needs an antibiotic. And through it all, Caden was such a trooper! We are just glad our little boy is feeling better.

In other news, we got a new king sized bed! Tyler and I have been wanting one for years, we have just been too practical to justify it. We finally decided to make the big purchase, and we are so glad we did! We shopped around for a few weeks and finally picked it out. The night before it was delivered we took down the old bed and told the kids that this was the one time in their lives they would be able to jump on the bed. Let's just say all the kids (yep, that includes Tyler) had fun jumping on our old bed.

 And here it is! Seriously, this is the most comfortable bed we have ever slept on. It is so big, and Tyler and I are just getting used to not having to sleep on the edge. Even when one of the kids ends up in bed with us (which happens a lot now-a-days), we still have plenty of room.

To finish off the Month of April, we celebrated my mom's 65th birthday with a bar-b-q at our house. She wanted ice cream sandwiches for dessert so we had to improvise on the cake/candle. I'm sure my mom would prefer to be 3 years old!

To end the post, here's a couple of cute things/sayings of our kids this month: 

-Makayla is in a new phase. She loves to change her clothes multiple times a day. Every night I have to pick up at least 5, some days as many as 10 outfits, a day. I complain about it, but I secretly think it is the cutest thing ever. 

-Makayla is OBSESSED with the movie Frozen. She wants to watch it daily. She has the movie memorized, and likes to act out the part of Elsa. She puts on a single glove and then directs me to play the part of Ana. We also downloaded a few songs from Frozen, and both of our kids run around in circles singing all the lyrics at the top of their lungs.  

-Makayla is understanding more and more that I have a baby in my belly. She has said for a while that she also has a baby in her belly, but now she tells us even more about "Baby Kenzee" in her belly. If you do something that makes her mad, she yells at us, "My baby Kenzee is not going to come out because you are being mean to me!"

-She has also been on a "marriage" kick lately (thanks to Frozen). If she's happy she tells us, "we're going to get marriage!" and if you do something that makes her mad she yells, "I not going to marriage you!"

-Poor Caden has three parents. Makayla has been parenting him a lot lately. Like when we eat dinner, Makayla tells him, "Caden, if you don't eat your dinner all gone, you won't get a cookie!"

-Caden loves to carry around his baby. He takes it with him to Brooke's everyday and to the store. He also insists on sleeping with it every night. 

-Caden's vocabulary is growing everyday. He repeats everything we say. I love to hear all the funny things he tries to say. 

-If you ask Caden how old he is, he holds up all five fingers and says, "Free" (three). So cute, but not even close. 

Can April really be over already? This year is flying by way too fast!