Happy Easter

We love Easter time because it means that spring is finally here and we get to spend more time outside. This year was especially fun because Makayla seemed to get the whole holiday. First we colored Easter eggs for our FFD. BTW, Kayla is wearing a 4th of July shirt. Just thought I would clarify that we do know what holiday it is. 

 Makayla loved coloring Easter eggs. We had about 12 eggs and thought it would take her a while to dye them, but she was done in about 10 minutes.

 Caden needed a little help from Mommy to color eggs. Oh ya, did I mention that Caden is wearing his Thanksgiving shirt? Maybe I do need help remembering what holiday it is. :)

 Then we got to put stickers on the eggs. Makayla got to pick eyes and a mouth for each egg.

That night we set out our Easter baskets and hoped the Easter Bunny would come to fill them with a surprise. P.S. Caden isn't in the picture because he wasn't feeling great, so I put him down early. 

Easter morning we woke up to find that the Easter Bunny hid our baskets! We had to look all over the house to find them. Makayla was so cute because she would look in every room and say, "nope, not in here" then run to another room. 

We found Caden's basket first. It was hiding in the bathtub. The Easter Bunny brought Caden a fun toy ball and an outfit.

 Then we had to search the house for Kayla's basket. We finally decided to look downstairs and we ended up finding it in the closet. Makayla got an outfit and a Rapunzel Barbie. 

Later that day we headed to Grandma and Grandpa Evans for our first Easter Egg hunt. 

This was the best picture I could get of my two cuties together, but don't they look so springy in their new outfits?

 While we were waiting for the hunt to start, Caden decided he would start walking by himself!! We knew Caden wanted to wait for a memorable day, and he picked a good one!

Then it was time for the hunt. Caden and Makayla got to go first.

 Kayla's favorite part was finding all the real eggs. I think she collected all of them herself.

 Caden didn't really get what was going on, but he loved being outside.

 Grandpa and Grandma had to help Caden put all his goodies in his basket.

And Daddy helped Kayla find all her fun goodies. 

 Once Makayla realized there were toys for her, she started picking up whatever she wanted... even if it didn't have her name on it.

 Ad you can see, Caden was pretty stoked about his cotton candy.

 Aww... I think my family is pretty cute!

 And so are the rest of the lurps we like to call family!

After that egg hunt, we headed over to my family's party. We had dinner and then it was time for another egg hunt. By this time, our kids were pretty tired and right before the hunt started Caden fell asleep in Grandpa's arms, so he missed the hunt. 

 But the rest of the kids were all geared up for a hunt.

 By this time, Kayla understood her task. She ran around the yard as fast as she could and picked up as many eggs as she could carry in her little basket. Even when we tried to help her carry her basket, she insisted on doing it herself.

 When the hunt was over and we told Kayla it was time to go inside, she put herself in time out. See what no naps can do to a sweet little toddler?

 We finally convinced her to go inside where we got to count all of her money.

 I think this is the kids' favorite part of the whole day. They love to see who gets the Golden Egg, and this year Preston won it!

 Kayla was pretty excited for her money. When we got home we put it in her piggy bank and told her someday she would be able to go to college on it! :)

Whelp, our Easter this year was pretty fun filled and busy! We love this time of year and love that we get to spend it with our families.

Hoppy Easter!!!

Cader-Man

Cader-Man is Tyler's latest nickname for our cute little boy who is almost 1 year old! I can't believe my little guy is getting so big. I just remember last year at this time every time I would go to the doctor, the doctor would tell me, "I don't think you'll make it one more week" or "I'll see you tonight" but Caden insisted on waiting a few more days until he was ready (well really, I was induced, so it wasn't like he was ready yet... I just gave him an eviction notice to get out of my tummy!) 

But now he is all grown up! Here's some cute pictures of our little man through the month of March... 

Caden loves to crawl in and out of his car seat. I don't know about those eyes in this picture. He looks a little woozy if you ask me! :)

If it looks like Caden is having any kind of fun, Makayla is there to either join him or stop him. Makayla was mid bathroom break when she heard Caden having fun and came to see what all the noise was about. 

 If there is one thing that Caden loves it is food. It's like he discovered that he could eat foods by himself and his life is complete. Sometimes he eats so much that we have to cut him off. Some of Caden's favorite foods include bananas, strawberries, grapes, noodles, baby food, yogurt, and usually anything that we are eating for dinner.

 See? Food makes this little guy one happy little boy!

 Caden loves the piano. If Daddy is playing or if we turn on the player, he is right there. He likes to try to play by himself too.

 See what I mean? Kayla heard Caden having fun on the piano and there she was to stop him.

It goes both ways though, if Caden thinks Makayla is having fun, he tries to get in on the action too.

The other thing our little Cader tot loves to do is to make messes. He pulled out all of our junk mail from the cupboard and laughed the entire time. 

 He also loves to climb in all the drawers in our house. Especially the warming drawer on our oven. But really anything that Caden can climb in he is right there. For instance, the Tupperware lid drawer...

Or Makayla's toy box...

 Or a box in Grandma and Grandpa's trailer. 

Caden also loves to play in the bathtub. As soon as he hears the water running, he speed crawls to the tub. He is getting so big that he doesn't even need his baby tub anymore. 

Some of the things we love the most about Caden at 11 months: 

-The first thing everyone notices about Caden are his big brown eyes. They look like puppy dog eyes to me, and I love them!

-Caden is the cutest little boy. He loves to explore, but also loves to be in my arms. He is still the best cuddler and usually puts his head on our shoulder when we hold him.

-He is getting better at sleeping through the night, but he still wakes up sometimes at 5 am and wants to snuggle with us in our bed. 

-He takes the longest naps during the day... at least three hours long.

-Caden learned how to waive, clap his hands, give hi-fives, and point like a superstar!

-Caden loves the remote. He loves to press the buttons and see the one light flicker. If you take it away from him, he freaks out. 

-Caden still is not walking, but he is so close. He will stand by himself, hold on to furniture, or hold on to our fingers, but if you try to make him take a step by himself, he wimps out. I'm in no hurry to have him walk though. As soon as he does it just means that my little guy is growing up, and I just want him to stay my little boy forever!

We love you Cader-Tot!

I'm A Big Girl Now!

Our little Kay-Bugs is just growing up so fast. She's not a baby now, she's a big girl. A lot of things have happened this last month that prove our little girl is growing up. 

First of all, Makayla is now potty trained! She still wears "baby diapers" at night, but she wears big girl "unnies" during the day. Occasionally she has an accident, but she is really good at using the potty. Makayla insists on doing things herself in the bathroom. She has to turn on the light, set up her potty seat and step stool, wipe, and wash her hands. If you try to help her do any of the above, she will un do it, tell you "Kay-bugs turn" and set it up herself! And she also insists on being completely naked before she goes potty. We just hope that doesn't last forever.  But alas, we are so excited to be a one diaper and one changing table family (minus the few accidents Tyler has) :)

Second of all, Makayla is a big girl because she is such a good helper around the house. Case in point, Makayla likes to help me do the dishes... with out unnies. 

Ohh... I just want to squish her cute little bummie!

 Since Makayla is a big girl now, we thought she needed a big girl haircut. Makayla's hair was really cute when it was in piggies, but she rarely kept them in and as a result, she often looked like a homeless girl by the end of the day. So we decided it was time for a cut. Here's the before picture...

 We took her to Cookie Cutters. Makayla got to pick out her own chair and she picked the pink car.

I was really nervous for her and I thought it was going to be a fight, but it was really anti-climatic. She was loving the t.v they had playing and was glued to it the entire time.

The girl cut off a good chunk of her hair.

Then styled it...

When we left they gave Makayla a sucker and let her pick a balloon. Makayla picked yellow (probably because she didn't know how to say "teal" or "white" :)

 And here's the finished product, pretty cute, huh?

 It must have been a pretty memorable experience because every one we talk to she tells them "I get haircut, sucker, boon".  With one little hair cut, our little baby girl looks like a big girl!

Next proof that our little girl is a big girl now... she got upgraded to her toddler bed! Right after we got her hair cut we went to the store and Makayla got to pick out her big girl sheets. After looking at all the options, she picked "Punnels" (Rapunzel) sheets. We set up her bed and got her all ready for her first night in her new bed.

 She loves them! We still get to read books before bed, but now we get to do it in her bed!

Now every morning when Makayla wakes up, she tells us "I wake on my Punnel pillow!" 

And finally, the last proof that our little girl is growing up... she likes to dress herself.

It doesn't always match, but it is so cute when she tells us "my turn" or "I do it" I may struggle, though, when she insists on picking out her own outfits to wear in public. 

Some other cute sayings of Makayla this month include: 

-When we leave somewhere we always tell Makayla, "Say you love them" to which she responds "Love 'em!"

-When she picks her breakfast she chooses "oatmilk"

-Her favorite movies include "Tangled", "Mermaid" (The Little Mermaid), and "Belle" (Beauty and the Beast). Every night before bed or as soon as she wakes up in the morning, she tells us what movie she wants to watch. 

-Sometimes Makayla forgets who she's talking to and she'll say "Tank you Ma...Tank you Da-di"

-The cutest is when she is talking about herself and she says things like, "No touching Kay-bugs blankie!"

-If she gets upset, she yells at us, "I go time out" then goes to sit in a corner with her head down. If we ask her if she is done in time out, she firmly tells us "No!"

Makayla, even though it is so cute that you are growing up, please try to say my little girl forever! 

Girls night out

Have I told you how awesome my Bestie is? Well she's pretty cool and got us tickets to the Jazz game. Both of our significant others hate the Jazz, so it was up to the die hard fans that we are to go support the Jazz. Obviously the boys just don't know what they're missing. The Jazz played the Knicks and sadly they lost, but we had so much fun!

Emily was texting her boy all night and at one point she said to me, "I don't think I've watched any of the game. Can't the boys just let us have a night out at the basketball game without them interrupting us all night?" Ironic and hilarious all at the same time!

Oh and we probably have a million pictures in this same pose, but this time we had matching Jazz glasses, so we thought we would make it a million and one pictures in this same pose.