E.I.G.H.T.E.E.N.

How the time flies! It's hard to believe that our little boy is now 18 months old! Officially welcome in nursery--although he's been going for the past few weeks. He LOVES to go in and play with the toys instead of having to run the hallways with mama. There was no sadness his first time. They invited him in and before I finished asking him he ran right into the room and in the middle of all of the chaos. :) How we love this boy.

(90% height, 50% weight, 75% head)

He is beginning to learn names and colors. Kaden:

-Makes most animal sounds

-Points out 'tees', 'ocks' (rocks), and 'hours' (flowers) on our walks.

-'Top Yines' (stop signs) are his favorite things to point out.

-While driving in the car and on walks, he will point out EVERY car.

-Opened a book of shapes the other day and surprised me with 'rectangle'! And knows his shapes. Smarty pants.

-Loves "head, shoulders, knees, and toes" though he slows the pace down.

-Beans are still his favorite. Nasty diapers though...

-Still loves to dance. Loves music.

-Found his shadow the other day. FUNNIEST thing ever.

-Can name most foods he eats and will sign more, please, and thank you in connection with them.

-Loves books. We read a million books a day. Thank goodness for the library.

-Gets so excited for scriptures at night. He stomps his feet cheering 'sciptas'. Too cute.
-Likes 'sings' (swings) and the 'paygown' (playground)

-Amazes us everyday with the things he can do!

Books!Still Mr. Bean.WE LOVE YOU BUGGABOO!

Easter catchup & My day.

I've been way behind on blogging as of late. But here are some pics from our Easter. Kaden really enjoyed Easter this year; though he didn't really do the egg hunt when we got together with our friends. He was interested in getting one and finding out what was hidden inside. But he did love getting a basket full of eggs that had cheerios in them, and some with jelly beans.

Easter egg hunt with friends.

Dad gets a basket, too.

Just woke up!

He woke up pretty quickly.

So excited to find out what's inside.

Yummy?

Another use of Easter eggs: Camouflage.

Fun to shake.

Can't wait until next year!

For Mother's Day Matt treated me so well. For dinner he made pork tenderloin with seasoned potatoes and carrots and fresh homemade green beans! We feasted for sure. With all of the frustrations motherhood brings, I love being a mother. I love my little guy.

My boys.
Love my boy. Love being his Mom.

I've gone K.R.A.Z.Y.

Krazy for coupons! I finally decided that I needed to put in a little more work to save on my grocery bill. I did it--I ordered the baseball card dividers and put them in a big binder with my coupons separated into categories. It's work, but much easier when I'm shopping at the store.

This past weekend, Pathmark had triple coupons day! Here is what I got:

• 4 pack Scott's TP


• 2 boxes Ritz crackers


• 3 Pop's cereal


• 2 frozen pizzas


• 2 Kraft salad dressing


• 6 pack Jello chocolate pudding


• 3 packs Kraft sliced cheese


• 4 Chobani kid's yogurt


• 2 boxes tampax tampons


• 1 box stayfree pads


• 2 ortega taco seasonings


• 2 ortega guacomole mix


• 2 febreez air effects


• 1 palmolive softsoap dish soap


• 2 fructis shampoo


• 2 boxes of Ronzoni pasta


• 1 men's Degree deodorant


• 1 Colgate toothpaste


• 1 Clearasil face wash

Should have cost: $115 but I only paid $9!!! Gotta love the coupons. I'm Krazy now.