Kaden's 3rd Birthday

Kaden turned 3 today!! Wow! I can't believe it's been 3 years since he was born. He knew his birthday was coming up and it was so cute, yesterday I would ask him "is it your birthday tomorrow?" and he'd say, "No 2 more days" I sent Mark on some errands today with the boys because I had to clean. I knew I wouldn't get anywhere if they stayed in the house too! haha Mark picked up Kaden's cake. A friend of ours has made MANY cakes for us and she does such a wonderful job!! Kaden had a Thomas the train cake and he absolutelyl loved it!! It came in a big carrying tote and he just stood at the table and 'gazed' at it. :)

We had a small little get together at our house for his birthday. Kaden got soo many great gifts. I was a little surprised that he wasn't more into opening the gifts. I sensed a little shyness from him tonight. MY Dennis!! (Dennis the Menace) I know hard to believe. We had Thomas balloons and decor :)


Thomas cake!!







Kaden and Grandparents!

After everyone had left, Kaden kept saying "I want party" Awww Too cute!
Happy Birthday Buddy!! We love you so much!

1st Day of School

Kendra and Mikayla started school today. Kendra started 10th grade at BHS and Mikayla 4th at Solheim. They both had a good day. Mikayla has a couple good friends in her class so that is nice. Kendra usually HATES getting up in the morning and when Mark went downstairs at 7:00 this morning, Kendra was already up and getting ready!! Wow!!! She was nervous and I wondered all day how it was going for her. I sent her a text right after school and asked how her day was...her reply "Awesome, I love high school!" :)
I could tell Kaden missed his sisters. He cried this morning when Mikayla left and said he also wanted to go to school. He walked around all day saying "what to do what to do" Too cute!! Here are the girls' 1st day school pics...

Good, Good Day

Just had to write about my day today. The boys and I started out the day with going down to visit Bonnie (our daycare provider we've had since Mikayla was born up until this last June). Kaden had only seen her once since June and Kristian hadn't seen her at all. Kaden occasionally says that he wants to go to Bonnie's house. While I was visiting with Bonnie, I received a phone call from Medcenter's HR. :) I applied to our OB and NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) floors back in June. I finally had an interview last week for the NICU. WELL....they called me this morning to tell me that I had gotten the job!!! Yahoo! I start in 4 weeks and am so super excited. Working with babies is why I had wanted to go into nursing, so I've been patiently waiting as to the right time to apply. Well, I figured that there is NEVER going to be a "perfect" time so might as well do it! (like waiting til the perfect time to have kids...there is none) haha The only thing I'm not looking forward to is going back to rotating days and nights. I will be doing 3 weeks days/3 weeks nights. But, they NEVER do straight days or straight nights. I knew I didn't want that to be the reason as to never working on that floor, it'll work out.




Kaden got his haircut today. Kristian is very soon needing his 1st haircut but I just did Kaden's today. He majorly needed one!!

Kendra is in Jamestown today and tomorrow for a golf tournament. There was a sophmore orientation tonight at BHS so I went for her. I can't believe she is going into high school!! I felt like I was going back to school. I got her schedule with her locker assignment on it, so I had to go check out where her locker is. Then I bought her some BHS stuff (shirt, etc). Then I proceeded to buy her a planner, parking pass, activity pass and put money into her lunch account. Whew, that was a quick $100.00. I am so excited for Kendra but it was weird being in BHS and knowing I am going to have to cheer for a DEMON!! (sorry demons, I'm a patriot!) :)

Zoo Fun

We decided to buy a family membership to the zoo. With a family of 6, by our 3rd visit, the membership will have paid for itself. :) This was one of Kristian's first visits to the zoo. He practically wanted to get in there with the animals. He wasn't very afraid of them at all.

Kaden did so well. I thought "this will be interesting". Kaden is a very busy boy and I was a little nervous that he wouldn't want to ride in the stroller. I was even more nervous that he was going to run wild being out of the stroller. He amazed me. He walked so nice all around. He enjoyed seeing all the animals. At the pond I asked Kaden... "Kaden, are those ducks?" He replied "No, they're quack quacks" haha too cute!

Mikayla had fun checking out all the animals and showing her brothers around the zoo. She especially enjoyed feeding the animals. She really wanted to feed the Llama's but they were smart and were hiding in the shade.

Every time the train would go by Kaden would cover up his ears. He would just walk around with them covered. And of course, we had to end our trip with a train ride. What a fun, yet hot, day. :)

Here's my belly button!
Mine too! :)
Mikayla & Kaden