Jaden Standing

Over the few weeks, Jaden has mastered the art of crawling! Once he masters something, he's on to the next "task." There's never any spare time to just be good at the current stage ~ he's so quick to try to learn something new.

This week, his new thing has been pulling up and standing on everything! He loves to do anything that puts him the standing position, including standing at the side of the bathtub, walking around in his walker, pulling up to the recliner, etc. He's getting really good at it now, so I'm just waiting for him to start taking steps!

Mommy Alyssa

The kids stayed home with dad today while I went to work. Alyssa decided she wanted to play mommy and try to feed Jaden. Of course, daddy let her, and she did a pretty good job! She does get distracted at times and the milk ends up in the chair or down the front of Jaden, but in the end she was a great helper!

Park and lunch date!

Today we spent the day with our friends Jo Ann, Maddie and Sophia. We went to the park this morning near Jo Ann's house and played for a while. Alyssa wore her bathing suit in anticipation of playing in the water feature. Water feature's are the new additions to most parks here in Las Vegas, probably due the extreme heat in the summer! Today was a pretty chilly, windy day, so we ended up not playing in the water, but had a fun day playing at the park anyways.

We left the park and went to Jo Ann's house for lunch. As I was feeding Jaden his sweet potatoes and applesauce, Jo Ann decided to give him a bite of grilled cheese! It was all downhill from there. Any spoon I put in his mouth that contained pureed food, was then spit back at me!! All he wants now is "real food!" He absolutely loved that grilled cheese. I'm actually excited at the thought of the baby food bill decreasing! I wasn't sure how he would do with the cheese, but no problems! Thanks Jo Ann for a great lunch!

Jaden's Surgery

Jaden had his ear tube surgery today! A bit nerve wrecking this morning, but all is well! We went to the hospital at 6am for a 7:30 surgery. Jaden did absolutely perfect. The nurses just loved him! He was all smiles when they took him back for the procedure. Dr. Tolan told us it would be quick and easy with little or no risk, and amazingly, we were in the comforts of our own home by 8:30am! I had expected a little bit of crying and discomfort, after all the boy had surgery today! But, nothing......a few short naps, good breakfast and he was crawling and playing all over the house as if it were any other day!

I hope this is the beginning of the end of our sleepless nights and frequent doctor visits. Maybe, after all, Jaden will spend at least a week without being on antibiotics. Boy those weekly doctor copays and prescriptions have broken the mom bank!

Thanks to all who said prayers and gave us their well wishes!

Florida Vacation Part 1

Well, we just spent the last 10 days vacationing in Florida! I must say that although we had a blast, it was pretty exhausting!

It all started the week before we left for vacation. Jaden was in the hospital twice and between that and working, all my packing days were occupied. Needless to say, I ended up packing the night before and the morning before we left! Not fun when you are traveling with a toddler and an infant! We made it though and nothing was forgotten!

We trekked to the airport for a 1am red eye flight to Orlando. The kids were amazing! I couldn't ask for anything more than 2 sleeping kids the whole way to Florida. We arrived, uneventfully, to Orlando and got our rental car for our drive to Ft. Lauderdale.

We spent 5 days in Ft. Lauderdale and had a great time! We were able to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa in the Blue House, Aunt Laurie and Uncle Michael, Adriana, Vincent and Suzi and Freddy. We went to the beach, shopped and just hung out with family.

On Sunday, we packed up the car and made a quick stop in Okeechobee, FL to visit family for lunch. Then, it was off to Disney!