Visit with Rowan! and family...

Well, this past weekend we went up to Edmonton to finally get the cousins to hang out. Chad is done school, yay! We still await his final grades but I have every confidence he has officially completed his 2nd year. That will be confirmed at a later post. So, we went off to Edmonton to spend some time with Rowan, Terri and Andrian. It was a great weekend and lots of fun to see the cousins together.

Rowan is not camera shy...

Kayden is a little off balance still with his sitting. He's fine if he doesn't have to look around but just incase something was more interesting, we put the crash helmet on...

And so the cousins played with little complaining. I think they really get along! It will be interesting to see how this continues as they grow up.

Bath Time and Bogey

Usually you wouldn't put the two together but Bogey just loves to watch Kayden at bath time. I'm pretty sure he's just jealous as Bogey loves water. He's not much of a swimmer, more just into trying to drink all the water he can swallow.

One day they will be the best of buds...

Voting Day

Well, Chad and I headed out to go vote as soon as the polls opened as Chad had class late that day. We thought it was never too early to get Kayden used to the idea of voting. It was pajama day for Kayden! These ones are just so cozy I didn't have the heart to put him in anything else!

First Swim

Chad, Kayden and I decided to take advantage of holiday Monday and so we headed off to Westside Recreation Centre to try out the pool. At first, Kayden was a little confused about this huge bath we had just gotten into. He got used to it pretty quick and started splashing around. We then headed off to the toddler pool which is a bit warmer and then, he was in love. This was just the greatest!
We will definitely be doing that again as I think we have a bit of a water baby on our hands.

Giving Thanks...

We celebrated a really quiet thanksgiving this year. We did take a moment to give thanks for an incredible year so far. We are so very lucky to have a healthy boy who has two healthy cousins to grow up with. Kayden is surrounded by love from G.G. and all his grandparents, aunts and uncles. He is even blessed with one grandparent who has a special viewpoint up in heaven to watch over him. We feel very blessed this year and we want to thank you all for all of your support over this past year.

We decided to give Kayden a little bit of Chad's pumpkin pie in order to celebrate Thanksgiving. I think we felt he needed something tasty after eating all his potato, carrot, spinach, beef mushy creation. He loved the bits he actually got in his mouth! It was pretty neat to watch because it was the first time he was bringing food to his mouth without our help.

The times he decided to actually try and eat from the spoon, I was there to help out with actually putting something on the spoon to eat.


Ahh, the fun of discovering food...

He was pretty sticky after all this exploring but seemed pretty proud of himself. Who needs parents?

7 months old

I can't believe how quickly the time has gone by. Kayden is growing everyday. He is learning different sounds but doesn't quite associate them with objects yet. He reaches and grabs for things, mostly my glasses, he's an expert at getting those! He's still pretty easy going, analyzes a situation before feeling comfortable. We still meet up with our birth and babies group every once in a while so he's getting some socialising time in. I also drop him off at the daycare at the gym once a week right now for an hour while I do a class. So far, he jumps into the persons arms and plays and is in a great mood when I get back. He usually naps afterwards as he's so tired from all the play. I'm told that soon I might expect the 'playing strange' phase so I'll have to keep an eye out for that.

Mommy Minute

This blog is mostly for Kayden but I thought I would throw in some things about what's going on with Chad and I every once in a while. Chad is busy with school right now but doing well and only has a couple more weeks to go. At the end of October he will officially be done his second year of his Electrician apprenticeship and will be on to his third year already! It seems like just yesterday he decided to take the plunge and change careers.

I have decided to get back into running because I have missed it a lot over the past year and a half. It has been really difficult to get in running time as I always have that guilt that maybe I should be doing something else. I've decided to let that go as running really is therapy for me and when I do get out there I am a million times better at everything else in my life. Lisa Cameron and I decided in order to get ourselves back into the running mode we would run a race together. We completed the Ambulance Chasers 10 km run this past Friday. Our goal was to complete the run, and we did! Our time was 1 hour and 16 minutes. Kayden and Dad came out to watch Kayden's very first race. Lisa's Fiance Bill met up with us too so it was a lot of fun to be out there again.

Our next goal is to get back into the Half marathons. We have picked the Hypothermic Half marathon which happens mid-february in Calgary. It happens to be just before I get back to work so it'll be a great goal for the both of us.

Elmo

So, I'm not sure if I've told everyone but a lot of people have seen how much Kayden loves his Elmo. I thought it would be fun to capture his love for his buddy Elmo on video. I really have no clue what we're going to do if we lose Elmo...