4 Months Home!!

Well, As of today Oct. 30th, Kaiden has been home with us for 4 months. Man does time fly!! So to honor this occasion, I thought I would do a post that is to him to let him know what he has been doing these past few months.
So Kaiden,

You have been walking everywhere. It has been absolutely amazing to watch you grow and succeed more each day.

You call your Daddy, "Dada" and even sometimes "Daddy"

You call your Grandpa, "Ga" and point at his picture on the piano and laugh.

You recognize all your grandparents and love to go and play with them.

Your favorite toy is a cardboard box, or Mama's cup and a toy to drop in it and take out over and over. It is so much fun to watch.

You are finally fitting into 18 month clothes. 12 months are finally getting a bit too short!!

You still will not sleep in a crib, but you are sleeping all night next to Mama and Daddy in bed. You will also nap in bed by yourself which is a huge step.

You love going to daycare. Your favorite friend to play with is MacKenzie. She even waves and will try to follow you out the door when I pick you up.

You decided three days ago that baby food is for wussies and have started wanted big people food. Now we are going to work on using a fork and spoon.

You have the most amazing, loving, and fun personality. You smile and make everyone's frown turn upside down.

You love to play with your cousins. You are finally starting to learn how to really play with others and figure things out.

You love to watch the Wonderpets, Mickey Mouse, Special Agent Oso, and especially Baby Einstein. You watch this on your portable DVD player in the car all the time.

I could keep going on, but I will only add one more thing.

You are a social baby and absolutely love to have everyone's attention especially your Mama and Daddy's. I can promise one thing. You will always have our utmost attention because we love you so much.We can't imagine what life was like before you became a part of ours. Now our lives are full of so much love, because we have blessed by God with the gift of our wonderful baby boy.
We love you with all our hearts,

Mama and Daddy

Happy 4 Months Home Kaiden!!

Surprise Mail

I bet you can guess what this post is about, huh? Let me share with you this neat story. Aaron and Kaiden always go outside and get the mail together. it is usually the normal stuff. Well, today we got a pakage from Holt. Aaron handed it to me and I opened it up and there was a package from his foster family inside.

They sent us his umbilical cord and a beautiful Korean necklace. I am just in awe. It makes us so happy to know that his foster family loved him so much to keep that and send it to us. I sat here and thought today I wonder if his foster mom is thinking about him today and wondering what he looks like and how much he has developed. I am going to work this week on getting a photo album ready to send to her by this weekend. I want to share with her what a wonderful, adorable, caring, loving, and sweet little boy she helped guide and raise before we could get there. We just thank her everyday for taking such wonderful care of our little boy.

Kaiden's First Pictures

I got Kaiden's first birthday pictures done yesterday. He is such a busy little fellow that I felt for the lady taking his pictures. She had to work to get these shots. I think they are absolutely priceless. These are some of my favorites of the day.












There are not enough words to describe how much we love our little baby. We have been so blessed to get to be his parents. Honestly though, how could you not love that adorable pudgey face??? It is just too cute!!

Kaiden is 1!!!

Kaiden turned one yesterday. It is absolutely amazing how time flies by. It seems like just yesterday we were picking him up at the airport and giving him a hug and kiss for the very first time. He is just so wonderful. We threw him a Baby Einstein party and all our close friends and family came. It was very special. I will do my best to post pictures tomorrow as soon as Aaron gets them downloaded for me. It was just the best day.

Happy 1st Birthday My Sweet Boy!!!