UTAH HERE WE COME!!!!!

Not a whole lot has been happening around here lately. We are pretty low key people, I think. My brother called all his siblings about a month ago and said that he was getting married. YUP, you know that joke they played on us when they came to visit us in Arizona . . . it is really true. They are getting married on the 2nd of August. So, we will be headed up to UT for that. We leave here on Wednesday morning and come back late Sunday night. We are so excited to see my neices and nephews because we haven't seen them since our wedding. I can hardly contain myself. I am also excited to introduce Kayden to everyone in my family and I am WAY excited to see Zander (Xander if you are Dana) :)  Anyway, here are some cute pictures of my ADORABLE baby.  I just love this little guy.  He brings so much joy to my life.
Sleeping on daddy!
I thought how his hand was on Ryan's arm was so cute!  So precious.  Ryan is the best daddy!
Landon and Kayden playing.  Deena called me a couple of weeks ago and her and Aaron had been throwing up and they didn't have any energy and wanted to get some sleep so they asked if I would watch Landon.  I was so happy to.  He is such a cute little guy.  Anyway, so we went to Gayles a little later and they were playing on the floor so cute.  This is them playing.  Priceless!

The Story of Kayden and Mr. Bear

I didn't know that Kayden could love something so deeply this soon in life, but like everything else with Kayden I am trying to not be surprised at the little things.  At least once a week we make our way over the Ryan's grandparents house, Grandpa and Grandma Carling (the great . . . to Kayden).  Every week out of the toy room comes the same basket of toys.  It is a collection of all the McDonald Happy Meal toys that have been collected over the years of grandchildren.  In this basket is the famous Mr. Bear.  Now this bear usually gets thrown out of the basket and over looked.  That is until one day Kayden finds this bear.  What attracks Kayden to this bear is nothing spectacular to anyone else, but Kayden.  Can you guess what it is? . . . Well, if you were around Kayden enough you wouldn't be surprised . . . It is the tag on this bear.  Kayden loves tags, but he loves Mr. Bears tag more than any other tag.  Every week, with out fail, Kayden will roll around on the floor at 'The Greats' house talking and playing with Mr. Bear.  He will play with the other toys, but Mr. Bear will still be fisted in the other hand.  On this particular day we were getting ready to go and I took Mr. Bear away from Kayden to put him away.  Kayden looked at me with those big blue eyes, stuck his little lip out and let out a big cry.  How dare I take something to special away from him?  Bad mommy!  I picked Kayden up thinking he would forget about Mr. Bear, but his eyes still full with tears, were watching Mr. Bear.  I picked up Mr. Bear and gave him back to Kayden.  Kayden's eyes lite up and he gave Mr. Bear a big huge kiss right on the nose.  I put Kayden in his car seat and took Mr. Bear away, once again.  But this time I gave Kayden another toy to play with.  It still didn't make him happy.  His eyes filled up with tears and he let me know . . . I had let him down once more.  He wanted Mr. Bear.  So, I looked over at Grandma Great who had been watching the whole thing take place.  She let me know that Kayden didn't want anything else but that Mr. Bear and that was just fine with her if he took Mr. Bear to a new home.  All the way home that night Kayden talked to Mr. Bear about his new home.  Mr. Bear was so happy that Kayden had payed attention to him and hadn't let him down.  To this day Kayden hasn't let Mr. Bear down.  Mr. Bear is actually sleeping by Kayden as we speak.  You are probably asking why I am writing this whole story down about Mr. Bear and Kayden . . . well, I never want to forget Mr. Bear, but I also want you to keep your eyes out for another match to Mr. Bear.  I don't want to ever loose Mr. Bear and not have a replacement.  I know it is just a McDonalds toy, but it is made by TY and it does have some importance to Kayden.

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While I am at it I thought that I would post a couple of pictures of Kayden and us since last time.  He is growing so fast and we are enjoying watching him grow constantly.  He never ceases to amaze us.  

He turned 8 months old yesterday and so here are 8 reasons why I love the little guy.  Just know that there is SO many more reasons then just the eight.

8.  You never complain if we drag you around in the heat all day to run our errands.  

7.  You laugh at us when we, i'm sure, are looking pretty stupid.  It is so funny to you.

6.  You are so determind.  I might regret saying that later, but you want to explore the world and know everything around you.

5.  You always want the one who has been gone.  You miss your dad when he is gone and want him as soon as he walks in the door and the same with me if I have been gone!

4.  You love to be talked to.  I can just see the wheels in your head turning everytime I talk to you.  You are so inquisitive.

3.  You love to crawl and pull yourself up on things.

2.  You have the sweetest smile in the whole world and smile at anyone who takes the time to talk to you!

1.  You are ours and our life is not complete without you in it.

Kayders we love you to death.  Thanks for making us so happy.