BOYS WILL BE BOYS

Can It Be True?

2011-03-05T09:24:00.000-08:00

I registered Kaden for Kindergarten last week, he starts in August. I can not believe that my child is old enough to go to school 5 days a week. I'm very happy that this day is here, but I'm amazed that it came so fast. I'm so excited for him to begin this new chapter is his life, and our life as well. He's such a sweet boy and I know he'll be great.

These Are My Boys, and I Love Them

2011-02-12T08:27:00.000-08:00

So nothing really exciting has happened to us this past week, it's been the same, me get up and go to work, come home so Dan can go to work and school, and I take care of the boys at home while Dan is gone all day. But I like the life we're living right now, because for the most part I get to be a stay at home Mom, which is all I've ever wanted, I mean I'm home from work most of the time before they all wake up. My boys keep me more busy than I ever thought possible, but at the same time I love every minute of it.

Of course on Sunday we watched the super bowl. We were talking how it's almost better than Christmas because you have all the yummy food, the family, but not the stress of getting ready for Christmas. We had a lot of fun and ate way to much.
Here is Lincoln enjoying the super bowl.

Every week I watch my nephew Mayson and both Kaden and Lincoln love it when he comes over. Here they are enjoying a nice bath with lots of bubbles which is the boys favorite thing in the world to do, sit in a bath with bubbles.

Here's Lincoln showing how much fun he really is having in the bath.

Here's Mayson and Lincoln enjoying a movie or something. They were so sweet and calm, I had to capture the moment.

Then Kaden wanted in on the picture, so calm moment #2, let it be documented because it doesn't ever happen.

Dan is doing awesome in school, he just got made an account executive in one of his classes, which any of you who are in the PR world know that that is pretty cool and a great resume builder. He finally knows the path he wants to be on so because of that he is loving school. He is an amazing person and I am so proud of him, and he is also counting down the days until Boston, he tells me every day that he is so excited to go, and I am really excited for him.

They Think They're so Funny

2011-02-05T07:54:00.000-08:00

So funny story. It was 10 minutes until noon, I was watching my nephew Mayson, and Kaden was all ready for school, the bus usually picks him up around noon. The dogs really needed to go outside to take care of their business, so Kaden and I took them out. Well we waited out there with them and about 5 minutes later they were ready to go inside. So Kaden runs inside and Boston follows him, Diego was following me up the stairs and I was an arms length away from the door and Lincoln comes out of no where and slams the door shut and locks it. I thought he would open it immediately for me, but no, he didn't. This is what they were doing.
They kept looking over at me and smiling, and laughing, and thinking that it was the funniest thing in the whole world that they were sitting in the window watching Diego and me outside freezing trying to get into the house. I kept ringing the door bell and knocking on the door and yelling for Kaden thinking that Kaden would at lease hear and come and open the door for us. No, he wasn't coming. I was trying to be really stern and tell them come on, open the door. It took everything I had not to laugh at them because even though I was freezing I was thinking that it was pretty funny. Notice in the picture that Mayson found a crayon and started drawing on the window. I thought Kaden's bus was going to come and try to get him and I was going to be locked out and the bus was going to have to leave without Kaden because I couldn't get in. Well, after about 5 minutes of ringing the door bell, knocking on the door, and yelling for them to open it, Mayson finally came and opened it for me. I get in there and found Kaden in the back room minding his own business just playing. A few minutes later the bus came and Kaden was on his way. I was very happy to finally get in and I will never take the dogs out again without taking some house keys with me.

Is it possible.....

2011-01-29T08:21:00.000-08:00

....to own anything nice when you have little kids? So I love my boys more than anything but honestly, it is impossible to own anything nice, they break everything. So the top picture is of my cute little man, but I'm also showing you the TV stand that we had that is in the background. It's just a glass TV stand that is wide open. So yes, my husband works at Best Buy, we own a PlayStation 3 and an X box 360. When we purchased these we also bought the warranty's, which was totally worth it. Anyway, we have ended up replacing 4 PlayStation and 4 X box 360's due to the fact they are set at reach for the little ones, you would think we would move them, but honestly where has always been the question. They don't understand what being careful is. They've put multiple discs in there before, they've put them in upside down, they've even broken discs in there before. It amazes me, I didn't think I was this destructive when I was a kid. Maybe I was. So when we finally replaced our 4th PlayStation and our 4th X box 360 which was at the same time, we decided to make the investment of an in closed cabinet to lock them up in. Well we had just gotten the cabinet so I have not had the chance to buy things to lock them. So the other day I was in my bedroom and Kaden was out watching a movie. About 20 minutes later Kaden comes into me carrying the door to the TV cabinet saying "uh oh mom, I need some glue." I couldn't believe it when I saw it.

Some how he was able to rip the door off of the cabinet. I thought it was cute that he wanted to fix it, but at the same time my jaw dropped, and my only thought was, " We haven't even had this for a week." Well I ended up gluing like crazy and was able to fix it, it doesn't look as nice as before, but that's OK, it still works for the purposed that we purchased it, and the next day I bought locks for the cabinet and I can only hope that the locks will help. I'll let you all know if it does.

Well on a happy note I need to mention how amazing my husband is. He is in the PR program in school and is doing very well. Every year there is an opportunity for a few of the top PR students to apply to go on a trip to meet with some of the top PR firms in the country. This year the event is taking place in Boston. Well, this is something that you have to apply for, write an essay and sit down with a board and have an interview. Well they announce the trip and Dan immediately comes home and starts the application process. About an hour after he turns everything in they call him back for an interview. Well, 28 students applied for it and they can only take 8, 4 boys and 4 girls. Dan goes in for the interview and he nails it. They picked Dan to go to Boston for a week to meet with some of the top PR firms in the country. I'm so proud and excited for him. He is an amazing man and he works so hard, he deserves this. He gets to go in March so we'll let you know all about it when he gets back.

Thanks everyone for reading, we don't have the most exciting life, but it's is our life and we wouldn't change anything about it.

Family Vaca = Lots of Fun

2010-10-25T17:21:00.000-07:00

So it had been awhile since Dan and I took the boys on a family vacation, so after Kaden got his appendicitis we decided that it is time stop dinking around and plan a family vacation. So we decided to go to our favorite place and that would be San Diego. We stayed with our really good friends in Temecula and had a lot of fun with them.

We started our trip in Disneyland, which was awesome. Kaden can't stop talking about it and we can't wait to take them back someday.

So one of the first rides we went on was Splash Mountain. I'm really sad we didn't buy the picture, I wasn't feeling like spending $15.00 on it so this is a picture of the picture. I think that Kaden's face is priceless in it.

Another one of the highlights was all the characters that the boys got to meet. Kaden was so excited to meet pooh, he was a little star struck at first. As you can see Lincoln is loving Pooh.

Here's Lincoln having fun in Toon Town...

...and Kaden thinking he's strong enough to lift that, it was so cute watching him try.

We got to meet Dan's favorite character Goofy.

Kaden was so excited to meet Mickey Mouse, but the character he really wanted to meet was Donald Duck, so right after he saw Mickey he asks him "Mickey, where is Donald Duck." Poor Kaden didn't get an answer and we had to leave Disneyland without meeting Donald Duck.

Here's Kaden in his Mickey ears.

The next day was actually a special day, it was my little man Lincolns 2nd Birthday. We were so fortunate to spend the day with Aunt Kelley and Uncle Josh where they showed us a great time in San Diego. We did a lot of fun things that day, but the highlight would be Birch Aquarium.

Kaden and Lincoln had so much fun and were so intrigued with everything. Lincoln is actually trying to give the fish a kiss, it's really cute.

Outside they had an area where people can go and touch any of the sea life they wanted, it was mostly starfish, sea cucumber, and a lot of plant life. But here's Lincoln without a thought touching a starfish. It was really cute, but I was kind of grossed out because I knew there was no way I was going to be touching any of that. I'm a big wuss.

This is outside the aquarium.

Later that night we headed over to Kelley and Josh's where we enjoyed cake and ice cream for Lincoln's birthday. He thoroughly enjoyed it as you can tell.

Here's Linc is his Mickey Hat.

I can't believe my baby is two, it's amazing how time flies. But we had a blast in San Diego and we always look forward to when we get to go back.

Red Neck Baby

2010-09-22T07:53:00.000-07:00

My poor little guy was walking down the patio stairs at my parents house and fell and landed face down on the concrete. We picked him up and there was blood everywhere. Kind of scary, but it stopped like 2 min later, and then we noticed that his tooth was missing. My Linc man lost his first tooth. Not really a good thing considering he's only 2 and he probably won't get his adult tooth until he's like 5 or 6. The dentist said that there's nothing to worry about and that he'll be fine, just toothless. We're not worrying at all, just getting a good laugh out of our cute, toothless, little man. I love this kid.

There is No Place Like Home

2010-08-31T20:14:00.000-07:00

So good news, we are home!!! We actually have been home for a few days now and it has been wonderful. We all are just happier being at home together as a family. Even the dogs seem happier.

So the past few days have been going really well. Kaden doesn't seem to be in much pain. He still has some, but he's handling it well by keeping his mind off of it. He's been playing a lot of video games, but only while he gets better :) He's been sleeping awesome, I guess he really does love being in his own bed. It is amazing to me to see the difference in Kaden between sitting in a hospital room all day, and being at home, he loves it here. We had one little scare when we got home. When we were in the hospital he had a big bandage over his incision that was really sticky and hard to take off. So the day we left we took it off with some stuff and all was well. Well he had steristrips over his incision holding it together, they told us to leave them on and they should come off in about 5 days. Well we get home, we put Kaden in front of a movie, and about 15 min later he comes into Dan and says "Dad, will you help me" and then he hands Dan one of the steristrips. He had ripped all of the steristrips off of his incision. We couldn't believe that he did that. So it was a trip to Walgreen's for some more steristrip bandages and some good tape and gauze pads to go over it. He hasn't touched them since, and the incision looks like it's doing good.

One thing that I have noticed since we've been home is that when Kaden is tired, he's not fighting it as bad as he use to, which occasionally leads him to falling asleep in funny and uncomfortable places. It was really funny, I took this picture of Kaden on my phone and I sent it to my mom saying "Kaden is falling asleep in random places". She text me back and asked "is that OK." I quickly responded "I put him in his bed right after I took the picture." She quickly called me saying "I don't want you to think that I think you're a bad mother for leaving him there, that's not what I meant." We both laughed and she was only wondering if maybe him falling asleep in random places a lot if that means he has narcolepsy. But not to worry, he's only fallen asleep a couple times in random places and there is no worries of narcolepsy.

Now this little guy has been amazing. I can't imagine how he felt being passed around everywhere, and Mom and Dad always leaving him and never really knowing why. He was getting very clingy to us at the end when he would see us. But this kid is amazing. He is as happy as ever and the biggest character. Him and Kaden are pretty much back to being brothers, and I love it.

What an amazing and emotional experience. It has been very humbling in every way. I will never take a healthy child for granted again. I mean seeing Kaden sick was really hard, but seeing other kids that were worse off then Kaden was even more humbling. I am so grateful for my happy healthy boys, and Kaden's full recovery. Thanks you so much again everyone for your thoughts and prayers, we felt every single one of them. Now it's back to normal life, wish me luck.

The Last Few Days

2010-08-27T21:27:00.000-07:00

This whole experience with Kaden in the hospital has been one of the most humbling things I have ever been through. Having to rely on so many other people to help has been difficult for me and having to put all my faith in the Lord that my son will get through this OK has also been a trial. But I know I've been humbled this way because these are my weakness's that I so badly needed to work on. I do know that the Lord has all this in his hands, and that he does work in mysterious ways, but I couldn't be more greatful for all the blessings I've been receiving through all of this.

Kaden has been doing so good, They've been making him do a lot of walking, which he has absolutely hated, but he is amazing and always finishes. They started him on clear liquids yesterday and he didn't handle it to well and pretty much threw up everything that he put in his stomach. But the Doctors and nurses weren't to concerned and moved him to whatever he can eat today. He didn't eat a whole lot, but also didn't throw up, which is great news. The doctor did tells us that we may possibly be able to leave tomorrow, we'll see.

The Children's Miracle Network came to the hospital today and put on a little carnival for the kids. Kaden would only do two things, Golf, and the Fish Pond. He did each one at lease 10 times, but they didn't care and they gave him a prize every time, he loved it. They also had a special guest show up...Swoop came to visit the kids.

Funny story...a couple days ago Dan said "what if Swoop came to visit in the hospital, we can't let Kaden see him." Dan is a die hard BYU fan. I told him "if swoop comes then Kaden can see him, If Cosmo was there then he could see him." Cosmo didn't show, and Swoop was there, and as you can see Kaden loved him and thought he was a lot of fun. By the way, Dan really was just messing around about Kaden meeting Swoop, he really didn't care.

Kaden has been amazing and he is almost completely recovered. We're not there yet, but we're close. Thank you so much everyone for your thoughts and prayers.

My Unhappy Guy

2010-08-24T06:58:00.000-07:00

I'm not usually someone who sits and talks about our trials and looks for sympathy, I've always been a very independent person and always thought that I could and should do it all on my own. Well this experience with Kaden has been an interesting one for sure, having to ask for a lot of help with Lincoln , and then having to ask for other peoples thoughts and prayers has also been something that I've really never had to do. I've learned that people are willing to help in any way possible and I will always be thankful for those people in my life who do show true compassion and do teach me what it's like. I really want to document this experience and right now this is the best way I know how.

I have never felt more helpless in my life watching my sweet little boy vomiting everything that went into his belly and watching him roll over in pain because his belly hurt so bad. It started Friday night when he started complaining about his belly hurting, we didn't think much about it because he'll complain all the time about his belly hurting and 10 min later he's back to his normal self. He threw up once that night and then he was fine. My thought was he was getting the flu. Saturday comes around and he's doing more complaining of his belly hurting, not as bad because he's doing a little playing, but he's also throwing up a little too. He didn't have a fever so I didn't know what was going on, if it was the flu, or just him getting something bad out of his system, but at that point we knew we were going to take him to the doctors Monday morning. Sunday comes around and he's not acting good at all. He's doing a lot of vomiting and still complaining. Sunday night a fever starts and he can not hold anything down. His eyes start to get dark circles around them and he can barley walk because he's in so much pain. At this point we're ready to take him to the ER but he is not wanting anything to do with anything that means going to see a doctor. So we thought maybe we'll just try and wait till morning to take him to his pediatrician. 3:30 in the morning it's done, he is hurting so bad Dan puts a jacket on him and takes him to the AF ER.

I stayed at home with Lincoln and obviously I couldn't sleep at all, so I'm sitting there waiting for updates from Dan and how he's doing. I'm calm just patiently waiting. I get the first text from Dan that says "Blood work and a CT scan so far", they started an IV on him because he was so dehydrated and also to give him some morphine and something for his nausea. And then we just wait. later I get a text that says "he was a champ when they set the IV up. Dr is very worried that it's appendicitis." I start to get a little worried because in the back of mind I kept thinking that that could be what it is. Then about 45 min later I get another text that says "it's not looking good...you might want to start trying to get one of your sisters over to the house, so you can be here." I immediately called my mom and started to cry. Her and my sister came over just in time for my father in-law to pick me up and take me over to the ER. By that time I had found out that Kaden's appendix had ruptured and all I could think about was the worst. I get to the ER just before they load him up and he did not look good. He had lost all color in his face, his eyes were black and had sunk in. It was a picture that no mother would ever want to see of their child. I got there right as they were loading him in the back of an ambulance to take him to Primary Children Hospital. I was able to ride with him. He was so tired and all he wanted to do was sleep, but the ambulance ride was so bouncy, he didn't get much sleep in there.

We arrived at the hospital and he's put into a room where we just wait to find out what's going on. The first thing they do is just make sure he's comfortable, try and lower his fever, and that he has enough morphine so he doesn't feel any pain. Kaden was so good. Then a nurse comes in and lets us know what is going on and that Kaden would be in the hospital for at lease 4 days, she was amazing, she told us everything we needed to know about appendicitis and the surgery. Later the surgeon came in and told us what he's going to do and about 45 min later Kaden was in surgery. They told us that the surgery was going to be about an hour. About an hour and a half later the surgeon comes in to tell us that everything went well. He said that they spent most of the time just cleaning out his abdomen because it got so contaminated when his appendix ruptured, also that Kaden will more than likely be in the hospital for 7 days. My first thought was "how am I going to entertain a 4 year old in the hospital for 7 days." Well, Kaden has been amazing. He slept until about 6:00 that evening and has been playing on the computer, watching lots of movies, and falling in and out of sleep.

He's still having a hard time, he can not eat or drink anything at all until his bowels start moving. The only thing in this world that he wants right now is a drink of water. It really does break my heart seeing him so uncomfortable, and so confused at what's going on, and not being able to be his normal, spirited self, but he is doing good. His vitals have been great and he really has been a champ. Our family and friends have been so amazing through this in helping us, thank you so much. We would appreciate all the thoughts and prayers Kaden's way. He is such a wonderful little guy and I am so grateful that we caught it when we did and that he is going to make a full recovery. Thank you for all the prayers our way. Today so far he isn't having much to do with what the nurses are asking of him, he just wants to be left alone, but other than that he's been amazing. I'll keep everyone posted on Kaden, and thanks again to everyone.

Finally...An Update With Lots of Pictures

2010-08-10T09:20:00.001-07:00

So June and July ended up being very busy months for us, we did a lot and there is a lot to talk about. So here we go...

Aunt Kelley and Uncle Josh came from San Diego to visit for a couple weeks. The boys had so much fun playing with their long lost aunt and uncle who never come to visit, ha ha, just kidding Kelley and Josh, just trying to get you guys out here more often :)

June began with a much needed vacation for Dan and I. We were able to go to Vegas and celebrate our really good friend, Jill's, 30th birthday. No pictures of the celebration, I forgot to break out my camera, but it was still a lot of fun.

While we were down in Vegas we got to meet one of Dan's favorite fighters (Wanderlei Silva). Such a nice guy.

Proof that I was there too, and Dan took the picture.

Outside Wanderlei's gym.

The weekend after we get back from Vegas, Dan ran a half marathon. He did so good, and it was his first one. But these runners that were all there were amazing, just a little side note, two minutes after Dan crossed the finish line, the first full marathoner crossed the finish line, Pretty crazy huh, and Dan finished in the top 50% for half marathon, so those full marathoners are crazy.

Here's Lincoln waiting for Dad at the finish line.

This is Dan's group of friends from work who all ran this together, from left to right it's Dan, Jason, Ben, and Jenn. All of them did so good.

Next was Kaden's birthday. I can not believe that my oldest is 4. But we had a really fun filled day, we started by going to the pool, which is Kaden's all time favorite thing in the world to do. Then we went out to lunch at Kaden's favorite restaurant, McDonalds.

Then we had a party with cake, ice cream, and lots of presents at the park. It was a fun day.

Just a cute one of my big man.

Kaden also started swim lessons and has pretty much been doing it all summer long, and he loves it.

They get 5 minutes of play time at the end of every class, Kaden will go down the slide at lease 10 times every class.

and last but not least, we had my brother Spencer's wedding. The day was nuts, I didn't get any pictures of the bride and groom, but here are some cute ones of my boys, they pretty much had just had it at this point and was so ready to go home, but I made the vests for the boys, so I made them sit for some pics to show them off :)

I don't think they even knew there was a wedding going on, these animals were there favorite part of the whole day.

See, ready to go.

Congratulations Spencer and Natalie, we are so happy for you two.

and that pretty much sums up June and July, so much more I could have blogged about, but those were the high lights.

He is 4

2010-06-26T07:58:00.000-07:00

It's hard to believe that four years ago this sweet boy came into our family and changed our lives forever. What a joy he has been and we just love him so much, we're so grateful that he chose to spend his life on earth with us. Kaden is the sweetest boy, he'll do anything for anyone, he always says please and thank you, and he is very protective over his little brother. We love you so much Kaden, Happy 4th Birthday.

Yeah...We're Still Here

2010-05-10T20:44:00.000-07:00

So...my little man is no longer one, he is now 18 months old, that is how long it's been since I've been on. You would think that I would have a plethora of pictures, but for how long it's been, there are just way to many, so I'll just do a quick little update and hopefully I'll do better at this.

Kaden is in preschool right now and is loving it. He is doing amazing and progressing so much. He loves playing video games (and is amazing for a 3 year old), watching baseball and basketball,wrestling with his dad, and playing with his little brother. It's so fun watching him grow.

Lincoln just started nursery last month and it has been amazing, it's weird being able to listen in sunday school, I'm actually learning from the lessons :). But he is the most active 1 year old. This kid doesn't walk, he runs, and he is into everything. I know it's the age, but wow, it's amazing how quick he can mess a room up, all by himself. But he is such a joy.

So I'm still working at Home Depot, I'm going on 7 years, crazy huh. I now work early mornings from 4-8. That is why I haven't done a whole lot of blogging, when I have a second to relax, I use it to sleep, not blog. But I am working on it. But other than that I get to be at home with my boys and I love it, that's what makes getting up at 3:30 every morning worth it.

Dan just finished another semester of school, we can not wait until he is done. Only one more year, and I am counting down the days (months for now), but it is really close. He is still at Best Buy and he is really liking it. They treat him very good there, they work very well with his school schedule. He does have the summer off and the boys and I are so excited to get to spend more time with him.

For now that's about all that's going on in our life. It's very simple, but crazy. We are enjoying our life and spending every chance we can together. Kaden and Lincoln are the best little boys and we wouldn't trade them for anything.

My Little Man is 1

2009-10-20T11:20:00.000-07:00

I can not believe that it was only a year ago that Lincoln was born. It's amazing how time flies, but he's been so much fun and there is no one better that I would want to be in our family, he is the perfect addition. He is such a sweet boy and we just adore this little guy.

It's always so fun to look back and see how much he has grown.

Just a fun little boy.

So for Lincoln's birthday we took him and Kaden to the scarecrow festival at Thanksgiving point.

Linc had a lot of fun.

After the festival we had a small party for him and had cake and ice cream. Lincoln loved the balloons more than anything.

Who has a 1st birthday without their own birthday cake.

He didn't take long to get into his cake and tear it apart. He wanted to share, but no one really wanted it :)

The end result.

Lincoln enjoyed his new toy and here is Kaden showing him how to play with them. Side note, isn't Kaden's outfit funny. Grandma Wahlin bought that cute little muscle man costume for him, and he's worn it for three days strait now.

I still can't believe my little man is 1. He is such a joy and we love him so much.

This Is Us

2009-10-11T19:28:00.000-07:00

Because it's been so long since I've done a post, you will notice that there are a lot of pictures. Pictures are my favorite thing and I do take a lot of them, hence, I like to share them too. This past month has been a really crazy one and a lot has happened. This here was one of the last things we did in the summer. Up in Highland at the library they have fountains and a little river that they let the kids play in, the boys LOVED it. I wished we discovered it earlier because it's free and I think the boys loved it just as much if not more than the pool. Kaden showing us his sweet and innocent side.
and Lincoln off doing his own thing.

This place really is a lot of fun.

Going to the park and getting on the swings is one of Kaden's all time favorite thing. He could swing for hours. We literally have to peal him off the swings when it's time to leave.

My little Linc man just getting into any tight small space he could possibly get into.

So my wonderful husband let me take a weekend and head off to Vegas with my friends. Here we are at the Belagio in their garden room. It was all set up for fall and it was awesome. While we were there we also got to go and see the show KA. It was absolutely incredible. If anyone ever gets the opportunity to see it, it is worth every penny. But I had so much fun with these wonderful ladies. It was so good to get out with them and enjoy a girls weekend.

So the other night we took the boys to Hee Haws in Pleasant Grove. So much fun. We did the hayride, the corn maze, we fed the animals and Kaden loved going down the slide. It was a lot of fun. A great family activity.

Here's Lincoln and I in the corn maze. Kaden loved it.

So the biggest thing to happen recently is that Kaden started Pre-school. It took him a couple of days, but he loves it. Here he is on his first day. The other cool thing is he gets to take the bus to school. The bus comes and picks him up and drops him off right in front of our home. Everyone was so excited to see him get off the bus his first day, he had an audience.

He's doing awesome and we're having so much fun watching him progress. He's such a joy and to watch him grow up is just so much fun.

Well, that's been our life so far. It's crazy, but not very interesting. We try and spruce it up, but until school is done for Dan, this is what our life is like, just like that saying "it's a crazy life, but it's our life."

Website Fun

2009-08-28T09:04:00.000-07:00

What did parents do before the Internet? I am able to turn on the computer and put some web sites up for Kaden and he is entertained for hours. I love it, I can get stuff done. Thank you to my mother in-law who discovered a couple of these sites for me, Kaden loves them. The few that I have and the ones that Kaden loves are:

www.nickjr.com

www.pbskids.org

www.sesamestreet.org

www.disney.go.com

www.fisherprice.com

Even though these sites will entertain him for awhile does anyone know of any other ones that are good, wholesome, learning websites that kids love. I am amazed at how much he has learned from these websites, it's so fun watching him learn to count, and learn his ABC's just from getting on these simple but fun sites. If any of you haven't tried these sites for your kids yet, you should, they will love them.

Football Star

2009-08-21T13:50:00.000-07:00

Here is our hope for early retirement. Ha Ha, just kidding, but they will make cute football players someday.

Props...

2009-08-09T08:31:00.001-07:00

I did something yesterday that I never thought I would do. Last year I did a post around this time saying props to my Husband for Hiking to the top of Timpanogos Mountain. Well, this year I'm saying props to me for hiking to the top of Timpanogos Mountain. It was one of the most hardest things I have ever done, but the long journey was well worth it, especially when you get to see a view like this one, it was incredible.

The scenery on the way up was amazing, this is one of the many waterfalls we got to see.

Doesn't this remind you of something you'd see in a rain forest.

So the way up was by far one of the hardest things I have ever done, just a little glimpse at what it's like right before you get to the top. Jessie wasn't very happy at this point, to many people.

But we finally made it and here we are, standing very proud at the top of Timpanogos Mountain.

Here's Dan and his Dad enjoying the view.

Dan and his little sister Jessie.

And here are the girls, Dan's Mom (Debbie), Jessie, and me.

Here's the whole group. So this is what it looked like right when we got to the top of the mountain...

...and this is what it looked like when we left the top. It was one of the coolest things watching those clouds come in, not to mention it probably went from 45 degrees before the clouds, down to 35 degrees when the clouds came in, it was so cold. Not to mention, we picked a day to hike that was a record breaking low for that time of year, so really what were we thinking?

This is our epic picture.

We had some fun on the way down, just enjoying the beautiful scenery, which was incredible.

Passing the snow fields was a lot of fun :)

So we finally made it down the mountain, and this is supposed to be our tired and exhausted picture, but for some reason everything was making me laugh so I was smiling, maybe I was just so happy to be off the mountain and driving home to take a shower. The trip was awesome and well worth it, but at this point it is my last trip up that mountain.

2 Months Worth

2009-07-30T12:59:00.000-07:00

Just a warning, this is a long post with a lot of pictures.

These past couple of months have been absolutely crazy for our family, Along with work and the many other things that are going on in our lives right now, we've also had a birthday, a missionary leave, and a wedding in San Diego.
Last month I did have Lincolns 9 month check up and he is a oddly proportioned kid according to the charts, he weighs 20lbs 10 oz (50%) 29 3/4in long ( 90%) and his head, I don't remember,but it's 97%+. So my child is skinny, long, with a really big head :)

And he is crawling all over the place, it's hard to keep up with him.Random, but Kaden tripped on something the other day and hit his head on the corner of the wall, and this was his memento of the occasion.

So we celebrated Kaden's 3rd birthday. I can't believe that he is already 3, time goes by way to fast, and he got into his cake before I got a chance to get a picture.

And he got spoiled rotten for his birthday. But it was a good day filled with a lot of fun and a lot of family.

A couple of weeks ago we said good bye to Elder Wahlin who will be serving in the Sao Palo Brazil Mission. It was a bitter sweet moment. We're so happy for Nick who is going to be an amazing missionary, but Kaden has lost his best bud for the next two years.

Kaden was trying to help Nick through security with his bag :)

So two days later we left for Sunny California. Here is Kaden and most of the crew that we traveled with.

Lincoln with Great Grandma Groesbeck, who is his favorite person in this whole world.

So this is the whole reason we came to San Diego, Kelley and Josh's wedding (Josh was out and about, staying as far away from the dance floor as possible :))

The funnest part of the wedding was dressing the boys up.

Lincoln and all the girls, He is such a ladies man.

The next day was Sea World.

I love this place...

...and the boys had a blast.

But this was the end result after a long day in the hot sun.

But we did a lot of swimming and loved every minute of it.

The beach was probably the highlight of the trip for the boys. All Lincoln needed was some sand and he was good to go for the rest of the trip.

And I think he ate most of the sand at the beach :)

Kaden finally warmed up to the ocean and did not want to get out, it was so much fun.

Linc got a hold of an Oreo, and he was as happy as can be chowing down on it.

Just a funny one of Kaden at the park.

(Kaden and Garrett riding back in the shuttle from the airport)

But as the saying goes, "All good things must come to an end." San Diego is always so much fun, but it so good to be home.

Todays Trials

2009-06-07T22:42:00.000-07:00

These past couple of months have been absolutely the most crazy and stressful couple of months I have ever been through. It all started with trying to buy a home that we're still not in and we're not sure we're going to get in, but we're still working as hard as we possibly can trying to get in our own home. The house is just a part of everything that is going on in the Wahlin home, but it has been our biggest stress and with a lot of tears, support, and prayers, we're getting through it.

Going through all this has definitely humbled me and brought me down to my knees more than once, but if there is one thing that I've learned through all of this, whether it be what I want or not is, everything works out. Even though I want to be in our own home SO BAD, I do know that if it doesn't work out, then there is something else out there for us.

So with that in mind I don't have a whole lot of pictures to show the craziness that has been going on, Just some really cute ones of my growing boys. Sorry about all the pictures, I just love pictures and wanted to show you all how big and how cute my boys are. Lincoln and his big brown eyes, I love them so much.

One of those cute moments I just had to get a picture of, Kaden usually doesn't hold still long enough for a picture like this, but this day he was being sweet and let me capture this moment.

Lincoln already wants to drive, AHH,
UMM....Yeah.

Kaden was trying to do an underdog on Lincoln, It was so cute.

Linc Loved the swing, He even fell asleep in it for a little while.

Just thought this one was cute.

Lincoln and Mayson swinging together, so cute.

Alright, so this video, Lincoln has this thing that with any kind of emotion that he is showing he moves his feet around in circles. I've been trying for ever to get a good video of him doing it, but this is so far the best one I could get. He must be camera shy. But at the end it shows it pretty good.

Another Update...

2009-04-10T08:44:00.000-07:00

So there hasn't been a whole lot that has gone on this month, a few things, but not a lot. Lets see, Dan and I celebrated out 5 year anniversary. Sorry, no pics. We went to Tempanyaki, loved it, than went and saw Monsters vs Aliens. If you haven't seen the movie, go see it, we loved it. Nothing real huge, but it was still amazing to get out with Dan and not have to worry about the boys.

So nothings for sure, but we're planning on moving the end of the month. We gave our notice to our landlord, but until everything is signed and good to go, I'll keep worrying that it's not going to happen. But our plan is to be in our own place the first week of May, I'll keep you posted on that. By the way, our neighbors will not even look at us, if we're outside and they pull up in their car, they won't even get out until we are inside. They still pound on the ceiling, but oh well, we're not holding Kaden back.

My cute, mischievous son. The look says it all.

We took Kaden bowling the other day and he loved it, but only he could bowl, he did not want to share. That's something that we'll have to work on :)

So Best Buy was able to get Matt Hughs and Jeremy Horn to come to Dan's store and sign autographs all day. Dan got to be the lucky one and pretty much be their servant for the day. He Loved It. He said Matt Hughs is such an awesome guy and that every inch of his body is muscle. I guess it has to be that way when you're a fighter.

When I got my camera out to take this picture both the boys were sitting there reading the book with grandpa, but I think the camera distracted both of them.
Don't you love how into the game Dan looks. The funny thing is, he was really good at it. He said that he would play it all day when he worked at the movie theater back in his high school days. Kaden loved pretending he was playing, All he did was sit there and pull the trigger.

I want you all to try and do this. It is Lincolns favorite pose, he is always able to find his big toe and suck on it.

Than after that he was able to find his sock and chew on that for a little bit. That kid cracks me up.

Kaden has such a personality it makes me laugh, the things he does and the things he says, I really wonder how he comes up with half of it. He's crazy but such a joy to have around.

And my happy smiley Lincoln. The Best Baby Ever.

Here's some footage of Kaden bowling. He has Dan's ball and trying really hard to use it. I'm like the worst parent just sitting back and watching him struggle, but I couldn't help but to laugh at Mr. Independent.

Recent Happenings...

2009-03-08T09:09:00.000-07:00

So, I know in almost every single one of my posts I always write about how "Spirited" Kaden is, in my Mom's persogenics class she has learned that Kaden is a very expressive child. We live in a 4 plex right now and our neighbors right underneath us moved in about 5 months ago. Well, the first week they were here they came up and knocked on the door and asked if we'd keep Kaden quiet. My first thought was "Yeah right", but we tried really hard. First off he's not really loud, once in awhile he likes to "hop" around, and when he does walk it's not a little feather like walk, but really that's the worst. So in the mean time they've come up 2 other times, they've banged on the ceiling, and it wasn't just a couple bangs, it was running all around the apartment banging on their ceiling just being very immature. During this time we are truly trying to keep Kaden quiet. Side note, this guy knew us before they moved in, he worked with Dan at Best Buy, so he knew that we had a 2 year old. So last Monday night I was pulling in from work, it was about 10, and the cops were pulling out. I go up to our apartment and Dan said "did you see the cops", I said "Yes", and he said "yeah, they're here because the neighbors called them on us." My jaw dropped and I said "why?" Dan told me the story and they came because the neighbors told the cops that it sounded like we were having a party up here. All Kaden was doing was playing on the computer and every time he got stuck he came and got Dan to help, so he was getting on and off the chair. When Dan answered the door he was holding Lincoln and they told him why they were here than they saw Kaden come running out of the room and the cop laughed and said, "Good luck with that." They pretty much told Dan that they're sorry for coming, but they have to respond to all calls. Than they left just shaking their heads. Dan and I were both in shock that they would call the cops on a two year old, we couldn't believe it. Dan was pretty upset and was about ready to go down there and have a word with them, but he didn't want it to turn into a fight so he went running instead. I called my mom in disbelief and she couldn't believe it. She told me that I should now just let Kaden do what ever he wants to do now and to not try and keep him quiet. That made me laugh that my mom would say that. The good news is we're trying to move right now, so hopefully in the next couple of months we'll be out of here. But here is the story of our recent happenings, kind of crazy, isn't it.

My Boys

2009-02-28T07:40:00.000-08:00

We never have a whole lot that goes on in our lives, right now it just seems to be the same old stuff every day. But even though it is the same old stuff every day, I wouldn't trade any of it for anything. I feel like I have the best life, I have two of the cutest boys ever who make my life very fun and interesting, and the most loving husband anyone could ask for. But here are some of the things we did this month...
Well first, can you believe that I got Kaden to hold still and smile for a picture, that never happens.

I was snapping pictures of Linc one night because he was pulling some of the cutest faces. Then all of a sudden I got this one :) He's going to hate me some day for taking this picture, and yes, I will show his girlfriends this picture.

I will show them this one too. Lincoln is the most happy baby I have ever seen, nothing but smiles out of this kid. He makes any bad day good.

Oh yeah, we had his 4 month check up this month and he is a very healthy boy. He weighs 16lb and is 26 3/4 inches long which puts him in the 97% percentile. They grow way to fast.

Kaden has recently developed a love for stickers.

Whenever we take Kaden out to a sit down restaurant we always leave thinking, why did we do that. This is just a small look at how crazy he is.

Just a couple funny ones of Lincoln and Mayson.

Grandma and Grandpa Wahlin got the boys really cute PJ's for Valentines day and I tried really hard to get a good picture. This was the best I could do.

A couple of weeks ago Dan had a work party and they played a very interesting game to win a TV. They got those Little Debbie cookie cream pies and gave each person two and then put whip cream in between the two and had them put them together. The person who could eat it the fastest won. Sadly, Dan did not win, but it was pretty funny watching him eat it.

So a funny story. At the work party Kaden was his normal crazy self. For those of you who don't know how that is, it usually means he is running around non stop, running into people head first and trying to football tackle them. He is crazy. Well the next day one of Dan's co-workers came up to him and said your little boy is a tank, He bruised my leg by head butting me. I felt so bad, But Kaden is known as the tank at Dan's store.

This is one of the moments I would love to freeze. It doesn't happen very often and when it does...I'm laying down right next to them, out cold.

Puppy Anyone...

2009-01-29T14:45:00.001-08:00

So Dan was on his way to work this morning and when he went outside this cute little puppy was in front of our complex wandering around. He didn't have a collar or tags. We brought him inside and gave him some dog food and water and he ate a lot. We're not sure what kind of dog he is, possibly a pit bull puppy. He is so cute. I wanted to post some pictures of this cute little thing to see is anyone possibly knows where he belongs or if that fails, if anyone wants an adorable cute new puppy or know anyone who wants one. If we don't find his owner or anyone who wants one we'll probably have to take him to an animal shelter. We have no room or no yard here or else we might consider keeping him.

Here's The Latest...

2009-01-24T15:21:00.001-08:00

So I know I have not been doing very well at blogging, I am trying to do better. But here is the latest... We got Lincoln and Mayson together and even though they are only 2 and half months apart, the size difference amazes me. I didn't realize that my little man grew so fast. Mayson is not a small baby, but Lincoln makes him look tiny. Aren't they so cute.

You can tell that they are going to be best buds.

I love this picture, it shows what a little cheeser Lincoln is.

He loved wearing daddy's hat. Before I got this picture he was smiling and cooing at dad, it was cute.

For those of you who don't know, Grandpa used to be the assistant principal at Provo High, so Grandpa loves going to Provo High basketball games. He talks me into going to a few of them with him. He loves it when the boys come, he's such a cute old man.

Here's Lincoln getting some belly time. He hates it as you can see.

Last Sunday we got the chance to bless Lincoln. We were fortunate to be able to do it away from the church and have it at Dan's parents house where we were able to make it a quite, intimate occasion. I was so excited that we were able to use Kaden's blessing out fit on Lincoln. That is why it is a little big, but I still think he looks really cute.

Not the greatest family picture, but at lease we got one!

So Grandma Wahlin Has taught Kaden how to Dance, so here is a little preview of my little dancer.

Happy Holidays!!!

2009-01-01T14:29:00.000-08:00

First thing I have to say is GO CHARGERS!!! Yes, we are very happy that they made it into the playoffs. I was being very doughtful, but YES, it happened. So now on to the Holidays. We had a great Holiday season this year, We got to see lots of family and we had a lot of fun. This year for Christmas I got a new camera and I love it, but since it was a Christmas present I didn't start using it until later. Well, i lost my old camera which had a lot of our Christmas pictures on it. They're really cute so as soon as I find my camera I will post more pictures.
I love this picture of Lincoln, he's showing his holiday spirit. He really did do good all day, he's such a good baby.

This is one of Kaden's Christmas presents from my Mom and Dad. He loves it and plays in it all the time.

Just a cute one of Linc that I wanted to post.

A little out of order but here's Kaden opening the gift that my parents gave him, really, he loves this thing.

The Holidays were awesome and it is by far my favorite time of year. I am happy for it to be over and to start another new year with many more fun adventures. We love you all and thanks for reading.

I'm an Aunt

2008-12-29T21:22:00.000-08:00

After 20+ hours of labor, Mason J(Justin) Curtis is here. He's 9lbs 1oz, 20 inches long and Kellie and Justin are very proud of their little boy. They're both doing well, just very exhausted.

Our Sleepless Nights

2008-12-12T13:18:00.000-08:00

Alright, I am in desperate need for some advise. For any of you who know Kaden knows that he is a very spirited child. He is constantly moving and is always finding something to get into. I don't mind him being spirited, he is so dang cute and I love watching him, my problem is because he is so spirited and doesn't want to miss a thing, I have problems getting him to sleep. I think I have tried just about everything, and don't think I'm a horrible parent, but I've even given him dimatap or triaminic just to try and get him to sleep. Nothing works. When Kaden gets sleepy, he gets a little bit more... spirited, and it makes it a lot harder to get him down. Our routine usually is put him in the bath, either read to him (which sometimes makes him a little more rambunctious) or let him watch about 20-30 min of a movie while he calms down, then we go lay in his bed with him. Now here's the thing, laying in bed with him would be a bad thing, but if we don't then he gets out of bed and plays with his toys or looks out the window or just finds something to do to keep him awake. It doesn't matter what time we lay down in bed with him, it will take him anywhere from 1-2 hours before he'll fall asleep, unless it's anytime after 11pm. One time we put him in his room and left him there while we went to bed just to see if he'd fall asleep on his own. I think it was one in the morning when I went in there to check on him and he was up playing with his toys with the light on. He does the same thing with naps, I have to lay there by him for an hour and a half while I try to get him down. This kid hates to sleep.

Getting Kaden to sleep isn't the only problem, the other problem is getting him to stay asleep. It doesn't matter what we have done that day, whether he had a full day of playing or just sat around and did nothing all day, he will not sleep through the night. He doesn't wake up crying, which is nice, he gets up very quietly and sneaks into to bed with Dan and I. We don't even notice him till like 4 in the morning when we're too tired to do anything about it. I think he's slept in his own bed, all night long, once since Lincoln was born.

I was looking on the Internet to see if I could find anything and the only stuff I could find is you need to reason with your child, bribe them. There are all the success stories on how these parents were able to bribe their 2 year old with candy if they would stay in their own bed all night. There is no reasoning with Kaden, maybe in a year, but I don't know how much longer I can keep this up. Taking 3 hours out of my day just to try and get my child to sleep is starting to get very waring on me.

So sorry to go on and on, but I am out of ideas. If anyone has any advise or know of anything that I can do with Kaden, because he needs the sleep just as bad as Dan and I do, please let me know. Thanks for reading.

Tag Again! The 3's of Me!

2008-12-04T19:44:00.000-08:00

3 Joys:
-My Husband and my 2 handsome little boys
-Being with my family
-A night out just me and my husband

3 Fears:
-Losing Dan or one of my boys
-Haunted Houses
-Scary Movies

3 Goals:
-Raise my boys to be as good of men as their Dad
-Be a good wife and mother like my Mom
-Finish school and get my degree.

3 Current Obsessions:
-Biggest Loser (I love this show)
-Pillsbury Sugar cookies, the holiday ones. Right now it's the reindeer ones.
-Carmel steamers from Starbucks

3 Surprising Facts:
-I have never been toilet papering
-I enjoy math, sometimes I think about majoring in it.
-I hate The Home Depot, but yet, I've been there for 5 years.

Kangaroo Gym

2008-11-25T10:01:00.000-08:00

The other day for family night we decided to take Kaden to the Kangaroo Gym. We had never been there before but we had heard a lot about it and wanted to give it a try and see what it was all about. Well we get there and discover for ourselves that this place is awesome. This place is perfect for a two year old with endless energy. After two hours of play he was still wanting to keep going, it was Dan and I that were beat and ready to go.
So much to do at this place, just lots of things to climb which is Kaden's favorite thing to do.

See how red his face is, we should have taken off his sweater, but he wouldn't hold still long enough for us to do that.

Even Dan had a lot of fun. This place is awesome and if you want to take your child or just want to go, give us a call and we'll go with you.

This picture is just to show you how big Lincoln is getting. If my scale is correct he already weighs 15 lbs.

I'm not sure why but Kaden decided to stop running around and just start spinning. I thought it was kind of funny.

PICTURE TAG

2008-11-09T11:14:00.000-08:00

Picture Tag- find the 4th picture in your 4th folder, then tag 4 people

Alright, this picture was taken right after Kaden got his last set of shots at his 2 year check up (notice his bandaid on his leg). This also shows you how messy my house is with my 2 year old running around everywhere. He keeps me busy.

I tag Kellie, Ronda, Michelle, and Jacqueline

SWEETHEART TAG

2008-11-09T10:54:00.000-08:00

SWEETHEART TAG The rules are posted at the beginning.Each person answers questions about their sweethearts.At the end of the post, the person then tags 6 people and posts their names; then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know they have been tagged.

What is your husbands name? Daniel Greg Wahlin
How long have you guys been married? 4 1/2 years!
How long did you date? We dated 4 months before we were engaged, then we were engaged for 4 months.
How old is he? 27, it seems so old.
Who is taller? Dan, and I love it because I can wear whatever I want.
Who can sing best? Dan, by far. I have no singing voice whatsoever
Who is smarter? Dan is, He's great at memorization. Ask him to quote something from any movie and he can do it.
Who does laundry? Me, except when it's be awhile and Dan is out of clothes then he'll throw some stuff in.
Who pays the bills? Me! Dan makes the money, and I pay the bills.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Dan
Who mows the lawn? We have no lawn to mow, I love it. But if we did I'm sure Dan would do it.
Who cooks dinner? Me! All the time.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Dan, and I think he does it just so I'll shut up. He knows I'm stubborn and it might take awhile for me to give in.
Who kissed who first? Dan kissed me first.
Who wears the pants? I would say it's pretty equal except Dan might say otherwise.

I tag Kellie, Ann, Jacqueline, Melanie, Jen, and Shea

Halloween

2008-11-06T13:50:00.000-08:00

Halloween was a lot of fun this year, I love dressing my boys up. Kaden loved trick or treating this year, I don't think he completely understands the concept of it yet. He'd go up to a door and ring the door bell about 5 times and then wait for someone to come and open the door and then try and walk into the house. After awhile he did learn that as soon as you get the candy you do move on to the next house to get more. Lincoln and I had fun hanging out at the house while Kaden went out and got all the candy.

Little Big Man

2008-10-30T20:47:00.000-07:00

We took Lincoln to his 2 week check up today and I can not believe how fast this kid is growing. He weighs 10lbs 5oz and is 22 3/4" long. That puts him in the 97 percentile. When Kaden was 3 weeks old we weighed 10lbs even. Just like Grandpa said, this kid needs to be big to be able to with stand Kaden.

Adjusting to 2

2008-10-26T08:51:00.000-07:00

So this week has been a week of learning how to adjust to 2 kids. It's been interesting to watch Kaden adjust to a new baby brother. But it has been better than I thought it would be. He is in love with Lincoln and tries very hard to be a helpful big brother. Sometimes he tries a little to hard and over does it, but it's really cute. Most of the time Kaden will leave Lincoln alone.
Lincoln has been so fun, I forgot how fun new born's are. I also forgot how much work they are, but it's worth it. He doesn't do a whole lot, especially since he's only a week a half old, but he does have some great faces, and he's so fun to watch when he's bright eyed and looking at nothing.

But his favorite thing to do it sleep...

...and he does it a lot.

Kaden loves boots. Haven't figured out his fascination with them, but he found my boots the other day and it entertained him for a good half hour. I thought it was cute and wanted to share it.

Here's dad enjoying his new little man. Thought it was cute a picture.

Lincoln Is Here!!!

2008-10-19T11:17:00.000-07:00

Alright, this is where it begins. I didn't really want to put this picture on there because this is by far my least favorite picture of me. This picture was taken while we were on our way out to the hospital after dropping Kaden off at my parents. By the look on my face I'm probably trying really hard to smile during a very painful contraction. But Dan and I procrastinated and didn't take a good pregnant picture of me until the last minute, so this is the one that we have to deal with for the rest of our lives.
This one was taken just before Lincoln was born and by the look on my face here, you know I'm happy just chilling with an epidural. Those things are amazing and for all you women who do it completely natural, I have no idea how you do it, but good for you, I will never be one of those women.
When I was 37 weeks the doctor was doing his check up on me and estimated Lincoln to be around 7 pounds. He didn't think he was going to be that big. Even during labor right before he was born the doctor was still predicting the same thing, just over 7 lbs. Well he came out and much to our surprise, he was not 7 lbs, more closer to 9, 8lbs 11oz and 19 1/2 inches long. I think the doctor was a little embarrassed that he was so off.

We were very surprised when he came out with all that dark hair. It's so cute and we love it.

Here's the proud Dad...

...and I'm the proud Mom.

I love the feet, if you can tell, notice how long his toes are. His hands are the same way, big with very long fingers.

Dan calls this his disgruntled old man look

Kaden is such a good big brother. He's so in love with Lincoln. It's so cute. He's very protective of him.

Those are my boys

Kaden just wants to be around Lincoln all the time.

Dan took this one because he loved the football feet, that's supposed to be the main focus of this picture.

Well, this is our little guy. He is the perfect addition to our family and we couldn't be more in love with him. He's such a joy.

It's Been Awhile

2008-10-06T09:21:00.000-07:00

Sorry everyone for the lack of blogging. It's been a little crazy around here, but I'll give you an update the best I can. First of all about a month ago Dan got a new position in a new store. He now works at the Best Buy in Jordan Landing in West Jordan. He is the appliance supervisor and that is the only department that he is running!!! He loves being there, he said it's a different atmosphere, but it's a good change.

A couple of weeks ago he was able to go on a weekend trip to Colorado to watch the Denver Broncos play against the San Diego Chargers. Dan was the only Chargers fan in the group of about 7 people that went on the trip. He didn't care, he still talked a lot smack the whole way there. He wasn't talking as much smack on the way home after that very controversial lost by the Chargers. But he still had a blast.

The whole group decked them selves out. I was worried that Dan wouldn't make it out of the stadium alive looking like he did decked out in Charger gear at mile high stadium. But he did make it home safe and sound.

The other day Kaden found his snow boots and decided that he wanted them on. So I put them on and he loved walking around in them making loud stomping noises around the kitchen. Kind of funny, but you have to appease those 2 year old the best you can.

This is the Broncos outfit that Dan was ashamed to get Kaden but it was so cute he couldn't resist. Dan will not let Kaden wear that outfit on game days, only during the week. Thank you to Aunt Kelley who did get Kaden a Chargers Outfit that Dan will let Kaden wear any day, even to church :)

As for everything else, there's not a whole lot happening except I am really close to having a baby. Last Tuesday at my Dr appt I was 75% effaced and I was dilated to a 1. I'm not sure what that means for me since this will be my first natural birth. I want him to come soon, but I'm not quite ready, hopefully another week, even though my due date is still 2 weeks away. I will find out more tomorrow at my Dr appt.

I'm also done with work and I am VERY VERY happy about that. I love being at home with Kaden even though he's just as much work, if not more then what I was doing before.

Going Private

2008-09-26T18:13:00.001-07:00

Hi Friends and Family!!! I have decided that I need to put our blog to private. I think this is a good way to keep in touch with everyone so please leave me your e-mail address so I can send you an invite. If you don't want to post your e-mail just e-mail me at dcwahlin@gmail.com. Love you all.

Props to My Husband

2008-08-17T08:55:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago (sorry honey for not posting this sooner) Dan, his Mom, his Dad, and Sister all decided to hike to the top of Mount Timpanogos. Something that I have no desire to do, but I'm happy that Dan was able to accomplish one of his goals for the summer. They left at five in the morning and started their long hike up the mountain. Here's a scenic picture and one of his Mom, Dad, and Sister.

This picture is of his Mom laughing hysterically because she thought they were at the top of the mountain and they come around the bend and wait, there was still more to climb to get to the very top. They were all very exhausted and delirious at this point.

Well they made it to the top and here are some awesome pictures of the valley, then of his Mom climbing the steepest and scariest part of the whole hike, notice the smile on her face. Then there is the one of Emerald Lake that I think is pretty cool.

and after all that they made it to the top. Still all with smiles on their faces.

So now begins the decent down, here is Dan's Dad holding the mountain up, or maybe the mountain is holding him up.

OK, so this was Dan's favorite part of the whole hike, the mountain goats. It's the first thing he came home and told me all about. This is only one of about the 10 pictures he took of the mountain goats. Notice the baby goat, he loved it.

And here's more scenic pictures of the hike. It's so pretty and I think that some day I would love to do it, but right now I love that I have the excuse that I'm pregnant and I can't do a hike like that right now. Maybe next year. Now I'm worried that they'll hold me to it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

2008-07-26T09:00:00.000-07:00

Today is my Dad's 49th birthday. I don't know how happy he'll be that I announced that to everyone :) But I just wanted to tell him how much we love and appreciate him. He is such a great example to me and my family. Kaden just adores him and loves going over to see grandpa. We love you Dad and Happy Birthday.

Rodeo

2008-07-25T22:17:00.001-07:00

On Tuesday my family and I were able to go to the Days of 47 Rodeo up at the Energy Solutions Arena. We had a blast. I wanted to share some pictures from it, my favorite is this one of my Dad. He had to dress the part, he went and borrowed some tight pants. cowboy boots, cowboy hat, and a belt buckle. He didn't like the belt buckle to much, he said he needs to lose some weight before he wares one of those again.

Kaden had a lot of fun for the first little while. Notice his hand full of hot tamales. He held onto those for a good hour, hour and a half. Then he decided to throw them off the balcony.

The pretty horses are for my sister Shalin, who couldn't be at the rodeo with us and we miss very much. Only 1 more week and she comes home. YAY!!!!

He loves Grandma

This is my cute brother Spencer who has been home from his mission for 2 months and his cute girlfriend Morgan.

Update

2008-07-25T21:04:00.000-07:00

So I know it has been awhile since I've posted anything, So I thought I would give you an update of what has been going on. It won't be very long since not a lot of interesting things has happened.
A couple of weeks ago we were able to go our friends, Justin and Jacqueline's, cabin up in Strawberry. We had planned to do a lot of fishing and playing. We started by going to the store because all good trips start out with a lot of treats. Here's Addison and Kaden in the cart and yes, Kaden is holding and playing with the dolls and Addison is driving. They make a cute couple don't they.

We get up to the cabin and play around with the kids, go to sleep and go to start our adventure of fishing. It's so pretty up there.

Well fishing didn't last long due to a couple different things, all of them being my son. Right when we got to our fishing spot, the first thing Kaden did was get into the water. Not what was supposed to happen, the second thing being, the only way to entertain him was Kaden throwing rocks in the lake. One question, how do you catch fish when rocks are being thrown into the lake. It doesn't really happen. So our long day of fishing turned into about 20 minutes of fishing. Right after that we packed everything up and went home. We had a lot of fun, but it turned into a real quick trip thanks to our 2 year old.

One thing that Kaden loves more than anything is taking a bath, and to top baths off he loves it when I add bubbles. As you can see in the picture below he is enjoying himself a lot.

One thing that has been making me laugh really hard lately is Kaden and Diego's brotherly relationship. Kaden's favorite thing to do is to sneak up on Diego and put him in a head lock and take him to the ground. Diego is such a good dog to put up with it but he gives it right back. He loves stealing Kaden's food from his hand and Kaden will throw the biggest fit whenever he does that. I couldn't stop laughing the other day when Diego went into his kennel to get away from Kaden and he followed Diego in there. Kaden didn't do anything to him, he just sat there with him. I promise that I didn't put him in there, he did that all by himself. So as you can see, they are just like brothers, they beat up on each other, but then they also love each other.

This doesn't normally happen, usually trying to get Kaden to fall asleep is a fight, but I guess he was really tired because he fell asleep early, while eating, with no effort of my part. It was awesome.

Randomness

2008-07-06T20:00:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from our random week.
We knew Kaden loved pasta, but we just learned how much he loves spaghetti.

As you can see, he loves it very much.

He's also really good about getting his teeth brushed, I think he likes the taste of the toothpaste so that's why he lets us do it.

Just a random one of Boston and Diego. Just had to show everyone how big Diego is. Boston looks like a midget when he's standing next to Diego.

Kaden had his 2 year check up this week and he weighs 35 pounds and he's 37" tall which puts him in the 97% isle for his age. He also got his last shot until kindergarten. He did really well with it, but that is what that band aid on his leg is for. The dogs love to sit there and wait for Kaden to drop food on the ground. They are always waiting there sitting patiently. When Kaden is done Diego will climb into his high chair and completely clean everything up for me. That is one great thing about having dogs, not as much clean up.

Happy 2nd Birthday Kaden

2008-06-29T09:06:00.000-07:00

I think that Kaden knew that something was going on that day because he was a very good and happy boy all day long. We started the day by going to Cabelas were he loved running around and looking at all the animals and the Fish, yes, he loved the aquarium.

After Cabelas we took Kaden to the pool where I don't think he could have had more fun anywhere else. Same with all of us who took him.

Kaden thought he owned the slide because every time he got up there he would push his way through to the front of the line. He's very aggressive when he sees something that he wants.

Isn't the cake awesome, I made it myself. Just Kidding, but I did order it all by myself.

When we started singing Happy Birthday to him he started crying, I'm not sure if it's because he wanted to dig into his cake or we really scared him. I really don't know but he was very happy when we were all done.

We tried to get Kaden to blow out his candles, and when we all showed him how to blow, he thought he was doing it too when he started spitting. Oops, we gave Kaden that piece.

He still enjoyed it, no matter how wet it was.

He loved all the toys he got, the clothes not so much. He threw all the clothes on the ground looking for toys in the box, when he couldn't find any, he quickly moved on to the next gift.

He started the day a very happy boy and ended a very happy boy. It was a very good day and now we're looking forward to those terrible two's, even though they began when he turned one.

COCOA BUTTER

2008-06-13T15:51:00.000-07:00

This is What Happens when your 2 year old wakes up from his nap before you do.

Saturday Filled With Fun

2008-06-08T21:31:00.000-07:00

This Saturday we got to go to the Wild Outdoors Festival at Thanksgiving point. Dan's work had a tent set up so that's how we got the fun opportunity of going. There was a lot to do and a lot to see, I think this owl was one of Kaden's favorite things there. They had a lumber jack Competition that they had going on there, but Kaden really didn't want anything to do with it. He wanted to go play with Dad in his tent, not because Dad was there, but because he loves video games. Kind of funny isn't it.

He likes to act like he's playing and he really does get into it. It's a good way to distract him for a good 10 minutes. Then at the next TV they had Guitar Hero going on and Kaden just loves to watch people play and then Dance along with it.

He did try playing himself, but I think this is one Game that might take him awhile to learn.

After the festival we were able to go to Kellie and Justin's new house. I do think that this is Kaden's new favorite place to be. The people that owned the house before them didn't do anything with the Backyard so when they first got there the weeds were as tall as Kaden. He loves running around and getting lost in them. This kid loves the outdoors and getting dirty.

It's Another Boy!!!

2008-06-08T09:24:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday I was able to go in for my ultrasound. It's always such an exciting time to go in and see your baby for the first time. Dan and I both knew from the beginning that we were going to find out what the sex of the baby was going to be but we were also both pretty sure that it was going to be a girl. A small part of me wanted it to be a girl just because I heard that girls are little bit more calm than boys and I thought that we deserved a little break after Kaden. In fact we told the ultrasound technician with a little sarcasm that if it was a boy that it would probably be our last child, especially if he was as crazy as Kaden. So when she was getting ready to tell us the sex
there was a little giggle in her voice when she told us it was a boy. We were both shocked and thrilled to find out it was going to be another boy, I was not disappointed at all, just wondering how in the world I would be able to handle to boys. But Dans Grandpa said that it's a good thing that it's a boy because he doesn't think that a little girl would be able to handle Kaden. Dan and I are very excited and just wanted to share the ultrasound pictures with everyone. Hope you enjoy, and just in case you can't tell the bottom one is the picture of the baby's face, the second one is his leg and the top one proves that he is a boy.

Kaden Loves His Dad

2008-06-01T12:22:00.001-07:00

I'm Pregnant

2008-06-01T09:39:00.001-07:00

For all of you who didn't know, I am pregnant!!!! Even though Dan and I are both very excited to have another addition to our family, we have been horrible at spreading the news. I'm sorry to our friends and family who are just finding out. But we're excited to get the news out. I am due October 19th and we get to find out what we're having on Tuesday. We will let everyone know what we are having!!!

Diego Son Wahlin

2008-06-01T09:13:00.000-07:00

This is our New puppy Diego. He was born December 26

and we got him when he was 8 weeks old.

Diego and Boston get along great, just like brothers.

Diego is now the size of Boston and can pretty much take him

out whenever and wherever.

He is a very typical puppy and can't wait for

him to grow up and be as good as Boston,

but he's a lot of fun to have around.