Chase

the boys playing chase...

Kaiden chases Connor and then when Connor chases Kaiden- Kaiden crawls as fast as he can and clings to me.  Apparently I'm base.

ENT specialist

Connor recently started complaining of ringing in his right ear.  He says it comes and goes throughout the day.  I took him to our pediatrician for an exam and they found some fluid in his inner ear.  So, he took some antibiotics for 10 days (although it wasn't an ear infection the antibiotics sometimes help to clear up the fluid) and used a nasal steroid for 14 days.  After the treatment he still had ringing so we returned to the pediatricians office.  The fluid was almost completely gone and they couldn't find any reason for the ringing... so, we went to the Ear, Nose and Throat specialist for an exam.  They did a full hearing test and exam and determined that the cause of the ringing is due to Connor having several cold viruses this winter and building up pressure and fluid in the ear, which never got a chance to heal.  There is no treatment other than time.  So, we're suppose to wait 3 months (it takes a while for the ear to heal) and then return to make sure everything is healed and his hearing is still perfect.  Connor did a great job with his exam and followed the directions perfectly.  He's the perfect patient! 

Kaiden's first craft project

Kaiden made his first art project.. I call it shred-art!

10 months old!

Our little Kaiden is 10 months old today!

Kaiden kisses

Come here big brother and let me plant a big wet smooch on your cheek!  I get smothered in Kaiden kisses everyday, but Connor tries his hardest to wiggle out of the slobbery shows of affection.

 

Bath fun

Naked boy on the run...   Kaiden is becoming a little snuggler again.  He likes to give hugs and snuggle  =)

 

Valentines

We had a great Valentines day as a family.  After Connor's basketball game we hung out at home together.  Connor played some V-tech video games, which he was excited about.  Jason and I are not fans of letting kids sit around and play mindless video games, so it's a rare occasion that Connor actually gets to play.  The games he has are actually educational too.   While Connor played his games... Me, Jason and Kaiden played ball.  Kaiden is learning how to roll a ball back and forth... when he's not trying to eat the ball that is.  The loves of my life!  These two boys fill my life with such joy and happiness.  I'm thankful each and everyday for being blessed with these wonderful angels.  My boys relaxing and watching movies.  Valentines evening we had pizza for dinner.  Then we enjoyed some popcorn and watched the Peabody and Sherman movie and Free Birds movie.   Jason's valentines card from me and the boys.  Kaiden drew by himself on the top of the card (first time drawing).  Connor drew a picture with hearts on the left side.  Below is the card Connor made for us at school.  Such a sweet, loving kid!  Connor still loves his transformers.  Luckily Jason gets asked to do most of the complicated transformations, but he asked me to do it this time... the directions only show steps to transform into the robot and not into the dinosaur... so, I ditched the instructions and just looked at the picture of the dinosaur and attempted to match that.  Surprisingly I actually transformed it pretty fast too.  Even Connor was shocked at how fast I was able to transform it... I may have even beaten Jason's record and he gets asked to transform it all the time!  I'm really shocked that some of these transformers are kids toys considering it takes an adult 20+ minutes to transform it!