Happy Birthday NaNa!!!

Nana,

This little boy is so thankful for you in his life. He loves his Nana! Happy, Happy Birthday from your Kaden Angus!

Missing Our Mo Mo

One year ago this morning, my family lost a very tender and dear soul to us. Montana Lane Fisher passed away in his sleep, in his crib on the morning of January 31, 2009. He was 15 months old and the son of my first cousin, Kimberly. I was there with Kim in labor and delivery when she gave birth to Montana. There is something special about sharing that moment, hours, day with someone. I had a special bond with Montana from day 1. I always videoed him and photographed him as if he was mine. I loved him so much, he brought so much joy to my life. I had such a dream of Mo Mo and Kaden being great buddies and friends their whole life. It breaks my heart that Montana never got to meet my Kaden and that I don't get to have pictures of them together growing up. The whole in my heart can never truly be replaced or filled. Montana Lane, you are loved and missed so much today and everyday. It has been a horrible year for Kimberly, as you can imagine, Montana, please continue to watch over your Mommy! It is hard to believe it has been a year since this horrible day in our lives. Montana truly touched everyone he met, he was a DOLL! Here is Montana saying, "MOO COW!"



I have MUCh better videos with Mo Mo in them, but this computer will not upload any of my longer videos!

Boys will be boys!

Today at J.J.'s house while perfecting his walking skills, Kaden fell and hit the wooden dining room chair. He is going to have a nice shiner tomorrow I'm sure. Just in time for his birthday party in a few days. But, I guess boys will be boys.
So, heres a picture of his eye tonight.



The other picture on here is of Kaden sticking his blue bear and clothes into the drawer under the oven. Hopefully, I won't catch the house on fire by forgetting to check the drawer before I use the oven!!!


My sweet husband cleaned the carpets yesterday in our whole house and the house smells so good now, and it feels so good to have clean carpets! I never got the energy enough to check that off my 'to do' list last weekend. I have a lot 'to do' this weekend. Kaden has a birthday party in a few days, and I am SO excited about his birthday.

I can not believe my baby is about to be one! CRAZY! It has went by SO fast, this whole year! I have cherished every moment of this year, even the hard days, which luckily now looking back don't seem so bad. I can not believe my baby is WALKING! I watch him walk from room to room in amazement, and he looks so CUTE!

Kaden got to have a new experience in the car last night. Since we are only a few days away from his first birthday, we decided to go ahead and turn Kaden's car seat facing forward last night. He LOVES IT! Mainly because we played the car DVD player for the first time and he got to watch Harry the Bunny and Shushybye Baby. He was LAUGHING at the tv in the car! It was so neat to see him so happy!



Tomorrow is Friday. Thank Goodness! I'm tired, it has been a long week at work and I am ready to stay at home with my baby for the weekend. I don't plan to go or do anything!!! I love being a home body these days. It's nice to stay home these days. I honestly can't think of anywhere else I'd rather be. Plus, it is supposed to be a NASTY weekend, cold, wet and maybe frozen? Good time to stay inside with the ones you love.

Hope you all enjoy your weekends.

Kaden's Week!

Kaden has had a BIG week. Today that top tooth is FINALLY in! We can see it when he grins or opens his mouth wide! It looks so funny to see a tooth on top! So, now we have three teeth! Finally!

Kaden is very busy these days...


My good friend, Leah, sent this outfit to Kaden for Christmas. It's a Texas Flag Western onsie with Wrangler bloomer bottoms. So sorry his cowboy boots no longer fit him. Thanks for the outfit Miss Leah! It's TOO CUTE!



Loves to push butttons on tv and dvd player...



Plotting his next move...




This ALL took place before 7 a.m. people!

Later in the morning I had to barakade him into the living room with dining chairs so I could mop! He didn't agree with this too much and threw a fit to get with me in the kitchen. So, I had to let him have some puffs so I could finish quickly!



Kaden had big boy peas and carrots tonight for dinner. I bought canned peas and carrots of the canned vegetable aisle, instead of baby food, it's a lot cheaper, and he is totally into feeding himself now!



And, a little after dinner soak...






Trying to drink out of his bath tub cup that I use to wash him off with!



Big Drink! (But, there was nothing in there! Ha!)



Then, he helped Mom do his laundry!



He LOVES laundry and likes to 'help'. He is not much help, but he doesn't know that.



You have probably also noticed that this is his third outfit of the day. Lets just say that teething make Kaden have bathroom issues that aren't real fun for mommy.

And, now finally, Kaden is in his crib asleep for the night. So, I finally have a moment to type this!

I bar-b-qued chicken wings on the grill today and then got to use my Buffalo Wild Wing Sauce on them. They were Yum-o! Even Lance liked them, and he isn't a wing fan. (Or maybe he just told me he liked them, either way, I think he did because he got more!)

I got all the hard floor surfaces in my house mopped today. I would be embarrased to say when the last time I mopped was, wish I could remember. Yuck! But, my floors look and feel so clean now! Totally worth it to have clean floors! Tomorrow I hope to get out the carpet cleaner, but that just isn't a hole lot of fun, so I keep putting it off, but I need to.

Also, I haven't done a weight update in a while. I have been eating okay, I've had several slack off days and then I'll do good for several days, but haven't walked OR worked out since before Christmas! Pretty sad to admit. I am getting back on my workout schedule MONDAY. I weigh 146 right now, and want to weight 138! So, I have 8 pounds to loose, which I KNOW I can do with excercise. So, back to work I go!

Speaking of work, the school year is halfway over, thank goodness. I am really looking forward to summer with my little guy this year. I think we are going to have lots of great adventures this summer. It is SO hard for me to go to work each day and leave him, but I just keep telling myself that I am doing what I have to do. Oh how I would love to stay home with him.

I have been faithfully reading my Bible each day. I had started reading my Bible everyday the beginning of October, starting with Genesis and reading through the Bible. I decided just before the first of the year, that I needed to go back and start a journal, and take notes as I read through the Bible. I have now read and taken notes and written scripture to memorize or use as reference for Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and I have just begun Joshua. I am enjoying it so much, and have gained so much knowledge and great scripture to equip myself with. What a great gift God has given to me to have His word, and I have neglected the fact that I could use His word all these years. It's increadible how God has opened my eyes and changed me spiritually this year. I am so thankful that God forgives me and loves me unconditionally, and has waited so paitiently for me my whole life to turn over this new leaf. It feels so good to be living in God's word.

Health food to blog about, and Kaden's day

I have tried a few new "HEALTHY" foods, and they are GREAT! I'm not just saying that! I must tell you they all came from Costco though. First, some chips! I found these chips called pop chips. They are not fried or baked. They are popped potatoes with air! No kidding, and they LOOK and TASTE JUST LIKE REGULAR POTATO CHIPS! They are FABULOUS!!!



They come in a huge bag and cost about $6.00 for the bag. I take them out of the chip bag and store them in gallon size ziplocs so they will stay fresher. It fills up TWO gallon ziplocs. Lots more chips than you get in ANY potato chip bags and SO much better for you! Now, these I have are barbeque potato, but they have several flavors.



Second, some tortilla chips that are called, "Food Should Taste Good." They are Multi Grain chips made with flax seed, Sunflower, and Sesame, Oat Fiber, Brown Rice, Soy. They are YUMMY, and SO good for you! They are just like eating a tortilla chip, but they are big enough and thick enough to be used as a cracker too!





Third, Flat Out Flatbread. I am in LOVE with this product! I make sandwiches, roll-ups, pizzas, etc. with this stuff. You can almost do anything you do with bread. It tastes so good, and it is so much better for you than bread!



Just wanted to share some diet friendly finds that I LOVE!!!

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Also, I just figured out HOW TO UPLOAD MY VIDEOS!!! HUGE STEP FOR ME!!! THIS IS THIS MORNING OF KADEN. PLEASE IGNORE THE ANNOYING MOMMY TALK AND SINGING!!! HA!



Kaden has been S-U-P-E-R busy today! He is officially WALKING! I can't wait to share a better video clip of him really walking well. He looks so cute walking around! He can go forever now, from one room to the next, he has really taken off the last couple days.

Kaden has played his heart out today. He is such a good baby and plays so hard. He pushes his cars around (natural instinct because we didn't teach him) and makes a "Bbbrrrrmmmm" sound for the car! Too funny!





He also plays well with his blocks, ball popper machine, and he LOVES his books!







A day in the life of Kaden....

Pushing chairs around while you walk behind....


Putting Mommy's kitchen towels on your head and crawling around the house like this! He honestly did this ALL by himself! Too FUNNY!








Standing at the bedroom door and yelling for "Da!" "Da!", while "Da!" tries to sleep!


Yelling and beating on the door...



Having some juice...



Making time for blue bear and pa pa....


WALKING AROUND!!!!




Hanging Out with Mom...


Making messes...


And, finally, just for fun... this is me being held by my Papa Fisher...



This is Kaden being held by his Uncle Teddy Fisher...

Christmas is finally over now!

We just had our LAST Christmas party last night at my Granny's. So we are done with Christmas now, thank goodness! :) Kaden had a great time last night at the party, and he got lots of cool new toys.

I had gone into a whole rant and rave session about these oreos pictures below earlier today, and somehow my blog deleted, probably for the better. All I'm going to say is this. My Uncle Teddy thinks it's wonderful to give every baby in our family a bag of oreos their first Christmas, regardless of their age. I don't agree with this, and my child does not eat chocolate or oreos yet. Here is Kaden opening his oreos and getting a taste of one. I promptly removed the oreo from his mouth after this picture! He did not eat it! Thanks Grandpa Mark for your help with this, he knows how I feel about this. Kaden is in Grandpa Mark's lap in these pictures.



Thank you, Megan, for your help on how to make these pictures look like this! It is my first attempt and took me forever! Ha!


Kaden is practicing his mad computer skills these days!

It drives me crazy!!!




I survived week one of being back at school. It seems like it was 2 or 3 weeks back, but that is besides the point. This week DRUG by at work. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that I have a sinus infection, which I have had since the beginning of the school year in August and it keeps reoccurring, worse each time it re occurs. This week my gums swelled, I got a cold sore, and my face started swelling. So, I am FINALLY going to an ear, nose, and throat doctor on Tuesday. Maybe I can get some relief soon. Let me tell you, I have spent the whole fall TIRED and dragging and I believe it is all because of these sinus infections, which have been so bad this week I have been unable to hold my eyes open at work. What I wouldn't give to be able to sleep in or sleep this weekend. But, Kaden is not allowing that! Oh the joys of motherhood!

Kaden has a tiny piece of TOP tooth popping through the gum line this morning! FINALLY he is getting his third tooth and a top one at last! I was beginning to think maybe he isn't going to have any more teeth!

Kaden is walking, or perfecting his skills. He'll stand for LONG periods of time and he can take about four steps for now. He'll be on the go soon! He looks so cute walking!