Cayden's Birthday

Before Haircut at Texas Roadhouse

After Haircut with Sweet Tooth Fairy Cupcake

Caleb wanted 10 balloons-so he got 10 balloons.

The traditional birthday hat.

Cayden Kelly Adams is 10 years old!  On Saturday, February 4 we took Cayden to St. George for dinner and a haircut!  On Monday he got lots of balloons, presents and cake.  He got a Nintendo DS and some games with it.  We had a chocolate cake and grandma and grandma came over to celebrate with us.

Kyle's First Shower

I have always taken a picture of the kids with their dad the first time they have showered.  

Today was Kyle's!  He sort of liked it..

Cayden is Branching Out

Cayden has made alot of progress this year in 4th grade.  Up until now he would not get up in front of the class and do anything but today he read a report that he wrote!  It was a pretty big accomplishment for him.  His teacher sent me the photo and I took a picture of the report and him when he got home.

Kyle Stats and Update

We took Kyle to the doctor today for his 4 month check up and shots.  He weighs 15lbs 5oz and is 26.75 inches long.  That puts him in the 30 percentile for weight and the 90 percentile for height.  The doctor said to let him eat as much and as often as he wants so that he can catch up to his height-not that he is worried or anything.  He is hitting all his milestones and I cautiously say even hitting them early.  I have been watching him alot because I worry because of Cayden and Connor.  Our doctor said that there is an automatic 18 month screening that they do for autism so that is good.  Connor was a very very hard baby and was unable to self soothe.  He was very very fussy and a very very poor sleeper.  Kyle is not doing any of that thank goodness.  The back of his head is a bit flat and so we have to watch that for a few months but the little stink hates being on his tummy even though he automatically rolls onto his tummy as soon as we put him down.  He was a very sad baby today and really really sad tonight because he had to get 4 shots.  He has cried and cried alot tonight and we are trying to be so careful with his legs where the shots were. Darn things are a neccesary evil but they make babies so sad.  He is in his swing right now and asleep and I hesitate to go to sleep myself because it seems that the second that I fall asleep he wakes up no matter what time it is.  He is such a happy baby and just look at that crooked grin like grandpa!  He is getting very loud when he is making noise, laughing or crying.  He makes a lot of noise which is good because Cayden was a very quiet baby-which was a precursor to his delays.  Kyle loves to have his neck zerberted and squeals and laughs.  His hands are in his mouth aaaallll the time it seems although there are no teeth poking through just yet.  His hair is getting lighter it seems but not a ton.  His eyes are still blue and so pretty with his long eyelashes.  He has quite a dry scalp that I can't get to stop being so rough.  He has started to grab at his head when he is mad or hungry or tired-almost scratching it.  I clipped his nails twice this week partly so that he would not draw blood on his head but also because he gets pinchy too and with sharp nails it huts.  He cried the other day because he was either hurt or scared and there were actual tears (1-28-12).  Cayden was in the room with him and I was in the kitchen and I did not get the whole story so I am not sure what happened but whatever it was Kyle was very very upset.  He is getting into a bad habit again of wanting me to hold him as he falls asleep. He has had a bit of a cold the last week or so and I think with him not feeling that good is what started him needing more comfort from me to go to sleep.  We  have to get that stopped though because that is a bad habit to continue every day.  Most people say that he looks alot like Caleb but EVERYONE says how beautiful he is-yeah we KNOW that!  He is ready to move to his crib but I am not ready to move him clear across the house.  We put the treadmill back into his room after moving the bed out from all  our company coming.  We need to get the cradle back up to Aunt Suey for the arrival of Baby Girl Pitts so we will have to get Kyle into his crib here soon but it will more than likely go into our room.  It's a good thing I decided to type this blog instead of going to sleep because I just saw some eyes pop open.

Weight Watchers

I started Weight Watchers last week.  I have not lost the baby weight yet and since spring and summer are coming I really want to fit back into my clothes and not have to wear stretchy pants all year long-although they really are comfortable.  Weight Watchers seems doable because counting calories seems so restrictive and depressing but with this you can almost feel like you are not starving to death.  Fruits and vegatables are free and you can have as much of those as you want.  The sugar and fats thing is what is going to kill me.  I have 26 points a day to use and a bag of Reese's Pieces is 6 points-that is way too many to waste on junk that will make me hungry much sooner.  I have found that I am trying to be frugal with my points at the beginning of the week so that I can almost binge on the weekend since the weeks points start over on Monday.  If I don't use my points I lose them so I totally ate almost what I wanted yesterday (Sunday).  Keeping track of everything I eat really shows how terrible I have eaten in the past and how much junk I consume.  It really takes alot of work to eat healthy though and takes alot of preplanning and thinking about what I am eating and when.  I can't let myself get too hungry or it's all over.  Plus with the baby it is hard too because it is so much easier to eat junk when I am tired or he is fussy.  I have gotten Bountiful Baskets the last 2 weeks and also went to Walmart for produce.  We have so much produce now in the house that we could open a store.  I have been eating celery like crazy and adding bananas to my slim fast shakes.  I love cheese and peanut butter and those have lots of points so it is really hard to not eat those things.  I bought out the Weight Watcher's items at Walmart and Smith's because
A. They have the point values already on them and
B.  They have lower points than their regular counterparts.
Plus I bought fat free sourcream, fat free mayo, fatfree cool ship 
I have spent a lot of time imputting recipes and looking up point values on the computer so that I know what I can eat.  The first day I thought I was going to starve to death and went over my points and into my extras by 7.  There have been a few more times I have been quite hungry especially at night.  If I could go to bed at 9 that would be one thing but Kyle doesn't go down for the night until around 11:30 or 12. With this diet you have to be prepared and really plan what you are going to eat.  Saturday was hard because Don and Caleb we gone all day and Kyle was quite fussy.  I had to call Dena-my "sponsor" and have her talk me off a ledge because I was heading for the In and Out drivethrough.   I was super hungry and nothing that I could make sounded good.  I ended up going to Dle Taco and got a kids fry and a taco and only used 10 points.  This week is going to be hard though because we have to go to Vegas tomorrow for Kyle's shots and there is so much fast food to choose from.  Then on Friday I have a Girls Night Out at the movies where I will have to sneak in my own Diet Coke with Lime and Smart pop popcorn and forego the Junior Mints or Butterfinger and then on Saturday we are taking Cayden to dinner for his birthday.  He says that he wants Texas Roadhouse and that will absolutely kill my points if I got what I usually do.  Plus Sunday is the Superbowl which means there will be football food to eat.  UGHHH!  This week is going to be hard.  I can get extra points by exercising so I have to do that too to save myself.   

Caydenisms

On the morning that we were getting ready to leave for Provo for our delayed Christmas celebration and Cody's birthday I went to wake up Cayden.  This is how he responded.  "Cayden is unvailable right now.  Please leave a message. Beeep".

Later that day I was telling Don that I had seen on TV that Betty White was turning 90 and I was surprised that she was that old.  Cayden's repsonse-"So is she gonna die soon?"

I find random decorating things done around the house periodically compliments of Cayden.  This is what I found today on the mantle. 

Cayden has OCD moments where he has to just clean or straighten things.  He has washed dishes and used half a bottle of dishsoap, emptied the dirty dishes from the dishwasher, emptied the empty trashcans and other OCD cleaning things.  He will put away shoes, straighten the pillows on the couches, put away dishes, and basically go like the energizer bunny until we tell him to stop or he can't find anything else to do.  I wish he would do those things when I ask him to and not just randomly!

Cody's Birthday

While we were in Utah for our Late Christmas we celebrated Cody's birthday.  I took him to the distribution center for some new scriptures and a case and a CTR ring.  We got the scriptures but he could not find a case that he liked and we decided to wait and get his CTR ring after he gets his call so that we can have the date of his mission engraved on it.  He did find one that he really liked so we just have get a date.  Don and I took him to Happy Sumo in Riverwoods for dinner on Saturday night and then to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and Sweet Tooth Fairy.  Grandma Penny kept the boys for us while we did that.  I made him his traditional Snow Tunnel cake on Sunday when we had everyone over for dinner.  His candles add up to 19 if you noticed.  We love you so much Cody Michael and your momma can't believe you are 19!