The garden, a party and new shoes.

The month of May was a busy one. First off, we have a new garden. Our previous garden was on Jed's parents property and it was a pain to get water to it so Jed decided he was going to come up with something new. When Jed decides to do something new, he does it full force and does not stop until it is finished. I know I should love that about him and I do, but it can also cause some mad craziness in our house. It was a ton of work but looks great and now that it is closer to the house, I will actually help to keep it up (hopefully). Check out that perfection! There are actually 7 of the boxes, I just could not fit them all into the picture. Yes, I said 7, and like I said, Jed is crazy.

Kaden's 4th birthday was at the beginning of the month, on the 9th and we had a party at Chuck E. Cheese for him. I usually do not like to do parties at places like this, they always seem to be way over priced and it is just seems too overwhelming to even think about it - too many kids, tokens, tickets, and prizes to deal with, ugh! Well, Kaden had been talking about having his party there since it opened so I gave in (Jed was even more reluctant than I was). Between the two of us, my mom and my aunt, we were able to keep it under control, it ended up being really fun and Kaden LOVED it! Chuck E. Cheese comes out to visit with each kid, sings a song and dances around with them and Kaden ate it all up! It was so cute to watch him. I think his favorite present was the birthday medal that Chuck E. gave him.

Kaden is a lot like Jed, pretty easy going and he doesn't let too many things bother him. I love just hearing him talk, he has a hard time with his r's, and somehow instead of saying door, it sounds like he says dooy, with the -oy sound on the end. He does that with everything, when he says church, it's more like choych. It's funny but I really probably should take him to a speech therapist.

Speaking of therapist, our little Kyler has been seeing a physical therapist for the last few months. I had been concerned for awhile about him and his not wanting to stand so at his one year appointment I again mentioned it to the doctor and he suggested to have a PT evaluation done. We did the eval and the therapist thinks that he has really loose joints in his ankles and hips which makes him very unstable and is probably why he doesn't want to stand. She recommended getting orthotics (a fancy name for braces) for him. We've had the braces for a few weeks and he doesn't seem to like them very much but I'm hoping they help him. He is starting to crawl around, so I think he is getting stronger in his hips, he just is still so wobbly when he stands. I'm sure he'll be fine eventually, he just might not walk until he's 2. Here's a pic of his pricey new shoes....I've never had a pair this expensive!

Pictures!

Holy cow, taking family pictures is such a stress to me. There's the outfits to pick, hoping everyone does their cute smile and not the fake one, hoping that it is a good hair day for all (but really mostly for me) and hoping that one, just ONE turns out. I usually just really dread it but I finally took the plunge and my cute friend Angie did it for us a few weeks ago. After close to two hours of posing, my boys were still standing and partially smiling (except for Kyler, he had had enough!). They really were great sports about it all, they loved climbing on all of the trains and we even had a nice dinner afterwards at the Union Grill lookin' all cute and coordinated. That NEVER happens! These all are a few of my favs...