Wilson Family

We have had a wonderful couple weeks with family and friends. I am so lucky to get two weeks off of work. It was a much needed break and definately helped relieve some of the stress from the busyness of the holidays. Mike's parents and sister were able to come into town for a couple of days for Christmas. We were able to eat at In-N-Out twice while they were here. We probably would of eaten there everyday while they were here but it was closed on Christmas day. We went down to Mike's Grandparents house on Christmas Eve and enjoyed a wonderful night with family, friends and great food.

We headed down to temple square so see the lights. Kade loved being around all the people and the lights. It was really busy downtown so we had to park far away and were freezing on the way back to our car.

This was supposed to be a family picture but somehow Mike got out of it. Maybe it was because he took the picture of Kade and I.

Kade was so cute on Christmas morning. He had lots of oos and aws as he opened presents. After he opened a gift he would run to one of his Grandpa's and say opee opee. (which means open in Kade talk)

His Elmo potty training book he got from his Grandpa & Grandma Wilson.

One of his favorite gifts was his power tools he got from Santa. They look like the real deal.

Kade got to be a shepard in the Nativity Christmas story with all of his cousins.

Because of Christmas and his Birthday, Kade gets all of his gifts in one week and loves it. He jumps on his scooter he got and says "ready, ready" so he can be pushed around the house. We are trying to teach him how to do it on his own but it isn't going so well. Hopefully he will have it down by spring.

We had a joint birthday party for Kaden and Petra. I couldn't get a picture of them blowing out the candles because Mike was recording it and I was making sure he didn't get burned by the candles. Neither of them would dig into their cake. I guess they were being shy. Kade just stood there with a limp wrist as Petra picked each sprinkle off her piece of cake.

The boys rockin out!

Kade use every single lego and built this tower this morning. I was the proud mother who had to get a picture before he knocked it over.

I can't believe our little guy is two already. He is full of energy and keeps us busy chasing him around.

Here are of a few of the things he does to make us smile:

He eats salsa with a spoon

He loves books and at night after each book he says " one more, one more"

No ne means shoe

He loves playing with anything that has a handle; brooms, mops, shovels, vacuums, etc.

When he goes to bed he has to say bye to everything; pictures, lights, toys...

He calls cartoons carts

He thinks Dora is the only cart there is and gets mad when were turn on another cartoon and will say cart over and over again until we find Dora

Frequently takes my keys and purse and heads for the door saying bye, bye all the way

This update is for Grandma Pam since she was so kind to make Kade's vest and chaps for his Halloween costume. Since I haven't updated our blog since August I decided to put some other pictures on because who knows when I will update it again.

For Labor Day we took a trip to Colorado to visit family and we were able to get out on the boat one last time. The water was pretty cold but Kade didn't seem to mind.

Chris, Kade and Mike enjoying a freezing cold swim. I was in the boat with a sweatshirt on but I did get in the water to go wakeboarding.

The captain of the boat with a binkie! We only let him drive when Mike is skiing.

He loves pizza after eating two pieces he licked the plate.

I was so lucky to be able to fly back to Ohio for the weekend of my very good friend Monica's wedding. It was so much fun.

Grandpa came to visit and took the kids to the scarecrow festival in Lehi.

Kaden loved the bouncy slide but we only went down it twice because it was hard for me to climb up carrying him. Luckily there was lots of other stuff to do so he didn't mind to much.