Happy Birthday Kade!

MY BABY TURNED 2 YESTERDAY!!!

Kade had no clue it was his birthday. He just knew he was woken up to his brother and sister hollering Happy Birthday in his face. He doesn't even know what a birthday is. But by the end of the day, he definitely figured it out, and he figured out that he LOVED it! He was happy though when I told him we got to go buy balloons and a birthday cake.

It's amazing how fast kids grow. Kade has been so much fun in our family. Here are some things I love about Kade.

* He is always so happy, and energetic. Everywhere we go he says "HI" to everybody.

*He is always making me laugh.

*He has a classic answer to everything. If I'm trying to get mad at him, or if I'm trying to explain something to him. He always responds with, "OOOOOH."

*I love watching him eat cereal. I don't know why I'm so amused by this. It seems like such a grown up thing to do. Sometimes he makes it so complicated. But I just laugh watching him do it. But that has definitely been his breakfast of choice for about 6 months now.

* I love how he loves sports. He loves soccer, basketball, baseball. He loves going to Brayden's ball games, but hates that he can't be out there playing with the big boys.

* I love how big he is. He was born this way and he hasn't changed since. He is a stocky little boy. Anybody that goes to pick him up definitely is deceived by how big he is. They expect him to weigh a lot less then he really is. Kaylee will be 5 in June and only weighs 3 lbs more then him. I think he has the most hope for height in our family as well. We'll see....

*He definitely looks up to his brother and sister. He will do anything they do. I am constantly telling them they need to be a good example because he is right behind them mimicking their every move. Every morning when Brayden leaves for school he grabs a backpack and a basketball because he wants to leave for school with Brayden. But then after that Kaylee can get him in a dress up with heels and a crown.

So for birthday's around our house we usually have people over for cake and ice cream, but this year we decided to change things a little bit. With Kade being the youngest, I feel like he gets jipped a little bit with things. It's a little bit harder to take all the kids out so I don't do it as often, or I get a babysitter for him and take the two oldest ones. So for his birthday we decided to take him to Jungle Jim's and have everybody meet us up there for cake (no ice cream because it would have melted.) We have also been practicing blowing out candles and I forgot to bring the candles with me...mother of the year. Oh well, he'll never remember (but now that I've blogged it he can go back and read it.) He had a blast. Kaylee had fun. Brayden was bored with it (I think he's a little bit too old for it.) They had fun that their cousins were able to be their with them.

Kade got a lot of fun presents. He got a new wagon, a leapster book, new clothes, a soccer goal with a ball, a new chair for the soccer games, and Mr. Potato head. He got a new bike helmet because if you know Kade he LOVES wearing helmets. He is usually seen wearing Kaylee's princess helmet, now he has his own. He got a Boozer jersey, jazz jammies and a Jazz basketball hoop, and when he opened it up he hollered "Boooooooooozer!" It was hilarious, I think Brayden has taught him well. He got this cool scoot bike. It's a two wheel bike with no pedals, you just scoot around on it. He just kept saying, "WHOOOOA" after everything he opened. He was funny. He had a good time though.

It didn't take Kade long to figure out how to jimmy rig all the machines. He would have Kaylee roll the ball up to him, and then he would put the ball in for her.

He could see the basketballs in these hoops, so he would reach behind the curtains and pull the basketballs out, and then have Grandma and Grandpa lift him up to shoot. He's still to young to understand the concept, put a token in get the balls out. Maybe if I would have bought him some tokens he would have figured it out:)

Then he would crawl into this little basketball hoop and pull the basketballs out. He was so insistent on getting those balls out. He would come out and have a ball in each hand. Good thing he's little or he would have gotten stuck. It was funny.

By the end of the night he was pooped. He was all snuggled up in his new Jazz jammies. He was ready for bed but he was not about to put down his new ball.

Happy Birthday Little Man! We Love You!