Halloween

Skeletons

Monkey

Frankenstein
Logan went trick or treating with Alex and Emily. Kaden stayed with me at Leah's .

Happy Late Birthday Logan!

I love his laugh


My dad and Logan blowing out their candles

Presents

My Mom made the cake

We had to celebrate Logan and my dad's birthday on Nov.2 because everyone was sick on the 27th. Logan and my dad had a Scooby Doo Birthday. We had a great time.

Brothers

Kaden was following Logan wit his eyes

Logan helping give Kaden his first bath

Matching shirts

Kind of blurry- Logan talking to Kaden

Holding Kaden for the first time

Meeting Kaden. Kaden bought Logan a train as a peace offering.

Logan is a great big brother. He has been great to Kaden. He really likes him. He has been really helpful also.

Welcome Kaden Andrew Ardt!!!!

Kaden Andrew Ardt
7lbs 13oz 21in


On the way home.

Awake and alert

Grandma Lori

Grandma Judy

Aunt Leah

Exhausted

Clean and swaddled

First family Portrait

Meeting Kaden

Kevin waiting to go in the operating room

Before- 9 months prego

8 months prego

A week before Kaden's arrival

Kaden's birth was a lot smoother than Logan's. It was a planned c-sect instead of an emergency one. I was able to get a good nights sleep the night before. I knew what to expect so I wasn't scared this time. I got to see Kaden right away I didn't get that with Logan. I just felt relaxed this time.

The down side was H1N1- Logan, My dad, Alex, and Emily were all sick so they couldn't visit. The hospital went into lock down @ five pm. So Leah, my mom, Judy, and Jason got in to see Kaden just before the hospital went into lockdown. Only one support person was allowed. We understood they hae to keep the babies safe from illness.

Stoney Ridge Farm

Picking apples

Riding the train

We thought we would go to stoney ridge farm before the baby comes. This is also our last super fun weekend as a family of three.

Slip and Slide Party

All four boys on the slip and slide. Ethan, Will, Aidan, and Logan

Aidan

Leah and Will

Janson just wants to hang with the big boys

All four boys in the sandbox they all play so well together

Logan's friend Ethan invited him over today to try out his slip and slide. We packed a picnic lunch and headed over to Charlene and Ethan's house. We had a great time. It was fun to have all the boys together again.

Charlene, Leah, Jana, and I have been getting together since the boys were about four months old. We used to get together on Thursdays at Starbucks until the boys became mobile and wouldn't just sit there with us. I feel really fortunate to have met them. We all get along really well and our boys play really well together. Charlene and Leah are both teachers so they have the summer off. We hope to get a few more play dates in before the end of the summer.

The boys played on the slip and slide, played basket ball, and played in the sandbox. I did learn one lesson today automatically take Logan to the bathroom every hour when we are at a friends house. He gets to distracted when he is having fun and doesn't want to tell me when he has to go. This was his first accident in two weeks though so I am not complaining. Lesson learned.

Two major milestones

Pretending he is asleep


Silly

I love my big boy bed

Scooby Doo underwear Aunt Leah bought him for staying dry for a week

The first big thing was moving Logan to his big boy room and bed. I wanted to keep the nursery the same so we moved Logan across the hall. He was really nervous about the new room and a different bed. He Loved his crib and his room. We put his ocean wonders music aquarium on his headboard and he decided his bed wasn't so bad. He has been sleeping in there for about a month now. He loves it.
The second milestone is that Logan is completely potty trained. He has been poop trained for about two months. He hated poopie diapers so that was easy for me. After I had been home for about two weeks I decided to start potty training. I let him go around naked and he had a few accidents , but then started using the potty. I bought pull ups and started using those and he would just pee in his pull up. So we headed to the store and bought 4 packs of underwear. He had three accidents the first day and has been dry for almost two weeks now. No Accidents!! I am so proud. He even stays dry through the night and at nap time. He hated feeling the wet on his underwear that first day. I am definitely in trouble with the next one there is no way it will be this easy next time. I am so proud of him.
I have three goals before the baby comes 1. Get Logan in big boy bed (Check) 2. Get Logan potty trained (Check) 3. Get rid of the paci at night ( We don't use it during the day but night time is still a thing). We will work on #3 I am not going to push anything right now because I feel he has accomplished so much in the last month. :)