Just playing catch up!!

Life seems to be flying by.... We have been home for a month now and so much has happened. I'll try to play catch-up!! Halloween was so much fun! We have a Halloween party at my brothers house in queen creek. It was much bigger this year and most of the cousins were candy! Probably a little lame for Koston to be an M&M, but I figured i won't be able to pick out his costumes for much longer so I may as well take advantage of it while I can? I made their costumes so they are a little awkward?!? They ended up being adorable though and Koston surprisingly left it on all night. There was a huge turnout this year and this kids loved all the games and the parade!

We also went to a Pumpkin Patch in Omaha before we came home and it was so great! They had all the typical stuff but this place was huge!! There were tons of animals and toys to play on and ride. They also had some huge "jumping pillows", Koston was not so excited about those? We thought he would love them and he hated them. He looks like he's having fun but really he's screaming!! We didn't actually buy a pumpkin because we were leaving that week and they would have been tossed out anyway!

The kids and I flew home with a 3 hour flight and Jordan drove our car full of all our stuff for 24 hours across the country! I was a little worried to fly home with Koston and the Aislee by myself but we had a sweet little lady sitting by us and she helped out so much! The flight out there was a little easier because it was bed time and they both slept! We loved our time in Omaha and I will miss the beautiful green grass everywhere and the huge shade trees. Everyone has perfectly manicured lawns/yards and there was a park down the street that we went to everyday and sometimes twice a day. Another couple that was out there with us had a little boy Koston's age and they loved going to the park together!
The weekend we got home was a busy weekend! Jordans dad, my parents, Koby and Shelby, Chad and Brody all came to join the chaos!! Koby's Birthday was Friday so we had a birthday breakfast and the Halloween party at Justin's house was that night. Saturday was Halloween and Sunday we blessed our sweet baby girl! I cannot believe how big she is getting! My mom made her dress. It was beautiful. She used part of my wedding dress on the slip and I loved it!
We went to Utah for our friend's wedding! It was a beautiful ceremony at the Salt Lake Temple. It was great to be there and remember our own wedding and covenants we made! Jordan's grandma and dad watched the kids! They were rotten the entire time and I'm pretty sure they won't be volunteering to watch them again anytime soon!
Sorry grandma and grandpa!
We went to Vegas for Thanksgiving to be with my family! It was a really fun and cramped weekend. Adam, Laura and Gavin also went, so my parent's 3 bedroom apartment was pretty full! We did the typical black friday shopping with my mom, Laura, and shelby! We took Aislee so Jordan and Adam could just hang out with the boys! She was such a good and smiley baby!
It has been so fun having a baby in the house again! We are loving it! She is getting big way too fast! She smiles all the time and is such a good baby! I think we deserve it after Koston being so HIGH MAINTENANCE!! We love him and he is so much fun right now, just really high energy/maintenance! He is talking so much and is repeating everything we do and say! Yesterday i found him in my bathroom with the hair wax and flat iron (unplugged) doing his hair! I swear he really is all boy and loves his trucks too!
He has had a rough few weeks! This month he has cut all 4 first molars and one of his bottom laterals! He still has one lateral to go and then I hope we get a break before his "I teeth" come in! He is almost 2 and just getting most of his teeth!

SNoW IN OCTObER

So we woke up to snow this morning!!! Crazy?!? We were expecting snow flurries and got 8-9 inches instead!! Jordan went to work and ended up coming home early. So we just hung out and did a whole lot of nothing! Koston hates it! I took him to the back porch and put his hand in it and he just screamed and said "CODE"!! He is in trouble since we plan on spending a lot of time in Utah in Dec and Jan so Jordan can go snowboarding this year! Hopefully he learns to like it!

Koston's favorite thing to do right now is playing under the kitchen cabinet. There is only garbage bags and dish soap under there so there is plenty of room for him to crawl around. He gets really frustrated when he cannot close the door all the way from the inside becasue his fingers are in it... he just can't seem to figure it out??




Not much new with this little pretty.... just wants to eat every 1 1/2 to 2 hours right now... can you tell? She is getting to be such a chub!! She is losing her hair and it's starting to look like a comb-over. It's time to shave off all the baby hair and let it grow in evenly!

Where does time go???

We have enjoyed our time here in Omaha. I am loving the weather and the changing leaves on the trees. There are pine trees and huge shade trees everywhere! It is SO incredibly green here! Koston loves being outside; until these last couple of days we were walking to the park down the street everyday. It is officially cold outside. I believe it was in the 40's today?

My kids... weird... i have two now and it sounds strange every time I say "kids," but they are getting so big. Time seems to go by quicker now that I have two. Is that because I have less free time? Koston is technically not getting much bigger. Still only 22 lbs and wearing 12 month clothing. Some of the pants are getting a little short, but he's too small to wear 18 month clothing. On the other hand Aislee just hit her two month mark and is in 3 month clothing. She is getting so chubby! I love it! She seems to change so much every week. I look back at pictures every few days and I always think her cheeks got chubbier?? She is such a fun baby and smiles ALL the time! I'm sure she doesn't realize it, but i love it all the same! Koston loves her! Always kissing her and wants to hold her all the time. He has been trying to pull her up on his lap lately... a little scary! He hates it when she cries and gives her hugs and says SHHHH with his finger over his mouth?

I was emptying the dishwasher and Koston found a clean beater from the mixer in the dishwasher and handed it to me and said "more"... Everytime he hears the mixer going he comes running and waits patiently to have the beater. He knows he has to be in his highchair with his shirt off!! How horrible am I, that I give my kid the beater loaded full of sugar??? Whatever keeps him occupied… and happy sometimes!!
Jordan is still loving his job, glad that the season is close to over so we can go back home and he can relax and see family and friends, but happy to be here! He loves having the kids here. He is such an incredible dad and Koston absolutely loves him! Jordan doesn't have to go to work until 10-11am or so, which means Koston gets to play with him all morning!!

We went to the county fair last weekend. It was so much bigger than the fair back home. Koston loved it! They had so much fun petting all the animals! There was a huge parade last Saturday morning that seemed to go on forever, he sat completely entertained watching all the horses and screaming for candy!!

So I’ve decided to take the plunge a lot sooner after this pregnancy. I started running a couple miles in the morning before Jordan goes to work so he can stay home with the kids. I’ve also been doing this kick MY butt cardio/muscle building routine in the evenings after the kids go to sleep! WOW… I’m really out of shape! But I’m loving the workout!

Jordan found a rocking horse on springs for Koston at a yard sale a couple weeks ago! Awesome $12 find; keeps him fully entertained…. For about 5 minutes! How we going to get that thing home??

Great Yard Sale Find!

What a Strong Kiddo!!

We Officially Live in Omaha... for one more month!!

Why does time fly when life is so GOOD??

I have officially lived in Omaha Nebraska for a month now. I am actually really liking it here aside from not have a car and missing my family. The weather is great and we are already wearing sweatshirts. Koston cannot go outside much right now because it has been raining the past couple of days and it's too cold. I'm not sure we could ever live where it snows; this boy does not do good indoors all day. I can even take him to the mall or the store and that doesn't cut it.... he has to go outside or it is a LONG day!! Especially now that he has to compete with Aislee for my attention! We were walking to the park every afternoon until this week. I love having two kids. I was really worried that i was going to be a basket case but its not has bad as i imagined. (there are some days...) We have enjoyed getting out of the heat. Jordan has enjoyed his job and it looks like we will be doing this for awhile. Who knows where we will end up next summer and fall. Hopefully somewhere fun so we can get some company. Who wants to come to Nebraska?? We will be here for another month. So we will be here to see all the leaves change, which is unlike home.
So Koston loves doing his own hair. I put Jordan's hair product in it and he helps... only the amount he puts on his fingers is a little more than i put on mine. However he doesn't realize that you only put "Hair product" in your hair. He puts deodorant, lotion, body wash and the cream from PEANUT BUTTER CRACKERS and OREOS in his hair. The other day I was holding him and he smelled like peanut butter?? So later that afternoon I saw him split apart the cracker and proceed to rub the peanut butter in his hair?? No wonder his hair is crusty sometimes?? I love that kids.
We went to the county fair this last weekend. Koston loved seeing and petting all the farm animals. He was not sared at all! There was a HUGE parade saturday morning, way bigger than any at home. They go all out over here.
Aislee is getting so big. She has officially outgrown her newborn clothes and into 3 month clothing at 2 months. She has chunked up faster than I want her to! I hate how fast time is going with her. It seems to be going much quicker than with Koston.
I'm just going to post what we have been up to lately....

Why does time fly when life is so good???

We've already been in Omaha for a month, my babay girl is almost two months old and Koston hates nursery!!!

A friend of mine from high school took all these photos of Koston and I while I was pregnant. We loved them so much that we had her do Aislee's newborn photos!! Her wedsite is: Halversenphotography.blogspot.com She is phenominal.... you'll love her!!

Life has been crazy good. We moved out to Omaha to be with Jordan until November. Life is great! It had been way too long with no husband and no "daddy". Koston just might be the happiest boy on the planet to have his dad back. Jordan wakes up with him in the morning (usually between 5-6am!!!) and plays non-stop until he has to go to work at 10:30. Aislee is already getting so big! She might actually be getting rolls.... ok slight chub on her legs!! Maybe?? Her cheeks are filling out and she weighs about 7 1/2 -8 pounds now? We absolutely love having a girl! Koston loves her and loves holding her. Fearful that he will smother her or pull off the couch by her head I cannot leave her anywhere visible when I'm out of the room! She is one tough little cookie.... he likes to help burp her, he thinks it's ok to pat her back whenever he wants because that is what I do.... only not quite so HARD!!

Aislee Mae Bawden

Aislee Mae has arrived!! What a beautiful girl! We are loving every minute of the day and night. Koston is warming up to her and loves to give her "loves" or smothering her as often as we'll let him. He still needs to learn how to be soft but for the most part he ignores her most of the day. It has been lots of fun having a baby in the house again! She was 6lbs 3ozs and 19 1/4 long. Jordan gets to be here for a full 2 weeks and then back to california for work. We will be moving to california to be with him at the end of the month until November! We are excited to be back together as a family of 4 now!!

Today has been our 6th day without Jordan and Koston is missing his daddy!! And of course I am missing my man! He is doing great in Nebraska. When Koston got up from his morning nap before church he was asking for "dada", I almost cried because I was sad Jordan wasn't here. Tonight we used I-chat so Koston could talk to him... SO CUTE! He absolutely loves his dad! He has been walking everywhere... still looks like a drunken sailor, but he is getting better. Next task is getting up by himself in the middle of the floor.
Newest things Koston is doing:
Walking of Course.. about 20 steps at a time
Has his top and bottom two teeth finally, he was 13 months before he even got his bottom teeth
Knows that the Cow says moo... or "booooooo", but he also thinks that the dog, the horse, the zebra and bear say "boooo"
Loves to rough-house
LOVES TO BE OUTSIDE
He loves the water... goes straight to the hose or the faucet as soon as the door opens, cries when i take him out of the tub
Still loves to eat rocks, or chew on them until i make him spit them out
Laughs at himself in the mirror
Discovered his nostrils
Loves Strawberries and streamed broccoli
And much much more... I love this kid! He has more energy than about 5 kids put together and keeps me on my toes! I never imagined being a mom and wife would be this great. I absolutely love it! I'm so excited to have another baby... and scared out of my mind at the same time. Koston is a mama's boy.... BIG TIME! He is going to have one rude awakening. He loves other kids and babies.... unless I'm holding them. I love my family and and look forward to each new day!

Koston's favorite place to be is.... OUTSIDE. Blistering hot or not, he doesn't care. So we made a make-shift sandbox and put it on the back porch. He absolutely loves it. Of course, he is covered with sand and has a diaper full of sand all day, but i'll do just about anything to keep this HIGH-energy kid entertained!

BIRTHDAY BOY!!

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Back after 6 months!!

Well i guess it's been too long. I haven't updated anything for 6 months and so much has happened. Koston is now one and learning to walk. Has long shaggy hair as opposed to his short buzz cut in his last posted photos. Jordan has left me for the summer and moved to Omaha, NE of all places, for work. We are expecting baby number two at the beginning of August. IT'S A GIRL! We really wanted another boy, but after the 3rd ultrasound the tech wasn't changing her mind on it being a daughter, we had to warm up to the idea of having a girl. And we are SO EXCITED we can hardly stand it!! Jordan will fly home for the delivery for a few days and then we will be on our own again for awhile longer. My family has been great and they are all taking turns to come stay with me for awhile after the c-section. We moved to Queen Creek and we are loving it... for the most part. We actually do less driving living out here. I still work one day a week. No signs of toxcemia this time around, so we are still going strong. I feel great this pregnancy compared to last time.