Long overdue *LONG* update

I shouldn't have done it. I knew better. I knew that I knew better. I tried to talk myself out of it, but I couldn't. I looked everywhere for the box cutter....the scissors.....gone.....I should have realized it was a sign that this was not what I should be doing. I sat down on the couch and thought about what I was doing, but I just had to. Kaden would sleep for the next two hours....this was the only chance I would have. I went and grabbed a knife from the kitchen, not as efficient as a box cutter, but it would do the job. I went in the room that we designated as our office. I shouldn't have labeled things so well....I knew exactly where they were, and I couldn't help or stop myself. I opened the box and saw what I wanted. I grabbed the first book in the Twilight series and, unfortunately for my still unpacked home, I started reading. I read all four books in one week. 2,444 pages. My poor kids have never watched so much T.V. When Shane came home from work, he saw what I was reading, looked around at all the boxes I had said I would unpack that day, and said, "Oh great..." hahaha So, since I got distracted by Edward, my house took longer than usual to get unpacked and organized. We have lived here a month now and there are still a handful of boxes to unpack, but mostly they are Shane's stuff so he gets to do that. :)

So, let's see.....update on the last month.....we moved in on March 21st. We had lots of help from our families (thanks!) and were able to get everything moved in one day. I still don't have the after pictures of all the work we have done on the new home, so no pictures of that yet. The day after conference, Kaden came down with a fever of 105.1. Click here for more details on that. He ended up getting over the fever on Friday night/Saturday morning, and we never figured out what he had. All the tests came back negative, which is good, but we have no idea what was wrong. After that, it was Easter weekend. If you missed that blog post, click here. After that, Kaden and Lexi both got colds (thanks to Kaden loving to give Lexi kisses so much), and now Kaden is teething....again! He is getting his canines in right now, which are the last of his teeth until his two year old molars come in. They are both over their colds now, but Kaden's nose is still running thanks to those teeth. My older (but shorter-HA!) sister and Kelly (my son's future mother-in-law....lol) came over and we made bows!! For those of you who know how craft-challenged I am, bows are fairly easy, and Kelly and Suz helped me a lot. :) Here are some pictures....
The bows!! I knew I should do lots of pink...since Lexi has one purple outfit, and everything else is pink. :)

Lexi modeling one...I realized that she doesn't have much hair on top, so....

I tried a bow with her baby mullet!! lol Doesn't the bald spot make it so much cuter? haha Poor, tortured girl.

On Easter, Lexi turned 4 months old! She is still wearing 0-3 months clothes, but she doesn't drown in 3-6 month clothes quite so much anymore, which I see as progress. Her 4 month stats:
Height: 23.2 inches (25%)
Weight: 11.9 lbs (25%)
Head: 25% (I can't remember the exact measurement right now)
So, the doctor said that she is as perfectly perportioned as you can get! :) Still petite, but that's okay. Lexi still wears shoes that are meant for 6 week olds...and the shoes still fall off. So, I am holding off on buying her anymore shoes until her feet decide to grow.
Kaden's doctor told me that to help make the transition to the new house easier for Kaden, make his new room exactly like his old one, but that it will still be hard for Kaden. Well, no one told Kaden that! He absolutely LOVES the new house (so much more room to run!) and has not had one problem with it. I was going to wait a while longer before putting him in a toddler bed, but he was doing well with the new house, so, I put together his toddler bed! All my myself!!
Liz came over and helped him break it in...wow, I didn't expect him to have a girl in his bed so soon! ;)

After spending hours (literally-I am not very handy) putting his bed together, this is how he sleeps on it. haha
I had heard horror stories about transitioning kids to toddler beds, but Kaden LOVED it. He has been in it a week now and not once has he gotten out of bed after I put him in it. He will even wait to get up until I come and get him (even though I leave his door open so he can come out whenever he wants to). Also, we have almost totally eliminated binky's! The only time he has them now is at night, which is only because I am too chicken to try to put him to bed without one. :) Actually, I did try last week and he went to sleep just fine without it, but I didn't realize he was teething and he woke up screaming for a half of an hour at 4 am, so I gave him the binky then. Now I am waiting for those teeth to come through before trying that again. Lately, Kaden will find the camera, then bring it to me and stand there like this:
....until I take his picture. So handsome! I can't believe how big he is getting! His favorite things to say lately are, "Where is it (or he or she)?" "Where it go?" "Who is it?" (he loves to knock on everything and says it after knocking...haha) "Sis!" "What doing?" (he asked that when Shane went to go shower and I was really surprised). The other day Shane called to me, "Lor-ett-a" two seconds later, Kaden (who was standing right next to me) said, "o-ed-a" in the same sing-songy tone that Shane had. It was hysterical! Shane heard him and was laughing so hard.

This is how Lexi loves to sleep...no blankets on her feet (hence the socks), and with her head covered. Needless to say, I am a worry wart mom and move the blanket once she is sound asleep. She started sleeping through the night at about 3 1/2 months old, which I am loving! The only time she struggled was last week when she was sick. She would wake up from coughing or because her nose was stuffed and she couldn't breathe, but she has gotten back into her routine very nicely. :)

Kaden stealing Lexi's shoe. I don't know why he likes shoes so much, but he does!

Lexi will be smiling HUGE (with her whole mouth in a big grin) and then see the camera and keep her mouth open, but lose the smile part. Modeling her new bows...

She will be a girly girl, if it's the last thing I do! haha

So pretty! The challenge with the bows has been keeping Kaden away from them. Lol
Kaden loves his sister and is always as close to her as he can get. She is very patient with him. :)

We have had lots of visitors since moving in (which we love!). This is Sophia, my cousin's little girl, who is adorable and has an awesome T-ball set that we need to buy for Kaden since he can't get enough of it.

My niece, Taliyah, and her "pirate grin" as her mom calls it. So cute!

My little sis, Jacquelyn, and Taliyah. Taliyah was sick of smiling by this point. hahaha

It took a while for stupid Qwest to get our internet hooked up so I went up to Weber one night to do some homework. Shane was in charge of the kids (for one measly hour) and when I came home, he told me that Lexi screamed the whole time (Me:"well, did you feed her like I told you to?" Shane:"You never said that!" which, by the way, I did...) and while she was screaming, so was Kaden. After a while of both kids screaming, Kaden (who was sitting in the hallway) suddenly stopped. Shane went to go make sure he was okay and found this:

That's right......totally asleep!

hahaha I am glad Shane is as camera crazy as I am and got some good shots of this.

This picture makes me laugh so hard. We were at a friend's house and got home late. Kaden fell asleep in the car and Shane put him on the changing table to put in him pajamas and change his diaper. Well, he stayed asleep! lol This is him completely asleep! He looks like a dead bug, huh?

He eventually put his feet and arms down, but never really become totally conscious while I was changing him. hahahahaha

Well, I think that is mostly everything that has happened to us in the last month or so. :) If you stuck with me, thanks! You are awesome!