one, two, three

 trying to take pictures of my kids is always a work out.

One of us hurry's and puts them next to each other while the other one has the camera ready to go. Hadley is smiling but Kohen isn't

 they are both looking in the same direction!!!! 

 Kohen running away

 Hadley running away

So we think.. hm maybe if we sit them down. nope. Kohen just wants to kiss her! LOVE how much he loves his sister. I wish I took more pictures of my kids together but it is not an easy task. 

Love them:)

happy birthday Hadders

It seems like all we have done around here is birthday's,  holiday's, shopping and planning. crazy is how we would describe it. I never shared a ton of my pregnancy pictures when I was pregnant with Hadley but here is the last pregnant picture we had taken. at 34 weeks and 7 days? right before she was here!

I started taking pictures when Kohen turned one of them the night before their birthday. last picture of that age. So I decided to keep the tradition going with Hadders. the last picture of my baby as a baby.. she is now a one year old! The day of her birthday it was a Sunday and she was sick so we had to cancel her party. (she and everybody else were sharing sicknesses) We just hung out with her, sang to her all day long and fed her some things we know she loves. including this cupcake. she loved it!

This is her birthday invite that we made. I am so excited that I have a little girl to be my best friend like my mom is mine. But oh my heck, planning a little girls birthday party was so much harder than planning Kohen's boy party. 

We decided to do a sparkle, gold theme for her party. it actually turned out super cute!

we had my mom make her cake. turned out soo cute! and she loved it. played in it like we knew she would. crazy Hadley!

hadley loved opening the gifts that everyone was so sweet to give her. She sure is a spoiled girl. She LOVED this bag. she kept putting it over her face and we would say boo when she lifted it up. 

Hadley is the sweetest little girl. She will cuddle with you randomly and is seriously the most wild girl ever. she is so funny and knows how to stick up for herself having her big bro. She is walking, talking and starting sign language. She throws the biggest fits now, even throws her head back and all. I seriously can not believe she is already one. I remember finding out we were going to have another baby like it was yesterday.. time goes so fast once you have kids. We love Hadley and are so glad she is part of our fam. 

happy happy birthday

is it real? is my baby Kohen already TWO. 

 The night before Kohen turned two. his last picture as a one year old. 

I may have cried.. I feel like it was just yesterday I was in the hospital seeing this tiny baby boy. time goes way way to fast. 

 We started Kohen's day by making him his favorite breakfast, a pancake. we then let him open his gift from us. 

Kellen had to work so when he went to work I took my kids to the mall so we could ride the train and as you probably guessed, so we could ride the merry-go-round. Kohen is in love with horses so one way or another we had to get him on a horse for his birthday. he was able to ride and the super kind lady who was running it let Kohen ride a second time for free so he rode a zebra too. he loved it all! 

Kohen's birthday invite. 

to say I am in LOVE with it is an understatement. I could get all picky about the pic I took but it turned out perfect. (thank you aunt Liana)

Kellen's mom (Grandma Trina) made this cute cute game for k-man's birthday party. We texted her a picture and asked if she could draw it for us. Kellen went to go take her something for the game and she had it all done, looking this amazing! It was such a fun game that Kohen is still loving to play. 

 My mom (Grandma Julie) made his birthday cake. look at how great it turned out? Kohen was excited when he saw it. He smiled and said "neigh" over and over. 

 after Kohen blew out his candles he smiled and said "again".. so dang cute!

Kohen  had such a fun birthday. I wish he didn't begin to have a cold that morning. The poor kid is always sick on his birthday :( december birhdays. blah! 

We loved planning Kohen's party together and seeing him so excited for his new toys that were so sweet of everyone to bring for him. He sure is spoiled. We are so blessed to have him as our son. He is so sweet, loving, happy.. and funny. this kid. ahhh we just love him!

While he was taking a nap on his birthday I decided to go read his birth story I had written. We are so so blessed to have him here with us and we are soooo dang proud of all he has gone through and overcome. He is an example to us and I still can not believe he is already two. 

8 months

Kohen's first months of his life we took a bunch of pictures of him each month with a sticker that said what month. We decided to do the same for Hadley. I took Hadley's today and was looking at Kohen's from when he was 8 months and ran across THIS picture.

the picture we took to announce baby number 2 (Hadley)

I still think it is so crazy we had another pregnancy so fast. When I look at Hadley and think Kohen was her age when we started to tell, I think I am NUTS! She is still soooo tiny and young. 

Anyways..

We haven't taken Hadley in for a check up or anything but just from the pictures and remembering back when Kohen was her age I think Hadley is smaller. I am surprised that she is so much smaller since Kohen came so small. 

 maybe I should have taken them on the same chair but that chair is no longer here.. Hadley is just soo tiny. and obviously loving pictures :)

Happy birthday to daddy! Kellen just turned 26. (closer to 30 now ha!)

The kids and I made this sign for him and loved on him all day long.

We are so lucky to have him and love him lots.

life in pictures

can my baby stop growing up. 

No clean pj's? thats ok! he can wear mommy's shirt to bed. He thought it was so funny. 

obsessed is a huge understatement. Kohen talks about horses all day long. Whenever anyone gets on a computer he thinks they are looking at pictures of horses. going to Gardner village to ride these sweet horses is a usual thing for us these days. 

we went for a bike ride and when we stopped this is how we found Hadley lol 

camp fire dinner in the mountains. 

When I was little my brothers used to drag me around in a blanket and even wrap it up and do flips with me in it.. so kellen and I decided to do it with our kids. they LOVED it! We have some wild kids on our hands. 

Kohen and Hadley are the best of friends. Kohen wants Hadley to do anything he does. They giggle at each other doing just about anything. 

life with two kids this close in age there is never a slow moment. We are always doing something and someone is always needing something. We feel crazy most days, We feel lucky if our day gives us enough time to shower but we wouldn't trade it for anything. We know our kids came to us when they did for a huge reason. The older they get the closer they are getting and I LOVE to see that they are going to be such good friends.