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February seems to be rushing by, so before I get too far behind I am going to try to post some picts. and videos. Jayden has been a very busy boy this month!

This picture should explain the name of the posting, Eddie joe came up with it, he is so clever:). Anyways Jayden thinks this is a lot of fun and now does it during every bath.

Jayden's babysitter was trying to teach Jayden the sign for please at the same time that we were teaching him to fold his arms for prayers. He got a little confused and we ended up with this. His please sign is folding his arms, I think it's way cute, but after all I am his mom! He runs up when he wants something and folds his arms, the problem is that sometimes we don't know what he is asking for??

Jayden has started dancing really fast, it's like a running motion and he gets very into it. So I wanted to get it on video but instead he wanted to turn circles, a lot of them. There is no way I could still be standing if I tried this.

This is Jayden with his little friend Jovie, we took them for a walk in our bike trailer/stroller. Unfortunately it wasn't as warm outside as we thought it was and ended up with a very short trip to the park.

Ok, I know that this picture was not turned, but it takes too much time and effort because we have really bad picture software, sorry!

Eddie joe recently got one of my little brothers old video games, but ALWAYs has a helper when playing it.

So last weekend we made it up to the 60's (sorry to my family that is freezing in Idaho). I took the opportunity to clean out the dog run (yuck, who feeds them so much). Anyways Jayden woke up from his nap and wanted to come out and help. He took control of the childrens rake that I did not know we had and worked away, he thought he was such a big boy. He fell a few times and had to have a bath afterwards but it was fun to see him trying to help!

After the yard work Jayden went for a ride around our messy yard on his toy. You might be able to tell that it was an impromptu trip outside by Eddie joe's stylish choice of clothing.

Our Kitchen, Mostly Finished

So our house was and is a real fixer upper. The largest project that we have taken on is our kitchen. People have asked for pictures and so now that it is nearly finished I am going to post them. Eddie joe did most of the work last summer before Jayden was walking. So, with that I am posting the process.

This is the kitchen before we moved in. It does not look too bad, but this is all of the counterspace and once we put the $40.00 stove from Re-store in that took up half of the counter space. And there is no room for a dishwasher.

This is the pantry cabinet, it clearly was not able to take the weight of our food supply. This happened about 3 times before Eddie joe put wooden dowells in to fix the problem.

Here Eddie joe has taken most of the cabinets and the sink out, living with out a kitchen is a bummer, it's easy to forget all of the conveniences that we have until they are gone. Fortunately Eddie joe had the big part of the project done within 3 weeks (He's awsome!).

Once all of the old stuff was out there was some plumming to work on as well as electrical outlets and switches to move.

After all of the electrical work and patching Eddie joe put the new cabinets in. The only thing that Eddie joe did not do was put the countertop in. We had 3 corners so we decided the experts could take care of that.

This is what the kitchen looked like with the new cabinets, coutnertop, and applicances. Notice the floor is still old and we are missing a few things. We did get the walls painted though, I like the color but have been told that some others do not, that's ok, it's my kitchen!

A couple of months go we put the tile in. And then in January Eddie joe put the trip around the top and bottom of our cabinets, we also now have trim around our sliding door and a curtain to cover it. We still need new light fixtures and a vent cover, ow and new dining room furniture :), but those things will come later!

Eddie joe did a great job!!!! I helped where I could in between work and caring for Jayden so Eddie joe could work on the kitchen, but he did most of it.

Valentine's Day

A Valentine's day dinner for...three. Jayden wants to know if it is time to eat.

Jayden's first hair cut.

A couple days ago Amanda noticed a piece of hair that kept falling in Jayden's eyes. So when bath time rolled around we decided to give him his first hair cut.

Well, I guess it wasn't much of a hair cut.

January Pictures

Ok, I have been trying to post pictures for almost 2 weeks not, let's see if tonight is the night! I also want to note that this week I heard from two of my college roommates and their blog sites are far more exciting then mine is, I need to learn how to do some of the cools stuff. As always my formatting on this page is messed up, does anyone else have this problem.

Jayden is finally getting his first tooth and is extremely cranky. I caved and gave him his passy, it seems to be holding him for a few minutes!

On Tuesday, January 22nd Eddie joe's grandma (Edna Buffkin) passed away. She was a wonderful lady and we love her and will miss her.

Grandparents, as promised here are yet more pictures of Jayden! Sorry for the ones that are not turned the right way, I am tired of fighting with this and Jayden is loosing his patience.

Jayden sitting in his big boy chair!It's cold in this house!
Jayden is doing his best to make friends with Cash and Riley, even playing with his toys in their bed. He is always willing to share his toys with them, too bad they just chew them up!
Jayden taking a ride on his cool 3 wheeler.

A trip to the Aquarium

While family was in town and we had time off work and school we took Jayden to the Albuquerque Aquarium.

Jayden checking out the fish

a sting ray trying to get out

Eddie joe's sisters (Katie and Amanda)

Hanging out by the jelly fish tank

Grandma and Jayden trying to get a fish to come to the glass

Jayden and Mommy

Jayden and Daddy

Hapy birthday - 1 year old!

While in Idaho Jayden turned one year old. We bought him a cake and let him dive right in. He wasn't sure at first, but once he got a taste of what was in front of him, we went at it with both hands.

Jayden's Curious George birthday cake

Jayden having some birthday cake

Mmmm, Cake

After returning from Idaho Eddie joe's family was in town to visit and we celebrated jayden's birthday all ove again. He was excited to have some more cakae.

Mmm more cake

Grandma helping with presents

Eddie joe's sister "the engineer" struggling to put a baby toy together

Aunty Amanda encouraging Jayden

Mouse ears from Grandma

One year old, and not a single tooth