Kaden's First Birthday!!!

A year ago today, my life changed in ways I could never have imagined. Being a mother is every bit as hard and wonderful as I imagined, and I am completely, 100% head over heels in love with my little man!

We celebrated his first birthday with a Phillies game! It was a great game and we all had so much fun, despite the heat.

Yeah! Home run!

My new most favorite pic EVER!

Belly shot at 29 weeks- the WHOLE family!

But this is my favorite family pic just because of how sweet little man looks.

He even had a little celebration at school. I brought in cookies and got to hang out during a cookie feeding frenzy!

Then Baba brought a cake home for the birthday boy.

Some of the strawberries apparently were a bit sour, but not too sour to eat.

Mmmmmm, cake!

My little prince Sharing with Lady Belle

And we finished the day with a bath.

It has been an amazing year and I am so looking forward to all the experiences that Kaden will have over the years. I am truly blessed and forever grateful for the privilege of being his Mama!

Ribbons and Bows

I've been doing some very girly crocheting for Baby Girl Chang lately. I guess between chasing around an almost-one-year old boy, being very pregnant, working full time and moving I just don't have enough to do (I'm saying this with sarcasm in case you couldn't tell!) This time around I am really making use of ribbons, bows, and girly colors that I didn't use with Kaden. It's hard to believe that soon a little girl who is small enough to fit these is going to be here!

Tiny little hat

Tiny little mitts with a ruffle to go with the bow

Tiny little booties, again with a ruffle to go with the bow- I had fun with the ruffles!

Hot pink- very cool

A baby blanket- actually more like a crib size blanket...

...of course with a ruffle around the edge! My first border on a blanket- I was very excited!

And because no post is complete without a picture or two of Kaden, here is Kaden and his Baba being silly at dinner time.

Silly games, silly boys!

Lazy Summer Weekends

We had a wonderfully lazy summer weekend. Mama got some knitting done for Baby Girl and Kaden wanted to help out. He's such a good little helper! He helped me unravel the yarn just in case I didn't need it to stay untangled and organized.

He looked so cute while being such a big helper, too!

Then we went to the beach. When we got there and Kaden saw the ocean, he started squealing and waving his arms. He recognized the ocean and got so excited! I really wished I had my camera out and ready to catch that!

This time Kaden decided he would check out how the sand tasted. He seemed to like it, even though Mama & Baba kept trying to keep him from doing it.

But then after such a nice weekend, Kaden woke up with a high fever on Monday. It went down during the day, but was right back up there overnight. Tuesday morning he fell asleep with a bottle and hugging his Tigger. Baba had a cool washcloth on his forehead, too. Isn't that just about pitiful?!?
Hopefully the fever goes down again today and stays there so my baby can get back to important things, like playing and reading and cuddling with his Mama!

Who's on First?

Take a look at these profiles from ultrasounds...are they the same baby? Is one Baby Chang #1 and the other Baby Chang #2? I know you can't base exactly what the baby will look like on how the ultrasound pics look, but I think Kaden and his baby sister have almost identical profiles! Just had to point out the similarities that are already there!

Boy or Girl??? What do YOU think?

Friday is the big day for Junior (I didn't like the sound of Baby Chang #2!) We have our big ultrasound and hopefully will find out whether little Junior is a boy or a girl. Check out our poll over there on the right and get your vote in on what YOU think Junior is!

No post is complete without pictures, so here are some of my favorites that we took on our trip to Savannah to visit Kaden's Aunt Kara (I'll have pics of the trip up soon, too!)

9 Months Old!

Wow, I can't believe Kaden is 9 months old already! He's right on the verge of crawling forward (he's pretty good at crawling backwards, but hasn't quite figured out that if he keeps pushing forward he will get where he wants). He is also getting good at pulling himself up onto his knees to get closer to anything that he wants. Between rolling, scootching, and crawling backwards, he is definitely on the move.

It's been awhile since we've posted, so what has Kaden been up to?

He is learning how to swim...

... and having fun in the water...
...Baba & Mama have fun with swim lessons too!

This is what happens when all you can do is crawl backwards- it's easy to get in some tight situations.

He got a 2nd tooth!

He got even cuter than before!

And Mama got a bigger baby belly! Here is Mama with Baby Chang #2 at 15 weeks.

Baby Chang #2!

This is Baby Chang #2's first post! We had a second ultrasound yesterday to do some prenatal testing at 12 weeks 3 days. They would not even guess at whether it was a boy or a girl, but thankfully everything looks good so far! We were pretty lucky to get some good profile pics since Baby was moving all over the place.

12 weeks- Profile pic with a hand up by baby's face.

12 weeks- Profile pic again with a hand up by the face and legs stretched out.

12 weeks- Just chillin!

12 weeks- We could see legs all stretched out and little feet. This pics looks like it's a girl but other pics made me think it was a little boy...we'll have to wait until week 20 for our next chance to find out!

12 weeks- Facial profile with a good shot of the arm up by the face. The little dots are itty bitty fingers!

8 weeks- This is the first ultrasound to confirm the pregnancy just a few days after we found out we were pregnant!