Kaiden is now crawling

Kaiden started crawling on November 1st 2012 around 11 in the morning.

Moving on..

Lately I've been thinking a lot about the past, when it was just me and my family. Mom, dad, brother, and little old me, and all of our pets of course! Moving apart, experiencing new things, Having families of our own, is all exciting and part of growing up. But at times I think think back and ask myself where did all that time go? From when I was a toddler until now. I miss being a kid, having rules, and most importantly the memories. Me and my brother didn't always get along, hardly ever once we turned teenagers Actually. Things that wouldn't even matter to someone else, are actually really close to me. Every summer when it was just us and the parents would go to work and we would have to entertain ourselves.. Before Internet! Almost everyday we would eat those kid cuisines (back when they had cool prizes in them!) and I would always try to take the prize. We each had our own chicken and we would take them on "adventures" on our 5 acre property, and one day we were having to much fun and mom kept trying to call the house and came home when she thought something had happened. When mom or dad would come down the drive way and we would get all of our chores done in that 2 minutes.. When me and my brother would pull our shirts over our knees and act like midgets lol. Or when my brother had his friend over staying the night and I got scared, so he let his little sister sleep on the floor of his room. Or when the night after Christmas, it was 2AM and me and my brother were up making bead animals and we see my doorknob turn and we run into my parents room and they were dead asleep! There's just so many memories that I miss and I wish I would have taken the time to slow down and realize that life does go on. My brother is now moving to Oregon and my parents are possibly going to as well. I cherish those memories because we don't make to many new ones anymore of just our family. We now have Kaiden to make his childhood as awesome as we can make it. Just don't take any moment for granted because it won't be there for ever.

This crazy life of mine!!

Today is September 27th! The first day of my first REAL job! I am now a full time college student, working part time, and a full time mommy, daughter and girlfriend.. Now that I have a job I am wondering if I will ever get a break. Sometime I wish I could do one or the other but then if I stop going to school what will I make of myself besides a $10.00 an hour paycheck? And if I didn't work, where would the extra money come from. Yes Jake works and pays the bills but we want some money we can go out and do things with out wondering how much is in our bank account.. Not to mention not putting all the stress on him! I love my job and were still in training, getting our background checks, finger prints and taking the CPR/first aid class. I just wish there was enough hours in the day to get all my homework done, go to work, spend hours and hours with Kaiden and Jake and time to my self As well to relax! I'm just hoping I'm not going to burn myself out. I'm already begging for Christmas break to be here! Exams for school are this week and next week and if you know me.. I suck at taking tests :(. I just need to get through next week and things will be much better! We also lost our awesome baby sitter who is moving to Boise so that is also pretty stressful looking for someone we know and trust! Anyways I'm not complaining just a little stressed but once I get into the swing of things it should be much better.. Just needed to vent a little lol, sorry guys!

What Kaiden did during his 7th month of life!

Whats been going on?!

I have not updated in MONTHS and have so much stuff to update on.. Especially Kaiden's monthly updates, which I will be putting up in a different blog, including his 7 month update. He is now 8 months old already! And will be 9 months on the 9th of October :) Just a little update before I get into his monthly updates, I am in college full time, for my Social work/ sociology degree. I have 3 in person classes for about 8 total hours a week and 2 online classes. I love my classes, besides math, I'm so bad at math. Other than that I am just a stay at home mom, working on homework, keeping the house clean and what not. Some big news is we got a French bulldog as well! Her name is Gracie and we could not ask for a better dog! She is so calm, and amazing with Kaiden. They are best friends already! Whenever Kaiden is sitting on the ground playing and rolling around Gracie is sitting right by his side! :) She is potty trained and about a year and a half old. She fits right in with our family :) What else is new...? hmm. Well Jake is still working at Dennis Dillon, and I have a job interview for AFI which is an organization that helps mentally handicapped people and kids with everyday tasks. I'm not sure if I'm going to go to the interview or take the job since I don't have someone to watch Kaiden unless it's after 4:30 and I just don't trust daycares. So we will see about that, :) Also, I'm not sure if I updated about our move which was at the end of August and we LOVE our place. 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath in a nice neighborhood. It is a town home with two other people on our left, but they are so quite I don't think we have even heard a sound from them. We recently got a letter in the mail that said they were selling our place.. We freaked out! We were thinking we will not be able to find a place that nice for that good of a price. Luckily when I went in to talk to them they informed us that it was only to investors so we wouldn't get kicked out and our lease would be the same,, so a big sigh of relief there! :) Not much else to update on me and Jake, I will not go and update Kaiden for his 7 month update. So stay tuned.. LOL :) And check out the pictures of Gracie Girl below! 

Kaiden and Gracie

Vlogging with Gracie

CUTEST BABY CONTEST!!!

I entered Kaiden into the cutest baby contest on facebook to be entered into win a free photography session for him! I need YOUR help to win! All you have to do is go to the link below and scroll down and click "like" on Kaiden's picture. Go down until you see my facebook name "Jessie Johnson" and the picture is of Kaiden in his bear outfit and he's sitting in his car seat. 

Please and thank you everyone!! :)

https://www.facebook.com/events/377305262336675/

6 Month update!

Today Kaiden is six months and one week old! And guess what...?? His front two teeth are popping through. Hence the picture below! :D I didn't know I could get so excited over something as simple as teeth lol. I didn't even know he was teething, he hasn't been any more fussy at all or drooling anymore than usual either.

Also he recently rolled from his back to his tummy for the first time! I was in the other room and he was on his playmat and when I came back into his room he was on his tummy. So many exciting things. This is my favorite part of being a mommy watching him grow up. Jake is now at A.T. Luckily he only has to be there for ten days this year, Last year he had to be in Washington for a whole month. Now he will be able to help us move into our new place and clean the old apartment. His birthday is on the 22nd this month. We're planning on having a BBQ for him sometime next months and also going to Tucano's brazilian grill. Here's a few more pictures of him, I'm pretty sure he's the cutest baby boy in the world :) lol. Love you boo boo. 

Kaiden at the water park in July

On July 7th 2012 Kaiden went to his first "water park." Let's just say he is such a water baby. He LOVED putting his hands in and trying to catch the water. It was such a hot day he really didn't even mind when the water would get in his face. He also got to go on the swings at the park, which we are still practicing on doing. lol. He doesn't quite know how to hold himself up in the swing yet. I am definitely going to be taking him back to this park a lot as he gets older. It's called adventure island in settlers park in Meridian. It has a water part on during the summer, and a huge play ground. 

Kaiden didn't like the other kids? jk. haha.

Kaiden and Daddy! 

The faces my child makes! hahaha <3 

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Baby's first fourth of July

This year was Kaiden's first fourth of July. Technically we weren't with him on the fourth because me and Jake went out of town with some friends, but we celebrated his first fourth the Wednesday before at an event called the God and country rally. We watched fireworks, a lot of my friends got to meet Kaiden for the first time! He had a blast. Kaiden did not get scared by the fire works at all and was really into them and watched them almost the whole way through, and during the finally he actually passed out lol. Such a tired boy. We love you little man :)

Mommy, daddy, and baby watching fireworks for the first time! :)

Kaiden with his God parents.

His outfit for the day, "Daddy is my hero"

Hanging out with mommy

He's such a ladies man :)

The simple things in life :)

Being a mommy makes you think about so many more things in life, the beautiful things, that you have never thought of before. I am a teen mom but I don't feel like a teenager any more, and that's okay. I'm happier than I have ever been in life at this moment right now, I know who I am now, what I live for, and who I want to be. Here's things that make me so happy in life just from being a mommy:
-Waking up to Kaiden's smile in the morning.
-The way he giggles when he's "in trouble" make me forget everything in that moment but him.
-The way he sleeps on my chest so peacefully, he is truly an angel.
-How he looks at me and Jake, with so much love.
-How he tries to eat EVERYTHING he picks up.(:
-How he wants to do everything on his own
-The face he makes when he tries something new (baby food.)
-How he screams and laughs when we tickle him.
Kaiden is what inspires me to be a better person.
I never do anything with out thinking of him first, even when I'm not with him.
I have someone looking up to me, to be their mommy, their protector, so nothing
in this world can hurt him. He is the smallest person yet has the most meaning in my life.
I love you baby boy<3

5 1/2 months old

Kaiden is almost six months now! WOW! How time flys. It feels like I had him just a few months ago. Kaiden is learning a lot of new things. He has rolled over from his tummy to his back at least 6 times and is currently practicing rolling onto his tummy. He's a little over 15 pounds right now and is still in size 2 diapers. He currently eats about seven oz. every four hours. Sometimes three. He LOVES baby food! He has had pears, sweet potatoes, carrots, bananas and peas. Last night we tried feeding him organic baby rice cereal which was a definite NO. lol, as you can see from the pictures below. He also went swimming for the first time as well! He loved the pool which was no surprise to me because he loves bath time. :) Kaiden is now in size 6-9 month clothing but can still fit in some of the carters 3 and 3-6 month clothes. His six month appointment is in a couple weeks, but I am thinking about switching pediatricians. I am anti-vaccine and am looking for a doctor who respects that and doesn't treat me and my son differently because of that decision. Anyways, Kaiden is a TOTAL daddies boy. He gets so excited when his daddy gets home he'll even stop eating and start giggling when he see's Jake. It melts my heart seeing those two together because I see how happy Jake makes Kaiden. Kaiden learned how to blow bubbles "rasberries" and does that all the time now. He doesn't that much but is slowly finding his voice. Everyone that meets him says how quite of a baby he is and say that most babies they meet just cry all the time lol(: He doesn't cry much at all, only when he's hungry or when we're outside and the sun gets in his eyes, which is why we got him some sunglasses (picture below). That's about all of the new stuff for Kaiden, :) I still can't believe he's about to turn six months old!

First time in the pool :)

Batman in the bath! :D 

Organic rice cereal.. YUCK! 

Looking pretty fly in his new sunglasses :)

And his Tux.  

Daddy and Kaiden at dinner. 

4 1/2 months old!

 Kaiden is now four and half months old, fifteen pounds and 23 inches long with a head 17 inches around. :) He is growing so much. He rolled over for the first time yesterday May 19, 2012. Kaiden can now grab his feet and toes and he loves sitting up all the time. This month he also tried baby food for the first time! Smashed up bananas, and he loved them :D I only fed him bananas a couple times because he is still pretty young, but every time he they would get close to his mouth he would open his mouth and suck on my finger for more. His clothes are getting tighter and tighter as he grows  every day and he can still fit in 3 months clothes but he fits best in 3-6 and 6-9 month clothes. He loves music and also when people dance for him he gets so giggly and excited its so adorable! He is also starting to grab things a lot more such as mommy's hair and his toys lol.

Out fishing.

Me and Kaiden at the park.

Kaiden's friend Oliver sucking on his pinky lol.

First time eating baby food! Yummmmy.

Bath time fun time! :)

First time on a swing he LOVED it. 

Holding himself up before he rolled over.

Daddy and baby.

An older picture of grandpa holding Kaiden.

At the Zoo for mothers day :) First time at the Zoo.

Baby and his giraffe

Going on a walk on the green belt. 

Quick Update :)

Kaiden is doing amazing. Just a quick little update. (: Mommy life is so much fun and I couldn't imagine not having our baby boy in my life. He is my entire world, Everytime he smiles or "talks" it melts my little heart. You really can't describe to someone who's never been a mommy before how amazing and special it is. It really is true that there is no greater love than a mothers. Kaiden is almost 3 months old already which seems absolutely crazy. It does not seem like 3 months has gone by, from the labor part and being in the NICU for a week. He has grown to be the happiest baby. Smiling and "talking" all the time. (Except when he's hungry of course). lol. He sleeps all night long from about eleven at night until ten in the morning. He eats 8oz. every 4 hours, and from what I hear he's quite the little hunk eating that much haha, unless he is on another growth spurt. At his 2 month appointment which was on the 14 we found out he is a little over 12 pounds and 22 inches long. The Doc also said he has a really big head. It had grown an inch and a half from his last appointment. In the pictures below that we got taken he was about 2 and half months old. We plan on getting some more taken in about 3 months when he will be 6 months old. Also at his 2 month appointment we decided not to get him any shots by weighing the risk factors and the probability that he would get it. When researching each shot we found out how much bad things are actually in them and at 2 months getting that many shots is a lot for a babies body to take. Anyways, next month I start signing up for my classes to go back to school... YAY! And only another 3 semesters and I will have my associates out of the way. I have also been working out everyday lately to loose the baby weight.. I've lost 3 pounds so far and 2 inches off my waist! I'm gunna get the body I want for summer time(: haha. Also no more babies for awhile.. haha. I got the paragard and it lasts up to ten years.(:. So to sum this up everything is going great at the Swapp residents. Thank you all for your support<3