Sweet Big brother

So Auklin is loving having his brother home- he loves him so much. He is always exciteted to see him when we have him. He wants to hold him all the time. He is so soft with him and always whispering to himself... hold his head :) He freaked out yesterday when my sister was getting all her kids ready to leave my house and she was also holding Kanyin and Auklin said "NO! not taking the baby home" he thought they were going to take him home.. it was so cute. and as we were sitting in the front room the other day he went up to Kanyin and did this all by himself... I had just been taking pictures of Kanyin so I had my camera out. He is my sweet little boy- and he is growing up so fast! :(

Similarities but oh so different...

So here is a comparison... They look so much alike but so different at the same time!

Kanyin Johnston Craven

Kanyin was born June 2nd at 7:28 am weighing in at 8 lbs 9 oz and 20.5 inches long. He was born C-section and on his way out inhaled some amniotic fluid and struggled with his breathing for a little while after he was born. I was actually not able to hold him for about 6 hours because he was in recovery. It was so hard not to hold him but he is doing so good now! He is a great little baby- he sleeps good and eats good and only cries when he is poopy :) I realize this will all change when we get home but we are enjoying it right now! :) Auklin is loving having a baby brother actually outside my tummy- he did not want to stop holding him. He kept saying "nana, I get to take this home" :) so cute! and he kept telling us he is going to hold his head up. He is going to be such a good brother- We are so excited to be a family of 4 and Auklin and Kanyin are going to be best buddies. They look a lot alike and we are excited to see them grow together...

First time I got to hold him- this was all I got to hold...

GARDENING

We are so excited for our garden this year! Auklin loves to garden with his daddy- they are the best of pals! They could both be out there all day everyday! They are just so dang cute- Here is to home made Salsa!!! WOOT WOOT!

Pictures

So the time has come- we are taking pictures of Matt and Brielle for their engagements and we started round one yesterday... they did so good- lots of cute ones! They are just perfect together we really like Matt, he is a nice addition to the fam- but sorry you two I am now going to focus on my cute little guy. Auklin came along to watch and he was catching on to the posing and with Kasey and Jillisa's help he took over the photo shoot with all his cute poses and he was enjoying it quite a bit. ...


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For Brielle...

So just taking a look back...

Week 8...

Week 18...

Week 32...

also had to cut my hair 6 inches- it was so dead...

Sorry its a little late Brielle, now that your home :) So anyway... only 8 weeks left and the last weeks go so slow- everything is perfect! I love being pregnant! I dont get nauseous or sick or anything so its been great. The only issue I have when pregnant is my bad back- when I get big and there is more weight it tends to hurt worse... imagine that... :) This baby moves a ton more than Auklin ever did- and he seems to be more in my back and up higher too- there are days where I look as big as I did with Auklin but for the most part I am smaller- the Dr says I am a couple weeks ahead of my due date if we were going by just size of the baby- he is already pretty big- just under 5 lbs. but they dont go by that so thats to bad! We still have no names for this little guy but at least we are talking more about it than we ever have. This pregnancy went so fast we havnt really talked names. .. wish us luck! I will update again soon!

There's sNOw family like a snowman family!

Well last I heard Kasey was taking Auklin out to make a snowman... well when I looked out the window I saw this...

Well I was excited to see how he was going to get this snowman stacked... its huge!

Well he tried a couple times and needless to say he could not lift it up- so he formed a ball on top piece by piece...

It was starting to look pretty good. HIm and Auklin were having so much fun- well needless to say they were having a little TOO much fun because slowly this snowman turned into this...

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Yes I am now a pregnant snowman with lopsided boobs... LOL oh Kasey was having fun and he is so cute- He did a pretty good job and Auklin loved them!

Growing Up

So Auklin is learning to ride his bike- Yes, HIS bike, I see that it is pink and purple but you cant get too picky when it comes to getting free things... : ) We are planning to paint it- but he actually really likes pink and he loves this bike! his legs are just a tad bit to short when he turns he cant quite peddle all the way so he has to start over but he has gotten the hang of if pretty darn fast.

Just ignore my annoying voice and the fact that I fall!

Baby brother

So- its been a while since I have updated and this seemed like a cute story to tell. So we went to the dr. yesterday and it was just me and Auklin- Well we were getting an ultra sound and Auklin was doing so good sitting in the chair next to me commenting and saying things like " my brother" and "mom its baby brother" just being so cute- Well, the dr. turned the picture on the screen to the 3D and so its a more yellow antique looking picture and just then auklin says very excitedly... MOM!!! ITS JESUS!!! with a huge smile on his face! hehehe the dr. looked at me and said "did he just say Jesus?" And while laughing uncontrollably I told her yes and she was laughing so hard we couldn't see anything in focus on the screen and we just laughed for a minute and then she said "I have heard a LOT of things but that is the best I have heard yet!" It was so dang cute- I am thinking it reminded him of baby Jesus, over the holidays he loved baby Jesus. It was a precious moment. He already loves his baby brother so much- he got his own copy of an ultra sound picture and he took so good care of it. he accidently dropped it in the car and he said "mom, wheres my baby brother?" and when we got out of the car and he found it he said oh there's my baby brother. : ) He is excited but still doesnt really know whats going to happen... We are excited to find out how our little family will be with 4! Just 16 more weeks and counting... 

The BIG 2

Well that time has come- Auklin has turned two. Our little baby is 2! I cant believe it- He has come such a long way. We could not imagine our lives without him. He loves to talk and he needs your attention all the time. He loves playing ball especially with dad. When Kasey asked what he wanted to do for his birthday Auklin said "basketball" they are one in the same! My favorite thing that Auklin does is randomly during the day whether we are driving in the car or we are playing tag he will say "mom" .... I say what Auklin, ... "i love you" : ) it is amazing the happiness that little face can bring to ones life. He is just so precious and sincere. It crazy the things they pick up and learn so fast, and understand... its scary sometimes. Lately he will come up to ya and slap ya on the bum and say "hey babe" : ) hehehehehe YIKES I wonder where he learned that. He is just so funny and so fun! He just enjoys life and loves to be busy. He gives the best hugs and kisses and he is now 2!