Spaceships, Reading & Outfits.

Photos 1-4: Caiden got an idea in his head that he wanted to build a spaceship. He had been asking since before Ryder was born so when we bought some new patio furniture and it came in a few big boxes I decided to go for it and build him one. Ryder was not napping well that day. He was taking his sporadic 20 minutes naps and I was getting frustrated because I just wanted to finish the spaceship for an incredibly excited Caiden. Finally I gave up on getting Ryder to sleep and laid him on a blanket in the shade and finished putting it together. Caiden was thrilled when it was done. It was a huge mommy win for me.

Photo 5: Caiden loves to climb in bed with me in the morning and Ryder has started to join us recently. When I get up and start to get ready for the day Caiden likes to "babysit" his brother on my bed. Often he sings him songs or snuggles him under a blanket, but sometimes he likes to read him stories. We've been reading the same books for the last 3 years so Caiden has some of them memorized. He reads them to Ryder and I just think it's the sweetest thing.

Photos 6, 7 & 8: The weekend before the 4th of July we went up to the outlets to indulge in their big holiday sales. We got Ryder a few little RL onesie outfits and one just so happened to match a polo Caiden already had. After washing the onesie it looked like it might actually fit our tiny man so I tried it on him and Caiden ran to his closet and grabbed his matching shirt. Sometimes brother's just have to match, and sometimes their mommy just has to take pictures of it.

Photo 9: I love those sweet little feet. I love how they turn in like monkey feet, how they're so tiny that newborn socks won't even stay on them at 2 months old. I love his little toes and how he curls them around my fingers.

Photo 10: this marks a momentous occasion, our tiny peanut officially grew out of his first article of clothing. While it fits pretty nicely when it's on him, I feel like I'm breaking his arms to get it on. It's just too tight up there. I had to get a picture because it's just the cutest little outfit and I'm sad he only got to wear it a few times. No worries though, he's still exclusively in newborn clothes :)