Yesterday Kayden and I headed down to San Diego to spend some time with my college friend Janae and her two girls- Rylan (2yrs) and Laila (6 months). Laila and Kayden are exactly one month apart! Janae and I went to college together at SDSU and after graduating we went through the teaching program together. After we got our credentials she headed to Arizona and spent the next five years there. She taught for two years and then started having babies. Now she is a stay-at-home mom. We were both saying how lucky we are to be able to be at home with our babies, but that it can be challenging too. I have the perfect balance with working part time, but sometimes I think I could really be at home full time. This is probably because I just had a week off with my family, which means I had lots of support and help with the baby. It gets hardest when I am here alone all day with Kayden. Sometimes I just feel like the only way to get out of the house is to go shopping- that gets expensive! I know when she gets older there will be parks, the beach, and play dates in our future! In the meantime, it’s still great to get together with other new mommies and be each others’ support system. We were both saying how great it was to hear someone else talking about some of the challenges we are facing. 🙂

Here are some pictures of the three girls. I didn’t bring my good camera, so they might be a little blurry!

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Here are a few pics of Kayden enjoying tummy time this morning.

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Here is Kayden enjoying her morning nap! She sleeps best in mommy and daddy’s bed. She is currently taking a morning nap that can range from 30  minutes to an hour and a half and an afternoon nap that is consistently 2 hours. I love a napping baby!!

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