Mommy and Kellen

For those of you who don't already know....Kellen starts daycare next week. So, today was my last day of just "Kellen and Mommy Time". We still have this weekend, but today is the last day of just the two of us hanging out and doing our routine together. I have been thinking so much over the past couple of days about how quickly time has gone by....how is it possible that 18 months have come and gone? I am going to miss being with Kellen during the day so much. I will miss our routine of playing in the big bed after we wake up, having breakfast together, then going out for walks and to the park; I'll miss making lunch together, getting ready for naptime, and having lots of cuddles after his nap...I'll miss it all. It just breaks my heart that this chapter of our life together has come to an end, but I hope he will adjust quickly to daycare and learn to be happy with the other boys and girls. I hope that the teachers at his daycare learn to love him and that he will be okay without his mommy during the day.

Here are a couple of pictures of Kellen and Mommy 18 months ago....

I decided to take lots of pictures today...here is Kellen after breakfast...notice how long his hair is...we soon left for a haircut!

And, back from our haircut (in which he screamed as if someone were cutting off a limb instead of his hair)...and checking out the grass on the front lawn.

I love this picture! He was having fun "putting gas" into his car and looked up and gave me the goofiest little smile!

Still putting gas in the car.....

For a special dinner before daycare starts, we decided to go to Applebee's. Here is Kellen sitting with daddy and drinking some apple juice while he colours. He was super good at the restaurant!

The funniest thing ever was when he wanted the lemon that came with my salad. Shawn let him lick the lemon and he made the funniest faces ever! However, he kept wanting to lick the lemon after this...and kept making the face!

Giving daddy a Hi-Five!

Before we left, Kellen had fun looking through the bottom of his chair at the people walking by.

Who loves her baby....mommy does!

Mommy and Kellen hanging out before we go for our walk after dinner.

We stopped by the park after dinner and Kellen ran around all over the place...here he is hanging out by a tree while watching the other kids play.

Kellen loves the mailboxes...he has learned how to say the word "Mail" now and whenever we walk by the mailboxes, he will point to them and say mail lots of times! He loves to take our keys and pretend to open the mailboxes and he loves to look in between the mailboxes to play a game of peek-a-boo with you! He is so cute!

I see Kellen!

"Hello neighbour! Just checking the mail!"

Here is Kellen wondering what in the world all the noise is...it turned out to be the ice cream truck!!!

Mommy loves Kellen (he loves me too, but you can't tell by this picture!!!)

Up the stairs to the bath!

As I've mentioned before, Kellen absolutely loves to play "where's Kellen?" and this is one of his absolute favorite hiding spots. Here he is after I found him....what a good little hider! (And, what a beautiful smile!)

Checking out his muscles in the mirror before his bath.

I love this picture....Shawn was tickling Kellen before his bath and Kellen was just laughing so hard...it was so funny to watch!

Another game of "Boo! I see you!"

Kellen loves to put pails, buckets, etc over his head and make weird noises...then, he will pass it to you and expect you to do the same! Don't ask me how he developed this game!

Relaxing in the tub...which is unusual these days because he loves to splash around, throw himself down on his belly and just be really silly during bathtime!

Kellen loves it when Shawn covers his eyes and then says "Boo!"...Kellen loves to grab his hands to reveal his face, then laughs non-stop!