December Festivities.

It's amazing how different each stage of a kid's life is. I know I'm only in the first year, but even so, every month has brought change after change. Kaiden is really starting to develop his personality and I can already tell that he is independent, curious, mechanically-minded, sweet, caring, yet sensitive and easily upsetted. If I run an errand or E comes home from work, he immediately runs up to us and wants to cuddle. He has started resting his head on my shoulder and purposefully sitting on my lap. I can tell he is just like E. Both my boys love affection and love to show it. On the other hand, he now fully understands what the word "no" means. He is starting to have tantrums and oh, we will not  be tolerating that. I've seen too many kids become extremely spoiled which leads to acting out in public, becoming  a sore loser and never learning discipline. We have found a perfect method to disciplining Kaiden and it's proven to be quite effective.

I went to the dentist yesterday for my bi-annual checkup. Everything was fine, except I explained to the dentist how my jaw has been popping lately and how lately I clench my teeth when I sleep. The dentist told me that the jaw popping is because of my inflamed jaw muscles...which is a result from the clenching. He asked me if I was under any stress, as that is the common reason for clenching. I know there have been stressful points in my life but at this point there is nothing extra. I've been trying jaw relaxation techniques (which sounds ridiculous) but I think I'm going to have to get a night-guard to help re-align everything. It's going to cost us an arm and a leg but my dentist said the clenching is having an effect on my gum line and jaw, and I'm too young for this occur. Not to mention, I will be having my wisdom teeth removed in a month. Ugh.

On a better note, I'm so excited for this month's festivities! Our December is filled with events. This Thursday is E's work's annual Christmas Party. Friday I'm having a cookie exchange. Monday is my birthday and next Thursday we are going on a last minute vacation to Florida for Christmas! My whole family will be there and I'm so excited to see my brothers and sisters and for them to see Kaiden. Because of this, the entries will be sporadic but once the holiday season settles down and the new year begins, I'm committing to more consistent (and more personal) blogging :)

We bought Kaiden a monkey backpack (the leash is at tail) for DisneyWorld. No getting lost little monkey!