Kylann turns 30!!

We threw a small little surprise party for Kylann the day after his birthday in March. We just had mostly family and a few friends there. It was SO tough to keep this a secret, but I totally pulled it off! I invited two of his best friends from High School whom he hadn't seen in a years! It was NOT easy getting a hold of these two, but through some detective work, I am proud to say I did AND they actually came! I was so happy for that! I didn't get a picture of his reaction when we walked in, but here are some pictures we took there. Thank you SO much to all who came! He was really surprised!!

The crazy threesome! Steven McClain, Kylann and Frankie Henderson. These guys are nutz when they're together!

The guy in the middle is Frankie's brother. I think his name was Jessie.

With THE mom! (Kylann's mom) She always treated these two like one of her own boys.

One of our closest friends and second mom out here, Sandee Adragna. (She's known me since I was two years old). Her and her daughter, Amber (my best friend) came.

Aunt Sheri and Uncle Karl Toledo

Kylann's brother, Sterling and his girlfriend

Brent and his now wife, Aileen(sp? She's french. Not quite sure how to spell her name). She's adorable and we love her! (Can you tell him and Sterling are brothers?...lol)

Frankie having fun with Chase

Steven going off on one of his stories

My goof ball kid!

Chase was totally showing off here. Grandma was cracking up, as you can see.

Grandma had such a hard time holding in her laughter

Chocolate Chip Cookie Kisses and Bumbo

Chase had just eaten a chocolate chip cookie and decided to give Kyler a messy faced kiss while he was on his tummy. Little stinker!

We bought Kyler a Bumbo Seat from a yard sale my friend was having. We got a great deal on it! I wanted to get one for him because he loves to be upright. I guess he gets to see more that way. He's still getting used to it.

He kept going all wide eyed on me when the flash went off. So cute!

Love this picture!

E-mail Updates

I noticed that when my updates are sent through e-mail, it doesn't bring you to our blog page. But I did notice that the link is at the bottom of these e-mails. So just an FYI, when you get an update in your in-box, go all the way to the bottom and click on the link that says, PENROD'S PLAY PEN!. It's just a little bit easier to read than the format it comes in through e-mail.

Chase is two!

I can't believe two years ago today I was in a hospital giving birth to my first little boy. He has grown up so fast! I look at these pictures below and I wonder where the time went.

We didn't plan anything for his birthday this year. I just didn't have the energy or money. Plus, he's young enough to not know the difference anyway. We may just take him to Chucky Cheese's later this week.

Here are a few pictures of him throughout the past two years of my little man's life...

Chase Daniel Penrod
Born: May 3, 2008
8lbs 9.5oz
21 inches

Here are some things he's been up to lately...

-Of course getting into EVERYTHING and anything he can
-Realizing he can climb on taller objects (mostly things he's not suppose to be on)
-Learned to climb out of his bed and play with his toys instead of sleep
-Realizing he really can open the door to his bedroom and sneak out during nap time
-Pushing, hitting and grabbing toys from other children (and his parents)
-Does NOT like to listen to no at ALL. He even laughs at mom when he's being disciplined.
-Loves to show off. If he's the center of attention, he's very content.
-Loves to imitate Daddy with everything! He even tried kissing mommy on the lips a few times after he saw Daddy do it. :o) (He also tried to do that to Daddy too)
-Loves to turn on the faucets in the bathroom whenever he gets a chance!
-Loves to pretend to cook
-Likes to give hugs and kisses. Especially to his baby brother.
-Loves to give cheezy grins for the camera
-Loves to flirt with girls (always has actually)
-Being a good big brother
-Learning to be gentle
-Slowly learning to share

Some words he now says...
-Mommy
-Daddy
-Nana
-My may (Grandma)
-Peez and Me (Please)
-Pay coo (Thank you)
-Trash
-Ball
-Joo (Juice or Drink)
-Co coo (Food..we think. Or maybe cooking or cookie. No idea how he came up with that.)
-Eee (Eat)
-Ewww
-Puppy
-Toot toot
-Beep beep
-Car
-Shoe
-Kee kee (Blankie)
-White (Light)
-Bee
-Bucky (Broken)
-Thar is (There it is)
-Baby
-Wawa (water
-Die (Diaper)
I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting. He's picking up words a lot lately. He usually tries to say them, when we ask him to.


It has been a VERY tiring two years, but is slowly starting to get better. He is learning SO much right now and I only hope that I'm doing my part in helping him develop. Most days I don't feel I am. And by the end of the day, I think, I should have done this with Chase, or I should not have done that, or I could have done that better. As much as he stresses me out, I always have to stop and realize he's still a baby and he's just trying to understand this crazy world we live in. I hope he doesn't ever feel that he isn't loved or cared about. We both love this little guy so much and it would kill us if he ever felt that way. If he ever did, to me that means we're not doing our job as parents. We have been blessed with raising two of Heavenly Father's children on this earth and I don't want him to ever be disappointed in us for not doing our best.

Happy birthday, my little man! Mommy and Daddy love you more than you know!