My name is K-Man!

It's hard to believe that our baby K-Man is going to be 3 in less than 2 weeks. It seems like we were just struggling to even conceive him, and then waiting while he showed us his stubborness....showing up 2 days past his due date....and then making a very quick and dramatic entrance into this world! He has been such a blessing and a wonderful addition to our family.

That being said....he is an almost 3 year old boy! He is a feisty little guy with a mind all his own. Since he was just a baby, he has not been one to be pushed around and he lets his brother (and his mommy and daddy) know who is BOSS! :)

Feisty is one way to describe K-Man's personality.....ornery is another more accurate term. :) He seems to like to make trouble and he is just so darn cute when he's doing it, that it is often hard not to laugh when we're telling him no or trying to punish him.

....See what I mean? :)

Besides being a little on the naughty side....K-Man is also a little dare devil. We call him our little monkey, because he isn't afraid to climb on anything! I shouldn't really be surprised....he's been following his brother up to the top of the highest slides at the park since he was a year old. He is one tough little cookie though.....the first week that we were able to be outside this spring he ended up with one side of his face all scraped up and then the very next day ended up with a knot on his head....climbing and falling outside is a little harder and more painful than falling inside on the squishy carpet and soft playroom floor. :) But, he bounced right back each time and was right back on top of something before we knew it.

Our little man is so excited to turn 3, and he's been asking when he gets to go to school for a while now. He was so thrilled to go to preschool round up a few weeks ago...he loved being the center of attention and all of the teachers are so excited that they will have another Banker boy for the next 2 years. :) They have all gotten to see Kayden come and go with Carver for the last 2 years and have come to love him, as anyone that meets Kayden does.

That being said....I have to wonder if they will have their hands full with this little guy....he insists that his name is K-Man and will not even acknowledge that his name really is Kayden. I guess I never saw that coming when I said, "Hold on K-Man..." when he was just a little bit swinging in his swing... it stuck and now we've got a cute little man that thinks his name is K-Man. :) He has a very strong personality which is really adorable right now....but as we've seen with Carver it's cute...until he gets a little bigger and his little antics aren't so cute anymore. :)

Kayden is so smart and ridiculously funny.....this kid knows how to make you laugh! :) He has the sense of humor of a 3 year old boy.....thinking that tacking "poo poo" or "pee pee" on to the end of anything will make it funny....which it does, but he also has a sense of humor beyond his years and he puts a smile on your face quicker than anyone could ever know how to. Whether it's his little jokes (which he is of course the first to laugh at), or the fact that he can't say his "S" sounds yets, or just the way he says so much in his cute litte baby voice...he keeps us smiling.

I really can't imagine our lives without our little K-Man....he is one special little boy and he is going to grow up to be one special man. I really can't wait to see what the future holds for him....or what our futures hold because he is in them!