Happy Birthday Caden!

Today at 10:51AM Caden turns 4 years old! I can't believe it! Cory and I were just talking last week during the Olympics how we were watching mountain biking in the Olympics in 2004 while I was in the hospital in labor! He has grown up so much in the last couple of years and is a wonderful blessing to us both! He is so intelligent and onery all at the same time. He is more and more like his mother everyday, especially with his personality and attitude! But I love him dearly. He is an awesome big brother and loves to teach Carter all kinds of things. I can't wait to see what he has in store for Cole:) I don't think he has changed much in the looks department over the years, just gotten older...he is still the same round headed cutie with long eyelashes we brought home from the hospital!

2 days old

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almost 3 years old
almost 4 years old

Happy Birthday Baby, Momma and Daddy love you bunches!

Fax-It-Phone

Cory got a wild hair a couple of days ago and got his saxophone out after the boys were in bed. He just sat around until his lips hurt and practiced. Of course Caden loved it and last night wanted to stay up and help Daddy practice. He gets so excited and calls it Daddy's Fax-It-Phone...too funny! I was on the couch having contractions, so Daddy gave in and let Caden stay up to play. It was too cute, watching Caden get so excited about playing an instrument. Here are a couple of pics and a video of his first experience with a saxophone. We called Grammie and she said she has heard worse from 6th graders, so that is promising. Cory hopes we have a Kenny G prodigy on our hands, I just hope he takes up something else like the guitar! It is a little softer at times!

Caden waiting not so patiently for his turn to blow. Cory taught him how to position his lips and everything. Caden caught on so well, we were both impressed!

Caden tooting his horn!

Here is the sound of music! Caden was blowing with all his might, while Daddy played the notes for him! Sorry it is really dark, but that is Caden, I promise!

Oh What A Beautiful Morning!

Since the boys have been roomies, they now wake up anywhere from 6:15AM to 7:00AM. Once we were really lucky and I had to wake them around 7:20AM because we had to get up and get ready for school! Carter has been doing well the last week and a half about going to bed in his big bed and staying there all night! We sometimes have to put Caden to bed in our bed because Carter is not quite asleep, but we are getting there! I see light at the end of the tunnel.

Anyway, I digress...the reason for this post...when you are up at 6:30AM, by 9AM the boys need a little more action, so we headed outside this morning and boy was it a gorgeous day! It was cool, there was a nice breeze blowing, and we spent about 1 1/2 hours playing. It was so nice, I even went out with them for a bit! They really wanted to swing, so I indulged them for a bit. Now I can't see my ankles and my toes feel like big sausages, but it was worth it.

I snapped some pics for you all, because apparently that is all some want to see :) I am not sure why the pics have a halo glow, surely not for my angelic children, but anyway, here is our swing session today!

Have a beautiful day!

Still Pregnant...AGGHHHH!

For those of you who didn't get to see me Sunday at church, I am, of course, still here and STILL PREGNANT! I went to the doctor Friday and not much had changed, so I go back again this Thursday. I technically have about 2 1/2 more weeks or so, but I am done...this kid has got to be huge and I am ready for him to be out!


I had pretty intense contractions most of yesterday but they did calm down enough for me to get a good nights sleep. This morning, they are back, so I am hoping and praying things will get moving. This is a really busy week for me though, so I am not sure if having Cole now would be good or not! If I do, I just want it to happen and get over with, if not this week, fine...just let me feel good, you ladies out there know what I mean right!


Anyway, wanted to give a quick upate...I will try and post another pick soon!

Interesting Kind of Tag

I have been tagged by Mandy and I think this one is really pretty neat. I always what to know how organized people are and this shows!

Contents are as follows:

1 Bible, 1 pack of gum, 2 large bottles of lotion (1 scented and 1 unscented), 1 measuring tape, 1 bottle of meds (tylenol, advil, excederin, pepto bismol), 1 house key, 1 bottle of hand sanitizer, 1 wallet(drivers license, check card, and credit card inside), 1 package of kleenex, 1 pen/pencil combo, 1 notepad, 1 cell phone, 1 ziploc baggie of tums (only in my purse when I am pregnant), 1 pouch with lipstick, lipliner, and lipgloss, 1 set of car keys, 1 sunglasses case with sunglasses in side, 2 small bottles of lotion, 1 picture book, and 1 set of evangelism cards.

It all fits nicely in my large bag! Now I tag Dawn, Devin, and Hilary!

Bear With Me

I am trying to change up my blog, so bear with me. I need to fix my header, but of course can't figure out how, so just be patient!

Caden's Homework

Here is a shot of Caden's 1st homework for the year. I mentioned it in yesterday's post but we finally finished it. It took him around 45 minutes total to color it all. Partly because he was distracted some, but partly because he was being so precise. It was crazy! He is more and more like his mother on a daily basis! Also note that he was supposed to name his bear and tell what the bear likes to do. In case you can't read it well, the bear's name is Velcro (who knows where this came from?) and Velcro likes to hibernate in the winter...accurate but interesting! Enjoy!

First Day of School - '08

Caden started preschool yesterday and he had a "beary" good time. His new school this year does several thematic units and the first one is bears...so he got to do lots of fun stuff with bears!

I tried to get some pics of him before we left, but it was so rainy...we had to do it inside. Here is his new Diego backpack, that is bigger than him!
Carter of course had to get in on the pics...sorry about the red eye.
Here is the picture they took at the school, much better :) He acted like he didn't want to go that morning, telling me he was sick. But I told him to quit whining and be a big boy and he was fine. I had to stay with him most of the day, but I was able to sit in the back while he played. He did great! Hopefully the next day will be just as good!
Here is one of the play centers...this boy is in truck heaven. This is what he did almost 90% of the time we where there. There are about 10-12 different types of trucks and he played with them all!
After a bit of playing trucks, he decided he wanted to go find his buddy Sam, so here they are playing puzzles.
While the parents had a meeting, the kids played some more, ate a snack and colored...he was very excited to show me his orange bears he colored!

All in all a great day! He brought home a goodie bag from his first day and a homework page! I will post more about that once he finishes it. It is just a coloring page, but he is becoming a perfectionist and it took him 20 minutes to color the two legs of the bear and one arm last night...we have to finish it today!