Caden Turned One!

We celebrated Caden's first birthday with a cowboy party & had so much fun! Here is a slideshow:

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Long Overdue Post

I can not believe it has been so long since I posted. I am not doing too good at the whole blogging thing! So so much has happened lately & I have been so busy that I have not taken the time. Jade went back to live in Texas in July & we are sad to see her go but don't really have the say so & so we are trusting God to protect her, we celebrated Caden's first birthday on July 25th

& then left for a wonderful vacation in Destin, Fl the last week of July We were only back home for a week when my precious Mammaw went to Heaven. It was such a sad time but she was tired & so ready to go. I will really miss her!

Caden started Mother's Day out this week & we are all trying to adjust to all the many changes in our lives all at once. I guess one thing to say is that life seems to have definitely slowed down now. I will miss my grandmother so much but I know she is happy & healed in Heaven now & that makes me smile. I will do another post all aout vacation & the 1st birthday party soon! Hope everyone has a happy Labor day weekend!!

Weekend Recap

Mirror Mirror on the wall...

Whose the cutest baby of all???

Caden loves looking at himself in the mirror!

Here he was getting ready for the pool in his swimsuit.

This weekend was Caden's very first time in the swimmimg pool and I wasn't sure what he would think...but of course he loved it!

He loved the froggy floaty we got him & splashed & played.

He wasn't quite as sure once I took him out of the floaty. He was holding on for dear life!

We went to one of our favorite Mexican restaurants this weekend- Superior Grill & had some yummy fajitas!

Caden & daddy!
Jade celebrated her 8th birthday this weekend & we threw her a gymnastics party at Acrosports. It was a lot of fun & Caden enjoyed getting in on the action as well!
He hung on to the bars even after David let go! This kid has got some muscles!

Happy 8th Birthday!! Caden has so much fun crawling around this big gym & then he decided to stand by himself for the VERY FIRST TIME!! Yay!! He balanced by holding this little yellow ball!

My parents were at the party & were there to see him stand!

My mom was so excited!

Lazy Summer Sundays

Today was a beautiful summer day & we had a good time! After church, we had brunch & then went home & napped! Got to love those sunday afternoon naps!! This afternoon, we spent most of our time outside enjoying the weather.

Caden loves his new swing....

attached to the new swing set that is FINALY finished!!

We already love it & love that we have a big shady backyard to play in!

I fell in love with this huge oak tree the moment I saw it & still can't believe that I have a tree this big & beautiful in my backyard!

Daddy & Caden playing cars!
Caden is definitely an outside boy & has so much fun!

He is pushing it...trying to walk!

We watered flowers in the front yard & Caden enjoyed getting sprinkled by the hose too!

Getting wet & loving it!

He goes up & down these steps & has no fear at all!

Ok Mom- I'm ready to go in now!! (Look at that muddy bottom!)
Time for a bath!! Let's go swimming in mommy's big bathtub.

Who me? Dirty?

Splish- splash. Water Baby!

Caden LOVES bath time!! Can you tell?

I follow a blog that I love called Kelly's Corner. Every Friday she hosts a tour of a room in your house & this will be my first week to participate!! With my kitchen under construction, it leaves the rest of my rooms in a mess with dishes stacked every where!! Anyway...I love how my nursery turned out! It is in sweet shades of pale green & yellow. When we started getting the nursery ready, we already knew that our birth mom was expecting a boy but in the back of our minds, we wanted to stay neutral just in case God had another plan.

So... welcome to Caden's Nursery!!

The birth grandmother mailed us this print to hang on the wall before he was born. This print had special meaning to her & she wanted something from her to go in his room so he would always know he was loved by her. It is a guardian angel leading a little boy & girl over a worn bridge in a storm. She thought it reminded her of us & I think it is very special!

Here is the bookshelf that I ordered from Pottery Barn. I love it & it holds all of his books. The rocking chair below was replaced by a new light green chenille rocker/recliner that was a gift from my parents right before he was born. It is so comfy & there is a lot of rockin going on in that chair!

Our schnauzer, Shelby, had no idea what was coming!!

I got all of these balloon valances at Target & ironed on coordinating ribon detail to make them look a little more custom.

We painted the built in dresser to match the antique yellow furniture I had from when I was single. I also painted the changing table which was a Craig's List special!

This chandelier is so special. It hung in my parent's very first home & then over my grandmother's dining room table for years. When her house was being sold, I asked for it & knew that I wanted to save it for my baby's nursery someday. I added the green gingham shades.

The bedding is Yellow Froggy be Brandee Daniel & matches the room so well!

Look at this precious baby all snuggled up in his room!!! Sleeping soundly!!



Thanks for visiting!!!!

Busy Memorial Day Weekend

My Mom's Birthday was Friday & I decided to surprise her with a quick trip to the BIG "D"!! I am always looking for an excuse to go there & I scored an awesome hotel room on priceline for $35 & we were on the road.... Can you tell that I REALLY like traveling? Also, I think that we do it so much that Caden really likes it too! He came along- just the 3 of us!!

Once we arrived, our first stop was birthday lunch at our favorite Tea Room in Plano called Into My Garden Tea Room. It was so delicious & we had lots of fun shopping the downtown area. I got the best baby sling ever called a "Yummy Mummy Wrap." You can read more about it here: http://www.yummymummywraps.blogspot.com/ I had been looking for something that Caden couldn't flip out of & that he didn't mind & this was it!! It is so comfortable & he loves riding in & has already fallen asleep twice in it! This was great for shopping too!

Friday night we went to one of my favorite special occasion restaurants & had a great dinner at The Melting Pot. It is a fondue restaurant & we dipped away in our cheese, cooked our meats & veggies in a delicious broth & had all kinds of yummy stuff to dip in chocolate for dessert. Mom & I loved it & Caden had fun too!

The next morning we did more shopping & stopped by THE BEST tortilla factory ever called Luna's for some fresh homemade tortillas to go. These are so great & there is a lady there that hand rolls these!! YUM & David was so excited to get these as a little souvenir!

On Monday, we celebrated Memorial Day at my parent's house. My Dad grilled ribs & chicken & I was assigned a dessert. I have a HUGE love for cookbooks but often just end up making up recipes & don't use my cookbooks. But....I decided to pull out one & I found a great & easy recipe for a lemon pound cake. It was so so good & I also made homemade vanilla ice cream in our new Cuisinart ice cream maker I got at the garage sale for $5 last week.

Such a pretty pound cake!!

Look at that lemony goodness!!

Caden is eating everything in sight & he thoroughly enjoyed his meal & required a bath afterwards! He had baked beans in his hair & potato salad on his nose!

Caden enjoyed playing in his new ball pit!

Relaxing on the front porch!!

Hope everyone had a Happy Memorial Day!!

P.S. The Kitchen is ALMOST done!!! Pics to come!