Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays! It has been a busy month. Kristin and Koehn came to visit from Virginia. It was great to see you guys!! We were also lucky enough to spend Thanksgiving on the beach in Long Boat Key, FL. It was a beautiful week on the beach and we were so fortunate that all of my cousins and aunts and uncles, grandparents, on my moms side got to meet our baby boy. The kids are getting excited for Christmas as well as no school for 2 weeks. Caiden is such a little boy now. He has a mouth full of teeth and says more words and signs each day. His new favorite word is "no"...lucky us....and his new favoite sign is "please." He is still active as always and loves to dance. His favorite song is Beyonce's "Single Ladies." They are all growing up so fast.

Chris and Caiden and I at night on the beach



Caiden analyzing how his toes felt in the sand....he loved it. He loved the water, the sand, the sea shells...however he did try to eat the shells.


Caiden and I trying to be patient while we waited for daddy to walk out to the beach...neither Caiden nor I are very patient people...:)


Sunset view from our house


Popeye walking the girls out to the beach :)


Chris, Caiden and I at out favorite diner on the beach


The kids, and the big kids enjoying the Gulf of Mexico


The view from our bedroom

Our family owned a beach house for over 30 years and all my cousins and my sister and I had been going there since we were babies. It is located 3 houses down from the beach house we were in this trip. So we had to take a trip down memory lane and go see the house and peek in the windows ;)

The whole group. Happy Thanksgiving!

My sisters beautiful family, Melissa, Karl, Ainsley and Dagny, in the spot where they got married 5 years ago.

Chris and Caiden and I in the spot where Chris proposed to me 5 years ago. We were happy to share that with Caiden :)


Mom and Aunt Cheri having too much fun


We went to the Seafood Shack, a resturant on the water that we have been going to since we were little. We went to take a picture on this dock because we have many pictures on this very dock of my sister and cousins and I throughout the years.

Chris, Karl, Melissa and Jennifer going for a swim


Kristin and KC..we miss you!!


Kristin, Laura, me, Brooke and Lisa.

Happy Halloween and Happy Fall

Happy Fall! Halloween is done and Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and we've already had a couple of snow storms.....so luckily we get to spend it by the beach! :) Hunter finished lacrosse and did great. All 3 boys are growing up quickly. Caiden is on milk now, but getting him to drink milk out of a sippy cup seems impossible. He is saying yet more words and has added a couple signs as well, including "friends." Everyone is well. We love and miss you all.

Hunter playing lacrosse just like dad :)


Caiden went to his first pumpkin patch and he found a little one that he carried around everywhere.


Caiden posing by the pumpkins


Daddy and Caiden


Mommy and Caiden


Here is a pic just for Aunt Nomie and Uncle Jeff. Caiden in his Harley shirt from them...and of course he had to have the hair and glasses to match


Caiden, Trey and Dillon wanting to see the dog at Treys house. Happy 1st birthday Trey. We love you!


Caiden loves to take daddys hat and wear it


All bundled up for the first snow of the year


Daddy and Caiden posing as husband and wife. Chris made Caiden be the girl


Caiden's first petting zoo.....although he loves animals, he seemed to be more interested in playing with the straw and leaves on the ground


Happy Halloween and Happy birthday to Dillon. We love you! All the babies are now a year old. Here are Caiden and Dillon checking each other out in their costumes.


Jamie, Laura and I :)


Caiden was still not too sure about his costume


Trick or treating. Caiden loved it...all the kiddos walked to door and grabbed candy.


And Caiden managed to get a lick off of a sucker


All the kids dressed up. We were shocked they sat still long enough to get a picture

Hi everyone! Sorry we haven't sent pics in a while. A lot going on...the boys are back in school, Hunter had a birthday and baby Caiden turned ONE!! The boys are all grown up... 3rd and 4th grade. Hunter is now 10 and started lacrosse..just like his dad. Caiden is now running everywhere and can be hard to catch up with. He is talking a lot - he says dadda, mama, bottle, diaper, dog, puppy, all done, hi, bye bye....the list goes on. In sign language, he still says "more," and now says "milk, daddy, and sing." He also sometimes signs "all done." He is so funny and has such a personality. He will make animal noises now and loves to laugh. He loves to give hugs now too, and will give kisses on occasion. Chris and I will be celebrating our 4year wedding anniversary this weekm and so will our brother and sister in law Jeff and Nomie. Congrats guys. And happy birthday to my amazing sister. We love you! Hope everyone is well! We love and miss you all.

Daddy and baby hanging out


and mommy..

Caiden got his first hair cut last month. He loved it. He drove the car the whole time and flirted with the girl :)






Caiden all done with his hair cut.


Playing with toilet paper while he waits for his bath


Caiden's first birthday!! He got a cake early in North Carolina, so this was his second cake and he loved it....it also kept him up all night.


Family came over to celebrate his big day

And afterwards, he was all worn out.


We've been lucky to be able to hang out with several friends and babies this past month. Here is Caiden, Dillon and Jude, hanging out.


Laura, Josh and Dillon


Caiden and Dillon ;)

It was so good to see everyone


Brooke and Trey practicing to walk


Caiden giving his puppy hugs


HUnter turned 10 this month. Happy Birthday Hunter!

A busy summer! North Carolina & Random pictures

We have been busy since our last blog. Chris and I both had a birthday! We've gone through the 4th of July and took a vacation to North Carolina. Hunter and Adam are back in school in a couple weeks...the 3rd and 4th grade. They are growing so fast. Caiden is growing like a weed. He will be ONE in a couple weeks!! August 19th. We can't believe it has already been a year. At 10 months he started walking. Ever since North Carolina last week, he is now practically running. He says several words including mommy or mama when he wants to, daddy, bye bye, hi, baby, and uh oh. He likes to call his best friend Dillon "baby" even though they are only a couple months apart. However, his cousin Dagny who is also only a couple months older than him likes to call Caiden "baby" as well. Sign language, he understands several words, but is really only doing the sign for "more" and "daddy." He has 6 teeth and he is so funny. He makes us laugh every day. His expressions are endless, and well as his babble. He carries on long conversations with us as if we understand it. We hope you all have had a good summer so far. Here are a bunch of pictures! xoxoxoxo

Dillon, Trey and Caiden had a play date! The boys had a blast and Caiden and Dillon pushed each other over trying to get to Trey's dog. :)

Dillon and Caiden playing ball


Caiden has started to cross his little fingers this month..he does it randomly, not sure why, but it's very cute.

Happy 4th of July!!! Hunter and Adam getting ready to see the fireworks

Caiden watching his frist fireworks with grandma. He wasn't scared at all. He watched them until the end!

Cousin Brooke playing with Caiden

Caiden with grandma on Fathers Day

Cousin Hannah playing with Caiden. He loves the girls!

Caiden and I getting ready for the 4th of July. He was prepped in his jammies

Jeff and Nomie came to town to visit. It was so great to see them and they got to meet their nephew Caiden for the first time. We love you guys!


Caiden adored Nomie!


We went to North Carolina last week. This was Caiden's second trip on a plane and this time he was old enough to look out the window.


Caiden loving his daddy on the airplane


My family threw Caiden an early birthday party in North Carolina so that they could celebrate with him. Here are Caiden and his cousins Ainsley and Dagny patiently waiting for cake.


Happy early birthday to my baby boy! Here is Caiden waiting to open presents

Aunt Missy with Caiden.

Aunt Missy, Aunt Cheri and the kids in North Carolina

Chris and Caiden and I on a hike in North Carolina.

Caiden all worn out after swimming.

Nanny and I and her 3 great grandkids. :)


My Aunt Cheri and I


We spent the day at Grandfather Mountain. It's beautiful there and the kids walked across the high bridge


The boys with the babies


Chris and I and Caiden on the porch in NC with the fireplace...we spent many nights out there....:)


Chique and Popeye with their grandkids going on a golf cart ride. The kids loved taking golf cart rides and we had to go at least once a day. We tried to race with Karl and Melissa but Karl is a maniac driver ;)


Caiden is his new birthday outfit


Caiden and his cousin Dagny. They were inseperable all week

The 3 muskateers at the pool ;)

Popeye, Chris and Karl with the kiddos


4 Generations together!

Me and my precious nieces

Hi everyone! I can't believe it is already summer time. The boys are out of school for the summer and Adam just completed tennis. He did great. He is a natural. Caiden is doing great....he was very sick for a while, and had to get his first - and hopefully last, IV. I thank all of you for the support you gave us during that time. He is over 9 months now and is crawling, can stand up on his own for about 5 seconds before falling over, can crawl up stairs and pull himself up to standing position no matter where he is and is attempting to start walking. He is getting taller every day. He is so funny right now. He loves to crawl up to you and blow zerberts on you, and his dad taught him to growl when he was a few months old, and now he growls all the time...funny, however, he was growling at the other babies at Monkey Business...not so funny :) He is not doing sign language yet, but he understands many signs. Especially the sign for milk. He also thinks it's very funny when you tell him "no." He laughs and laughs. Punishing him will be difficult. :) We have a lot of birthdays this months, so happy birthday to:

Our neices Dangy and Ainsley
Kurt
Marlene
Our friend Jamie
our friends Brooke and Jeff
And to my hubby. Love you Chris!




Chris, Caiden and I hanging out :)

"Look how tall I am mommy"


Laura, Josh and little Dillon ;) Dillon is just over 6 months now


Sam, Mark and Rylee

Laura and I with our little men.

Happy Birthday Becky!

All my boys on Easter morning. Caiden loved his little bunny hat

Caiden with his grandma on Easter.

Happy Birthday Adam! Adam turned 8 in April. The boys are getting so old!

The family, celebrating Adam

Cousin Hannah with our baby boy. She is so great with kids!!

Here is our happy little man.

Mommy and baby on Mothers Day. Happy Mothers Day to all the moms.

We took Caiden to the pool this weekend! I think the water was a little cold for him, however he did great..he lasted over 30 minutes. Here he is on the grass....however, he loves to pull out the grass and try to eat it.....he's not safe anywhere!

Look at his chubby tummy. He loves to rest in the sun

Daddy and Caiden swimming away. He loved the baby pool slide...he actually likes any slide. He giggles the whole way down.

Caiden drying off in mommy's t-shirt after working hard in the pool

A busy couple of months!

We have been very busy the past couple months, and have been able to see many of our friends and family, which has been nice! Caiden is still growing like a weed. He is on baby food now and loves veggies, but really doesn't care for fruit. He is just about crawling. He scoots on his knees to his tummy and is pretty quick. He also just got two teeth. His two bottom front ones. They are so cute. We can't believe he is almost 8 months old. He just started watching his sign language videos and really loves Baby Einstein signs video. He can watch it and giggle for about 15 minutes a day. Time goes by fast. The rest of our family is happy and well.

Here is our happy little boy...he is always so happy and smiling away.


We had a play date for the babies and parents. Here is Caiden waiting for his friends to come.


Aunt Laura with Dillon and us :)


Crystal with her little Lila. She will be a year old this month.


The 3 boys playing: Trey, Caiden and Dillon


Jude and Dillon sleeping away...they can still sleep through noise..


Jeff and Trey, waiting to eat


Grandma Marlene and Papa Howard came to visit. Adam was running in circles entertaining his little brother.


Chris and Hunter, happy to be at Dave and Busters


Chique and Popeye came for a visit. Here is Chique entertaining the wild one


Chique and Popeye listening to Caiden talk and yell


Big hugs for Popeye


We were able to go to Black Hawk to visit our friends Jason and Aspen, and their little one Lincoln. They have such a gorgeous house in the middle of the mountains! Here is Jason and Lincoln riding bikes....Jason rode the trike more than Lincoln... :)


Aspen playing with Caiden


Chris and Caiden enjoying the mountains


Lincoln so nicely sharing his toys with Caiden.


We took Caiden to the park...we were on the teeter - totter, however, he seemed to be more interested in his thumb..


Daddy and Caiden on the slide


Caiden swinging


Caiden loving the swing!!


Kristin came to town! Here are Chris and I and Caiden at Laura's, waiting to go out.


Jamie, Laura, Kristin and I..back together again :)


Laura, Josh and little Dillon


Aunt Jamie getting Caiden to crawl


We took Caiden to Romp and Roll. Here he is on daddy's lap during singing time..however he seemed to be more interested in watching his toes wiggle


Caiden and I at Romp and Roll


Caiden had a long bath after Romp and Roll...it wore him out!


Jamie and Ryan at Casa Bonita.....now I remember why I haven't been there in years! haha :)


Kristin and Koehn at Casa Bonita. Koehn had a great time!!


Chris and Caiden and I


Brooke, Jeff and Trey at Casa Bonita...and Aunt Laura and Dillon enjoyed CB with us...but their pic didn't turn out. :(

The kiddos are growing....

It has been a busy couple of months. Caiden is now over 6 months old, and growing like a weed. He has another Dr. apt next week and more shots. :( He has accomplished so many things over the past couple months. He now sits up on his own, and rolls over regularly, both directions if he is in the mood. He has started to eat solid food - he is now on carrots and loves to eat. He gets so excited. He giggles all the time now, and likes to growl at daddy when he growls at him. He develops more of a personality every day and we just adore him. He has become a mommy's boy at night, and he loveeessss the water. Bath time is his favorite time of day. He splashes, plays with his rubber ducky and sucks on the washcloths. He will start Romp and Roll soon where he will pratice tumbling, yoga and sign language. Hunter and Adam are now so big. They are on their last couple months of the 2nd and 3rd grade, and Adam starts tennis next week.
Happy Birthday to our neice Brooke!! :) We love you


Caiden in his rubber ducky for a bath. He'd stay in there all night if he could.


Chris and Caiden playing. Caiden laughs at daddy all the time


Caiden and I at the aquarium. His favorite were the jelly fish. It was the only thing that he reached for..several times....not good.. :)



Caiden and mommy on Valentines Day



Chique and her 3 grandsons


Dinner with friends. It was so good to see everyone! Chris and Brin ;)


Baby swap - Jamie holding Caiden, Laura holding Trey and Leslie holding Dillon


Laura and I with our two little men. They are the best of friends already



All the girls :)


Caiden having tummy time