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

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Happy Holidays! We have a lot of pictures since the last time we posted. Caiden is getting huge! He is in the 96th percentile in height and is at such a cute age. He loves to talk and giggle all the time...we never get a break! He will be 5 months old in a couple weeks. We went back East for Christmas this year and Caiden took his first plane ride and did great!! He didn't cry once.

The 3 cousins on Christmas Day. Ainsley, Dagny and Caiden. Caiden hates being dressed up....if you can't tell by Caiden's grumpy face.


Aunt Missy, Uncle Karl and the girls


We were able to spend Christmas with our good friends Kristin, KC and Koehn. Koehn and Ainsley played all day


Kristin and Stace..just like old times ;)


Chris, Caiden and I in front of my moms tree


The 3 cousins on Christmas Eve..waiting for Santa to come


Chique and Popeye playing with Caiden and Dagny


Aunt Kristin and Caiden at PF Changs


Uncle Chris and Ainsley bonded all week! It's about time :)


Chris and KC at PF Changs


Caidens first visit on Santas lap. He didn't seem to mind this year...I guess we'll have to see how he is next year.


Caiden playing in his bouncy seat. He loves the thing and bounces so high! He really gets a workout.


Christmas at our house. Hunter and Adam tearing open the gifts that Santa brought


Caiden and I in front of our tree.


Grandma and Papa with their grandkids, Hannah, Brooke, Hunter, Adam and Caiden


Uncle David and Caiden playing. Caiden loved playing with Dave's face!


Caiden with his puppy hat


In the past week, Caiden has finally been able to grab his toes, and he tries his hardest to put them in his mouth. He gets them there and then lets go, and his foot goes flying. He hasn't mastered leaving his foot there yet.


Happy New Year!! We had a great New Years Eve at Laura and Josh's house. We have all had such a great year and it was awesome to celebrate that!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Things are well with us. Caiden has more problems each day with his acid reflux, but besides that, he is doing great. Last time he went to the Dr, he was in the 96th percentile in height. He's a tall one! The boys are excited for Christmas, and we will be taking Caiden on his first plane ride to DC to visit family in a few weeks. Hope you all have a wonderful Holiday. We'll post more pictures after Christmas.


"I'm all dressed up for my first Thanksgiving!"


Grandma, Papa and their five grandkids enjoying Turkey Day!


This was Caiden's first big snow storm...


....and although he looks grumpy, he actually likes the cold. (unlike mommy)


"I like to practice sitting up, although I often fall over."


Here is Caiden enjoying his fist. He LOVES to suck on his fist right now and would take that over his pacifier any day.

Babies, more babies, and our friends

Jen came to town for a visit, so we had brunch at Laura's house. It was great to see Jen!


The men and their boys. Josh and Dillon, Jeff and Trey and Chris and Caiden.


Our friend Stacey bought the boys matching onesies. They are adorable! Here is:
Dillon - 2 weeks
Trey - 5 weeks
Caiden - 12 weeks


We added little Sophia to the mix. She is 8 weeks old, and better watch out for all those boys!!


Leslie with Caiden


Nick, Jenny and Sophia


Stacey and Dillon


Dana and Conner. He is walking now!


Our little boy practicing to stand...


He even tries to hold his own bottle

11 weeks old and counting..

We've had a busy month. I went back to work, which has been torture for me. Caiden seems to be enjoying daycare, it is mommy that is having a hard time with it. He will be 12 weeks old on Tuesday. He is growing so fast. He has also gotten his first ear infection, which has been painful for him, and so sad for us. But he smiles and talks more and more each day, and it's so fun to listen to him. Caiden's baptism was on Oct. 26th at the church that Chris grew up in, and of course, Halloween has passed. Caiden also got to hang out with his new friends, Trey and Dillon.



Our wonderful family...full of boys..:)


Popeye and chique with their grandsons


Caiden at his baptism. He wore the same gown that Chris wore when he was baptised


Chris loves to make Caiden hold things. So, here he is sleeping, holding his turtle


Popeye with his grandson


Congrats to Laura and Josh on the birth of their precious son Dillon. We are so happy for them and he is adorable!


Caiden and Dillon, best buds! They are 10 weeks apart.


Caiden also got to hang our with Trey again. These boys are all going to be trouble together.


Caiden's first Halloween. This was the first night of his ear infection, so he was grumpy, and this was all we could get out of him..his little Monster shirt and BOO socks and hat.


The boys before trick-or-treating. Adam was Harry Potter and Hunter was a Ninja. This was the first year they were able to go trick-or-treating without coats!