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

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