So many new things to share!

Well, this is my first post. We have so many loved ones that don't live near us that we figured we needed to join the blogging world to keep you up to speed! Here is a quick recap of the lastest news!



First of all, we are so excited to be welcoming our 4th family member, a baby girl, in early January! Caden seems excited to be a big brother. The pregnancy is moving right along and we are in our 26th week already!



Caden is growing so fast and is becoming such a little man! He is fully potty trained now, and started going to a Montessori preschool two days a week for 2 1/2 hours. We feel so incredibly lucky that God choose us to be his parents, he brings such joy to us every day.



Well, I am going to try to post some pictures later! But I wanted to at least get a first post out there! Bear with me as I learn, all of my friends said this was easy and so far it's been really confusing!

Caden's One Year Pictures

He love to push trucks around, he could do this all day long!

Our family

We loved this one of Lucy.. She hates missing out on the action!

Sweet boy! He loves this car that Grandma and Grandpa got him

Momma and her boy


We had Mimi Jung come down and take some pics for us for Caden's "one year". He did such a good job for the camera.. We had a small window before meltdown/naptime but we got some good ones!

Caden's First Birthday!!

Not sure sure about the cake! First time eating something like that.

I made an Elmo cake (organic of course!) with all natural frosting which in turn made Elmo not so red:) Nana frosted it for me!

Our family

Greeting people at the door!

Elmo was the theme and you loved the balloons!

How is it possible that he is a year old? It has gone by so fast. He continues to amaze us and make us laugh! We had a party at the house and a bunch of family friends came over for a BBQ. He was more interested in the shoes and purses at the door than his presents! He is still nursing a lot but is eating finger foods too. He never really did baby food, he likes to feed himself and doesn't like the texture of mushy things.. He still naps twice a day and does quite a few signs too (milk, please, more, all done) and he can show us that he is 1 year old! He loves cats and airplanes, and says dadda, momma, gog (dog), cat and bird. He loves his push toy and chases Lucy with it and cracks up.. He likes his Shake and Go cars, his helicopter and firetruck from Bunka and Albie and LOVES to dance! We love you Caden!!

March 2007

Caden and Daddy at the park

Caden is not having any part of this! He is such a mommas boy:)

Caden with the Cota kids!

Friends for life:) Jordan, Loreli and me

Fully walking!!

Loves to play ball with Lucy

Swimming lessons!!

A trip to Sacramento, the zoo, the park and bubbles in the backyard! We started swim lessons this month and he was less than thrilled. He is a very cautious baby and clings to me in the water!

January 2007

So serious.. Trying some baby food!

He thought this was so funny! He would bury his head in our hands and crack up!

Winnie the Pooh toy was his favorite

Uncle Mark and Auntie Gail!

Fun playdates with our old neighbors, the Keber family! Caden and Payton are about a month apart..


This month was just all about growing, learning and playing! Such a happy baby. Trying out some solids here and there, had a special visit from Auntie Gail and Uncle Mark (they loved meeting Caden!) He loves the Winnie the Pooh push toy, he rides that thing a TON!

First Christmas!!

Caden got some push toys, and Elmo for Christmas!

Papa and Grandma with Zach and Lolo. So fun to have them all here!

Papa and Caden

He is one loved little boy

Look mom! I can push this chair across the room!

Special Christmas with Caden's Great Great Grandpa

Christmas with Caden's Great Grandparents, Bunka and Albie

Not liking Santa at ALL.. 8 months old!

Finding the perfect tree!

He got the hang of opening presents pretty quickly!

Watch mom, I can climb these stairs!

Oh I want those lights so bad!

Snow!!

Checking it out..

New push toy and this is what really got him walking quickly! He took off with this thing and would absolutely fly around the house on the hardwood floors!

At 8 months old Caden had his first Christmas. We had some snow, so I put him out in it and he didn't love it, but didn't hate it either. Just sort of sat there! Could be all of the clothes I had on him! He is very cautious and observant. He loved the lights on the tree and he is eating a few finger foods but mostly just nursing still. Santa Claus was a disaster:( We waited in line for 2 hours for the downtown Nordstroms Santa and you screamed the second I sat you on his lap! On Jan 21 2007 (9 months old), during the Superbowl, He took his first steps! He cruised across the bonus room upstairs.

Fall 2006

I love this picture. Caden adores his daddy!

Lucy giving a full face kiss

Already helping mommy shop!

The Cota's!

Lucy is always close by making sure Caden is OK

Love this smile..

Teething on a baseball

Mommy and Caden at the pumpkin patch

Little Frog!

Bathtime with Drew

I got a new Nikon camera for my birthday so I am hoping to take lots of great pictures! Caden still continues to grow and be such a joy.. Sleeping is still a struggle, but he is so healthy and happy! He was a frog for his first Halloween, but got a little cold and wasn't feeling good so he didn't even wear the costume on Halloween! The Cota's came to visit and so did the Garfields. You LOVE Lucy and she always makes you smile. Grandma and Grandpa and Nick and Adrienne came up for Thanksgiving so that was special. You absolutely HATE riding in the car, but if I let you watch Elmo on the little DVD player it makes you a little happier:) Caden got some teeth this fall! His top right came in first on Sept 4th 2006 at 5 months old, and a week later the left top tooth came through! Still just nursing, we tried some oatmeal and babyfood and he wanted nothing to do with it! At 9 months he weighs 22lbs and 15 oz and is 29inches long!