Jolly Christmas 2011

Caden had so much fun during his cousin Wyatt's two week visit.  Here are a few pictures from their time here.  One day we went to the zoo, but my camera battery died, so I didn't get any pictures that day :(.

Here are Wyatt and Caden with Mimi at the Arboretum.

 A few more of Caden and Wyatt at the Arboretum.

Hanging out in Mimi and Tia's backyard.

We celebrated Wyatt's birthday while they were here. 

We visited the Museum of Nature and Science.  Caden dug for fossils.

Caden and Wyatt "drove" a fire truck.

And Caden milked a cow.

Here are Caden and Wyatt in their Christmas pj's.  Caden is so lovey...he was frequently trying to hug Wyatt; although, Wyatt was usually too busy to hug.

And here's a family pic.



Baby Girl Update & Visit from Grandpa

We had our third trimester sonogram this morning.  She now weighs just under 3 lbs and looks perfectly healthy! 

Grandpa was in town visiting last weekend.  Here's a picture of the boys.



Christmas parties and picture with Santa

I took Caden to the mall this morning to get his picture taken with Santa.  Despite the annoyingly long wait, he did great.  Here's the picture that we got.

One of Caden's friends threw a Christmas party this week.  Here are a few pictures.  Here are Caden and Zoe eating their snack.

We made Christmas ornaments at the party.  I didn't get a picture of Caden making his, but here are a few of his friends making theirs.

We had a gift exchange, and Caden's gift was this monkey.

Thanksgiving 2011

We had a nice week in Tyler for Thanksgiving last week.  I forgot to take my camera, but here are a few pictures that Nana took.

Caden's two favorite things to do while we were there...play on the computer

And work outside with Papa.

Here's a picture of our family on Thanksgiving morning.

And a picture of Caden with Jeffrey, Nana and Papa.

Our house is all decorated for Christmas.  I've already bought a stocking for our sweet baby girl.  I'm not going to embroider her name on it until after Christmas :).



New trains!

Brian's cousin Jennifer was so nice to give us a whole train set that her kids have out grown.  Caden just LOVES the "choo choo's"!  He plays with the track every day and usually sleeps with an engine or car in his bed.  Here are a few pictures of him playing with it last week.



Five Years!

Today is our fifth wedding anniversary.  Here's a pic from that special day.

Caden's baptism was this past weekend.  Here's a picture of our family before we headed to church.

Caden and I have been to the Arboretum twice this week.  I've been trying to get a good picture for Christmas cards, but the weather or Caden haven't been cooporating.  Today is beautiful and sunny, so I'm going to head to a park later to try again.  But here are a few pictures from this week.

Mimi and Caden brushing the goats.

Caden got his face painted for the first time.  He did a great job sitting still for the lady.

Tia and Caden with the frogs.

A few fun pic's running around.



Choo Choo!

Caden and I went with a few friends to the Railroad Museum last week.  As soon as we pulled up, he just started saying, "choo choo" over and over again.  It was so cute.

Here's a picture of Caden walking through the trains.

And here he is checking out the inside of one of the trains.

The engines were huge. 

The wheels were probably 6 ft tall.

We tried to get a picture of all the kids together, but they weren't interested in standing still for us. 

About a week ago I took my camera to the park to get a few pictures of him playing.  He's loving the park right now.  He usually doesn't want to leave.  Even after playing for over an hour, he'll still be upset when we have to leave.

He loves to slide down the big slides.

"Hey Mom, look at me..."

"...I'm driving!"