Photo Friday

Some cuteness here and there. Funny, we don't seem to grab the camera during fits to showcase those...whoops!

 

 Caden's little buddy Caysen turned two right after Caden. They are less than a week apart and it's so fun to watch these two crazy boys together. They definitely feed off each other which can be good and bad. Double trouble! Caden loved Caysen's party. He got to get some pool time in, ate some yummy food, and had a blast!

Gary couldn't go to Caysen's party because he had two other things that night, but he ended up getting home shortly after I put Caden to bed. Since Caden was still up he went in to say goodnight, and then a little while after made himself some popcorn. Seconds after the popcorn was done we heard 'Mommy!' 'Daddy!', we gave it a bit but then I went in there and he was standing at the edge of his crib and with the biggest smile said 'Popcorn?!' So-sure, it's a Saturday night, you can sleep in tomorrow, fine-you get some late night popcorn....unfortunately he didn't get the sleep in tomorrow part of the deal. Can't win 'em all!

 

 Caden loves the park-I mean, what kid doesn't. It's a fun age of independence where he can do most everything by himself and is nonstop once we're there.

 Be still my heart. We all went on a walk and towards the end Caden wanted to hold my hand during the walk. It was so sweet and one of those moments I will always cherish. And just recently I got some good cuddles in while he watched one of his shows-good ol' baby bump and 'baby' all in one. Definitely nice to slow down and just soak it in sometimes. It's very exciting thinking of how close we are getting to having our second babe, yet tat the same time these moments of cuddles with Caden, while being able to feel baby kicking around, is just priceless.

A gal at work had a bunch of cars and toys that she found that were her used by her boys years ago and shared them with my coworker and I. This was just half the loot-Caden even got a light saber out of the deal, which he loves. It was fun to be able to dump them all out and see his reaction, and don't worry, I kept a few aside for stocking stuffers!

Big helper in action. We hadn't been doing our grocery runs with Caden for a while mostly out of convenience and just the times we went. And by we, I have to admit that for a while Gary would run to the store while he was already out on the weeknight after the gym, so obviously that fell around bedtime for Caden. But recently, we've gone on a few trips with him and they've all been good! He loves being a helper and loves putting (aka throwing) things into the cart for us.

 My boys. People always go back and forth saying who Caden looks like. More recently he's looked a lot like me in my childhood pictures, and then I got this. The same little expression from my boys. Like father, like son. We've been removing the highchair tray and scooting Caden up to the table to eat with us a lot now and we love it. There is something very special about being able to eat dinner together as a family. He always looks so big and grown up sitting there like that too!