'Just Remember, He's Tough'

Yesterday my office all went to eat for lunch. We got back in Glenn's car to drive back to the office and I noticed 2 missed calls from Caden's teacher and my friend Alisha. I thought, 'Hmm...that's odd...she didn't text me but called twice.' So I called her back and said, 'Hey! What's up?' She said, 'You didn't get my voicemail did you?' My heart sank! Caden got his finger stuck in the door (hinge side) and they had a time pulling his finger out once it was stuck! They took him to the nurse and got some ice and she assured me that he was okay but it was really swollen. So I called the Dr. and made an appointment then called Tim and he calmed me down because I WAS FREAKING OUT! As a Mom until you SEE with your own eyes that your baby is okay, HE'S NOT OKAY! I talked to my sister as I sobbed my eyes out on the way to his school and she said something that I had not thought of yet. 'Amber, just remember, he's tough!' No truer words have been spoken! This child can run smack into a table and shake it off! I took him to see Dr. Berry and she had him wriggle it all over and around and then she sent us for x-rays to Children's Medical Center. Caden was so brave and such a trooper. He sat very still while wearing his 'butterfly decorated x-ray vest'! He even got a sticker for being so good. Dr. Berry called to say it was not broken or fractured which was great news so after rounds of Motrin and ice to take the swelling down he seemed much better.

Here it is after we got to the Dr's office.


He was wiped out after the Dr's office trip and a trip to the hospital.
We got home and our tough guy got to eat whatever he wanted for dinner which consisted of string cheese, nutri-grain bars and a pop-tart with chocolate milk!

Random Caden Pictures

Not much going on this past weekend and the week prior.

As a child I used to love to water color paint in coloring books. I found a few books and Caden had a blast 'painting'. He looks so serious here!

Caden woke up from his nap Sunday and came in the media room and saw his video monitor. He was showing it to Daddy in the picture. We asked him if Caden was in bed when he was looking at the live feed from his room and he said, 'nooooooo'. I took Caden to the Dr. last week because he had a runny nose and a cough. The Dr. saw his tonsils and said they were 'massive' and gave us some antibiotics. Here he is at the Dr's office 'hiding'.We chilled at home and watched A LOT of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Here we are sitting in the media room relaxing.

Mom and Dad gave Caden this Zebra for a Christmas present when he was 1. He still loves this thing and bounces up and down on it! Click HERE for a trip down memory lane with Zippy the Zebra!

Happy 30th Birthday KARI

Happy Birthday Little Sis! I hope you have a fantastic day! I love you so very much and we had a blast celebrating with you last weekend!

Wordless Wednesday Winner: GiGi

Look what I can do!!!*I love this quote because it is from our favorite MadTV character Stewart!*

Sleepy Baby Caden

Anyone who knows Caden knows that he does not just fall asleep anywhere! He has always been the type of kid that sleeps best in his bed. We can literally count on one hand how many times (other than the newborn stage) that he has just fallen out asleep!

Today was his Valentine Party at school so one can assume he had a plethora of sugar that clearly placed him in a coma around 7:30 tonight! I happened to have my phone next to me and started up the video camera as he snored away in my lap!

Caden's Valentine Party

Due to our 2 snow days last week Caden's Valentine Party at school was postponed until today! I left my camera with Mrs. Alisha and Mrs. Krystal and they did an awesome job of taking some pictures of Cade Man in his 'element'!Here he is coloring his pink 'ewe'.
Working away at 'school'.
Mrs. Alisha is holding his Valentine bag that he got to decorate.
Looks like a mug shot!
Jack and Caden! Jack is Sara's son. She watches Caden after school and on Mondays and Fridays.
Here he is with his ice cream sundae!
Caden with Mrs. Alisha!
Thank you to Alisha and Krystal for the wonderful party! Caden kept saying 'It's Party Time!' when he got home today!

SURPRISE!

This past weekend Tim, Caden and I traveled south for my sister's 30th Surprise Birthday Party! It has been crazy keeping such a big secret from her because we talk and text all the time! There were a couple of close calls, but in the end she swears she did not suspect a thing!

Scott and Jim (his uncle) did an amazing job getting all the decorations and decorating for the party along with Carol (his aunt) and Connie (his mom). I was in charge of all the invitations and getting all the RSVP's back and my mom was in charge of making her famous birthday cake with butter cream icing! The event turned out marvelous!

Here is the cake table! The flowers were gorgeous and were a gift to Kari from Jim and Carol. I love this picture of Kari from her senior year! She could have sooooo been a JC Penney model! HA!

The balloons looked amazing and were such the 'icing on the cake' for the party. Here are Caden, me, Joyce, Mom, Carol and Susan (Scott's sister) waiting for the star of the party to arrive. Another picture of the cake table. The cake Mom made is on the left.

I think Mom did an amazing job with the pink and black! Kari's nicknames are written around the border of the cake. Kari loved high heels when she was a little girl so the play heels were such a cool touch!

Gift table.

Surprise! Scott had the party at his office building on the first floor and got her there by telling her he was taking Bella, Lane and her out for a nice family Valentine Surprise...little did she know!

She was overcome with emotion and it was amazing to see her face when she looked into the room at all her family and friends.

The tears were flowing!

The princess and her cake! Thank you to all of you who came out to help her celebrate! She had an amazing time!

Evening Snow Fun

Tim came home from work early so we built some 'REAL' snow men and women!Daddy and Caden

We used Chocolate Chips for the mouths of the snow people so below in this picture you can see Caden holding the bag of chips and eating them!

Snow Day

It was a Snow Day for us! Caden's school was closed so we played in the snow! It is still coming down! This is the most I have ever seen around here!

A 'sort of' snowball!
He loved looking up at all the snow coming down!He was not sure about making snow balls. He kept telling me it was too cold!I made this snowman that is almost as tall as Caden!
Hallmark Christmas Card moment!
Here are some videos of him playing in the snow.

Wordless Wednesday WINNER: JAMIE

Hmmmm....I've been thinking long and hard about this
and I keep coming up with the same conclusion...yep, I'm cute!
***Jamie, this is exactly the quote I would have put on here if I had 'played'! In fact I told Mom that if I were putting a quote on here, that is what I'd say! GREAT MINDS! :)

Grammie's Birthday Dinner

Grammie came over Friday night for her birthday dinner! We had lasagna, salad, bread, cake and ice cream!

Here is Caden patiently waiting to dig into the cake!

'Don't mind if I do!'

He loved the icing!He also loved sharing it with everyone!Here he is trying to share the icing with Daddy!He loved the Mickey Mouse card he picked out for Grammie. He almost kept it for himself! Here he is showing Grammie Mickey.

We got Grammie a Clip-Frame that my friend Heather made. The picture on it is from Christmas when Grammie got some kisses from Cade Man.Grammie brought Caden his Valentine gift too. It is Snoopy and you press his ear and he smooches you! Caden loves it and now sleeps with it! Thanks Grammie! We hope you had a wonderful birthday. We enjoyed celebrating with you!

Wordless Wednesday WINNER: Melanie

Everybody was KungFu Fighting fast as lightning!!

Happy Birthday Grammie!

Happy Birthday Grammie! We hope your day is fabulous and we can't wait to celebrate with you on Friday!

He's Growing Up Too Fast

Here is Cade Man this morning watching Mickey Mouse before school. He is way too cool to look at the camera so this is the best I got of him.

I am amazed daily at how grown up he is becoming. Gone is my 'baby Caden'...replaced with our Cade Man.