Wordless Wednesday

GiGi and Poppa Visit

This weekend GiGi and Poppa came up to take some furniture off our hands. 

The first day they were here they did a puppet show for Caden complete with Tigger from Winnie the Pooh and 'ssssss' the snake.  *You all met sssss in the post with Mom wearing him!  

They have recently opened a Cabela's close to our house so we took Poppa for a shopping trip!  Here is Poppa pointing out the huge catfish to Caden.  Caden was all sorts of confused because he thought that Bella would be there!  Makes sense considering the name of the place!

I'm so glad our Cade Man is so friendly to everyone, whether they are human or not!  He walked up to each mannequin and said 'Hello, I'm Caden Ivey!  Nice to meet ya!'

We took this one when we were about to leave the store!  I thought he looked so cute in it and NO, we didn't buy it!

We had a nice visit with GiGi and Poppa.  GiGi finally found a 6 quart ice cream maker to buy.  She had been looking for a long time and Cabela's happened to have one!  We made ice cream Friday night and it was delicious!

Now if Caden and I can get over our sinus infections, we will be doing well!  We were out all last week sick!  Fortunately he can take medication that I cannot!  We took him to the Dr 2X in the last 2 weeks and he finally got the children's equivalent of a Zpak and he's on his way now!

Braden's Birthday Party

Saturday afternoon Tim and I took Caden to the Musuem at Fair Park for Caden's friend Braden's 4th Birthday Party.  Caden had such a great time learning about dinosaurs!

Here they are making a door hanger craft with dinosaurs on it.

After the craft, everyone went downstairs to go on a dinosaur dig!  Caden had a great time with the shovel and brushes 'digging' for dinosaurs! 

Here is another picture of them all.  The boy in the brown shirt standing up by Caden is Braden.  I can't believe I didn't get a better picture of the birthday boy! 

After the 'dig' it was time to eat dinosaur cupcakes!  Caden enjoyed the green icing as you can tell!   

After the party we were able to explore the museum on our own, so we walked around a few of the exhibits.  I had been telling Tim earlier that morning that I was super hot and out of breath.  HELLO PREGNANCY IN THE SUMMER!  But we explored this one area that had an infared scan of your body where you could see the heat radiating from you.  Let's just say Caden and Tim were pretty green and my whole body was red and on fire!  It was crazy!

Here's Caden in some sort of suit.  Sorry, I'm not much of a 'plaque' reader! 



Ssssss the Snake

Last weekend when Caden and I headed to Conroe, Caden insisted on bringing his new snake, named 'Ssssss' to show GiGi.  

GiGi thought it would make a lovely scarf and posed for this hilarious picture!  Not sure if you can tell, but she is wearing lime green under the white blouse.  I think Ssssss matches her perfectly!

New Curtains

Grammie came over today and brought Caden some CARS curtains for his room!  It matches perfectly with his new bedding and room!  He loves them!  Thank you Grammie!

Children's Aquarium at Fair Park

Today Tim and I took Caden to the Children's Aquarium at Fair Park and met up with a few of his classmates and their parents.  Caden was the only boy but he had a blast running with the gals!

Here he is with Tabitha looking at a horseshoe crab!

I love the look on his face as the shark passed by!

Very cool fish!

Silly face time!  Peyton, Caden, Reagan, Tabitha and Payton's sister Riley.

Playing with the octopus tentacles.

This eel was completely still and laying on the bottom and Caden started pounding on the glass and he came alive!  It scared him to death, but then he ran back over there to watch him swim.

Alligator Snapping Turtle.  This thing was bigger than Caden!

Albino Alligators

I love this close up that Tim took of him.  Looks pretty mean!

Hanging out with the horseshoe crab again!

Posing by the swordfish!

Daddy and Caden got to pet Stingrays!  Caden had such a great time doing this!  He touched tons of them and was so excited!  They were very friendly and would swim right up to the top of the water.

I think this one was trying to kiss Cade Man! :)

Family pic!

More stingray fun!

Saying goodbye to his friend Tabitha!  We had such a great time!

At the gift shop we bought him a set that had a whale, shark, dolphin, walrus, octopus, squid, etc so after our naps, Caden and Daddy played with them in the pool! 

Daddy would throw them into the jet stream and Caden would chase them all around!

Big Boy Bed

Caden has grown out of his toddler bed so Daddy and I decided to 'move him on up'! We got him a bran-new bedroom set and I think judging by his reaction and the pictures, he is pretty pleased!

 Here he is giving the Thumbs Up!

He's a little excited in this one!  Wouldn't you agree???

New dresser as well!

We love the bedding too!  It is his absolute favorite movie and has been for awhile! 

Last night he wanted me to say prayers.  Here is how it went:

Me:  Dear God, please bless Mommy, Daddy, Caden, baby---

Caden: (interupting)  Mommy!  I just love my bed!!!!

Me:  Good Caden!  ...and bless GiGi, Poppa, Grammie, ---

Caden: (interupting)  Mommy, it is Purrrrrfect!

Me:  Okay Caden, let Mommy finish praying...

Caden:  But I LOVE IT!

Me:  Okay Caden, I'm glad, but let's finish praying.  ...bless Uncle Scott, Auntie Kay, Bella, Lane---

Caden:  Mommy, thank you so so much for my new bed.

Me:  AMEN

Caden:  You forgot to thank God for my bed!

I give up! :)

Wordless THURSDAY!

Grammie got Caden this cool Cars garage with an elevator and gas station.  He loves it and it has provided lots of entertainment for him!

Here is Lightning McQueen!  One of his 15 Lightning McQueens in the winner's circle!  Thanks Grammie for this cool gift!

Lane's Birthday Party

 We headed to Conroe this past weekend to celebrate Lane's 8th Birthday.  Where in the world did the last 8 years go?  Seems like just yesterday I was getting up so early to drive to Conroe to see my new nephew!

 The theme was beach/pool/luau!  We had a great time and I think the cake was awesome!

Here is the cake table.

Kari is an awesome party planner/decorator!  Check out the decorative fruit cups!

 Here is the blue jello cups that had gummy sharks inside!

 Party favors!

All the kids had a blast in the pool!  Bella and Caden were big buddies in the pool!

 They have so much fun playing and splashing!

There were lots of party guests and I was surprised to see water in the pool after the party!

Our 8 year old Lanerbugs!

Lane got a lot of gifts and mostly Nerf guns!  Fun stuff!

We got him a Gatling gun nerf gun!  Sorry Scott and Kari!  He he!

We had a wonderful weekend and can't wait to see everyone at Caden's party next month!

My Birthday!

I realized I am a bit behind, but my 2 guys took me to dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse and had a fabulous red velvet cake made for me!  I got perfume and clothes, I was a happy girl!

This cake was the best (next to Memaw's) I have ever had!  It was from In the Mix Bakery in the Collin Creek Mall!

Waiting to help Mommy blow out the candles.

 Blowing them all out!

Cheesing for the camera!!!

I had such a great birthday!  Thank you to my 2 favorite guys for a wonderful birthday!